March 1, 2016
QUICK NOTES
• Duquesne (15-14, 5-11) completes the home portion of the schedule against Fordham (15-12, 6-10), on Wednesday, Mar. 2 at 7:00 p.m. (A-10 Digital Network). It will be the final regular-season home game for seniors Derrick Colter, Micah Mason and Nick Foschia. Colter, Mason, Foschia and injured senior Jeremiah Jones were all honored prior to last Saturday's home game vs. Richmond.
• DU, which is 10-5 at home, has dropped its past seven - with three of the defeats coming by four or fewer points and a fourth coming in overtime. The Dukes are looking for their 11th home win, which would be the most since 2011 (11-4).
• Guards Derrick Colter (17.7 ppg., 512 points) & Micah Mason (17.7 ppg., 495 points), who are one and two on the team in scoring for the second consecutive season, are closing in on joining all-time greats Si Green and Dick Ricketts as the only other Duquesne duo to score 500 or more points in the same season. Green (551 points) & Ricketts (523) both scored over 500 in leading DU to the 1955 NIT title. Green and Ricketts were both named consensus first team All-Americans that season.
• Mason, the third-leading 3-point shooter in NCAA history (.467), could miss his next 19 attempts and still break the A-10 career mark held by Saint Joseph's Matt Carroll (.445, 294-661 from 2002-05) (A-10 recognizes Mason's attempts at Duquesne only, .461, 249-540). Mason's 96 3-pointers this season are three shy of tying the school record of 99 set by Tom Pipkins (99-233 in 1996-97).
THE SERIES
Series Record: Duquesne leads 20-13
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 11-4
A-10 Regular Season: Duquesne leads 13-10
SERIES QUICK NOTES
• This is the 34th game in a series that dates to Dec. 22, 1949 ... Duquesne leads the series 20-13 ... in games played in Pittsburgh, the Dukes lead 11-4 ... Duquesne head coach Jim Ferry is 3-1 all-time vs. Fordham with a win at Rose Hill Gym while at LIU (82-70 on Nov. 23, 2010), a road loss in 2012 (75-82) , a home win in 2013 (87-81) and an 81-66 road win last year.
• The Dukes snapped a five-game series losing streak with a 74-62 win at the Palumbo Center in 2008 ... since then, the Dukes have won seven of nine with both losses coming at Rose Hill Gym.
• Duquesne has won the past four meetings at Palumbo Center ... Fordham's last win in Pittsburgh came on Jan. 14, 2007 (71-59).
• Duquesne is 13-10 against the Rams in Atlantic 10 regular-season play.
ON THE RAMS
Fordham (15-12, 6-10), which is coming off back-to-back wins at La Salle (56-53) and over Davidson (91-82), is 2-6 in Atlantic 10 road games (the other win came in overtime at UMass on Jan. 30) ... 6-8, 235-pound forward Ryan Rhoomes leads the Rams in scoring (14.1), rebounding (9.0) and blocked shots (50) ... freshman Quebec native Joseph Chartouny (10.8 ppg., 132 assists) has been named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week a league-high six times ...senior Mandell Thomas (13.0 ppg., 52 steals) and 6-7 sophomore Christian Sengfelder (10.3 ppg.) are also averaging in double figures ... Fordham is forcing just under 16 turnovers per game.
LEFTOVERS FROM RICHMOND
Leftovers from DU's 83-67 loss to Richmond on Saturday: Derrick Colter led the Dukes with 20 points ... Eric James scored 16 and Micah Mason added 15 points and 7 assists for the Duquesne, which dropped its seventh in a row ... Richmond, which led from the 16:34 mark of the first half on, shot 52.7 percent ... the Spiders were just the fourth team to shoot over 50 percent against the Dukes this season ... forwards Terry Allen and T.J. Cline led UR wtih 25 and 23 points ... Richmond outscored DU 36-18 in the paint and 21-10 off turnovers ... the Dukes turned it over 13 times in the first half in falling behind 42-32 ... DU briefly cut it to four with 14 mintues left, only to see Richmond answer with a 10-1 run to put the game out of reach.
TRENDING
• Duquesne, whose defensive field goal pct. was .434 last season, is limiting opponents to .413 shooting. The mark is the best by a DU team since the 1970-71 NCAA Tournament squad held opponents to .389. It is the best by a DU team since the shot clock was introduced in 1985-86.
• The Dukes are on school-record pace for 3-pointers per game at 9.3. The current mark of 8.7 was set in 2008-09. DU's 269 3-point field goals are 31 shy of breaking the school record of 296 set in 34 games in 2008-09.
• DU's current 79.0 ppg. scoring average is its highest since 2008 (82.3).
• The Dukes have outrebounded 16 of 28 opponents and are 13-3 in those games.
• Senior guard Derrick Colter enters the Fordham game needing two points to reach 1,600 and nine assists to reach 500 for his career.
• Micah Mason needs five points to reach 500 and four 3-pointers to break the school single-season record of 99 set by Tom Pipkins in 1996-97.
• DU has led twice (at Dayton & vs. UMass) and was tied once (at St. Bonaventure) with five minutes left in three of its past six games. The Dukes have had double-digit second half leads in three of their past six games (Dayton, UMass & GW).
NEXT UP: Duquesne concludes the regular season at Saint Joseph's on Saturday, March 5 at 4:00 p.m. (A-10 Digital Network).
