PITTSBURGH - Sincere Carry had 19 points, seven assists and five steals and Michael Hughes tied his career high with 20 points to lead Duquesne to a 93-82 win over Marshall at the Palumbo Center.

Mike Lewis II scored 13 of his 15 in the first half for the Dukes who moved to 5-2. C.J. Burks led the Thundering Herd (5-3) with 26 points.

Duquesne's .579 shooting percentage was its best under second-year head coach Keith Dambrot, and best by a DU team since a .627 performance in a CBI win over Omaha on Mar. 16, 2016.

DU's 93 points were a season high.

Duquesne hit six of its first seven shots - including a pair of 3-pointers by Frankie Hughes - in erasing a 5-0 deficit to go ahead 15-10.

The Dukes took their first double-digit lead at 28-17 on a pair of Michael Hughes free throws with just over 10 minutes left in the half.

Lewis II exploded for 11-straight points - including a four-point play - in just over two minutes to give Duquesne its largest lead at 42-24 at the 5:32 mark.

Marshall got three free throws from Jon Elmore with one second on the clock to cut it to 48-38 at the half.

Burks scored five early points to help the Herd pull to within five at 53-48 just under five minutes into the second half, as Duquesne missed four of its first six shots and turned it over three times.

Austin Rotroff gave the Dukes some breathing room, making it 56-48 on a dunk and free throw. DU pounded it inside, getting a layup from Amari Kelly and a pair of free throws from Carry to build the lead back to 61-50.

Carry, who scored 14 in the second half, made it 74-61 on a 3-pointer - his last of eight consecutive points - with eight minutes left.

Marshall put together an 13-4 run, fueled by seven points from Burks, to cut it to 85-78 at the 4:00 mark.

Duquesne went inside again, getting buckets from Michael Hughes and Marcus Weathers to make in a nine-point game.

Hughes threw down a dunk off a pass from Weathers to make it 91-82 with just over one minute left.

Duquesne continues a stretch of nine consecutive games within city limits, when it welcomes Longwood to the A.J. Palumbo Center on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

NOTES

• Michael Hughes continued his torrid shooting, going 7-of-9 from the field in scoring a career-high 20 points for the second consecutive game ... it was his team-high sixth double-digit scoring game ... in his past three games, Hughes is 24-of-30 from the field and averaging 16.7 points .... Hughes was coming off a 20-10 double-double vs. Pitt.
• Freshman Sincere Carry shook off a 1-of-9 performance vs. Pitt to finish with 19 points, seven assists, five steals and five rebounds in 33 turnover-free minutes ... Carry finished 6-of-9 from the field.
• Mike Lewis II, who entered the game averaging 5.7 ppg., scored 13 of his 15 in the first half ... the junior guard scored 11 - including four-point play - in a 2:14 span of the opening 20 minutes.
• Frankie Hughes, who started 11 times at Missouri in 2016-17, made his first start as a Duke ... he hit a pair of 3-pointers in the game's first five minutes.
• Six-five forward Kellon Taylor, who caught a team-high five passes for 97 yards in Duquesne's FCS Playoff football defeat at South Dakota State on Saturday, was in uniform for the first time ... he did not see action.  
• There were three lead changes before Duquesne took the lead for good on a Frankie Hughes 3-pointer that made it 12-10 with 15:53 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was 18 at 42-24 with 4:54 left in the first half ... Marshall's largest lead was 5-0 ... Duquesne led for 37:22 minutes, Marshall led for 2:26 ... the game was tied for 0:12.