Duquesne renews a longtime rivalry when it heads to Morgantown for a charity exhibition game at West Virginia on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7:00 p.m. The game, which will benefit the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund, will be televised live on AT&T SportsNet with Rob King, Warren Baker and Robbie Incmikoski on the call. West Virginia is Duquesne's second most-frequent all-time opponent, with the two having met 88 times. This will be the first meeting between DU and WVU since Nov. 17, 2013 (a 96-83 WVU win in Morgantown) and first time the two will meet in an exhibition. This is the second charity exhibition for Duquesne, which hosted Chatham University on Nov. 1, 2017 in a game set up to aid hurricane relief efforts in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

NOTE: The game will be live streamed on WVUsports.com for those outside the AT&T SportsNet viewing area.

WORTH NOTING

• The Dukes are entering their third season under head coach Keith Dambrot. Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team in 2017-18, posted a 16-16 record in 2018 and guided a 2019 team - with a roster that saw 97 percent of its points come from freshmen and sophomores - to 19 wins (19-13) and a 10-8 Atlantic 10 finish (T6th). The Dukes, who were picked to finish 11th in last year's A-10 preseason poll, tied the school record for conference wins and posted the school's highest win total since 2011.
• Duquesne has exceeded its preseason A-10 pick in each of its first two seasons under Dambrot. The 2018 Dukes, picked to finish last, ended up tied for 10th. Last year DU, picked 11th, ended up tied for sixth. It was the first time since 2009 (picked 12th, finished tied for fifth) that a DU team exceeded its preseason pick by five or more spots. The Dukes were picked to finish eighth in this year's poll.
• Duquesne returns three starters - 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team member 6-1 So. G Sincere Carry (12.1, 3.6, 161 assists, 68 steals), 6-8 Jr. C Michael Hughes (11.2, 6.5, 66 blocks) and 6-5 Jr. F Marcus Weathers (10.0, 6.4).             NOTE: A fourth starter, 6-4 Jr. G Frankie Hughes (8.9, 2.2, 71 3-pointers), underwent season-ending knee surgery on October 7 to repair a torn meniscus.
• Additional key returnees include 2019 Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year 5-8 Jr. G Tavian Dunn-Martin (7.8, 1.4, 81 assists, 47 3-pointers), 6-3 So., G Lamar Norman Jr. (4.8, 1.6), 6-10 So. F Austin Rotroff (4.2, 2.4) and 6-9 So. F Amari Kelly (2.1, 2.1). Rotroff and Kelly are both coming off season-ending ACL injuries suffered in separate games vs. Saint Louis last season (Rotroff on Jan. 23 in Pittsburgh and Kelly on Mar. 6 in St. Louis). Caleb Davis (seven career games played), DU's lone senior, is also back.
• The Dukes welcome six newcomers including 6-5 Fr. G Maceo Austin (Sharon, Pa.), 6-1 Fr. G Evan Buckley (Ashburn, Va.), 6-11 Fr. C James Ellis (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-3 Fr. G Jake Harper (Dayton, Ohio), 6-5 Fr. G Ashton Miller (Scotch Plains, N.J.) and 6-11 Gr. C Baylee Steele (Norwalk, Iowa/Utah Valley University). Steele, who began his career at Des Moines Area Community College, spent one year at Eastern Michigan (4.4, 4.1 in 2016-17) before transferring to Utah Valley University, where he was one of two players to start all 35 games for the 25-10 CBI second round Wolverines (8.5, 7.2 in 2018-19). The fourth graduate transfer in Duquesne basketball history has played in 68 Division I games with a team-high 57 career starts.
• With the loss of Frankie Hughes (knee surgery), Duquesne returns over 60 percent of its scoring from a team the led the Atlantic 10 with a 73.5 ppg. average. Six of DU's top eight point producers from last season are back. All but two of DU's 1,295 points in conference play last year (99.8%) came from freshmen and sophomores.
• Head Coach Keith Dambrot's 35 wins are the most by a DU coach through his first two seasons. His 16 wins in 2018 were the most by a DU first-year coach since Dudey Moore went 17-5 in 1948-49. DU's 19 wins last season were its most since 2011.
• The Dukes prepared for the season with a trip to the Bahamas August 5-11. It was the third-ever foreign tour for Duquesne which traveled to Toronto to play four games in three days over Labor Day weekend in 2007 and also went to Ireland for a four-game tour in August of 2015. DU was allowed 10 practices prior to departing.

THE SERIES vs. WVU
Series Record: WVU leads 51-37
At Pittsburgh: DU leads 23-17
    at PPG Paints Arena: Tied 1-1
At West Virginia: WVU leads 33-12
    at Morgantown: WVU leads 33-11
    at Wheeling: Duquesne leads 1-0
Neutral Site: Duquesne leads 2-1
    Eastern 8/A-10: West Virginia led 25-11
    Eastern 8/A-10 Tournament: West Virginia led 5-3

PAST 10 GAMES

Dec. 13, 2003	A	L	*84-88	-4
Nov. 24, 2004	H	L	69-72	-3
Dec. 10, 2005	A	L	66-86	-20
Dec. 9, 2006	H	L	54-85	-31
Dec. 8, 2007	A	L	68-92	-24
Dec. 13, 2008	H	L	63-68	-5
Dec. 9, 2009	A	L	+39-68	-29
Dec. 12, 2010	H^	L	61-64	-3
Dec. 11, 2012	H^	W	60-56	+4
Nov. 17, 2013	A	L	83-96	-13

* - indicates overtime game
+ - WVU ranked No. 6 (AP)
^ - at PPG Paints Arena

• West Virginia is Duquesne second-most-frequent all-time opponent … the two have met 88 times (this will be the first in an exhibition) … they haven't met since Nov. 17, 2013 (a 96-83 WVU win at the Coliseum) … the two met for 38 consecutive seasons (1973-74 through 2009-10) before a break in the series in 2011-12 … they then played a home-and-home in 2012-13, a 60-56 Duquesne win at PPG Paints Arena followed by the WVU home win in the last meeting … the series dates to Jan. 30, 1915.
• WVU's Bob Huggins and Duquesne's Keith Dambrot both coached at Akron (Huggins 97-46 in five seasons from 1985-89 and Dambrot 305-139 in 13 seasons from 2005-17). Dambrot (448-238 in 21 seasons) and Huggins (860-362 in 37 seasons), despite the 1,908 games coached between them, have met only once – a 77-58 WVU win over Akron on Nov. 29, 2011 at WVU Coliseum.
• The WVU game will be a reunion for high school teammates Maceo Austin (Duquesne) and Oscar Tshiebwe (WVU) who played together for two seasons at Kennedy Catholic. Both are college freshmen.

COACHING STAFF CONTINUITY
The Duquesne coaching staff of Keith Dambrot and assistants Terry Weigand, Rick McFadden and Charles Thomas, is beginning its 10th season together (third at Duquesne). No current Division I staff has been together longer:

DUQUESNE - 10th season
Keith Dambrot, Terry Weigand, Rick McFadden, Charles Thomas
Michigan State - 10th season
Tom Izzo, Dwayne Stephens, Dane Fife, Mike Garland  
West Virginia - 8th season
Bob Huggins, Larry Harrison, Ron Everhart, Erik Martin    
    
NOTE: Northwestern State's Mike McConathy, Jeff Moore, Jacob Spielbauer, Dave Simmons are beginning their ninth yearw together, however the group has not been together for consecutive seasons.
List compiled by Matt Dunaway at Mississippi State

Weigand (Tiffin), McFadden (Akron) and Thomas (Eastern Michigan) all played under Dambrot (Dambrot was an assistant under Ben Braun at EMU). In addition, Steve McNees, who is in his seventh season on Dambrot's staff (Director of Operations) played for Dambrot at Akron. Charles Thomas, Carl's twin, who serves as Assistant to the Head Coach (third season), also played under Braun and Dambrot at Eastern Michigan.