G4, 5, 6 | DUQUESNE (3-0) at JUNKANOO JAM
Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 21, 22 & 24, 2019 • Bimini, Bahamas • Gateway Christian Academy

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2019 JUNKANOO JAM SCHEDULE
at Gateway Christian Academy, Bimini, Bahamas

Thur., Nov. 21
Loyola Marymount vs. Air Force (H) - 4:00 p.m.
DUQUESNE vs. Indiana State (H) - 6:30 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 22
Indiana State vs. Loyola Marymount (H) - 4:00 p.m.
DUQUESNE vs. Air Force (H) - 6:30 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 24
Air Force vs. Indiana State (H) - 4:00 p.m.
Loyola Marymount vs. DUQUESNE (H) - 6:30 p.m.
Tiebreakers: (1) Head-to-head (2) Net margin head-to-head

TRENDING

• Duquesne, which is looking to open 4-0 for the first time since 2009-10,  has outscored opponents 134-76 in the second half on the young season.:
• Duquesne is limiting opponents to 53.0 points per game on .396 shooting. Lipscomb's 36 points in Friday's 58-36 win, were the fewest by a DU opponent in 39 years (since a 34-33 NIT loss to Saint Peter's on 3/10/80).
• DU enters the Junkanoo Jam with four double-digit scorers, led by sophomore guard Sincere Carry at 15.0 ppg. Carry, who is shooting .607 from the field and 6-of-11 from 3-point, was a preseason third team all-A-10 pick.
• Junior forward Marcus Weathers is coming off a 13-12 double-double vs. Lipscomb. The rebound total tied his career high and his six steals bested his previous career high by three.
• Junior center Michael Hughes is coming off back-to-back double-doubles vs. Lamar (17-10) and Lipscomb (10-10). The efficient Hughes averaged 18 minutes in the two wins.
• Six-eleven grad transfer Baylee Steele leads the Dukes in steals with nine. Steele is second on the team in scoring (12.7 ppg.) and third in rebounding (6.0 rpg.).
• DU's Nov. 12 win over Lamar was the 450th for third-year DU coach Keith Dambrot, who is in his 22nd season.
• Duquesne is 21-8 in nonconference games under third-year head coach Keith Dambrot. The Dukes are 19-4 at home, 0-1 on the road and 2-3 at neutral sites (two of the neutral losses were to Pitt at PPG Paints Arena).

DUKES VS. THE FIELD

INDIANA STATE (0-3)
Series Record: Tied 1-1
Dambrot vs. Indiana State: First meeting
 

Feb. 20, 1950	H	W	55-54
Dec. 9, 1966	H1	L	84-90

Duquesne was ranked No. 7 (AP) on Feb. 20, 1950; the win gave DU a 21-1 record at the time;  H1 - Steel Bowl first round game

NOTING THE SYCAMORES
Missouri Valley Conference ... located in Terre Haute, Ind. ... the series is tied at 1-1 ... this is the first meeting since a Steel Bowl first round 90-84 loss to the Sycamores on Dec. 9, 1966 at the Civic Arena ... in the first meeting between the two, seventh-ranked Duquesne moved to 21-1 with a 55-54 home win over ISU on Feb. 20, 1950 ... Indiana State returns MVC leading scorer 6-2 junior guard Tyreke Key (17.4 ppg., .525 from field) and 5-11 All-MVC senior guard Jordan Barnes (14.6 ppg., 97 assists, 57 3-pointers) from last year's 15-16 team ... Greg Lansing is in his 10th season as Indiana State's head coach ... Duquesne is 22-15 all-time vs. schools that comprise the current Missouri Valley Conference.

AIR FORCE (2-2)
Series Record: Duquesne leads 1-0
Dambrot vs. Air Force: 1-0 (at Akron)
 

Dec. 8, 1967

H

W

64-52

Steel Bowl first round game

NOTING THE FALCONS
Mountain West Conference ... located in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... this will be the second meeting between the Dukes and Falcons and first since a 64-52 Duquesne win in the first round of the Steel Bowl at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena on Dec. 8, 1967 ... DU head coach Keith Dambrot is 1-0 vs. Air Force with an 84-75 win over the Falcons on Nov. 25, 2016 at the Savannah Invitational in Savannah, Ga. ... Air Force returns 94 percent of its scoring and all five starters from a team that finished 14-18 overall and sixth in the Mountain West at 8-10 ... the eight conference wins and sixth place finish were the Academy's best since 2013 ... leading the returnees is 6-7 senior forward Lavelle Scottie ... the Fort Worth, Texas native led the team in scoring (15.3 ppg.) for the second-straight season ... Scottie is just the fourth Falcon to eclipse 1,000 points as a junior ... Air Force is in his eighth season under head coach Dave Pilipovich ... Pilipovich, a graduate of Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at California, Pa. in 1986 ... he also spent four years as an assistant at Robert Morris (1996-00) under Jim Boone ... this is Pilipovich's 30th season in coaching ... Duquesne is 9-5 all-time vs. schools that comprise the current Mountain West ... DU's last - and only - game vs. a Mountain West team (the conference was formed in 1999) was an 82-74 loss at New Mexico on Nov. 14, 2004 in the NABC Classic championship game.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (1-2)
Series Record: Duquesne leads 1-0
Dambrot vs. LMU: 1-0 (at Akron)
 

Dec. 19, 1955

H

W

71-55

Duquesne was ranked No. 6 (AP) at the time

NOTING THE LIONS
West Coast Conference ... located in Los Angeles, Calif. ... this is the second meeting between the Dukes and Lions ... DU won the previous meeting, 71-55, on Dec. 19, 1955 in Pittsburgh - the season after Duquesne's NIT championship ... LMU returns five players with 14 or more starts from last year's 22-12 CBI semifinal team including 7-3 senior C Mattias Markusson (10.2, 6.3, 29 blocks) - a native of Stockholm, Sweden - and 6-7 sophomore F Dameane Douglas (8.3, 4.9) ... the Lions received votes in the AP Top 25 enroute to a 11-1 start last season ... LMU ranked 13th nationally in scoring defense at 62.5 ppg. in 2019 ... veteran Mike Dunlap is in his sixth season as LMU's head coach ... Dunlap, who took his first head coaching job in 1989 at California Lutheran, guided the Lions to just their third postseason appearance since 1990 last season (CBI) ... Dunlap has been an assistant at Arizona, Oregon and St. John's ... in addition to Cal Lutheran, he was head coach of the Adelaide 36ers (Australia), Metro State (where he went 248-50 in nine seasons with a pair of D-II national championships) and the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats (2012-13).