Duquesne and Penn State will play for the first time since 2005 when they tipoff on Wednesday night. The two schools, who first met almost 35 years to the day on Dec. 6, 1983, will meet up for the 17
th time and the third as a nonconference matchup. In University Park, six of the games were played at Rec Hall and one at Bryce Jordan Center. In Pittsburgh, Four were played at the Civic Arena and four at the Palumbo Center. The teams played one neutral site game in Hershey.
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OPENING TIPOFF
- The Dukes are coming off a 77-72 victory at Kent State
- Leading scorer is Chassidy Omogrosso (9.5 ppg)
- The Dukes have faced every Division I team from Pennsylvania with the exception of Villanova
SCOUTING PENN STATE
- Coming off a 80-61 victory over Jacksonville
- Two common opponents – St. Bonaventure and Fordham
- Returns 10 players from last season
- Top scorer is Teniya Page (20.4 ppg)
THE SERIES
- Penn State leads 16-0
- The Lions lead 7-0 in games played in University Park
- PSU and Duquesne have played one game at Bryce Jordan Center
- The teams played 14 times in Atlantic 10 Conference games from 1983-84 to 1990-91
THE LAST TIME THE TEAMS MET
- Duquesne seniors were in third grade
- Dan Burt was the top assistant at Bucknell
- Dukes assistant coach Matt Schmidt was the top assistant at Northern Kentucky
- Dukes assistant coaches Rachel Wojdowski and Cherie Lea were playing professionally in Europe
- Eight WPIAL/City League players participated in the last game
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
UP NEXT
- 12/12 UCF
- 12/16 ETSU
- 12/21 vs. Syracuse (St. Pete Shootout)
- 12/22 vs. Liberty (St. Pete Shootout)
- 12/29 Pittsburgh
