G17 | FORDHAM (6-9, 0-3) at (ARV) DUQUESNE (14-2, 4-0)
Wed., Jan. 15 • 7:00 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • PPG Paints Arena (19,000)

LIVE STREAM: ESPN+ with Tim Benz & Ellis Cannon
RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Jarrett Durham ('71)
IN-GAME STATS: Sidearm https://goduquesne.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary

Duquesne (14-2, 4-0), winner of four in a row, plays its first game at PPG Paints Arena since Nov. 5 when it hosts Fordham (6-9, 0-3) on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7:00 p.m. DU, whose 4-0 A-10 start is the school's best since 2010-11 (8-0) and 14-2 overall record best since 1971-72 (15-2), has won seven in a row at home despite playing at three different venues due to renovation work to the on-campus UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. This is the lone home game of a five-game stretch for the Dukes who posted wins at Saint Joseph's and GW last week and head to Rhode Island and UMass next week. Wednesday's game marks just the second time DU is playing within Pittsburgh's city limits. Duquesne is among those receiving votes (9) in this week's AP Top 25.

TRENDING

• DU is among those receiving votes (9) in this week's AP Top 25. It is the third time the Dukes have received votes this season (Dec. 9 & 16).
• DU's 14-2 start is the school's best since 1971-72 (15-2).
• This is the second time in 43 A-10 seasons that the Dukes are 4-0 in league play. The best all-time conference start was 8-0 in 2010-11.
• The Dukes have won seven in a row at home while playing at three different venues (PPG Paints Arena, D-III La Roche University and Robert Morris). This is DU's second home game at PPG.
• The Dukes rank sixth nationally - and first in the A-10 - in blocks/g. at 6.4. DU is the nation's eighth-best free throw shooting team at .778 through Jan. 12.
• The balanced Dukes have six players averaging between 9.2 and 14.3 points per game. Six players have either led, or tied for the team lead, in scoring and five have scored 20 or more in a game. DU has had four double-digit scorers in each of its past three games.
• Junior Marcus Weathers, who is shooting a team-best .601, has scored in double digits in nine straight games.
• Junior center Michael Hughes  ranks tied for seventh nationally in blocks per game (3.13) and fifth in block pct. (KenPom). His 50 total blocks rank tied for sixth in Division I.
• Junior guard Tavian Dunn-Martin, the 2019 A-10 Sixth Man of the Year, is shooting .522 (12-of-23) from 3-point off the bench in DU's past four games. TDM started the first 12 games this sesaon.
• Under Keith Dambrot, DU is: 40-3 when leading with 5:00 left ... 38-10 when scoring 70 or more points ... 33-3 when the first to 70 points in a game ... 31-7 when holding opponents under 70 (including 12-0 this year).

MOST CONSECUTIVE A-10 WINS
Keith Dambrot, in just this third season, has produced two of the seven longest Atlantic 10 win streaks in school history (in bold). Here is a list of DU's all-time longest A-10 win streaks.
 

8	2010-11
at Saint Joe's, Saint Louis, Temple, at La Salle, Charlotte, at Fordham, Dayton, GW
5	2018-19
Fordham, Saint Joe's, at Richmond, at GW, Saint Louis
5	2006-07
Dayton, Temple, Xavier, at St. Bonaventure, at La Salle
5	1980-81
at UMASS, West Virginia, Pitt, St. Bonaventure, at Rutgers
4	2019-20
Saint Louis, Davidson, at Saint Joe's, at GW  (current)
4	1987-88
Rhode Island, Rutgers, Saint Joe's, at Rhode Island
4	1980-81
UMASS, at GW, Rutgers, at St. Bonaventure

DUKES AND RAMS
Series Record: Duquesne leads 24-16
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 12-7
At Bronx: Duquesne leads 11-7
Neutral Site: Fordham leads 2-1
A-10 Regular Season: Duquesne leads 17-13
A-10 Championship: Fordham leads 1-0
Dambrot vs. Fordham: 3-1

• This is the 41st game in a series that dates to Dec. 22, 1949. Duquesne leads 24-16. In games played in Pittsburgh, the Dukes lead 12-7.
• Fordham won three in a row at Palumbo Center, before Duquesne ended the streak with a 66-61 win last season. DU went on to defeat the Rams in the Bronx, 74-66, to sweep the season series. Duquesne has won the past four at Fordham.
• Duquesne snapped a five-game series losing streak with a 74-62 win at the Palumbo Center in 2008. Since then, the Dukes have won 11 of 16 with three of the five losses coming at home.
• This is the fourth consecutive season the two are playing home-and-home. The two split the regular-season series in the two years prior to DU's sweep last season.
• Duquesne is 17-13 against the Rams in Atlantic 10 regular-season play.
• Keith Dambrot is 3-1 against the Rams with all four meeting coming while at Duquesne.

LAST GAME
Duquesne 66, George Washington 61 • Saturday, Jan. 11, Washington D.C.

• Duquesne closed the game with a 6-0 run over the last 2:05 to seal the win.
• DU finished with four double-digit scorers: Marcus Weathers (13), Michael Hughes (12), Tavian Dunn-Martin (12) and Sincere Carry (11). Carry scored all of his points in the second half. His 3-pointer with 2:05 left gave Duquesne the lead for good.
• Carry's eight rebounds were a career high.
• Marcus Weathers (13-10) posted his third double-double of the season (ninth of his career).
• Michael Hughes finished with four blocked shots.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 11, the last of which came at 30-19 with 2:31 left in the first half ... there were five ties and nine lead changes before Duquesne took the lead for good on Sincere Carry's 3-pointer with 2:05 left ... Duquesne led for 33:09 ... GW led for 2:56.
• The win was Duquesne's fifth in a row in the series (tying their all-time longest streak vs. the Colonials). It also marked the first time in series history the DU has won three in a row at GW.
• Duquesne has led for 109:51 of a possible 120 minutes in its past three games.