Feb. 19, 2010

Complete Game Notes

Jason Duty to be honored on Senior Day
DAYTON (18-7, 7-4) at DUQUESNE (14-12, 5-7)
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 ­• A.J. Palumbo Center (5,358) • Pittsburgh, Pa. • 1:02 • ESPN2

TELEVISION: ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen & Tim Welsh
DUQUESNE RADIO: KQV-AM (1410) with Ray Goss & George Von Benko
STREAMING AUDIO: redzonemedia.com or GoDuquesne.com
GAMETRACKER: GoDuquesne.com

DUKES HOST DAYTON ON ESPN2: Duquesne (14-12, 5-7), coming off an 83-77 win at Charlotte on Wednesday, returns home for a nationally televised rematch with Dayton (18-7, 7-4) on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1:02 p.m. The game will be the first ESPN2 telecast to emanate from the Palumbo Center since 2001. Duquesne will recognize senior guard Jason Duty, who will be playing his 105th career game, in a pregame ceremony. It will also be DU's annual "Red Out" where all fans are encouraged to wear red to support the Dukes. Dayton, which is 4-4 on the road (2-3 in the A-10), is coming off a 68-54 home win over La Salle on Thursday. The Flyers defeated the Dukes 78-72 in OT on Jan. 9 in the first meeting between the two at UD Arena. Duquesne, which is 9-4 at home (9-3 at the Palumbo Center), is coming off back-to-back wins for the first time since mid-December. DU, which entered the La Salle game averaging 67.5 ppg., has scored 183 points in its past two games (93.0 ppg.). The Dukes have assisted on 45 of 63 field goals (71.4%) and forced 43 turnovers over that span. DU rallied from a 14-point first half deficit to win going away versus La Salle and erased a 10-point second half Charlotte lead in the win over the 49ers. The 14-point comeback matched the best of the Everhart Era. Bill Clark has led the attack with 52 points (26.0 ppg.) on 18-of-26 shooting (.692) in the past two games.

DUQUESNE LATELY: Junior F Damian Saunders, who topped the 1,000-point mark with 15 vs. UMass on Feb. 11 (88th g. of his career), entered the weekend ranked tied for 3rd nationally in double-doubles (18), 4th in steals/g. (2.8), 5th in rebounds/g. (11.9) and 7th in blocks/g. (3.5) ... his 11.9 rpg. average is the sixth-best in A-10 history ... his 73 steals have broken the DU season record of 71 he set in 34 games last year ... fellow junior G/F Bill Clark joined Saunders in the 1,000-point club while scoring a career high 34 vs. La Salle on Feb. 14 (it was the 88th g. of his career) ... DU has played a school record six OT games (2-4) ... the NCAA record is eight, by three schools ... DU is limiting opponents to 69.4 ppg. ... it is the lowest opponent scoring average since 1985-86 (68.9 ppg.) ... DU opponents are shooting .401, which translates to DU's best field goal percentage defense since 1970-71 (.389) ... last year, Duquesne ranked 309th of 330 teams in scoring defense (74.7 ppg.) and 294th in field goal percentage defense (.462) ... DU, which lost a 16-point second-half lead in an OT loss to UMass on Feb. 11, has come back from double-digit deficits to win its past two (-14 vs. La Salle & -10 at Charlotte).

THE SERIES: Dayton leads the overall series 43-19 including a 21-5 lead in Atlantic 10 regular season games and a 16-11 advantage in games played at Pittsburgh ... UD had won 18 of 19 meetings, before Duquesne's 93-89 win at Pittsburgh in 2007 - current head coach Ron Everhart's first game vs. the Flyers ... Duquesne made it back-to-back wins over UD for just the third time in the 61-game series with a 63-61 win at UD Arena two years ago ... Dayton took the first meeting this season, 78-72 in overtime at UD Arena on Jan. 9 ... fourth-year DU head coach Ron Everhart is 3-3 versus the Flyers ... Dayton swept the home and home series last year with a 78-69 win at Pittsburgh and a 74-61 victory at Dayton ... DU took the third match-up, 77-66, in the semifinal of the 2009 A-10 Championship.

UD THIS YEAR: Dayton, owner of non-conference wins over Creighton (90-80), Georgia Tech (63-59) and Old Dominion (58-50), is 18-7 overall with four of the losses coming on the road where the Flyers are 4-4 (2-3 in conference play) ... the Flyers, who are led by preseason first team All-A-10 pick 6-8 junior Chris Wright (14.7, 7.2, .531 from the field), return four starters and 10 of the top 11 scorers from last year's 27-8 NCAA Tournament team ... 10 Flyers are averaging double-digit minutes with none over 30 (Wright is at 28.1 min/g.) ... 6-6 sophomore Chris Johnson is the other UD player averaging in double digits at 12.2 ppg. ... Johnson had 26 points and 20 rebounds in Dayton's 78-72 overtime win at UD Arena on Jan. 9 ... four other Flyers are averaging between 6.1 and 8.5 points per game.

THE FIRST MEETING: Dayton scored the first seven points of overtime to extend its home winning streak to 29 with a 78-72 win over Duquesne at UD Arena.Chris Johnson led the Flyers with 26 points and 20 rebounds. Duquesne was led by Damian Saunders, who posted his 13th double-double (21-11). Duquesne's Jason Duty, who scored a season-high 12 points, had a chance to give DU a lead near the end of regulation after drawing a three-shot foul with the Dukes down 63-62 with 3.5 seconds left. Duty, an 80.3 percent career free throw shooter, made the first, missed the second and rimmed out the third following a Dayton timeout. Marcus Johnson opened the overtime with a 3-pointer and Chris Johnson hit a lay up and follow dunk to give the Flyers a lead they would not relinquish (a full box and recap is included in the full release).

CHARLOTTE LEFTOVERS: Duquesne rallied from a 10-point second half deficit to pull out an 83-77 road win ... DU used a 16-1 run to take charge ... the win was DU's first at Charlotte and first in a North Carolina school's arena since 1937 (ending a streak of 14 straight losses) ... B.J. Monteiro led the Dukes with 19 points ... Bill Clark went 4-of-8 from the 3-point arc in adding 18 for DU ... seven-foot Kentucky transfer Morakinyo Williams had his best game as a Duke, setting career highs for points (8) and rebounds (9) in 22 minutes ... Duquesne assisted on 22 of 30 field goals ... the Dukes held the 49ers to .328 shooting ... it was DU's best defensive performance since holding Iowa to .316 shooting in a 52-50 win on Nov. 17 ... Jason Duty hit a pair of clutch free throws with 22 seconds left to put the Dukes up 81-77 ... freshman Sean Johnson iced the game with two more free throws with seven seconds to go ... it was the second consecutive game DU erased a double-digit deficit to win (DU trailed by 14 in the first half of its 103-82 win over La Salle).

NOTES FROM THE DUKES CLIPBOARD

• Duquesne returns four starters from last year's 21-13 NIT team. DU's 21 wins last season were the most since the 1971 NCAA team went 21-4.

• One of the key returnees, 6-3 sophomore Melquan Bolding, missed seven weeks of practice (13 games) with a fractured wrist suffered in the opener vs. Nicholls State. Bolding, who had a team-high 25 points vs. Nicholls, had surgery on his right (shooting) wrist Nov. 17 and had a hard cast removed on Dec. 1. He was cleared to resume practice on Jan. 5. The Dukes were 8-5 without Bolding.

• DU, which has gone 10-19, 17-13 & 21-13 in three seasons under head coach Ron Everhart, is looking for its third consecutive winning campaign. The last time that happened on the Bluff was from 1968-73 when Red Manning's Dukes finished above .500 six straight times. Duquesne was coming off a 3-24 season, and had finished above .500 once (1994) in the 21 years prior to Everhart taking over in 2006-07.

• Juniors Damian Saunders (second team) and Bill Clark (third team), both preseason All-Atlantic 10 picks, have led the way for the Dukes so far. Saunders is averaging 14.8 ppg., 11.9 rpg., 2.8 spg. and 3.5 bpg. Saunders' 18 double-doubles entered the weekend ranked tied for third in the nation. Clark is averaging 14.0 ppg. & 6.1 rpg. (with 38 3-pointers). Saunders topped the 1,000-point mark on Feb. 11 vs. UMass and Clark did it on Feb. 14 vs. La Salle. Both topped 1,000 in their 88th game.

• DU has held second half leads in 21 of 26 games ... the Dukes have led at the half 16 times and managed a double-digit lead in 13 games.

• DU has played a school record six overtime games (2-4), including a school record three multiple-overtime games (all double OT). The NCAA record for OT games in a season is eight done by Western Kentucky in 1978, Portland in 1984 and Valparaiso in 1993.

• Duquesne has held 16 of 26 teams under 40 percent from the field. In the first three seasons under Ron Everhart (93 games), DU held a total of 17 teams under 40 percent.

• DU opponents are shooting .401 and averaging 69.4 ppg. The opponent field goal percentage is the lowest caused by a Duquesne team since 1970-71 (.389). The 69.4 opponent points per game are the lowest since 1985-86 (68.9 ppg.).

• Five players have scored 20 or more in a game: Damian Saunders (five times), Bill Clark (four times), Melquan Bolding (three times), B.J. Monteiro (twice) and Eric Evans (once). In addition, six players have led the Dukes in scoring at least once. DU and La Salle are the only A-10 schools to have five 20-point scorers this season.

• Damian Saunders (37.4 min/g) has played 40 or more minutes eight times including 50 vs. Canisius & Saint Louis. He is averaging 39.0 min./g. in A-10 play (468 of a possible 500 minutes).

• Damian Saunders was the first Duquesne player in 39 years to open a season with six-straight double-doubles. He added a second in-season streak of nine more in a row. His 18 double-doubles are the most by a DU player since Bruce Atkins' 22 in 1980-81.

• Saunders' 11.9 rebounds per game average - in addition to being the sixth-best average in Atlantic 10 history - is the best by a Duquesne player since Lionel Billingy averaged 13.1 rpg. in 1973-74 ... his 309 total rebounds are the most by a DU player since Bruce Atkins had 352 in 1980-81.

• Saunders (212 career blks), who rejected a career-high nine at Old Dominion on Dec. 30 (third highest total in school history), ranks second on DU's all-time blocked shot list. He trails only Derrick Alston (229 from 1991-94).

• Saunders needs 13 steals to pass current Washington Wizards guard Mike James (201 from 1995-98) and move into the No. 3 spot in DU's career list ... his 73 steals have already broken the school single-season record of 71 he set last year in 34 games.

• DU is 50-8 (12-3 this season) when leading with 5:00 minutes left and 9-0 (5-0 this season) when holding opponents under 60 points under Ron Everhart ... the Dukes are 4-0 this year in games decided by three or fewer points.

• Entering this season Duquesne was 1-19 under Ron Everhart when scoring fewer than 70 points. So far this season, the Dukes are 3-8 when scoring under 70 (the wins: 52-50 at Iowa, 58-44 over Savannah State and 59-54 over Robert Morris).

• Duquesne has opened with at least four consecutive wins in each of the past three seasons (4-0 this season, 4-0 last year and 6-0 in 2007-08). The 2007-08 start was the school's best in 28 years. The last time Duquesne put together three consecutive seasons with 4-0 (or better starts) was from 1961 through 1963 (4-0, 7-0 & 5-0).

• Duquesne faced an Atlantic 10-tying high five NCAA tournament teams in non-conference play in Binghamton (W, 70-52, neutral), Pitt (L, 67-58 in 2OT at Mellon Arena), Radford (W, 71-63, home), Robert Morris (W, 59-54, home) and at No. 6 (AP) West Virginia (L, 68-39). La Salle is the only other conference school that played as many 2008-09 NCAA tournament teams in non-league play.

• According to research compiled by the University of Central Florida sports information department, only nine Division I schools have more underclassmen than Duquesne's 10.

• Ron Everhart's Dukes have scored 100 or more points seven times in his four seasons. Only Red Manning, who saw his DU teams score 100 or more 23 times in 16 seasons (1959-74) has coached more 100-point scoring Duquesne teams.

PLAYER NOTES

#25 Damian Saunders
Junior Damian Saunders currently ranks among Duquesne's Top 10 in four career statistical categories: 2nd in blocks (212), 4th in steals (189), 7th in rebounds (723) and 8th in career FG% (.514) ... he became the 33rd member of the Duquesne 1,000-point club with a steal and layup with 17:30 left vs. UMass on Feb. 11 (his 88th career game) ... has already broken the school record for steals in a season with 73 (he set the mark with 71 in 34 games last season) ... he needs 13 steals to pass current Washington Wizards guard Mike James (201) to move into the No. 3 spot ... he is 18 blocks shy of breaking Derrick Alston's school record of 229 ... Saunders, the first DU player in 39 years to open a season with six consecutive double-doubles, has posted 18 double-doubles in 26 games, including streaks of six (to open the season) and nine in a row ... the 18 double-doubles are the most by a DU player since Bruce Atkins had 22 in 1980-81 ... the 6-7 Connecticut native has set new career highs for points (27 at George Washington), rebounds (19 vs. Nicholls State) and blocks (9 at Old Dominion) and tied his career-best for steals (6 at Iowa & vs. Richmond) and assists (6 at Temple) this season ... his current 11.9 rebounds per game average is the best since Lionel Billingy averaged 13.1 rpg. in 1973-74 and his 2.8 steals per game average is the best in school history ... his 309 rebounds this season are the most since Bruce Atkins had 352 in 1980-81 ... Saunders has pulled down 15 or more boards in a game nine times ... his career high entering this season was 14 ... came within a disputed first half goaltend of posting the second triple-double in Duquesne history at Old Dominion (11-10-9) ... the nine blocks tied ODU's Constant Center arena record set by former Duke Shawn James ... James set the mark in 2006 while at Northeastern prior to his transfer to Duquesne ... had seven blocks vs. Canisius and Saint Joseph's ... Saunders leads the Dukes with 48 dunks, bringing his career total to 108 ... his 100th dunk came off a spectacular fast break alley-oop pass from former high school teammate B.J. Monteiro at George Washington ... Saunders, who was named one of the nation's top 10 "Stat Sheet Stuffers" by Rivals.com in October, also flirted with a triple-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks vs. Canisius ... he has posted six steals in a game twice this season (at Iowa and vs. Richmond) ... with DU down 50-40 and just over 17 minutes left, he ignited a 16-1 run with a steal and dunk followed by a second steal and assist in DU's 83-77 win at Charlotte ... finished the game with four assists and six blocks ... has struggled from the 3-point arc where he is shooting .203 (16-of-79) ... he has never shot under 34 percent from arc (.348 as a freshman and .343 as a sophomore) ... Saunders has more career assists (191), steals (189) and blocks (212) than turnovers (182).

#30 Bill Clark
Junior Bill Clark (14.0 ppg.) is tied with Damain Saunders for the team lead with 55 career double-digit scoring games, including 18 this season ... topped the 1,000-point mark with a career-high 34 vs. La Salle on Feb. 14 ... hit 11-of-14 shots from the field and 4-of-7 from the arc vs. the Explorers ... ranks 4th on DU's all time list for 3-pointers made (144) and fourth in all-time attempts (435) ... opened the season with seven consecutive double-digit scoring games, including 20 or more three times: career-high 25 at Western Carolina, 23 vs. Pitt and 20 at Iowa ... was averaging 19.0 ppg. and shooting .464 (20-of-60 from 3-point) over those first seven games ... averaged 10.3 ppg. on .318 shooting over a span of 16 g. (10-of-66 from 3-point) prior to the scoring outburst vs. La Salle on Feb. 14 ... followed the La Salle game with 18 points (4-of-8 from 3-point) at Charlotte ... posted his fourth career double-double (first this season) with 17 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and three steals in 50 minutes in the double overtime win over Canisius ... added his second double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds in the double overtime loss to Saint Louis ... his 3-pointer with 9.1 seconds left in overtime forced the second OT session ... hit a career-high six from the arc (on 14 attempts) vs. Pitt (23 points) ... went 10-of-66 from the arc and has failed to make a 3-pointer in nine of his 16 games before hitting 4-of-7 from the arc against La Salle (34 points) ... Clark, who entered the season a .361 career 3-point shooter, is shooting .270 from the arc ... he is shooting .554 (72-of-130) on his two-point attempts ... despite his struggles, Clark leads the Dukes with 38 3-pointers ... his 3-pointer from the left wing with 11.7 seconds left proved to be the game-winner in DU's 52-50 win at Iowa on Nov. 17 ... the win was Duquesne's first ever in a Big 10 arena ... Clark's shot was ranked No. 4 on ESPN's Top 10 Plays that evening ... the 6-5 Californian has grabbed at least nine rebounds five times ... he leads the team in charges taken (16) and free throw percentage (.734) and makes (91) ... he has made more free throws than all but two other players on the roster (Damian Saunders & Eric Evans) have attempted ... the 6-5 Clark is Duquesne's second-leading rebounder at 6.1 rpg. ... saw a streak of 81 consecutive games played (every game of his career) and 51 starts snapped when he missed the game at Rhode Island due to a secondary NCAA rules infraction ... handed out a season-high six assists vs. Saint Joseph's ... went 2-of-5 from the arc at Temple ... it was his first game with multiple 3-pointers since he hit six vs. Pitt on Dec. 2 ... added 14 points and eight rebounds vs. UMass, before the big game vs. La Salle ... is 18-of-26 (.692) from the field and 8-of-15 .533 from 3-point in his past two games (26.0 ppg. over that span).

#23 Melquan Bolding
Missed 13 games and seven weeks of practice while recovering from a fractured wrist suffered in the opener vs. Nicholls State ... returned on Jan. 6 vs. Richmond ... DU went 8-5 in the 13 games he was sidelined ... scored 25 points - one shy of his career high - despite finishing out the Nicholls State with the wrist fracture ... underwent surgery to have a pin placed in the wrist on Nov. 17 ... was cleared to rejoin practice the day before the Richmond game ... had 13 points, eight rebounds and a career high-tying four assists in his second game back, at Dayton before coming down with strep throat the day before the Jan. 13 Saint Louis game ... played just five first-half minutes vs. the Billikens ... made his second start of the season at Rhode Island (six points, five rebounds and two steals in 29 minutes) ... his 3-pointer from the corner with 3.4 seconds left helped the Dukes snap a five-game losing streak with a 70-69 win over St. Bonaventure ... had 14 points (3-of-6 from 3-point) and a career high-tying four assists vs. the Bonnies ... added a team-high 14 points at Xavier before hitting three 3-pointers on his way to 24 points in the win over Saint Joseph's ... scored 17 in 15 first-half minutes against the Hawks ... added 14 points and nine rebounds at GW ... posted career highs for assists (5) and steals (4) vs. UMass ... went 13-of-15 from the line in scoring 24 points in 29 minutes vs. La Salle ... has scored in double digits in eight of 13 games and topped the 20-point mark three times.

#32 B.J. Monteiro
Sophomore B.J. Monteiro emerged as a pleasant surprise as a starter when Bolding was injured ... has led the Dukes in scoring six times ... scored 14 of his team-high 17 in the second half of DU's win over Robert Morris and followed that with a career-high 27 in the double-overtime victory over Canisius ... blocked Eric May's field goal attempt at the buzzer to preserve DU's 52-50 win in his first start, at Iowa on Nov. 17 ... also blocked a Chase Adams field goal attempt with two seconds left to force the Pitt game into a second overtime ... a former high school teammate of Damian Saunders, Monteiro scored 15 or more seven times with high games of 27 vs. Canisius and 21 vs. Radford ... his career high, and only double-digit scoring game, entering the season was 12 last year at Dayton ... he has scored in double digits 13 times (five times in A-10 play) ... pulled down a career high nine rebounds vs. Richmond and matched that total vs. Saint Louis ... added a team-high 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting vs. UMass ... added a team-high 19 on 7-of-12 shooting at Charlotte ... averaging 16.3 ppg. on .563 shooting (18-of-32) in DU's past three games.

#3 Eric Evans
Sophomore point guard Eric Evans has scored in double-digits 13 times including a career high 20 (4-of-8 from 3-point) at IUPUI on Dec. 19 ... entered IUPUI game 3-of-33 from the 3-point arc ... followed that by hitting 7-of-8 from the field (including 3-of-4 from 3-point) in scoring 17 in 25 minutes vs. Saint Francis, Pa. and added 10 more at Old Dominion ... leads the Dukes with 95 assists, including eight games with five or more ... DU is 5-3 when Evans has five or more assists ... handed out a career-high nine assists in the opening night win over Nicholls State ... added career highs for rebounds (6) and steals (6) at Old Dominion ... is one of just two Dukes with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (95-62) ... second on the team in steals (38) and third in free throws made (59) ... has converted a team high seven (of 13) traditional three-point plays ... had a four-point play in the second overtime vs. Saint Louis ... scored all 12 of his points in the second half vs. Saint Joseph's and followed that with all 12 of his points at Temple in the first half ... had 13 points, three steals and eight assists (with one turnover) in 42 minutes of the OT loss to UMass ... had three assists in eight minutes before leaving the La Salle game with a back injury ... has 41 assists and 17 turnovers in A-10 play (2.4-to-1), including 26 assists and seven turnovers in his past seven games (3.7-to-1 ratio).

#13 Jason Duty
Senior guard Jason Duty (34-18) joins Evans as the other regular with a positive assist/turnover ratio ... badly jammed his right (shooting) shoulder during the Nov. 25 game at Western Carolina and shot .242 (8-of-33) overall and 5-of-26 from the 3-point arc in the ensuing six games before going 3-of-4 (3-of-3 from 3-point) in scoring all nine of his points in the first half vs. Saint Francis, Pa. ... missed the Dec. 9 WVU game with a sprained ankle suffered late in practice on Dec. 7 ... entered the season as a .364 career 3-point shooter ... is 32-of-96 (.333) from the arc this season ... hit 3-of-4 3-pointers in scoring a season-high 12 points at Dayton ... also scored in double figures on Nov. 25 at Western Carolina (11 points) ... did not try a 3-pointer on Jan. 13 vs. Saint Louis, ending a streak of 52 games with at least one 3-point attempt ... scored nine points off the bench (3-of-5 from 3-point) vs. UMass ... hit two clutch free throws with 22 seconds left to give the Dukes an 81-77 lead in an 83-77 win at Charlotte ... shooting .417 (15-of-36) from 3-point in A-10 play.

#20 Sean Johnson
True freshman Sean Johnson saw a streak of 22-straight games played snapped at George Washington on Feb. 6 ... has scored in double digits five times ... scored a career-high 17 in 20 minutes at Old Dominion (7-of-12) ... 14 of his team-high 17 at ODU came in the second half ... had 14 in 22 minutes at Dayton and 12 in 18 vs. Richmond ... had nine points, three assists and a pair of steals in 25 minutes vs. La Salle and added seven points in 15 minutes at Charlotte ... averaging 14.5 min/g. in A-10 play.

#5 Morakinyo Williams
Seven-foot Kentucky transfer Morakinyo Williams, who played a total of 28 minutes in six non-conference appearances, is averaging 13.1 minutes per game in conference play ... tied his season high with 13 minutes versus Richmond and surpassed that with 23 at Dayton and 28 vs. Saint Louis ... had six rebounds and a pair of assists vs. the Flyers ... added five rebounds vs. SLU and four points in five minutes (2-of-3 from the field) vs. Saint Joseph's ... had his breakout game with eight points (4-of-5 from the field) and nine rebounds in 22 minutes at Charlotte ... helped hold the 49ers Shamari Spears to seven points on 1-of-8 second half shooting as DU erased a 10-point deficit to pull away for an 83-77 win ... Spears had 13 points at the break ... has four turnovers in 144 minutes of A-10 play (10 g.).

#33 Rodrigo Peggau
Redshirt freshman Rodrigo Peggau is coming off knee surgery that limited him to four games last season ... his last full season of basketball was in 2006-07 at The Calverton School (Md.) ... missed the 2007-08 season at The Patterson School (N.C.) due to a torn meniscus in his right knee ... has seen action in 22 games with three starts ... had streak of 14 straight games played snapped on Jan. 31 vs. Saint Joseph's ... had nine points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes vs. Pitt and added eight points and seven boards in 15 minutes vs. Robert Morris ... he is 11-of-21 (.524) on two-point attempts and 0-of-6 from the 3-point arc .... he has played 20 or more minutes in a game three times ... has played a total of 43 minutes in 11 A-10 games.

Others
Sophomore #2 Chase Robinson has played in 10 games ... scored a season-high four points and added a career-best four rebounds in nine minutes vs. Saint Francis, Pa. ... played a career-high 13 minutes at IUPUI ... has seen five minutes of action in conference play ... six-nine , 255-pound sophomore #54 Oliver Lewinson has played in 12 games ... had two points, five rebounds and two steals in a career-high 22 minutes at No. 6 (AP) West Virginia ... he added three boards in five minutes vs. Canisius ... saw his first conference action at Rhode Island where he had three rebounds in 12 minutes ... freshman #3 Andre Marhold has come off the bench in 16 games ... grabbed four rebounds and blocked two shots in a season-high 16 minutes at WVU ... has played double-digit minutes four times ... saw his first conference action at Xavier (one block in two minutes) ... added another block at Temple ... had three points and an assist, block and steal in seven minutes vs. La Salle.

ITS ALL ACADEMIC TO DUTY: Senior guard Jason Duty was named to the CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 2 Team for the second consecutive season on Feb. 4. A member of the Atlantic 10 men's basketball All-Academic team in 2008-09, Duty is just the fourth men's basketball player in school history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. A multiple member of the A-10 Commissioner's and DU Director of Athletics honor rolls, Duty already has been offered a position by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services firm, upon graduation. Duty has a 3.73 grade point average as an accounting major - one of the more rigorous majors offered at Duquesne.