PITTSBURGH –  Duquesne won all four quarters and had three players score in double-digits in their 80-54 victory over Richmond on Saturday afternoon at the Palumbo Center.
 
Chassidy Omogrosso led all players with 16 points. Kadri-Ann Lass and Julijana Vojinovic added 14 and 10 respectively for the Dukes (10-8, 4-1 A-10).
 
Aniyah Carpenter scored 12 points for the Spiders (3-15, 0-5 A-10).
 
The Dukes led exactly 38 minutes and only fell behind once – on the game's first possession - and grabbed a season-best 51 rebounds, led by Lass with nine and Libby Bazelak with eight.
 
Duquesne went up by double-digits after Laia Sole hit a pair of free throws at 4:15 of the 1^st quarter that made the score 17-7 and would take a 20-9 lead into the 2^nd quarter.
 
Richmond started the 2^nd quarter on a 9-2 run in the first three minutes to make it a two-possession game at 22-18. The Spiders would narrow the Dukes' lead down to four points again with 3:42 left in the quarter before an 11-3 run sparked by Bazelak's 3-pointer send the game into halftime with Duquesne ahead 35-23.
 
The Dukes dominated the 3^rd quarter, outscoring the Spiders 27-17, taking a commanding 62-42 lead into the final quarter.
 
The second of Angela Staffileno's 3-pointers would give Duquesne its largest lead of the game at 29 points, 80-51.
 
 
GAME NOTES

• Duquesne's 29 point lead was the largest of the season
• The Dukes had a season-high 25 assists (on 28 baskets) led by Bazelak's five
• The defense only allowed 17 Richmond field goals
• 11 of the 12 players dressed scored for the Dukes
• Duquesne assisted on their first 18 field goals
• With the win, Dan Burt passes Suzie McConnell-Serio to move into second place on Duquesne's all-time victory list with 124
• The 26 points was their Dukes' largest margin of victory over Richmond and the second-most points scored against the Spiders