QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne bounced back from its first loss of the season to defeat Milwaukee, 96-92 in overtime on Tuesday. The Dukes trailed by four with 1:25 left before closing the game with an 8-0 run. Micah Mason, who finished with 26 points, scored four in the final 43 seconds, including the go-ahead layup. Eric James, who came off the bench to score 15 points, had two big steals in the final 52 seconds. Derrick Colter scored a career-high 27 points before fouling out with 2:36 left in OT. DU shot a Jim Ferry Era-best .648, including 10-of-18 from 3-point. The winner of the DU/WKU game will win the consolation side of the Gulf Coast Showcase bracket.
• Western Kentucky (3-2) is coming off an impressive 88-60 win over Central Michigan on Tuesday afternoon. The Hilltoppers got 16 points from Fredrick Edmond and 13 from Justin Johnson in the win. WKU held Central Michigan to .307 shooting, including 10-of-41 from 3-point. The Hilltoppers, who led 36-19 at the half, shot .525 (10-of-20 from 3-point).
• This is the first meeting between DU and WKU since a 74-64 Duquesne win on Dec. 8, 1997 at Palumbo Center. Duquesne leads the overall series 7-2, including a 2-0 advantage in neutral-site games. The Dukes defeated the `Toppers and legendary coach E.A. Diddle in the 1940 NCAA Eastern Regional at Hinkle Field House in Indianapolis by a 30-29 score. On Mar. 10, 1953, No. 11 DU defeated No. 9 WKU, 69-61, in an NIT second round game at Madison Square Garden.
DUQUESNE VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY
Series Record: Duquesne leads 7-2
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 4-0
At Bowling Green, Ky.: Western Ky. leads 2-1
Neutral: Duquesne leads 2-0
NOTES: Conference USA ... Duquesne leads the series 7-2 ... last meeting was a 74-64 Dukes win on Dec. 8, 1997 ... have met twice on a neutral floor (a 30-29 DU win in the 1940 NCAA East Regional at Indianapolis and a 69-61 Duquesne victory in the second round of the 1953 NIT at Madison Square Garden) ... finished 20-12 last season ... have eight scholarship newcomers in 2015-16 ... will be bolstered by the addition of Illinois graduate transfer guard Aaron Crosby who averaged 7.8 ppg. and 3.6 apg. last season ... have also added two-time NJCAA All-American junior guard Fredrick Edmond who averaged 18.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game last season at the College of Southern Idaho ... WKU and Louisiana Tech are the only schools in Conference USA to win 20 or more games in each of the last three seasons ... in its fifth season under head coach Ray Harper, who is in his 17th season as a college coach.
