Jan. 25, 2016
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QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne (13-7, 3-4), winner of three of four, returns home to face La Salle (5-12, 1-5) on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised by ASN. The game will be a "White Out" in recognition of Duquesne's 30-hour bus ride back from Friday's George Mason game. The 31-person travel party was stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 22 of those hours.
• Duquesne is 9-1 at home with the lone loss coming to Dayton on Jan. 2. It was DU's second game without senior forward Jeremiah Jones who suffered a season-ending knee injury vs. Robert Morris on Dec. 19. The Dukes were also without second-leading scorer Micah Mason who was out with an ankle injury.
• Duquesne is holding opponents to their lowest field goal percentage in 45 years (.408). The defensive field goal percentage is the best by a DU team since the 1970-71 team held opponents to .389. The Dukes have held eight opponents under 40 percent this season. Only three teams - Pitt (.554), South Carolina State (.456) and VCU (.525) - have shot better than 45 percent against Duquesne this year. In seven Atlantic 10 Conference games, DU's opponents are shooting .403.
THE SERIES
Series Record: La Salle leads 41-30
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 18-14
A-10 Regular Season: La Salle leads 21-13
SERIES QUICK NOTES
• This is the 72nd meeting in a series that dates to Feb. 10, 1940 ... La Salle leads 41-30, including a 21-13 lead in Atlantic 10 regular season games ... in games played at Pittsburgh, Duquesne leads 18-14 ... in an oddity of sorts, La Salle has won five of the past six in Pittsburgh and Duquesne has won four of the past seven in Philadelphia.
• The past 12 meetings have been decided by a total of 12 points (956 for Duquesne to 968 for La Salle) ... the Dukes have won five and the Explorers seven of the past 12 ... the average score in those games is Duquesne 79.7 and La Salle 80.7 (-1.0 ppg.) ... DU has been held under 70 points in four of the past five meetings - all La Salle wins.
ON THE EXPLORERS
La Salle was picked to finish 9th in the Atlantic 10 in the preseason poll of league coaches ... the Explorers, who have dropped four in a row, are 1-6 on the road ... the Explorers, who are coming off a 69-48 home loss to Saint Joseph's on Sunday, have the A-10's second-leading scorer in second-year Auburn transfer Jordan Price (20.8 ppg.) ... Price, a redshirt junior guard, had a team-high 14 vs. Saint Joe's ... La Salle's game vs. SJU was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to the winter storm.
LEFTOVERS FROM GEORGE MASON
Leftovers from Duquesne's 86-75 win at George Mason on Friday: Micah Mason scored 23 points, Derrick Colter had 19 and L.G. Gill 18 in the game that was moved up a day and played at Mason's 1,500 seat Recreation and Athletics Complex (RAC) due to weather concerns ... Gill hit five 3-pointers in scoring 17 first-half points ... Mason hit 4 "3s" for the Dukes who finished with 12 ... the 12 3-pointers were DU's most since 16 vs. UMBC on Dec. 8 ... Colter ended up 14-of-17 from the foul line ... DU built a 45-31 halftime lead only to see the Patriots rally to within five with 7:24 left ... the Dukes responded with a 5-0 run to build the lead back to double digits ... DU scored its last 11 points from the foul line ... Eric James added 9 rebounds and TySean Powell came off the bench to block a career-high four shots for the Dukes who held Mason to .347 shooting ... DU, which left Fairfax at 4:30 pm., did not arrive in Pittsburgh until 10:45 pm on Saturday night ... the 30-hour bus ride home was due to an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that stranded the team in the same spot (mile marker 133) for 22 hours.
TRENDING
• The Dukes have already tied their highest win total under fourth-year head coach Jim Ferry (13-17 in 2013-14).
• DU is holding opponents to their lowest shooting percentage in 45 years. The opponent .408 mark is the lowest since 1970-71 (.389).
• Duquesne, which shot .365 in its first three conference games, is shooting .483 in its past four. DU's 12 3-pointers at George Mason were its most since 16 vs. UMBC on Dec. 8.
• Junior L.G. Gill, a native of Chesterfield, Va., scored 18 points in each of DU's games at VCU and George Mason. Gill is 18-19 from the foul line in A-10 play. He hit five first-half 3-pointers at Mason.
• Sophomore Eric James is averaging 9.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in conference play. He has 36 points and 26 rebounds in DU's past two games.
• The Dukes have outrebounded 12 of 20 opponents and are 11-1 in those games.
• 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.
• The win over George Mason was the 300th for Jim Ferry.
NEXT UP: Duquesne hits the road to face Saint Louis on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 6:00 p.m. (ET) on ASN.
