Jan. 15, 2016
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QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne (11-6, 1-3) welcomes its most-frequent all-time opponent when St. Bonaventure (12-3, 4-0) comes to Pittsburgh to face the Dukes on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 6:00 p.m. (ASN with Tim Neverett & Tom Pecora). This is the 115th meeting - and first of two games this year - between the two.
• Duquesne moved to 8-1 at home - and snapped a four-game losing streak - with an 81-71 win over Saint Louis on Wednesday. St. Bonaventure, which has the most road wins in the Atlantic 10 (4-2), is coming off a 69-64 home win over Rhode Island. The Bonnies, who were picked to finish 8th in the A-10 preseason poll, sit atop the conference standings as one of two undefeated teams in league play at 4-0. VCU, Duquesne's next opponent, is the other.
• DU's win over Saint Louis was its first since losing senior forward Jeremiah Jones to a season-ending knee injury vs. Robert Morris on Dec. 19. Jones, who underwent successful surgery on Jan. 13, had played in every game of his DU career (103) with 95 starts. The Dukes were also without second-leading scorer Micah Mason (ankle) for the A-10 opening Dayton game.
NEXT UP: Duquesne plays the first of back-to-back games in Virginia when it heads to Richmond to face VCU on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7:00 (MASN). The Dukes will stay on the road to face George Mason in Fairfax, Va. on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
THE SERIES
Series Record Duquesne leads 58-56 At Pittsburgh Duquesne leads 39-16 At Olean/Buffalo St. Bonaventure leads 37-18 Neutral Site St. Bonaventure leads 3-1 A-10 Regular Season Tied 30-30 A-10 Championship St. Bonaventure leads 3-2 Ferry vs. St. Bonaventure 1-5
SERIES QUICK NOTES
• This is the 115th meeting in a series that dates to Feb. 13, 1920 ... Duquesne leads 58-56 ... the two are tied 30-30 in Atlantic 10 regular season games ... in games played at Pittsburgh, DU leads 39-16 ... the Dukes have won six of the last eight at Palumbo Center, while SBU has won the last seven at Reilly Center ... Duquesne owns more conference wins over St. Bonaventure (30) than any other A-10 school.
• St. Bonaventure is Duquesne's most frequent all-time opponent ... this is the 65th consecutive season the two have met ... this is the 11th consecutive year the two are meeting home-and-home ... last year, the Bonnies swept the series, 100-97 in OT in Pittsburgh on Jan. 22 and 92-75 in Olean on Feb. 28.
• The Bonnies have won nine of the past 12 ... three of the past four have been determined by four or fewer points.
ON THE BONNIES
St. Bonaventure is 4-2 on the road with Atlantic 10 wins at George Mason (77-58) & UMass (88-77) ... SBU's four road wins are the most by any A-10 school ... senior guard Marcus Posley (17.9 ppg.), scored 36 & 29 points in two games against Duquesne last season ... his 36-points in SBU's 100-97 OT win at Palumbo Center tied the fifth-highest total in arena history ... sophomore point guard Jaylen Adams (17.3 ppg., 4.9 apg.) had 15 points and 14 assists without a turnover in the game at Pittsburgh last season ... he missed the rematch after undergoing finger surgery ... senior forward Dion Wright is averaging 16.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game ... Posley, Adams and Wright are all averaging over 34 minutes per game.
LEFTOVERS FROM SAINT LOUIS: Leftovers from Duquesne's 81-71 win over Saint Louis on Wednesday: DU held SLU to 4-of-36 shooting in jumping out to a 28-13 halftime lead ... the Billikens' 13 first half points were a Jim Ferry Era opponent low for any half ... four Dukes finished in double figures led by Derrick Colter with 17 ... Micah Mason had 15 and Darius Lewis and TySean Powell had 10 each ... Lewis, who was 5-of-5 from the field, tied his career high with seven blocked shots ... Lewis had more blocks (6) than SLU had field goals in the first half ... DU led by 33 points with 8:03 left ... SLU went 10-of-17 from the 3-point arc in the second half (12-25 from the arc for the game) ... 10 Dukes logged 10 or more minutes ... DU, which outrebounded SLU 43-33, outscored the Billikens 34-14 in the paint ... Duquesne went 19-of-24 (.792) from the foul line ... Saint Louis finished at .328, while DU shot .491.
TRENDING
• DU is holding opponents to their lowest shooting percentage in 45 years. The opponent .405 mark is the lowest since 1970-71 (.389).
• Duquesne, which entered the Saint Louis game shooting .365 in conference play, shot .491 vs. the Billikens. It was DU's best-shooting game since Dec. 16 vs. SC State (.509).
• Junior Darius Lewis tied his career high with 7 blocks vs. Saint Louis. The 6-10 center went 5-of-5 from the field (10 points) and added 5 boards in 18 minutes. Lewis had more blocks (6) than SLU had field goals (4) in the first half.
• Freshman Mar'Qywell Jackson has scored 20 points in 41 minutes in DU's past three games. He played a total of 23 minutes in DU's first 14 g.
• The Dukes have outrebounded 11 of 16 opponents and are 10-1 in those games. DU's lone loss when outrebounding an opponent was vs. Dayton.
• Duquesne is the only A-10 team that is facing the top five teams in the league's preseason poll at least once on the road.
