Game Notes
Feb. 13, 2009
DUQUESNE (14-10, 4-5) at MASSACHUSETTS (10-14, 3-6)
Sat., Feb. 14, 2009 - 2:00 P.M. (EST)
Mullins Center (9,493) - Amherst, Mass.
WHO, WHAT AND WHERE: The Duquesne women's basketball will visit Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon at the Mullins Center. Tipoff is at 2:00 p.m.
DUQUESNE LATELY: Won their third straight home game with their 84-66 victory over Saint Louis on Wednesday night. This marked the seventh time this season the Dukes scored 80+ points.
MASSACHUSETTS LATELY: Defeated Temple 71-60 Wednesday afternoon. The win was the first over the Owls since 2003.
DUQUESNE AND MASSACHUSETTS ALL-TIME: Today marks the 41st all-time meeting between Duquesne and Massachusetts. The Dukes and Minutewomen began their series Feb. 20, 1984. DU and UMass have met six times in the Atlantic 10 Championship, splitting three games apiece. The home team has dominated the series with Duquesne winning 13-of-18 games in Pittsburgh and Massachusetts taking 13-of-16 in Amherst.
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS:
Series Record: Massachusetts leads 21-19
in Amherst: Massachusetts leads 15-3
in Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 13-5
in Washington, D.C.: Massachusetts leads 1-0
in Piscataway: Duquesne leads 1-0
in Philadelphia: Duquesne leads 2-0
in the A-10 Championship: Series tied 3-3
DATE - LOCATION -RESULT
2/20/84 - Pittsburgh - L, 59-61
2/23/85 - Amherst - L, 66-75
1/9/86 - Amherst - L, 64-76
2/22/86 - Pittsburgh - L, 62-65
1/17/87 - Pittsburgh - L, 74-80
2/21/87 - Amherst - L, 70-76
1/16/88 - Pittsburgh - W, 75-68
2/18/88 - Amherst - L, 64-73
1/19/89 - Amherst - L, 74-88
2/25/89 - Pittsburgh - W, 64-62
1/18/90 - Amherst - L, 54-70
2/22/90 - Pittsburgh - W, 72-60
1/10/91 - Pittsburgh - W, 68-47
2/9/91 - Amherst - W, 71-50
1/18/92 - Amherst - W, 70-59
2/15/92 - Pittsburgh - W, 76-68
3/11/92 - Piscataway* - W, 44-35
1/24/94 - Amherst - L, 53-64
2/19/94 - Pittsburgh - W, 64-61
1/28/95 - Amherst - L, 47-73
2/23/95 - Pittsburgh - L, 51-54
2/14/96 - Amherst - L, 47-68
1/18/97 - Pittsburgh - W, 85-58
2/27/97 - Amherst* - L, 60-75
1/2/98 - Pittsburgh - W, 75-65
2/26/98 - Amherst* - L, 47-63
2/14/99 - Amherst - L, 59-68
2/11/00 - Pittsburgh - L, 51-53
2/11/01 - Amherst - L, 47-55
2/18/01 - Pittsburgh - W, 64-53
1/17/02 - Pittsburgh - W, 50-47
3/2/03 - Amherst - L, 68-77
2/8/04 - Pittsburgh - W, 46-42
3/5/04 - Philadelphia* - W, 73-44
1/21/05 - Amherst - W, 63-53
3/4/05 - Washington, D.C* - L, 52-6
7 1/6/06 - Pittsburgh - W, 46-44
3/3/06 - Philadelphia* - W, 56-51
2/16/07 - Amherst - L, 57-70
2/20/08 - Pittsburgh - W, 61-54
DUKES AND MINUTEWOMEN BY THE NUMBERS:
0: Overtime games
6: Games decided by 21 points or more
10.6: Average margin of victory for Duquesne
11: Games decided by 11-20 points
11: Head coaches in the series
11.8 Average margin of victory for Massachusetts
13: Common opponents this season
19: Number of Duquesne wins
23: Games decided by 10 points or less
21: Number of Massachusetts wins
26: Largest victory for Massachusetts (1/28/95)
29: Largest victory for Duquesne (3/5/04)
40: Total meetings
61.2: Average points scored by Duquesne
61.8: Average points scored by Massachusetts
79: Fewest combined points (3/11/92)
162: Most combined points (1/19/89)
540: Number of miles between venues
2,449: Total points scored by Duquesne
2,472: Total points scored by Massachusetts
4,921: Total points scored by both teams
9,125: Days since the series began
