DUQUESNE MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Game 19	Duquesne (6-12, 1-6) at Richmond (10-9, 3-3)
Date | Time	Wednesday, January 28, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Location	Robins Center (9,071) | Richmond, Va.
Game Notes	Complete Game Notes
Television	Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN+) / SNY
Radio	ESPN Radio 970 AM / iHeartRadio / 3WS HD2
Streaming Audio	Red Zone Media
Live Statistics	Live Stats
Social Media	@ GoDuquesne

THE SERIES

• This is the 27th meeting in a series that dates to Jan. 12, 1937 ... DU led the series 8-0 when Richmond joined the Atlantic 10 in 2001-02 ... the Spiders promptly reeled off 14 consecutive wins before DU ended the streak with an 81-72 win at Palumbo Center in 2012 ... UR defeated the Dukes, 75-58 last year in Pittsburgh to give the Spiders a 16-1 record against Duquesne in A-10 games ... UR ended DU's season last year with a 76-64 win in the first round of the A-10 Championship at Barclays Center. • Duquesne has topped the 70-point mark once in 10 meetings (1-9) against Chris Mooney-coached Richmond teams ... that was in DU's lone win - an 81-72 decision at the Palumbo Center on Feb. 4, 2012 ... in fact, DU has scored 70 or more just two times against Richmond since the Spiders joined the A-10 in 2001-02, the other was in a 72-71 loss at Richmond on Feb. 1, 2005 ... that game was decided when Richmond's Daon Merritt answered a Martin Osimani 3-pointer by racing the length of the court in the final six seconds to hit an acrobatic layup with eight-tenths of a second remaining.

ON THE SPIDERS
• Richmond is 9-2 at home with conference wins over George Mason, St. Bonaventure and Davidson ... 5-8 senior guard Kendall Anthony, who scored 20 & 23 in two games vs. Duquesne last year, leads UR with a 15.9 ppg. scoring average ... 6-8 junior forward Terry Allen, who had 27 in Richmond's A-10 Championship win over the Dukes, is averaging 11.8 ppg. ... UR ranks seventh nationally in fewest turnovers/g. (9.8).


THE DUKES

• Duquesne (6-12, 1-6) concludes a stretch of three games in seven days at Richmond (10-9, 3-3) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/SNY). The Dukes will be looking to snap a five-game losing streak against a Spiders team that is 9-2 at home.
• Three of DU's seven A-10 games have come down to the last possession - a 71-68 win over Saint Joseph's, a 61-60 loss to Rhode Island & a 100-97 OT loss to St. Bonaventure. In addition, DU had the ball down two with under two minutes left in its 70-64 loss to No. 17 (AP) VCU.
• DU's starting backcourt of Derrick Colter (.506) & Micah Mason (.439) is shooting a combined .469 from 3-point (90-of-192). Colter and Mason are averaging a team-high 32.4 & 32.6 min/g. respectively in conference games.
• DU's top 3-point shooter in A-10 play is Chesterfield, Va. native L.G. Gill at .478 (11-of-23). The 6-7 sophomore has been at his best against the A-10's three Virginia schools. In six career games vs. George Mason, Richmond & VCU, Gill is averaging 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds on .529 shooting (18-of-34), including 11-of-23 (.478) from 3-point.
• DU returns home to face George Mason on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:00 p.m.

LEFTOVERS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON
Leftovers from Duquesne's 74-59 loss at George Washington on Saturday: GW hit nine 3-pointers in jumping out to a 40-18 halftime lead ... the Colonials' first 18 points came from beyond the arc ... Derrick Colter was the lone Duke in double figures with 12 points ... the Dukes assisted on just nine of 22 field goals ... DU's 18 first half points, 22-point halftime deficit, 26 rebounds and 9 assists were all season lows ... GW finished the game 12-of-24 from the arc in shooting .481 ... Duquesne was 5-of-15 from 3-point in shooting .440 ... the Dukes were outrebounded by seven ... 13 of GW's 33 boards came at the offensive end ... DU's nine turnovers tied its season low ... Duquesne never led ... George Washington's largest lead was 36 at 63-27 with 12:35 left ... there was one tie (at 9-9) ... DU, which outscored GW 41-34 in the second half, closed the game with a 12-2 run ... Desmond Ridenour scored all of his season-high seven points in the final 1:15 ... DU outscored GW 21-10 off turnovers, including 19-0 in the second half.

TRENDING
Despite its 6-12 record, Duquesne has been outscored by just 15 points (1,306-1,291, -0.8 ppg.) on the season ... DU is 1-4 in games decided by three or fewer points (1-3 in conference play) ... junior guard Derrick Colter has hit a 3-pointer in 21 consecutive games ... he would have begun the week second nationally in 3-point percentage (.506) had he met the NCAA minimum (he is two makes shy of the 2.5/g. standard) ... he has four games with four or more "3s" and two four-point plays this season ... Colter has 24 assists and 10 turnovers in conference play ... he has had two or fewer turnovers in 15 of 18 games ... senior forward Dominique McKoy is averaging 9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds and shooting .600 (36-of-60) in his past eight games ... he has scored 79 of his 107 points over that span ... McKoy shot .364 (12-of-33) in his first nine games ... freshman forward TySean Powell has shot 50 percent or better in 14 of the 18 games he's played ... Micah Mason is 21-of-41 from the field (.512) and averaging 13.0 ppg. in his past five games ... he is 16-of-18 from the foul line this season (.814 for his career) ... swingman Jeremiah Jones ranks second on the team with 54 assists (30 turnovers) ... Jones has 24 assists and nine turnovers in A-10 play ... forward L.G. Gill broke out of an eight game, 3-of-23 3-point shooting slump by going 2-of-2 from the arc vs. Saint Joseph's ... he is shooting .478 from the arc (11-of-23) in conference play ... Gill is averaging 9.5 ppg. (8-of-14 from 3-point) in his past four games ... guard Jordan Stevens, who has scored in double digits seven times off the bench, ranks third on the team with 47 assists ... Stevens, who scored in double digits in five of his first eight games, reached double digits once in his next seven before scoring 13 vs. St. Bonaventure ... Stevens leads the team with 162 field goal attempts in 19.3 minutes/g ... six-eleven sophomore center Darius Lewis is averaging 4.8 ppg. on 12-of-25 shooting in eight games as a starter ... Lewis had 11 points and five blocks (both career highs) in his first start vs. UTPA on Dec. 30 ... Lewis, who averaged 9.4 min/g. in his first 10 games, has averaged 17.0 in his past eight.


2014-15 QUICK HITS

• Duquesne's roster consists of one senior, six juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen. The Dukes have four first-year scholarship players.

• Duquesne was picked to finish 11th in the 14-team Atlantic 10 in the annual poll of league coaches and media. National media outlets pegged the Dukes to finish anywhere from 7th (Basketball Times & College Basketball Madness) to 12th (Athlon).

• The Dukes return four starters - junior guards Derrick Colter & Micah Mason, junior forward Jeremiah Jones and senior forward Dominique McKoy - from last year's 13-17 team (5-11 in the Atlantic 10, tied for 10th place).

• DU's top three scorers are guards: Derrick Colter (12.7 ppg.), Micah Mason (10.8 ppg.) and Jordan Stevens (9.5 ppg.). A guard has either led, or tied for the team lead in scoring, in 16 of 18 games. The lone non-guards to lead the Dukes in scoring outright are L.G. Gill who led DU with 17 points in a win over Howard on Dec. 2 and Jeremiah Jones who had 10 at Dayton on Jan. 3. Freshman TySean Powell tied Stevens for game scoring honors with 15 vs. Pitt on Dec. 5 and fellow freshman Eric James matched Colter's team-high 17 points at Robert Morris on Dec. 13.

• Colter, who ranked in the top 3 nationally in 3-point shooting percentage (43-of-85, .506) for over a month prior to dropping out of the NCAA rankings last week (he is two makes shy of meeting the NCAA minimum of 2.5 made per game), became the eighth player in school history to hit seven or more 3-pointers in a game when he went 7-of-8 from the arc in scoring a career-high 26 points in the opener vs. Bluefield State. Colter's seven makes were one shy of the school record shared by three players (last by Aaron Jackson who went 8-of-13 in scoring 46 points in a double-overtime NIT 116-108 loss at Virginia Tech on Mar. 18, 2009).

• Micah Mason, who led the nation in 3-point shooting percentage in 2014 (65-116, .560), hit a career-high six 3-pointers in seven attempts vs. NJIT on Nov. 29. He broke out of a four-game, 6-of-26 3-point slump by hitting all five of his 3-point attempts (17 pts.) in the Dec. 20 win over UMass Lowell. He has hit five or more "3s" in a game seven times (five at Duquesne and two as a freshman at Drake). For the season, Mason is shooting .439 from the arc (47-of-107).

• Six-six freshman TySean Powell, who is shooting .617, ranks tied for third on the team in double-digit scoring games (7) and first in dunks (18) and conventional three-point plays (8 in 8 attempts). Powell, who has come off the bench in his past eight games, is tied with Derrick Colter for the team lead in free throw attempts (38-of-57).

• DU's lone senior, forward Dominique McKoy, made his first start of 2015 vs. UMass Lowell on Dec. 20. McKoy is averaging 8.4 ppg. and 6.2 rpg. and shooting .559 as a starter. McKoy is shooting better from the field (206-375, .549) than the foul line (77-148, .520) for his career.

• First-year JC transfer Jordan Stevens, who leads the Dukes with 162 field goal attempts, went 6-of-9 from 3-point in scoring 27 points in 28 minutes off the bench in his debut at Abilene Christian. The Columbia, Mo. native, who was held out of the season opener (team suspension), added 16 off the bench vs. NJIT. He scored 15 points along with three assists and two steals vs. Pitt and scored a team-high 18 off the bench at Penn State. Stevens, who averaged 12.0 ppg. in non-conference play, averaged 4.6 ppg. in his first five A-10 games before breaking out with 13 off the bench vs. St. Bonaventure.

• Building quality depth has been a priority of head coach Jim Ferry since his arrival at Duquesne. So far this season, DU's bench has outscored the opponent bench 523-313 (an average of just under 12 ppg.). The DU bench, which posted a high of 67 points at Abilene Christian, has outscored its opponent in 13 of 18 games.

• DU's 11.0 turnovers/g. last season was the lowest mark in school history (previous was 11.5 in 1995). The Dukes, with four first-year players playing prominent roles, are averaging 12.7 turnovers per game this season.

• DU is facing an 18-game conference schedule, including nine home games, marking just the second time since 1972 that the Dukes will have 16 regular-season home games. Duquesne will host five of the six A-10 schools that made an NCAA tournament appearance last season, in addition to first-year Atlantic 10 member Davidson, which earned an NIT bid as the regular season champion of the Southern Conference in 2014.

• DU will play Davidson (2014 Southern Conference regular-season champion/NIT), Dayton (2014 NCAA Elite 8), George Washington (2014 NCAA Second Round), St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis (2014 NCAA Third Round) twice in Atlantic 10 play. Davidson, Dayton, George Washington and Saint Louis all won at least 20 games last year. Duquesne and George Mason are the only schools facing four teams that made post-season appearances in 2014 in their five-team home-and-home pod.