Jan. 4, 2011

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Pittsburgh (8-5)		RV/- Duquesne (12-2)

Game Notes

GAMEDAY INFORMATION:
DATE: Wednesday, January 05, 2011
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pa.
ARENA: A.J. Palumbo Center (4,406)
STREAMING AUDIO: Red Zone Media
LIVE STATS:
STREAMING VIDEO: Duquesne All-Access
SERIES: Pittsburgh leads 19-9
LAST MEETING: Duquesne 72, Pittsburgh 63

DUQUESNE LATELY: Coming off an 86-51 victory at Ball State ... the 35 point win is the largest this season ... also recorded season-highs of 32 field goals, 35 caused turnovers and 23 steals while tying a season-high with 24 assists against BSU ... Jocelyn Floyd came within two assists and a rebound of recording a quadruple-double finishing with career-highs of 12 points, 10 rebounds, nine steals and eight assists ... Wumi Agunbiade scored a game-high 16 points and Alex Gensler added 12 ... finished non-conference road schedule 8-1.

PITTSBURGH LATELY :
Coming off a 94-78 win at Central Michigan on Dec. 31 ... set a program record with 12 three-pointers against CMU ... Taneisha Harrison led all scorers with a season-high 25 points ... victory was third straight for the Panthers ... 2-2 on the road this season ... UP's other road win was at Valparaiso ... lost at Saint Francis, Pa. and at Minnesota.

THE CITY GAME:
Tonight is the 29th meeting between Duquesne and Pittsburgh ... the Panthers lead the all-time series 19-9 ... last year, Duquesne won at the Peterson Events Center 72-61 ... the first game was on Dec. 6, 1974 - a 91-32 Pitt victory ... in addition to the current homes, the City Game has also been played at the Civic Arena and Fitzgerald Fieldhouse.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS AGAIN:
After leading Duquesne to a 3-0 week, including a 71-67 victory at #12 Ohio State, Agunbiade was named Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week ... averaged 15 points and eight rebounds in the three games ... 19-of-30 from the floor (63 percent) ... added eight steals, four assists and two blocks ... second straight week and fourth time this season she has been honored as the A-10's top rookie performer.

ROCK THE VOTE:
Duquesne received 19 votes in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. This is the most votes the Dukes have ever received, topping the previous high of 12 in 1998.

RIPPING THE RPI:
Duquesne is currently 22nd in the Jan. 2nd NCAA RPI.

KEEPING IT REAL:
The Dukes are 25th in the RealTime RPI rankings and 29th in the Sagarin/CBN Ratings.

DECEMBER TO REMEMBER:
The Dukes recorded nine wins in December which is the most of any month in program history.

ROAD WARRIORS:
With the victory at #12 Ohio State on Dec. 28th, the Dukes set a program record with their seventh straight road win ... currently DU leads NCAA Division I schools with eight road wins.

BUCK NIGHTS:
Admission for tonight's game is just $1.