March 20, 2016
| TEAM STAT COMPARISON |
|
DUQ |
UConn |
| PPG |
72.4 |
88.0 |
| FGM-FGA |
860-2092 (.411) |
1132-2153 (.526) |
| 3PM-3PA |
248-736 (.337) |
252-682 (.370) |
| FTM-FTA |
422-573 (.736) |
387-482 (.803) |
| RPG |
42.6 |
40.8 |
| APG |
16.7 |
21.6 |
| Streak |
W1 |
W70 |
| Last 10 |
7-3 |
10-0 |
DUQUESNE WINS FIRST-EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME
Playing in their first-ever NCAA Tournament game, #9 seed Duquesne defeated #8 seed Seton Hall 97-76 on Saturday.
NICE DEBUT
Duquesne's 97 points was the most-ever for a team playing in their first NCAA Tournament game.
MAKING THE A-10 PROUD
Duquesne became the first team to win its first NCAA Tournament game since St. Bonaventure in 2012.
SCOUTING CONNECTICUT
The Huskies are a perfect 33-0 and finished first in the American Athletic Conference with an 18-0 record. They are the three-time defending NCAA National Champions and are currently on a 70-game winning streak.
2015-16 CONNECTICUT INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Points: Breanna Stewart (19.1)
Rebounds: Breanna Stewart (8.2)
Assists: Moriah Jefferson (5.2)
Steals: Gabby Williams (2.0)
Blocks: Breanna Stewart (3.3)
3-Pointers: Katie Lou Samuelson (2.2)
2015-16 CONNECTICUT STATS
Points/Margin: 88.0/+40.1
Rebounds/Margin: 40-8/+11.3
Assists/Margin: 21.6/+11.6
Steals/Margin: 12.5/+6.4
DUQUESNE AND CONNECTICUT ALL-TIME
The Dukes and Huskies have played one time - in the finals of the 1995 Hartford Courant Connecticut Classic. UConn was an 88-60 winner.
SIX DEGREES OF Dan Burt
Duquesne head coach Dan Burt can be connected to UConn head coach Geno Auriemma based on the "six degrees of separation".
Burt was an assistant coach with Pat Sullivan at UNC Wilmington. Sullivan was a player under Dean Smith at North Carolina - as well as George Karl. As head coach of the Denver Nuggets, Karl had Michael Cooper as an assistant coach. Cooper went on to coach USC and had Ervin Monier on staff as the associate head coach at La Salle under Jeff Williams. Prior to La Salle, Williams was an assistant at Pittsburgh with Shea Ralph, who is now an assistant at Connecticut with Geno Auriemma.
DUQUESNE AGAINST THE AAC
Connecticut is Duquesne's first-ever game against an American Athletics Conference team. The league, which began play during the 2013-14 season, is comprised of five teams Duquesne has played against.
DUQUESNE VS. ACC TEAMS ALL-TIME
Cincinnati: 0-2
Connecticut: 0-1
East Carolina: 1-1
Temple: 12-32
Tulsa: 2-0
TV TIME
This season, Duquesne played a program-best eight televised games. The Dukes are 24-16 all-time on TV.
DID YOU KNOW?
This is Duquesne's fourth game at Gampel Pavilion. The Dukes played there three times - vs. Harvard (12/09/95) and UConn (12/10/95) in the Hartford Courant Classic and Saturday against Seton Hall in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
