Gotham Classic
G4 | DUQUESNE (3-0) at NOTRE DAME (3-1)
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 • 7:00 pm ET • South Bend, Ind. • Purcell Pavilion (9,149)

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Duquesne, off to its second 3-0 start in the past nine years, heads to South Bend, Ind. to conclude play in the Gotham Classic at Notre Dame (3-1) on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m. (ACC Network Extra). This is the first meeting between the two since Feb. 8, 1995. DU leads the series 5-2. It is also the 2,500th game in the 103 seasons of Duquesne basketball.

The Dukes moved to 3-0 by virtue of a 69-64 win over Big South Conference favorite Radford on Saturday in a game played at LeBron James Arena on the campus of Akron (Ohio) St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. Notre Dame, which is opening with seven-straight home games, defeated William & Mary, 73-64, on Saturday. The game at Akron was technically a home game for the Dukes, who were forced to change venues due to the Divison III women's volleyball championship, which was hosted DU's on-campus A.J. Palumbo Center. This is the first true road game for Duquesne.

TRENDING

• Duquesne is averaging 11 3-pointers per game. Five Dukes, including three freshmen (Tavian Dunn-Martin, So.; Austin Rotroff, Fr.; Sincere Carry, Fr.; Lamar Norman Jr., Fr. and Eric Williams Jr., So. (twice), have hit three 3-pointers in a game on the young season.
• The Dukes, led by freshman Sincere Carry's 22 dishes, are averaging 15.7 assists per game. DU averaged 11.9 apg. last season.
• Eric Williams Jr., is coming off back-to-back double-doubles against UIC (18-11) and Radford (14-10). The sophomore swingman has 13 double-doubles in 35 career games. He has scored at least 14 points and pulled down at least eight rebounds in all three games this season.
• The Dukes have forced 51 turnovers in three games (17.0/g.).
• DU is 13-2 under Keith Dambrot when holding opponents under 70 points. The Dukes are also 12-2 when they are the first to reach the 70-point mark.
• Duquesne is 17-1 under Dambrot when leading with five minutes left.
• DU is 2-0 when trailing at the half this season (UIC & Radford), after going 1-10 when behind after 20 minutes last year.
• DU's 9.33 steals per game average is the most by a Dukes' team since Ron Everhart's 2011 squad - led by freshman guard T.J. McConnell - led the nation with 9.91 spg.

VS. NOTRE DAME
Series Record: Duquesne leads 5-2
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 3-0
At South Bend, Ind.: Duquesne leads 2-1
Neutral Site: Notre Dame leads 1-0
Dambrot vs. Notre Dame: 0-1 (at Akron)
 

Jan. 17, 1970	N1	L	66-82
Jan. 18, 1971 (ND #9)	H (OT)	W	81-78
Jan. 20, 1972	A	W	84-79
Jan. 22, 1973	H	W	81-72
Feb. 25, 1993	A (3OT)	W	80-76
Jan. 15, 1994	H	W	75-63
Feb. 8, 1995	A	L	62-77

N1 - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Ill.

NOTING NOTRE DAME
Atlantic Coast Conference ... located in South Bend, Ind. ... Duquesne leads the series 5-2 ... this is the first meeting since a 77-62 Notre Dame win at South Bend on Feb. 8, 1995 ... ND won the first meeting, 82-66 at Chicago Stadium on Jan. 17, 1970 ... Duquesne then won five in a row, including two at South Bend, before the Fighting Irish win in '95 ... the two met for four consecutive seasons from 1970 through 1973 ... that four-game series was highlighted by an 81-78 DU upset of the No. 9 (AP) Irish at the Civic Arena on Jan. 18, 1971 ... Barry and Garry Nelson combined for 33 points and 27 rebounds in the win ... DU leads 2-1 in games at Notre Dame, with the last win (80-76) coming in triple overtime on Feb. 25, 1993 ... ND is in its 19th season under head coach Mike Brey - the winningest men's basketball coach in school history ... since 2006-07, Brey has led the Irish to 11 20-win seasons and 12 NCAA tournament appearances.

NOTING THE DUKES

• The Dukes, in their second season under head coach Keith Dambrot are looking to go 4-0 for the first time since 2009-10.
• Duquesne is 7-27 all-time vs. ACC schools (record includes only games when schools were active conference members), including a 1-14 record in ACC arenas. The win came on Dec. 28, 2006 at Boston College, 98-93 in OT. Keith Dambrot is 1-8 vs. the ACC with the first eight meetings coming while he was at Akron. Of Dambrot's nine career games vs. ACC teams, three have come on the road and six at a neutral sites. Two meetings, a 65-60 overtime NIT first round win at Florida State in 2008 and a 69-56 loss to Notre Dame in the 2011 NCAA Tournament frist round, came in the postseason.
• DU's three Gotham Classic wins have come over opponents that averaged 20.7 wins last season: William & Mary (19-12), UIC (20-16, CIT) and Radford (23-13, NCAA). Notre Dame went 21-15 on its way to an NIT appearance last year.
• Dambrot's 16 wins in 2017-18 were the most by a DU first-year coach since Dudey Moore went 17-5 in 1948-49. Moore coached Keith's father, Sid, from 1952-54 during his highly-successful 10 seasons on the Bluff. There were 10 coaches between Moore and Dambrot. Dambrot engineered the seventh-best single-season improvement in school history in 2018 (+6.0, from 10-22 in 2016-17 to 16-16 last year).
• DU has a roster that features 11 newcomers, including four eligible Division I transfers. The 11 newcomers are tied for third-most of any NCAA Division I program. The Dukes have seven freshmen and five sophomores on the 2018-19 roster.
• Freshman guard Sincere Carry has been outstanding through three games. He opened with seven points and nine assists (without a turnover) vs. William & Mary, and followed that with 32 points and eight more assists vs. UIC. The nine assists tied the sixth-most by a DU freshman, while the 32 points tied the second-highest total by a Dukes freshman (see p.12). Carry is shooting .567 with 22 assists and eight steals in a team high-tying 98 total minutes.
• Six-ten freshman forward Austin Rotroff was named A-10 co-Rookie of the Week on Nov. 12 following his opening game 17-point, seven-rebound outing vs. William & Mary. Rotroff went 6-of-7 from the field (3-of-3 from 3-point) vs. the Tribe.
• Sophomore Eric Williams Jr., who was named second team preseason All-Atlantic 10, has picked up where he left off last year, with team-high scoring (16.3) and rebounding (9.7) averages. The All-Rookie Team pick was the third-leading freshman scorer in the A-10 (14.3 ppg.) as well as the conference's top freshman rebounder (8.8 rpg.). The versatile swingman set DU single-game freshman records for points (34 vs. George Mason) and rebounds (16 vs. Stetson) in a game last season. He also broke the school record for 3-pointers in a game with nine vs. George Mason. Williams Jr. has two double-doubles in three games this season.
• DU has added four Division I transfers, all of whom practiced with the team while sitting out in 2017-18: 5-8 So. G Tavian Dunn-Martin (Akron), 6-4 So. G Frankie Hughes (Missouri), 6-8 So. C Michael Hughes (Akron) and 6-5 So. F Marcus Weathers (Miami, Ohio).
• Dambrot and his staff assembled the tallest recruiting class in school history. The seven-man group includes 6-11 Gavin Bizeau (Plainfield, Ind.), 6-11 Dylan Swingle (Chillicothe, Ohio), 6-10 Austin Rotroff (Wauseon, Ohio), 6-9 Amari Kelly (Long Island, N.Y.), 6-3 Lamar Norman Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 6-2 Brandon Wade (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and 6-1 Sincere Carry (Solon, Ohio). An eighth recruit - 6-11 James Ellis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - will sit out in 2018-19. Duquesne had never had a recruiting class with more than two players 6-9 or taller.
• Duquesne was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll of conference coaches and media released on October 18. Eric Williams Jr. was named preseason second team All-A-10. He is the first Duke since Damian Saunders (2010-11) to earn preseason second team all-conference honors.
• Junior guard Mike Lewis II needs 61 points to become Duquesne's 39th 1,000-point scorer. Lewis II scored 452 points as a freshman and added 460 last season. He has scored in double digits in 52 of 67 career games.