Dec. 2, 2015
| 84th CITY GAME • GAMEDAY INFORMATION |
| Game 8 | Pittsburgh (4-1) vs. Duquesne (6-1) |
| Date | Time | Friday, December 4, 2015 | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | CONSOL Energy Center (19,000) | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Game Notes | Complete Game Notes |
| Television | CBSSN |
| Audio | iHeartRadio |
| Live Statistics | |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast |
| Social Media | @ GoDuquesne  |
| Tickets | call 412-232-DUKE (3853) |
QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne, off to its best start since 2007-08 at 6-1, faces Pitt (4-1) in the annual City Game at CONSOL Energy Center on Friday, Dec. 4. The 84th meeting between the schools, set for a 7:05 p.m. tip, will be televised nationally by CBSSN (Jason Knapp & Mo Cassara). The Dukes are coming off a 91-77 win over Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday. Pitt fell to #11 (AP) Purdue, 72-59, at home also on Tuesday night.
• The last time the Dukes took a 6-1 record into the City Game was on Dec. 5, 2007 at Palumbo Center. In that game, the No. 12 (AP) Panthers (7-0 at the time), got a floater in the lane from Levance Fields with 1:04 left and a pair of Fields free throws with 33 seconds to go to seal a 73-68 win. DU trailed 63-62 with 1:47 left.
• The Dukes are 4-0 at home, including a 78-52 win over Penn State at CONSOL Energy Center on Nov. 20. The City Game is technically a neutral-site game with Duquesne the designated home team this season. DU is 2-1 in neutral-site games this year, with a loss to Pepperdine followed by wins over Milwaukee (OT) and Western Kentucky at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla. on Nov. 23-25.
NEXT UP: Duquesne hosts UMBC at the Palumbo Center on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m.
THE SERIES
Series Record: Pittsburgh leads 52-31
At CONSOL Energy Center: Pittsburgh leads 5-0
This is the 84th meeting between Duquesne and Pitt in a series that dates back to Jan. 13, 1932 ... Pitt holds a 52-31 advantage overall ... this is the sixth meeting at CONSOL Energy Center ... No. 3 (AP) Pitt defeated Duquesne 80-66 in the inaugural game at CONSOL in 2010, and has gone on to win the next four ... six years ago, the Dukes and Panthers played in the final basketball game at Mellon Arena, with Pitt emerging with a 67-58 double overtime win ... Duquesne, which never trailed in regulation, led by 16 with 17:32 left ... the seven games before that alternated between Pitt's Petersen Events Center and Duquesne's A.J. Palumbo Center ... 2015-16 marks the 46th consecutive season the two teams have met ... the last time Duquesne and Pitt did not play was in 1969-70 ... DU snapped an eight-game Pitt win streak with an 80-69 win on Feb. 5, 1998 and won again at Mellon Arena on Dec. 21, 2000 by a 71-70 count, giving the Dukes wins in two of the past 18 meetings ... Pitt has won the past 14 ... the 14-game streak is a series high for either team ... DU head coach Jim Ferry is 0-4 against Atlantic Coast conference schools with a 90-86 loss at Virginia on Nov. 22, 2002 (his first season at LIU Brooklyn), a 101-87 NCAA Tournament loss to No. 7 North Carolina in Charlotte, N.C. on Mar. 17, 2011 in addition to the two losses to Pitt (Ferry also lost once to Pitt as a Big East member).
DUKES AND THE ACC: Duquesne is 6-24 against the Atlantic Coast Conference, including a 1-6 mark at neutral sites. DU's last win over an ACC opponent was on Dec. 28, 2006 in overtime at Boston College (98-93). Aaron Jackson, who is currently playing professionally for CSKA in Russia, led the Dukes with 19 points and 7 rebounds. The win, in addition to being Duquesne's first ever on an Atlantic Coast Conference school's home floor, was also DU's first victory over an ACC team since a 91-84 home win over No. 10 (AP) Florida State on Dec. 15, 1992. BC was in the "others receiving votes" category of the AP poll at the time of the game.
70 IS THE KEY: Duquesne is 36-17 (6-1 this year) under Jim Ferry when scoring 70 points or more. Duquesne hasn't been able to reach the 70-point mark in the past 14 Pitt games (59.6 ppg. over that span). The last time DU scored 70 or more against the Panthers was in the Dukes' last win, 71-70 at Mellon Arena on Dec. 21, 2000.
TRENDING
• Duquesne is averaging 86.7 points on .514 shooting through seven games. The Dukes are averaging 10.9 3-pointers per game.
• DU has scored 90 or more four times.
• The Dukes are limiting opponents to .392 shooting.
• Micah Mason is 12-of-21 (.571) from the 3-point arc in his past three games.
• Jeremiah Jones, who entered the season a .378 career shooter, is 21-of-42 (.500) from the field through seven games.
• Junior forward L.G. Gill has 34 rebounds (8.5 rpg.) in DU's past four games.
• Sophomore forward Eric James, who scored a career-high 18 points in 20 minutes vs. MVSU, has missed just two 2-point attempts in seven games (21-of-23).
• Seven Dukes: Micah Mason, Derrick Colter, L.G. Gill, Jeremiah Jones, Darius Lewis, Eric James & TySean Powell, have posted double-digit scoring games. Five different players have either led - or tied for the team lead - in single-game scoring.
