BIMINI, BAHAMAS - Baylee Steele came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points, and freshman Maceo Austin scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, to help Duquesne erase a 10-point deficit to defeat Indiana State, 74-71, in the first round of the Junkanoo Jam at Gateway Christian Academy in Bimini, Bahamas Thursday night.

Duquesne, which was down 43-33 with 18:34 left, took its first lead since the 1:54 mark of the first half on a pair of Ashton Miller free throws with 17 seconds left. The Dukes then got a stop and Sincere Carry, who finished with 15 points, hit a pair of free throws with four seconds left to ice it.

With the win, Duquesne is off to its best start since 2009-10 at 4-0.

DU missed seven of its first eight shots in falling behind 15-3. The Dukes got two 3-pointers from Lamar Norman Jr. and a jumper and 3-pointer from Tavian Dunn-Martin to get back in it, before Steele gave DU its first lead at 26-25 on the second of two free throws. Steele then hit back-to-back 3-pointers gave Duquesne its largest lead at 33-25.

ISU answered with a 14-0 run to finish the half up 39-33.

The Sycamores scored the first four points out of the break to go up 43-33, before Carry ended a nearly five minute drought - spanning two halves - with a 3-pointer.

Austin cut the ISU lead to one on a layup with just under 14 minutes left, but the Sycamores answered with an 8-0 run that made it 53-44.

Austin spearheaded another DU comeback by repeatedly getting to the foul line. Steele's career-high fourth 3-pointer made it 69-68 with 1:26 left.

Duquesne shot 39.2 percent to 47.2 percent for Indiana State. The Dukes, led by four 3-pointers from Steele and three from Norman Jr., finished 9-of-24 from the arc.

Duquesne faces Air Force on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and concludes the three-game event vs. Loyola Marymount on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. All games are being streamed live by FloHoops.

NOTES

• This is the first time since 2009-10 that Duquesne has opened 4-0. DU's last 5-0 start occurred in 2007-08.
• Duquesne is now 22-8 in nonconference play under Keith Dambrot.
• Steele, who went 7-of-11 from the field, went 4-of-6 from the 3-point arc. His 20 points and four 3-pointers were both career highs.
• Freshman Maceo Austin finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.
• Lamar Norman Jr. came off the bench to score nine points. Norman Jr. went 3-of-5 from the 3-point arc.
• There were a total of 49 fouls called in the game. There were 31 fouls called and 20 field goals made (10 by each team) in the second half.
• This is just the second time Duquesne is playing regular-season games outside of the United States. The other was at the San Juan Shootout in Caugas, Puerto Rico from Dec. 20-22, 2002.
• Indiana State's largest lead was 12 at 15-3 with 12:37 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was eight at 33-25 with 3:04 left in the first half ... there were two ties and six lead changes before Duquesne took the lead for good on the second of two Ashton Miller free throws with 17 seconds left ... Indiana State led for 34:11 ... Duquesne led for 3:35.