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PITTSBURGH - Derrick Colter scored 25 points and Micah Mason added 17 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals to lead Duquesne to a 83-73 win over Atlantic 10 co-leader Dayton at CONSOL Energy Center.

The win snapped a four-game series losing streak for the Dukes who shot 52.5 percent.

Dyshawn Pierre had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Flyers.

Dayton hit three early 3-pointers in jumping out to a 13-5 lead, before Duquesne, behind seven points from Colter, rallied to take a 21-20 advantage.

Colter, who scored 13 in the first half, had 10 in the game's first nine minutes.

Neither team led by more than two until Dominique McKoy followed a Colter bucket with a three-point play to give the Dukes a 34-29 lead with 6:34 left.

DU held the lead until Pierre, who had 17 in the half, scored on a layup put the Flyers on top 37-36 with 3:03 left.

There were two ties and 10 lead changes in the half that ended with Dayton up 42-41.

Duquesne, which held Dayton to 3-of-13 shooting over the first 10 minutes of the second half, opened a 61-52 lead on a Mason 3-pointer with 9:53 left.

Dayton pulled to within five on a Pierre three-point play with 7:08 to go, but the Dukes answered with a Tysean Powell layup off a pass from Mason.

The Flyers cut it to five again before Mason hit two free throws and Colter converted a three-point play that made it 74-64 with just over five minutes left.

Dayton never got within seven the rest of the way.

McKoy, who finished with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, set a new career high for assists with 5. Jeremiah Jones and L.G. Gill added 10 points each for DU.

The Duquesne bench, led by Gill, outscored Dayton's bench 20-5.

Dayton finished at 39.7 percent from the field, including 11-of-33 from 3-point.

Duquesne hosts Saint Louis on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7:00 p.m. at Palumbo Center. Duquesne senior forward Dominique McKoy will be recognized prior to the game as part of Senior Day ceremonies. The game will be streamed live nationally by CampusInsiders.com.

NOTES

- With his 3-pointer at the 18:06 mark of the second half (his 16th point of the game), Derrick Colter became the 38th 1,000-point scorer in school history ... Colter finished with 25 points in posting his 10th career 20-point game (3rd this season).

- Guard Micah Mason finished with 17 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals in 40 turnover-free minutes ... the rebounds and assists both tied his career high ... it was his first career 40-minute game.

- Dominique McKoy, who finished with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, set a new career high with 5 assists.

- The victory ended a four-game Dayton series winning streak ... the Flyers had held the Dukes to 62 or fewer points in their four previous wins ... today's win avenged a 26-point loss (81-55) at Dayton on Jan. 3 ... DU's 83 points were the most scored against the Flyers this year (the previous high was 77 by both Davidson and Fordham).

- The win snapped a seven-game DU losing streak at CONSOL Energy Center ... Duquesne's previous win at CONSOL was over West Virginia (60-56) on Dec. 11, 2012.

- Duquesne, which went 15-of-20 (.750) from the foul line, is now 72-of-98 (.735) from the stripe in its past six games.

- Dayton's largest lead was 10 (17-7) with 13:44 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was 12 (83-71) with 21 seconds remaining ... there were three ties and 13 lead changes before L.G. Gill gave the Dukes the lead for good on a dunk with 18:51 left that made it 45-44.