Feb. 11, 2006
DUQUESNE (3-18, 1-9) at TEMPLE (12-9, 5-5)
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006 • 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Liacouras Center (10,206) • Philadelphia, Pa.TELEVISION: None
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DUQUESNE HEADS TO PHILLY
Duquesne (3-18, 1-9), coming off a 79-69 loss at Rhode Island on Wednesday, completes a two-game road trip at Temple (12-9, 5-5) on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2:00 p.m. (KQV-AM 1410/ redzonemedia.com). DU, which is 1-8 on the road, is looking for its first win at Temple since 1995. Temple, picked to finish third in a preseason poll of Atlantic 10 coaches and media, is coming off a 66-59 loss at Charlotte on Wednesday. The Owls are 8-1 at home this season with the lone loss coming to nationally ranked George Washington.
DUKES AND OWLS
Temple leads the overall series 34-12, including a 17-5 advantage in games played at Philadelphia ... Duquesne's last win at Temple was on Jan. 30, 1995 by a 62-55 score (a span of five games) ... ... Temple has won the last three Liacouras Center meetings by an average of +33.0 ppg. (81-37 in 2000, 85-48 in 2002 and 83-65 in 2004 for an average score of 83.0-50.0) ... Duquesne snapped an eight-game series losing streak with a 61-54 win over the Owls in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2003 ... Temple has won the last two meetings ... last year, Mardy Collins scored 29 points to lead the Owls to a 68-62 win at the Palumbo Center ... in the last Liacouras Center meeting, David Hawkins and Collins scored 27 and 26 points respectively as Temple hit a then seasonhigh 12 3-pointers in defeating Duquesne 83-65 ... DU head coach Danny Nee is 1-3 against Temple Hall of Fame coach John Chaney.
DUQUESNE LATELY
Senior guard Bryant McAllister has tied school records in each of his last two outings ... the 6-3 Pittsburgh native posted his first career double-double with 16 points and a school record-tying 12 assists vs. Fordham last Saturday and followed that by tying the 17-year-old school mark for 3-pointers in a game with eight (in 13 attempts) at Rhode Island on Wednesday ... McAllister's 36 points vs. the Rams were the most by a DU player since current Toronto Raptors guard Mike James scored 36 at Xavier in 1996 ... McAllister leads the A-10 in scoring (19.4 ppg.) and is second in assists per game at 4.85 ... he enters the Temple game 11th on Duquesne's all-time leading scorer's list with 1,420 points ... he needs 40 to pass Rick Suder and move into the No. 10 spot ... Duquesne, which has been dressing nine players for the Atlantic 10 season, was down to eight at Rhode Island with starting forward DeVario Hudson sidelined with the flu ... Hudson, who averaged 13.7 ppg. (17- of- 29, 58.6%) in the three games prior to URI, is expected to play against Temple ... senior Keith Gayden has come off the bench to play the last three games with his sprained his left (shooting) wrist heavily taped ... Gayden injured the wrist when he tripped while running up a flight of stairs in the Student Union on Feb. 1.
RHODE ISLAND LEFTOVERS
Leftovers from Wednesday's 79-69 loss at Rhode Island ... Bryant McAllister's 36 points eclipsed his previous career-high of 30 set last year vs. UMBC and tied earlier this season vs. Troy ... the point total was the highest by a Duquesne player since current Toronto Raptors point guard Mike James scored 36 at Xavier on Feb. 24, 1996 ... McAllister was also the first Duke to score 30 on the road since James netted 31 at Temple on Jan. 21, 1998 ... McAllister, who scored 18 in each half, finished the game 12-of-19 from the field (8-of-13 from the 3-point arc) with six rebounds and three assists in 39 minutes ... McAllister, who now has 1,420 career points, passed Courtney Wallace and James to take over the No. 11 spot on DU's alltime leading scorers' list ... McAllister's eight 3-pointers tied the school record set by Tony Petrarca at Pitt on Dec. 18, 1989 ... McAllister's previous career best for 3-pointers in a game was five which he had accomplished twice ... Duquesne tied its season high of 10 3-pointers made for the second time in three games ... the Dukes were without leading rebounder DeVario Hudson, who was in street clothes with the flu ... Duquesne's 24 rebounds were a season low ... centers Sean McKeon and Keith Gayden went without a rebound in 40 combined minutes ... Gayden, who has played DU's last three games with his sprained left (shooting) wrist heavily taped, has gone without a rebound in his last two outings ... Rhode Island went 17-27 from the foul line ... Duquesne was 5-6 from the charity stripe ... Rhode Island shot 60.0 percent in the first half (54.9% for the game) ... Duquesne shot 54.2 percent in the second half and 47.4 percent for the game ... freshman guard Aaron Jackson had eight points, six assists and three steals for the Dukes.
EXTREME MAKE-OVER
A $2 million renovation of Duquesne's basketball home - the A.J. Palumbo Center - is nearing completion. The project, which began in late June, involved the creation of new offices for both the men's and women's coaching staffs, video viewing and video breakdown rooms, a large meeting/recruiting room, a new training room and a new state-of-the-art student-athlete weight room. It is the first major renovation of the Palumbo Center which opened its doors in December of 1988.
