McCANDLESS, PA - Duquesne held Lamar scoreless over the final four minutes to pull away for a 66-56 win at Kerr Fitness Center on the campus of La Roche University Tuesday night.

Michael Hughes, who scored 15 in the second half, led the Dukes with a game-high 17 points and 10 rebounds. Sincere Carry had 16 points and freshman Maceo Austin added 15 in the win, which was the 450th for Dukes head coach Keith Dambrot, who is in his 22nd season overall and third at Duquesne.

DU took a 48-38 lead on a pair of Carry free throws with just over 12 minutes left. Lamar responded with a 9-0 run to make it a one-point game, before Carry hit a 3-pointer.

Duquesne was up one when Baylee Steele, who missed his first six 3-point attempts, buried one from the top of the key at the shot clock horn to give the Dukes a 58-54 lead.

Carry, who went 3-of-3 from the arc, banked in a three to make it 61-56 with 3:40 left. Hughes followed with a put-back dunk to make it a seven-point game as Duquesne put the clamps on defensively.

Duquesne, which shot 26 percent in the first half, rallied to shoot 50 percent in the final 20 minutes. Lamar shot 38.7 percent in the second half to finish at 43.5 percent.

Duquesne, which missed 14 of its first 16 shots, went scoreless for over six minutes in falling behind 16-7. Austin then caught fire, scoring seven of eight DU points before Tavian Dunn-Martin gave the Dukes a 20-18 lead on a 3-pointer.

The Dukes held the Cardinals scoreless for nearly six minutes in regaining the lead.

Lamar's Ayaan Sohail hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to tie it at 23-23 at the half.

Hughes, who scored seven in the first four minutes of the second half, put the Dukes up 35-30 on a dunk off a pass from Marcus Weathers.

Duquesne hosts 2019 NIT finalist Lipscomb at La Roche University on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

NOTES

• This was the 450th career win for third-year Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot who is in his 22nd season as a head coach. Dambrot won 40 games in two years at Tiffin, 48 in two years at Ashland, 20 in two years at Central Michigan, 305 in 13 years at Akron and 37 in two-plus seasons at Duquesne. Dambrot's win total ranks third among Atlantic 10 head coaches.
• This is Duquesne's third-straight 2-0 start under Dambrot.
• This was the first of four nonconference home games for the Dukes at La Roche University's Kerr Fitness Center. The others are on Nov. 15 (Lipscomb), Dec. 4 (VMI) and Dec. 9 (Columbia).
• Michael Hughes went 5-of-5 from the field in posting his fourth career double-double (17-10). Hughes had two points at the half.
• Duquesne shot 25.8 percent, including 3-of-15 from 3-point, in the first half and 50.0 percent in the second (5-of-12 from 3-point).
• Lamar's largest lead was nine at 16-7 with 9:05 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was 10, the last of which was the 10-point final margin ... there were four ties and four lead changes before DU took the lead for good on a Hughes jumper with 18:33 left ... Lamar led for 7:20 ... Duquesne led for 27:45.