G18 | DUQUESNE (12-5, 3-1) at GEORGE WASHINGTON (6-11, 2-2)
Sun., Jan. 20, 2019 • 4:00 pm ET • Washington, D.C. • Smith Center (5,000)

TELEVISION: NBCSN with Mike Corey (pxp) & Ron Thompson (analyst)
RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Jarrett Durham ('71)
IN-GAME STATS: Sidearm
DUQUESNE GAME NOTES: Click here

Duquesne (12-5, 3-1), coming off its first win at Richmond since 1993, hits the road again to face George Washington (6-11, 2-2) on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 4:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised nationally by NBCSN. The Dukes, who snapped a four-game Smith Center losing streak with a 75-73 win over the Colonials last season, are looking to post back-to-back wins at GW for the first time since 1989 & 1990. DU's top 10 scorers are freshmen or sophomores. Ninety-four percent of the Dukes' points have come from underclassmen, the third-highest rate in Division I. Of the 73 points scored by upperclassmen, 67 belonged to junior Mike Lewis II who transferred to Nevada in December.

TRENDING

• Duquesne has erased double-digit deficits in four of its wins: -18 vs. Longwood, -14 vs. UIC, -12 vs. Eastern Kentucky & -15 vs. Saint Joe's. DU trailed by double digits in the second half in all but the SJU game (eight points in that one). The Dukes were down eight with 13:09 left in Wednesday's win at Richmond.
• DU is 3-0 in one-point games and 5-1 in games decided by five or fewer points.
• Eight players have either led or tied for the team lead in scoring and 10 have posted a double-digit scoring game this season.
• Freshman guard Sincere Carry leads the A-10 in assist rate and is second in steal percentage according to KenPom. Carry ranked first nationally among freshmen in steals per game (2.94) and seventh among freshmen in assists per game (5.65) through Wednesday.
• First-year Akron transfer Michael Hughes ranked among the nation's Top 10 field goal percentage leaders (.667) before dropping below the min. 5.0 FGM/g (he's at 4.6). The 6-8 center has scored in double digits in 10 of the 14 games he's played.
• Frankie Hughes, is 8-of-17 from 3-point (.471) in his past two games.
• Marcus Weathers, has scored in double-digits in four-straight games (12.5 ppg. on .548 shooting over that span).
• DU is 17-4 under Keith Dambrot when holding opponents under 70 points. The Dukes are 18-2 when they are the first to reach 70 and 10-0 this season when scoring 70 or more.
• DU's 8.71 steals per game average, which ranks tied for 20th nationally, is the highest by a Dukes' team since Ron Everhart's 2011 squad - led by freshman guard T.J. McConnell - led the nation at 9.91 spg.

DUKES AND COLONIALS
Series Record: GW leads 51-30
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 20-19
At Washington, DC: GW leads 28-8
Neutral Site: GW leads 4-2
A-10 Regular Season: GW leads 44-25
A-10 Championship: GW leads 4-2
Dambrot vs. George Washington: 2-1
Dambrot vs. George Washington at Duquesne: 2-0

• This is the 82nd meeting in a series that dates to Jan. 21, 1932 ... GW leads the series 51-30 (44-25 lead in Atlantic 10 regular season) ... in games played in Washington D.C., GW leads 28-8 ... GW had won four in a row at Smith Center prior to DU's 75-73 win last year.
• Duquesne snapped a five-game series losing streak with a 69-52 win in the first meeting last year in Pittsburgh ... Eric Williams Jr. paced the Dukes with 21 points and 12 rbounds ... GW's 52 points were its fewest in the series since December of 1981.
• Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot is 2-1 all-time against George Washington, with the loss coming when he was head coach at Central Michigan (87-66 on Dec. 4, 1992 at the Hatter Classic in DeLand, Fla.).
• DU is looking to win three in a row over GW for the first time since 2008 through 2011 (when they won four straight). The Dukes are also looking to post back-to-back wins at GW. The last time that happened was on Mar. 1, 1989 (67-62) and Jan. 22, 1990 (80-77).

LAST GAME
Duquesne 74, Richmond 68 • Wednesday, Jan. 16, Richmond, Va.

• Duquesne hit 12 of its last 17 shots to rally from an eight-point second half deficit and defeat Richmond at Robins Center.
• The win was DU's first at UR since Dec. 20, 1993 (ending a streak of 10 consecutive defeats).  It was also Duquesne's second win over the Spiders in 24 tries since Richmond joined the A-10 in 2001-02. The victory also ended an eight-game series losing streak.
• Freshman Sincere Carry scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half to lead the Dukes. Carry also added a game-high six assists.
• Sophomore Missouri transfer Frankie Hughes went 5-of-10 from the arc in adding a season-high 15 points for DU. Hughes, whose five "3's" tied his career high set at Missouri, went 4-of-6 from distance in the second half.
• Duquesne, which opened 3-of-17, hit seven of its last 12 3-point attempts. Carry (3-of-4) and Frankie Hughes (4-of-6) were a combined 7-of-10 from the arc in the second half.
• Michael Hughes blocked a career-high four shots and added nine boards for DU.
• Marcus Weathers finished with 12 points and nine rebounds. It was his fourth consecutive double-digit game.
• Freshman Brandon Wade came off the bench to contribute a season high-tying five points in 11 minutes.
• Ten players saw action in the game's first nine minutes for the Dukes.
• There were eight ties and 12 lead changes … Richmond's largest lead was eight, the last of which came at 36-28 with 18:14 left …Duquesne's largest lead was the final six-point margin … Duquesne took the lead for good on a Sincere Carry bucket with 1:29 to go ... Richmond led for 26:09 … Duquesne led for 7:05 … the game was tied for 6:46.

NOTING THE DUKES

• Duquesne's roster features 11 newcomers, including four eligible Division I transfers. The 11 newcomers are tied for third-most of any NCAA Division I program. Of the 11 newcomers, 10 have seen action so far this season. The Dukes have seven freshmen and five sophomores on the 2018-19 roster. Freshmen and sophomores have accounted for 94 percent of DU's total points scored this season.
• DU is ranked 348 of 353 schools in KenPom's listing of "most experienced" college teams. Only two members of the current roster - sophomore Eric Williams Jr. and junior Kellon Taylor - entered conference play having seen action in an Atlantic 10 game.
• DU has added four Division I sophomore transfers, all of whom have seen significant action in 2018-19: 5-8 G Tavian Dunn-Martin (Akron), 6-4 G Frankie Hughes (Missouri), 6-8 C Michael Hughes (Akron) and 6-5 F Marcus Weathers (Miami, Ohio). All four practiced with the team while sitting out last season.
• Second-year head coach Keith 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).
• Freshman point guard Sincere Carry had an eye-opening debut, with seven points and nine assists (without a turnover) vs. William & Mary. He 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. Through Wednesday, Carry ranked fifth nationally - and first among freshmen - in steals per game (2.94) and 34th nationally - 7th among freshmen - in assists per game (5.65).
• Sophomore Eric Williams Jr., who was named second team preseason All-Atlantic 10, leads the team in scoring (12.9) and rebounding (7.5). The 2018 A-10 All-Rookie Team pick 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., who earned A-10 co-Player of the Week honors on Dec. 24, has five double-doubles this season.
• Six-eight center Michael Hughes is tied with Williams Jr. for the team lead with 10 double-digit games, despite missing the Longwood, Maryland Eastern Shore and Maine games with a knee injury. Hughes, who is shooting .667, is on pace to shatter the school single-season field goal percentage record of .649 set by Fred Moon in 1979-80 (min. 200 points). Hughes never scored more than six points in a game as a freshman while at Akron.  
• Duquesne's three Gotham Classic wins came over opponents who averaged 20.7 wins last season in William & Mary (19-12), UIC (20-16, CIT) & Radford (23-13, NCAA). The Dukes led at Notre Dame (21-15, NIT last year) 52-51 with 6:31 left in their fourth Gotham Classic game. Three of DU's nonconference losses came at the hands of Power 5 schools Notre Dame (ACC), Pitt (ACC) and Penn State (Big Ten).
• 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.) - is sitting 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.
• Guard Mike Lewis II, who scored 979 points in 76 games (72 starts) at Duquesne (12.9 ppg), transferred to Nevada in December. Lewis II averaged 5.6 ppg. in 12 games this season. He scored in double digits 53 times (twice this season) and topped the 20-point mark 17 times as a Duke.