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March 1, 2009

PITTSBURGH - Samantha Pollino tied her career-high with 23 points and Kristi Little added 12 in her final game at the A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne women's basketball team closed out the regular season with a 71-54 victory over Rhode Island Sunday afternoon.

March 1, 2009

PITTSBURGH -

Eve Pyle had eight rebounds for Duquesne (19-10, 9-5). URI's Lindsay Harris and Megan Shoniker led the Rams with 11 points each. Sierra Cooper grabbed a game-high nine rebounds for the Rams (9-20, 2-12) who dropped their ninth game in a row.

The Dukes led from start-to-finish to wrap up their 19th victory of the season and a four-way tie for fourth place with George Washington, St. Bonaventure and Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings.

DU jumped out to an early 9-2 advantage five minutes into the opening half and never looked back. A Kelly Britcher jumper at the 7:46 mark and another with 3:30 remaining in the first half gave Duquesne their highest leads of the half - 15 points.

Duquesne went into halftime with a 36-22 lead while shooting 14-for-35 (.400).

Rhode Island would only get as close as 11 points midway through the second half, as the Dukes were up 19 with less than a minute to play. Cooper's jumper with 25 seconds left closed out the scoring for the day, with the Dukes winning their sixth game in a row, 71-54.

The Dukes finished the game shooting 24-for-58 (.414) from the floor, the 14th time this season they have shot .400 or better.

The 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship pairing will be announced later tonight. Check back at www.GoDuquesne.com to see who Duquesne will be paired with.

GAME NOTES

• This is the best Atlantic 10 Conference finish since 2003-04 when Duquesne went 10-6 and the best winning A-10 winning percentage (.643) in school history
  
• The 19 wins is a Division I era regular season record - the 1981-82 Duchesses recorded 19 wins when they played at the Division II level
  
• Duquesne is 15-0 when hold the opponent under 40 percent from the floor
  
• This is the second six-game winning streak of the season - DU began the season 6-0 before falling to Towson on Nov. 30
• Little moved into 10th place on Duquesne all-time scoring list (1,208 career points)