G30 | DUQUESNE (19-10, 10-6) at SAINT LOUIS (18-11, 9-7)  
Wed., Mar. 6, 2019 • 8:00 pm ET • St. Louis, Mo. • Chaifetz Arena (10,600)

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Duquesne (19-10, 10-6), which tied the school record for conference wins in its 80-73 victory over UMass on Saturday, hits the road for the final time to face Saint Louis (18-11, 9-7) on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. ET (FOX Sports Midwest/ESPN+). DU, picked to finish 11th in the A-10 preseason poll, began the week tied for fifth in the conference standings. The Dukes, who are 4-5 on the road - including a 4-4 mark in conference road games, are one win shy of breaking the school record for A-10 road wins set in 1981 (4-3) and tied in 2009 & 2011 (both 4-4). Saint Louis, the A-10 preseason favorite, is one game behind the Dukes in the standings. DU, which won the first meeting between the two in Pittsburgh on Jan. 23 (77-73), is attempting a season sweep against an SLU team that is 13-2 at home. 

Atlantic 10 Standings

TRENDING

• This is Duquesne's best record through 29 games (19-10) since 1980-81 (20-9).
• Duquesne needs one victory to reach the 20-win mark for the 14th time in its 103-year history. The last DU team to win 20 was the 2009 NIT squad (21-13). Duquesne has had just two 20-win seasons (21-13 in 2009 & 20-10 in 1981) in the past 46 years.
• The Dukes (10-6) have tied the school record for Atlantic 10 wins set in 1981 (10-3) and tied in 1991 (10-8) & 2011 (10-6). This is the sixth time in 42 A-10 seasons that DU will have a winning conference record.
• Fourteen of DU's 16 A-10 games have been decided by single digits, including five by three or fewer points.
• Duquesne has led for under 10 minutes in six of its Atlantic 10 wins: Saint Joe's (6:01), at Richmond (6:48), Rhode Island (4:33), at Fordham (9:30), George Mason (1:14) & vs. UMass (6:52).
• DU has come back from double-digit deficits to win eight times, including five in A-10 play: -19 vs. Rhode Island, -15 vs. Saint Joe's, -18 at Fordham, -19 at George Mason & -11 vs. UMass.
• DU leads the A-10 in blocks (4.8) and steals (8.1) per g. and is second in scoring (73.2) turnovers forced (15.79).
• Freshman guard Sincere Carry, who leads the A-10 in assists (5.8) and is second in steals (2.52) per game, needs four assists to pass Kenya Hunter and move into the third spot on the DU list for assists by a freshman. Carry, who has 145 assists, leads the Dukes in scoring in A-10 play at 13.7 ppg. Carry has missed the past three games (knee). DU is 2-2 without Carry this season (he also missed the VCU game on Jan. 26).
• Tavian Dunn-Martin has averaged 19.3 ppg. in the four games DU has played without Carry. TDM became the 13th DU player to hit seven or more 3's in a game (7-of-9) in his career-high 30 point game vs. UMass on Saturday.
• Six-eight center Michael Hughes is second the A-10 in blocks per game at 2.3. He has a league-best 48 rejections (3.0/g.) in conference games only.
• Frankie Hughes, is tied for 3rd in the A-10 with 44 3-pointers in league games. Hughes is the 6th player in school history to attempt 200+ "3's" in a season (205).
• DU is 24-3 under Keith Dambrot when they are the first to reach 70 points and 17-2 this year when scoring 70 or more.
• DU is on school record pace for 3-pointers attempted per game (26.3). The current record is 26.0 set in 2015-16.

DUKES AND BILLIKENS
Series Record: Duquesne leads 15-14
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 9-5
At St. Louis: Saint Louis leads 7-4
Neutral Site: Tied 2-2
A-10 Regular Season: Saint Louis leads 12-11
A-10 Championship: Saint Louis leads 2-1
Dambrot vs. Saint Louis: 2-1

• This is the 30th game between Duquesne and Saint Louis, with the Dukes leading 15-14 ... in games at St. Louis, SLU leads 7-4 ... Duquesne has won seven of the past 10 meetings, including a 77-73 win in Pittsburgh on Jan. 23 (SLU was 14-4 and receiving votes in the AP Top 25 at the time).
• Saint Louis had won seven of eight - including five in a row, before DU's upset win over the No. 10 (AP) Billikens at Chaifetz Arena on Feb. 27, 2014 ... the Dukes have won eight of 12 since, including the upset win.
• This is the tenth time the Dukes and Billikens are playing home-and-home ... DU swept the series in 2016 and SLU has swept twice (2010 & 2012) ... the two have split six times (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 & 2018).
• SLU, which was picked to finish first in the A-10 preseason poll with 15 votes, enters Wednesday night's game in seventh place in the conference - one game behind Duquesne ... the Billikens, who are coming off an 81-71 home win over George Mason, are 13-2 at Chaifetz Arena with the losses coming by one & three points: 54-53 to Davidson and 84-81 to Richmond ... SLU has won its past three at home by an average of 12.0 ppg.

LAST GAME
Duquesne 80 UMass 73 • Saturday, Mar. 2, Pittsburgh, Pa.

• Duquesne, which trailed by 11 in the first half (5:41) and 10 in the second (12:40), rallied from a double-digit deficit to win for the eighth time. Five of the comebacks have come in A-10 play.
• Sophomore Tavian Dunn-Martin led the way with a career-high 30 points (9-12 from the field, including 7-9 from 3-point). He also added a career high-tying six assists and three steals in 32 minutes. It was TDM's fourth start of the season.
• Duquesne was without second leading scorer (12.3 ppg.) and leading assist (145) and steals (63) man freshman point guard Sincere Carry (knee) for the third-straight game.
• Michael Hughes added 17 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for the Dukes.
• DU, which was outrebounded 49-25, outscored UMass 27-9 off 19 Minutemen turnovers.
• There were two ties and seven lead changes … UMass's largest lead was 11 at 27-16 with 5:41 left in the first half ... the Minutemen also led 53-43 with 12:40 left …Duquesne's largest lead was the final margin of seven … UMass led for 31:54 … Duquesne led for 6:52 … the game was tied for 1:14.

NOTING THE DUKES

• DU'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-seven percent of the Dukes' points have come from underclassmen, including all but two in A-10 play (99.8%), which is the second-highest rate in Division I (behind only Mount St. Mary's). 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 two-sport athlete 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 346 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 35 wins are the most 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 12th nationally - and first among freshmen - in steals per game (2.52) and 26th nationally - fifth among freshmen - in assists per game (5.80) through Sunday. Carry has missed DU's past three games with a knee injury.
• Sophomore Eric Williams Jr., who was named second team preseason All-Atlantic 10, leads the team in scoring (12.5) and rebounding (7.6). 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 has earned A-10 co-Player of the Week honors twice (Dec. 24 & Feb. 18), has six double-doubles this season (17 for his career). Williams Jr.'s 8.2 career rebounds per game average ranks sixth among NCAA Division I sophomores.
• Six-eight sophomore center Michael Hughes has scored in double-digits 16 times, despite missing the Longwood, Maryland Eastern Shore and Maine games with a knee injury. Hughes is shooting .610, which is the third-highest single-season percentage in school history. The 250-pound center, who has scored 20 or more three times, never topped six points in a game as a freshman while at Akron. Hughes ranks 20th nationally in blocked shots per game (2.31).
• The Dukes, who were 1-10 with trailing at the half last season, are 10-6 when trailing at the half in 2018-19.
• Duquesne was picked to finish 11th in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll of 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 are 4-5 on the road - including a 4-4 mark in conference road games, have tied the school record for A-10 road wins set in 1981 (4-3) and tied in 2009 & 2011 (4-4).
• Duquesne has erased double-digit deficits in eight of its wins: -18 vs. Longwood, -14 vs. UIC, -12 vs. Eastern Kentucky, -15 vs. Saint Joseph's, -19 vs. Rhode Island, -18 at Fordham, -19 at George Mason & -11 vs. UMass. 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 regulation 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 Duquesne 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's 14 home wins (14-3, DU is 0-1 in one home game at PPG Paints Arena) are a Palumbo Center record, breaking the mark of 13 set last year (13-6). The 14 wins are the most at home since 1981 (14-2). The 27 home wins under Keith Dambrot are the most in back-to-back seasons since 1972 (16-1) and 1973 (12-1).
• Dambrot and his staff assembled the tallest recruiting class in school history. The seven-man group included 6-11 Gavin Bizeau (Plainfield, Ind.), 6-11 Dylan Swingle (Chillicothe, Ohio), 6-10 Austin Rotroff (Wauseon, Ohio) and 6-9 Amari Kelly (Long Island, N.Y.). Six-eleven 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.