Feb. 8, 2016
QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne (15-8, 5-5), which saw its three-game win streak snapped on Saturday at home vs. Davidson (82-93), heads to Ohio for a rematch with No. 19 (AP)/ No. 17 (ESPN) Dayton (19-3, 9-1) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9 (ASN). This is DU's first game against a ranked Dayton team since Feb. 10, 1960 (a 79-66 Dukes home win over the No. 15 Flyers).
• DU, which opened Atlantic 10 play 0-3, won five of six prior to the Davidson loss. Senior guards Derrick Colter and Micah Mason scored 22 and 21 points respectively against the Wildcats. Mason, DU's second-leading scorer (16.3 ppg.), missed DU's 66-58 loss to Dayton on Jan. 2 with an ankle injury.
• Duquesne is holding opponents to their lowest field goal percentage in 45 years (.402). The defensive field goal percentage is the best by a DU team since the 1970-71 NCAA Tournament team held opponents to .389. The Dukes have held 10 opponents under 40 percent this season. Only three teams - Pitt (.554), South Carolina State (.456) & VCU (.525) - have shot better than 45 percent against Duquesne this year. DU is limiting its A-10 opponents to .392 shooting.
THE SERIES
Series Record: Dayton leads 49-23
At Dayton: Dayton leads 29-6
A-10 Regular Season: Dayton leads 27-9
SERIES QUICK NOTES
• This is the 73rd meeting in a series that dates to Jan. 5, 1953 ... Dayton leads 49-23, including a 27-9 lead in Atlantic 10 regular season games and a 29-6 advantage in games played at Dayton.
• Duquesne, which lost 16 in a row to Dayton from 1997 through 2004, is 8-11 against the Flyers in the past 19 games.
• Last year, the two split home wins, with Dayton winning by 26 at UD Arena (81-55 on Jan. 3) and Duquesne winning by 10 at CONSOL Energy Center (83-73 on Feb. 21). Dayton took the first meeting this season, 66-58, at Palumbo Center on Jan. 2. It was Duquesne's second game without injured starter Jeremiah Jones (season-ending knee injury). DU was also without second-leading scorer Micah Mason, who missed the game with an ankle injury.
ON THE FLYERS
Dayton, the preseason pick to finish 1st in the A-10, is 12-1 at home (the lone loss came on Dec. 12 to Chattanooga, 61-59) ... UD, led by first-year James Madison transfer Charles Cooke (16.1 ppg.), is coming off a 98-64 win at George Mason on Saturday ... are ranked No. 19 by AP and No. 17 in the latest ESPN Coaches Poll.
TRENDING
• The Dukes have already eclipsed their highest win total under fourth-year head coach Jim Ferry (13-17 in 2013-14).
• Duquesne has won its past two Atlantic 10 road games (at George Mason and at Saint Louis). The school record for consecutive A-10 road wins is three set in 2010-11.
• The Dukes have outrebounded 14 of 23 opponents and are 13-1 in those games. DU is 14-4 when scoring 70 or more, 9-1 when hitting 10 or more "3s", 14-0 when leading with 5:00 left and 12-1 when leading at the half.
• DU is holding opponents to their lowest shooting percentage in 45 years. The opponent .402 mark is the lowest since 1970-71 (.389).
• Duquesne, which shot .365 in its first three conference games, is shooting .459 in its past seven. DU is averaging 82.9 ppg. over that span.
• The trio of L.G. Gill (20-21, .952), Micah Mason (24-29, .828) and Derrick Colter (66-79, .835) is shooting a combined .853 (110-of-129) from the foul line in conference play.
• Derrick Colter scored 50 points in DU's two games last week to earn A-10 Player of the Week. He has scored 20 ore more in Duquesne's past three games: 27 vs. La Salle, 23 at Saint Louis and 22 vs. Davidson.
• Micah Mason - who topped the 1,000-point career mark vs. SC State on Dec. 16 - topped the 1,000-point mark in a Duquesne uniform with his first basket, a 3-pointer, vs. Davidson. The Drake transfer enters the Dayton game with 1,182 points overall, including 1,020 in 78 games at DU.
• Freshman Mar'Qywell Jackson, who scored 26 points in Duquesne's first 19 games, has scored 35 in DU's past four. Jackson is coming off a career-high 13 points in 22 minutes vs. Davidson. Jackson is 8-of-17 (.471) from the 3-point arc in his past four games.
NEXT UP: Duquesne returns home to face UMass on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 3:00 p.m. (ASN) in the annual Chuck Cooper Classic. The game will also feature recognition of DU's All-Century Team in conjunction with the school's 100th season of basketball.
