G22 | DUQUESNE (16-5, 6-3) at SAINT LOUIS (17-5, 6-3)  
Wed., Feb. 5 • 7:00 pm ET • St. Louis, Mo. • Chaifetz Arena (10,600)

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Duquesne (16-5, 6-3), which ended a three-game losing streak with a 71-69 win over La Salle on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena, heads to Missouri for a rematch with Saint Louis (17-5, 6-3) on Wed., Feb. 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN+/Fox Sports Midwest). The Dukes, who defeated the Billikens 73-59 in the A-10 opener for both schools on Jan. 2, are looking for their second series sweep (this is the 11th time the two are meeting home-and-home - the two have split seven times and SLU has swept twice). Saint Louis is 11-2 at home with the two losses coming to teams currently ranked in the AP Top 12: 83-66 to current #12 Seton Hall and 78-76 in OT to current #6 Dayton. SLU is 3-1 in A-10 home games. Duquesne is 2-2 on the road with wins at Saint Joseph's and George Washington (both in conference play).

TRENDING

• Duquesne's 16-5 start is the school's best since 2010-11 (also 16-5).
• This is just the sixth time in 43 Atlantic 10 seasons that DU has six wins in its first nine conference games. It is the second time in the past two years that Duquesne is 6-3 in A-10 play.
• The Dukes rank 7th nationally - and first in the A-10 - in blocks/g. at 5.90. DU is fifth in the nation in block percentage (16.6) according to KenPom.
• DU ranks 35th nationally, and second in the A-10, in 3-point percentage defense (.296).
• Duquesne is 22nd nationally and first in the A-10 in fewest fouls per game (14.9).
• Junior Marcus Weathers (team-high 14.5 ppg.) is shooting .622 in A-10 games. Weathers, whose career scoring high entering the season was 19 points, has scored 20 or more a team-high four times.
• Weathers' 61.1 effective field goal percentage is the third-best in the A-10 behind Dayton's Trey Landers (67.2) and Obi Toppin (66.6).
• Sophomore Sincere Carry is DU's second-leading scorer at 11.4 ppg. DU is 12-1 when Carry, DU's assist leader at 4.6 apg., hands out five or more assists.
• Carry's 5.24 assists/g. career average ranks 19th & his 1.82 career steals/g. average ranks 25th among active D-I players.
• Junior center Michael Hughes  ranks 14th nationally in blocks per game (2.81) and 9th in block pct. (13.5) according to KenPom. His 59 total blocks rank 14th in Division I. DU is 8-0 (4-0 in A-10 play) when Hughes blocks four or more shots.
• Junior guard Tavian Dunn-Martin is 8-of-17 (.471) from 3-point in his past two games (13.5 ppg.). DU is 12-3 all-time (6-1 this year) when TDM hits three or more from beyond the arc.
• The Dukes are limiting opponents to 63.5 points per game - the lowest opponent average in 58 years.
• Duquesne is 8-15 in road games - including 8-14 in A-10 play - under Keith Dambrot. Duquesne's four A-10 road wins last season (at Richmond, at GW, at Fordham & at George Mason) tied the program record. It was just the fourth time a Duquesne team posted four A-10 road wins. The Dukes - who were the last Division I team to play a road game - are 2-2 on the road, with both wins coming in conference play (at Saint Joe's and at GW).
• Under Keith Dambrot, DU is: 42-3 when leading with 5:00 left ... 39-10 when scoring 70 or more points ... 34-3 when the first to 70 points in a game ... 33-7 when holding opponents under 70 (including 14-0 this year).

DUKES AND BILLIKENS
Series Record: Duquesne leads 16-15
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 10-5
At St. Louis: Saint Louis leads 8-4
Neutral Site: Tied 2-2
A-10 Regular Season: Saint Louis leads 13-12
A-10 Championship: Saint Louis leads 2-1
Dambrot vs. Saint Louis: 3-2

• This is the 32nd game between Duquesne and Saint Louis, with the Dukes holding a 16-15 series lead ... in games at St. Louis, SLU leads 8-4 ... Duquesne has won the past six in Pittsburgh and Saint Louis has won three straight at Chaifetz Arena ... DU took the first meeting this season, 73-59, at Robert Morris' UPMC Events Center on Jan. 2.
• 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 nine of 14 since, including the upset win.
• This is the 11th 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 seven times (2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 & 2019).
• SLU, the defending A-10 Champion, was picked to finish seventh in the conference's preseason poll - one spot ahead of Duquesne ... the Billikens are 11-2, including a 3-1 mark in A-10, at home - with the lone league loss coming to nationally ranked Dayton, 78-76, in overtime.

A-10 NOTABLES

• Duquesne's 73-59 win over Saint Louis on Jan. 2 was the Dukes' sixth in a row over the Billikens in Pittsburgh.
• DU's 71-64 home win over Davidson on Jan. 5 was DU's first series win, ending a streak of seven consecutive losses to the Wildcats.
• The 78-60 (+18) margin of victory at Saint Joseph's was DU's third-largest in the series and most since a 96-70 win over the Hawks at the A-10 Championship at the Palestra on Mar. 3, 1990.
• DU's 66-61 win at George Washington was its fifth-straight series win and program-best third consecutive win at GW.

A DU WIN WOULD ...

• Give the Dukes their best overall record since 1971-72 (18-4).
• Mark the fourth time in 43 seasons that DU would have seven wins in 10 A-10 games (1980, 1981 & 2011 are the others).
• Give DU a series sweep and end a three-game losing streak at Chaifetz Arena (last win at SLU 1/30/16, 78-67).
   

LAST GAME
Duquesne 71, La Salle 69  • Sunday, Feb. 2, Pittsburgh, Pa.

• The Dukes, who led by nine with under two minutes left, saw La Salle step to the line for three free throws down three with 1.1 seconds left only to see the Explorers make the first, miss the second and watch as DU's Maceo Austin rebounded the ensuing intentional miss to escape with the win.
• Marcus Weathers led four Dukes in double figures with a game-high 18 points. Tavian Dunn-Martin (4-of-8 from 3-point) and Lamar Norman Jr. (3-of-6 from 3-point) scored 12 points each and Sincere Carry added 10 points and a career high-tying nine assists for DU.
• DU shot .509. It was the team's first game over .500 since a .510 effort vs. Austin Peay on Dec. 21.
• DU assisted on 19 of its 28 field goals. The 19 assists were the most since 20 in the win over Radford on Dec. 14.
• La Salle's largest lead was three at 15-12 at with 11:33 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was 12 at 60-48 with 5:58 left ... there were five ties and four lead changes before a Tavian Dunn-Martin gave the lead for good on a 3-pointer that made it 22-21 with 8:15 left in the first half ... La Salle led for 43 seconds ... Duquesne led for 34:26.