G22 | DUQUESNE (15-6, 6-2) at DAYTON (14-7, 6-2)
Sat., Feb. 2, 2019 • 2:00 pm ET • Dayton, Ohio • UD Arena (13,455)

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Duquesne (15-6, 6-2), which completed a three-game homestand with a 75-72 win over Rhode Island on Wednesday, leaves Pittsburgh for the first time since January 20 to face Dayton on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+). The Dayton game begins a stretch of five-of-seven on the road for the Dukes, who have just two February home games. Duquesne (2-2 on the road), which has already tied last year's road win total (2-7), is looking to tie the school record for consecutive Atlantic 10 road wins (3) set in 2010-11. DU has defeated Richmond (first win at UR since 1993) and George Washington (first time DU has posted back-to-back wins at GW since 1989 & 1990) in its last two road games. Dayton, which is 10-2 at home, has won the last five vs. the Dukes at UD Arena.

ATLANTIC 10 STANDINGS

TRENDING

• DU heads to Dayton looking to tie the school record for consecutive Atlantic 10 road wins. The current mark of three was set in 2010-11.
• Duquesne (74.9 ppg.) and Dayton (74.8 ppg.) are the top scoring teams in the A-10.
• DU also leads the conference in blocks/g. (4.9) and steals/g. (8.1).
• Duquesne's 6-2 conference start is its best since 2010-11 (8-0). It is just the second time in 42 A-10 seasons that the Dukes have six wins in their first eight conference games.
• DU's 15-6 record is the school's best 21-game mark since the 2010-11 team opened 16-5.
• Freshman guard Sincere Carry leads the A-10 in assist rate and is second in steal percentage according to KenPom. Carry ranks second in the A-10 in both assists (5.9) and steals (2.7) per game. Carry leads the Dukes in scoring in A-10 play at 14.4 ppg.
• First-year Missouri transfer Frankie Hughes scored a season-high 20 points in each of his past two games (vs. VCU & Rhode Island). Hughes leads DU with 46 3-pointers.
• Marcus Weathers, has scored in double-digits in seven of eight A-10 games (12.1 ppg. on .532 shooting over that span).
• DU is 3-0 in overtime, 3-0 in one-point games and 7-1 in games decided by five or fewer points.
• DU is 17-4 under Keith Dambrot when holding opponents under 70 points. The Dukes are 21-2 when they are the first to reach 70 and 13-1 this season when scoring 70 or more.

DON'T LEAVE EARLY
DU has come back from five double-digit deficits to win in 2018-19:

OPPONENT	DEFICIT	TIME
UIC	-14 (37-51)	16:41 2nd half
Longwood	-18 (29-47)	0:07 1st half
Eastern Kentucky	-12 (36-48)	0:42 1st half
Saint Joseph's	-15 (7-22)	11:51 1st half
Rhode Island	-19 (22-41)	19:39 2nd half

DUKES AND FLYERS
Series Record: Dayton leads 53-24
At Pittsburgh: Dayton leads 20-15
At Dayton: Dayton leads 32-6
A-10 Regular Season: Dayton leads 31-10
A-10 Championship: Tied 1-1
MCC Regular Season: Tied 1-1
Dambrot vs. Dayton: 1-5
Dambrot vs. Dayton at Duquesne: 1-1

• This is the 78th meeting in a series that dates to Jan. 5, 1953. Dayton leads the series 53-24, including a 31-10 lead in Atlantic 10 regular season games. In games at Dayton, UD leads 32-6. Dayton has won seven of the past eight at UD Arena, including a 76-74 win in 2016, a 64-63 win in 2011 and a 78-72 overtime win in 2010. DU's last win at Dayton came on Feb. 1, 2012 (83-73, a span of five games).
• Duquesne, which lost 16 in a row to Dayton from 1997 through 2004, is 9-15 against the Flyers in the past 24 games.
• Duquesne snapped a four-game series losing streak with a 70-62 win over the Flyers in Pittsburgh last season. DU won the rematch, 88-73, in Dayton.
• Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot is 1-5 vs. Dayton, with the four losses coming when the first-year DU coach was at Akron. Three of the four games were single-digit affairs including an 83-81 double overtime loss to the No. 20 (AP) Flyers at UD Arena on Jan. 2, 2008 and a 54-50 home loss on Dec. 6, 2008.

LAST GAME
Duquesne 75, Rhode Island 72 • Wednesday, Jan. 30, Pittsburgh, Pa.

• Duquesne trailed 41-22 both at the half and with 19:39 left. It was the fifth time this season DU rallied from a double-digit deficit to win. The win upped Duquesne's record to 7-4 this season when trailing at the half.
• The 19-point comeback tied the best by a Duquesne team in the past 21 years. The last came in an 88-82 win over Radford at the Palumbo Center on Dec. 6, 1997 (DU trailed 47-28 with 18:31 left in that game).
• Frankie Hughes scored all 20 of his points - including five of his career high-tying five 3-pointers - in the second half. Freshman guard Sincere Carry had 14 of his 16 points and six of his seven assists in the second half. Michael Hughes had 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and Marcus Weathers added 12 points. Eric Williams Jr. had a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Duquesne's 22 first half points tied the fewest in a half by a Keith Dambrot-coached Duquesne team. The 53 second half points tied the most in a half by a Dambrot-coached Duquesne team.
• Duquesne went 9-of-22 from 3-point in the second half (11-of-33 for the game).
• The win ended a streak of eight consecutive Rhode Island victories at Palumbo Center. It was DU's first home win over the Rams since Jan. 10, 2001 (83-69).
• There were eight ties and 12 lead changes … Rhode Island's largest lead was 19 (41-22) at the half …Duquesne's largest lead was three on two occasions, the last of which was the final margin … Duquesne took the lead for good on Frankie Hughes' 3-pointer with 43 seconds left ... Rhode Island led for 29:54 … Duquesne led for 4:38 … the game was tied for 5:28 ... in last year's 61-58 buzzer-beating loss at No. 24 (AP) last season, Duquesne led for 29:59.

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.  DU has seven freshmen and five sophomores on the 2018-19 roster.
• Ninety-five percent of the Dukes' points have come from underclassmen, including all but two points in A-10 play (99.7%), which is the second-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. The other six came from Kellon Taylor, who was part of the active roster for one month before opting to concentrate on football and remain with the basketball team as a practice player.
• DU is ranked 348 of 353 schools in KenPom's listing of "most experienced" college teams. Only one member of the current roster - sophomore Eric Williams Jr. - entered conference play having seen action in an Atlantic 10 game.
• Four first-year Division I sophomore transfers are seeing 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). Dambrot's 31 wins are tied for the most ever by a Duquesne coach in his second season.
• Two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week Sincere Carry  has solidified himself as one of the nation's top impact freshmen. The 6-1 point guard ranked 10th nationally - and first among freshmen - in steals per game (2.70) and tied for 28th nationally - sixth among freshmen - in assists per game (5.90) through Wednesday.
• Sophomore Eric Williams Jr., who was named second team preseason All-Atlantic 10, leads the team in scoring (12.6) and rebounding (7.9). 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 six double-doubles this season (17 for his career). Williams Jr.'s 8.4 career rebounds per game average ranks fourth among NCAA Division I sophomores.
• Six-eight sophomore center Michael Hughes is tied for second on the team with 12 double-digit scoring games, despite missing the Longwood, Maryland Eastern Shore and Maine games with a knee injury. Hughes, who is shooting .648, is on pace to challenge the school single-season field goal percentage record of .649 set by Fred Moon in 1979-80 (min. 200 points). The 250-pound center ranked among the nation's Top 10 field goal percentage leaders before dropping below the min. 5.0 FGM/g (he's at 4.6). Hughes, who has scored 20 or more three times, never topped six points in a game as a freshman while at Akron.
• 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.
• DU has matched its road win total from last season (2-7). The Dukes are 2-2 on the road this year.
• 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.
• The Dukes, who were 1-10 with trailing at the half last season, are 7-4 when trailing at the half in 2018-19.
• Duquesne has erased double-digit deficits in five of its wins: -18 vs. Longwood, -14 vs. UIC, -12 vs. Eastern Kentucky, -15 vs. Saint Joseph's & -19 vs. Rhode Island. 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 their Jan. 16 win at Richmond and trailed by five with 58 seconds left in regulaion of the overtime win at George Washington.
• Duquesne's 74-68 win at Richmond on Jan. 16 was its 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. DU followed that with a 91-85 OT win at George Washington, marking the first time since 1989 & 1990 that a Duquesne team has won two in a row at GW. DU's 75-72 win over Rhode Island ended an eight-game home losing streak to the Rams (which dated back to Jan. 10, 2001).
• DU's five-game A-10 win streak, which ended on Jan. 26, tied the second-longest in school history.
• Duquesne has posted 10 home wins (12-3) for the second-straight season. It is the first time since 2010-11 & 2011-12 that the Dukes have won 10 or more home games in back-to-back years. DU's 13 home wins last year (13-6) - in addition to being a Palumbo Center record - were the most at home since 1981 (14-2).
• 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).