2020-21 GAME NOTES Athletics Web Site: GoDuquesne.com • Athletics Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/Instagram: @GoDuquesne • Men’s Basketball Twitter: @DuqMBB G4 & G5 | DUQUESNE (1-1, 0-0) at GW (2-6, 1-0) 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES Sat., Dec. 2 • 12:30 pm / Sun. Dec. 3 • 2:00 pm • Washington, D.C. • Smith Center (4,348) NOVEMBER (0-1) TELEVISION SATURDAY: NBCSN with Ahmed Fareed & Ron Thompson 30 Mon. vs. Little Rock< L 66-76 LIVE STREAM SUNDAY: ESPN+ with Byron Kerr DECEMBER (1-0) RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss (‘58) & Jarrett Durham (‘71) 2 Wed. vs. UNC Greensboro< W 81-68 IN-GAME STATS: Sidearm https://gwsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary 4 Fri. vs. Winthrop< cancelled 14 Mon. vs. Southern Illinois^ cancelled DUQUESNE GEORGE WASHINGON 16 Wed. vs. Loyola Chicago^ cancelled DUKES COLONIALS 19 Sat. at Richmond+ postponed 30 Wed. at Saint Louis+ postponed Record: 1-1 Record: 2-6 JANUARY (0-0) Atlantic 10: 0-0 Atlantic 10: 1-0 2 Sat. at George Washington+ NBCSN 12:30 Non-Conference: 1-1 Non-Conference: 1-6 3 Sun. at George Washington+ ESPN+ 2:00 H: 0-0; A: 0-0; N: 1-1 H: 1-3; A: 1-3; N: 0-0 5 Tues. DAVIDSON+ (LA) CBSSN 7:00 Head Coach: Keith Dambrot Head Coach: Jamion Christian 9 Sat. FORDHAM+ (LA) NBCSN 2:00 Overall: 470-248 (23rd season) Overall: 132-137 (9th season) 13 Wed. at Dayton+ CBSSN 7:00 At Duquesne: 57-39 (4th season) At GW: 14-26 (2nd season) 16 Sat. at St. Bonaventure+ ESPN+ 2:00 LEADERS LEADERS 20 Wed. RHODE ISLAND+ (LA) ESPN+ 6:00 Points Tavian Dunn-Martin (16.0) Points James Bishop (20.0) 27 Wed. at Fordham+ ESPN+ 6:00 Rebounds Michael Hughes (9.0) Rebounds Matt Moyer (9.4) 30 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S+ (LA) ESPN+ 8:00 Assists Sincere Carry (9 / 4.5) Assists James Bishop (51/6.4) FEBRUARY (0-0) Steals Tavian Dunn-Martin (6 / 3.0) Steals Jamison Battle (9/1.1) Blocks Three with one each Blocks Chase Paar (6/0.8) 2 Tues. DAYTON+ ESPNU 9:00 3-Pointers Tavian Dunn-Martin (7 / 3.5) 3-Pointers Jamison Battle (17/2.1) 7 Sun. VCU+ NBCSN 4:00 13 Sat. at George Mason+ ESPN+ 7:00 TEAM TEAM 17 Wed. at Davidson+ ESPN+ 7:00 Points / Margin 73.5 / +1.5 Points / Margin 75.0 / +1.6 20 Sat. MASSACHUSETTS+ ESPN+ 6:00 Rebounds / Margin 34.0 / -2.5 Rebounds / Margin 36.9 / +3.0 Turnovers / Margin 15.0 / +4.5 Turnovers / Margin 15.8 / -3.0 27 Sat. at La Salle+ ESPN+ 2:00 MARCH (0-0) 3 Wed. ST. BONAVENTURE+ ESPN+ 6:00 Duquesne (1-1, 0-0), which has been idle since Dec. 2, heads to the nation’s capital to face ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • Barclays Center • Brooklyn, N.Y. George Washington (2-6, 1-0) for back-to-back games on Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, 10 Wed. First Round ESPN+ Jan. 3. It is the first time in the 105-year history of the program that Duquesne will play 11 Thurs. Second Round NBCSN 12 Fri. Quarterfinal NBCSN the same team on consecutive days. Saturday’s game, which will be televised nationally 13 Sat. Semifinal CBSSN by NBCSN, will be the Atlantic 10 opener for the Dukes who had Wednesday’s game at 14 Sun. Final CBS Saint Louis postponed due to positive COVID-19 test results within the SLU program. < - at Louisville, Ky.; ^ - at Indianapolis, Ind. Duquesne, which has had its past five games either canceled or postponed, was in St. Louis + Atlantic 10 Conference game when notified of the postponement. The Dukes, who did not have a full-team practice LA - home game at La Roche University from Dec. 3 until Dec. 26 due to positive tests within the program, also had a two-week, COVID-related program pause that ended October 29. 2020-21 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 0 G Tavian Dunn-Martin 5-8 Sr. 16.0 3.0 2/1 Huntington, W.Va. Posted 8th career 20+ point game vs. UNCG (21 pts/ C-high tying 4 stls.) 1 G Tyson Acuff 6-4 Fr. 1.0 0.0 2/0 Detroit, Mich. 2020 Michigan Mr. Basketball finalist 2 G Toby Okani 6-7 Fr. 1.0 1.5 2/0 Orange, N.J. Prepped at Cushing (Mass.) Academy 3 G • Maceo Austin 6-5 So. 5.0 4.0 1/1 Sharon, Pa. Scored in double-digits eight times as a freshman 4 G • Lamar Norman Jr. 6-3 Jr. 6.0 1.0 2/2 Grand Rapids, Mich. 13 of his 14 2020-21 FGAs have come from the 3-point arc 5 F • Marcus Weathers 6-5 Sr. 15.0 5.5 2/2 Overland Park, Kan. Preseason Second Team All-A-10; 18-7 vs. UNCG 10 G • Sincere Carry 6-1 Jr. 13.5 4.5 2/2 Farrell, Pa. Has a 5.5 career assist/g average; game-high 5 ast vs. UNCG 20 G Ryan Murphy 6-2 Gr. --- --- -/- Calabasas, Calif. Pitt grad transfer joined team on Dec. 11 21 C • Michael Hughes 6-8 Sr. 10.5 9.0 2/0 Kansas City, Mo. Posted a 14-10 double-double off the bench vs. UNCG 22 G Mike Bekelja 6-1 Fr. 0.0 2.0 1/0 Solon, Ohio Teamed with Sincere Carry to lead Solon HS to 2018 state champ. g. 23 F Amari Kelly 6-9 So. 0.0 0.0 2/0 Long Island, N.Y. Returning from ACL surgery (injured on 3/6/19 at Saint Louis) 25 G Jaylen Cole-Williams 6-0 Fr. --- --- -/- Reston, Va. Spent postgrad year at TLAP (Fla.) Sports Academy 30 F Andre Harris 6-7 Fr. 3.0 2.5 2/0 Mesa, Ariz. Played two seasons at national power Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix 31 G Jett Roesing 6-4 Fr. --- --- -/- Pittsburgh, Pa. Shot 47% from 3-point and 90% from the foul line in HS career 34 F Austin Rotroff 6-10 Jr. 3.0 2.5 2/2 Wauseon, Ohio 4 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes vs. UNCG 35 G Noah Buono 6-5 Jr. --- --- -/- Brick, N.J. Began college career at Wagner in 2017-18 44 F Chad Baker 6-7 Fr. 4.0 0.0 1/0 Santo Domingo, D.R. Averaged just under 19 ppg. as a senior at Colonia (N.J.) HS 55 C Mounir Hima 6-11 Fr. --- --- -/- Short Hills, N.J. Will not be in uniform; redshirting in 2020-21 • - indicates returning starters 1 2020-21 DUQUESNE DUKES BASKETBALL WORTH NOTING QUICK FACTS • The Dukes have increased their win total in each of their first three seasons under fourth- GENERAL year head coach Keith Dambrot. Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team (3-15 in the A-10) Name of School Duquesne University in 2017-18, posted a 16-16 record in 2018. He followed that by guiding a 2019 team - with a Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue roster that saw 97 percent of its points coming from freshmen and sophomores - to 19 wins City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish (T6th). DU returns five starters from a team that won a Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers school-record 11 conference games (11-7) on the way to posting the school’s third 20-win Enrollment 9,344 season (21-9) in the past 48 years in 2020. Nickname Dukes School Colors Red and Blue Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) • Duquesne returns all five starters - and TRENDING Arena/Capacity UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse/3,500 seven of its top eight scorers - from last Affiliation NCAA Division I year’s 21-9 team. • DU, which has won four of its past five Conference Atlantic 10 / 44th season A-10 road games, is looking to tie the school President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) record for consecutive A-10 road wins (three) Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) • This is the first time since 1971 & 1972 that set in 2010-11. University Website www.duq.edu DU has had 19 or more wins in back-to-back Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com seasons. The last time Duquesne had three- • Tavian Dunn-Martin, Michael Hughes & Marcus Weathers graduated in December, straight 19+-win seasons was in a four-year giving the Dukes four players with degrees HISTORY span from 1951-52 through 1954-55 (23-4 (grad transfer Ryan Murphy is the fourth). First Year of Basketball 1913-14 in 1952, 21-8 in 1953, 26-3 in 1954 and 22-4 All-Time Record 1,427-1,133 (105th year) in the NIT Championship season of 1955). • DU was picked to finish fifth in the A-10 pre- Atlantic 10 Record 251-434 (44th year) season poll. It is the highest the Dukes have Dambrot’s father, Sid, was a member of the A-10 Champ Record 20-39 (41 appearances) appeared in the poll since the 2010 team, 1977 (Champion), 1981 (runner-up), 2009 (runner-up) 1952, 1953 & 1954 teams. which returned four starters from a group that NCAA Tournament/Last (Record) 5/1977 (4-5) advanced to the 2009 A-10 Championship 1940 (Final Four), 1952 (Regional Final), 1969 (Regional • The Dukes, who were picked to finish fifth game, was picked tied for fifth. Semifinal), 1971 (First Round), 1977 (First Round) in the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 preseason poll, • This is also the first time since 2010 (Damian NIT/Last (Record) 17/2009 (17-19) have exceeded their preseason A-10 pick in Saunders Second Team and Bill Clark Third 1940 (runner-up), 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953, each of their first three seasons under Keith 1954 (runner-up), 1955 (Champion), 1956, 1962, 1964, Team) that Duquesne has had two play- 1968, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1994, 2009 Dambrot: ers on the A-10 Preseason Team (Marcus CBI/Last (Record) 3/2016 (2-3) Weathers Second Team & Sincere Carry Year Pick Finish Third Team).