G23 | ST. BONAVENTURE (15-8, 7-3) at DUQUESNE (17-5, 7-3)   
Sat., Feb. 8 • 3:00 pm ET • Moon Township, Pa. • UPMC Events Center (4,000)

TELEVISION: NBCSN with Paul Burmeister & David Kaplan with Corey Robinson
RADIO: WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Jarrett Durham ('71)

Duquesne (17-5, 7-3), which extended its win streak to two with an 82-68 win at Saint Louis on Wednesday, returns home to face St. Bonaventure (15-8, 7-3) on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3:00 p.m. at Robert Morris's UPMC Events Center (NBCSN). This is the first of two meetings between DU and its all-time most-frequent opponent (123rd meeting overall). Saturday's game is the 11th Chuck Cooper Classic, honoring DU's Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer. DU and SBU are tied for third in the A-10. The Dukes, who are playing home games at three venues due to renovation of the on-campus UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse - are 9-1 at "home" including a 2-0 mark at RMU. St. Bonaventure, which has won the past seven in the series, is 5-5 on a road, including a 3-2 record in A-10 play.

TRENDING

• Duquesne's 17-5 start is the school's best since 1971-72 (18-4 on the way to 20-5).
• This is just the fourth time in 43 Atlantic 10 seasons that DU has seven wins in its first 10 conference games.
• The Dukes rank 9th nationally - and first in the A-10 - in blocks/g. at 5.82. DU is sixth in the nation in block percentage (16.2) according to KenPom.
• DU ranks 33rd nationally, and second in the A-10, in 3-point percentage defense (.296).
• Duquesne is 28th nationally and first in the A-10 in fewest fouls per game (15.1).
• Junior Marcus Weathers (team-high 15.0 ppg.) is shooting .606 in A-10 games. Weathers, whose career scoring high entering the season was 19 points, has scored 20 or more a team-high five times.
• Weathers' 60.6 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 11.5 ppg. DU is 13-1 when Carry, DU's assist leader at 4.73 apg., hands out five or more assists. Carry has 17 assists (four turnovers) in DU's past two g.
• Junior center Michael Hughes  ranks 12th nationally in blocks per game (2.82) and 8th in block pct. (13.3) according to KenPom. DU is 8-0 (4-0 in A-10 play) when Hughes blocks four or more shots.
• DU is 12-3 all-time (6-1 this year) when junior Tavian Dunn-Martin  hits three or more from beyond the arc.
• Under Keith Dambrot, DU is: 43-3 when leading with 5:00 left ... 40-10 when scoring 70 or more points (12-0 this year) ... 35-3 when the first to 70 points in a game ... 34-7 when holding opponents under 70 (15-0 this year).
• The Dukes are limiting opponents to 63.7 points per game - the lowest opponent average in 58 years.

DUKES AND BONNIES
Series Record: St. Bonaventure leads 63-59
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 40-19
At Olean/Buffalo: St. Bonaventure leads 41-18
Neutral Site: St. Bonaventure leads 3-1
A-10 Regular Season: St. Bonaventure leads 37-31
A-10 Championship: St. Bonaventure leads 3-2
Dambrot vs. St. Bonaventure: 0-4

• This is the 123rd meeting in a series that dates to Feb. 13, 1920 ... St. Bonaventure, which has won the past seven, leads the series 63-59 ... SBU holds a 37-31 advantage in Atlantic 10 regular season games ... the Bonnies have won the last three in Pittsburgh and last 11 at Reilly Center ... Duquesne owns more conference wins over St. Bonaventure (31) than any other A-10 school.
• St. Bonaventure is Duquesne's most frequent all-time opponent ... this is the 69th consecutive season the two will meet and 15th straight year the two are meeting home-and-home.
• The Bonnies have won 16 of the past 20 between the two, although seven of the past 12 have been decided by four or fewer points.
• SBU (15-8, 7-3), the preseason pick to finish fifth in the A-10, comes to Pittsburgh on a three-game win streak ... the Bonnies are 5-5 on the road, including a 3-2 record in conference play (league wins at George Washington, George Mason and Fordham).

IN IMPRESSIVE COMPANY
Did you know, that among the nation's sophomores only Duquesne's Sincere Carry, Duke's Tre Jones and Kentucky's Ashton Hagans rank among the Top 10 in both career assist and career steals average.


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 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.
• Duquesne completed a home-and-home sweep of Saint Louis with an 82-68 win at Chaifetz Arena on Feb. 5. The 14-point margin of victory was DU's largest on the road vs. the Billikens. It was also SLU's first home loss to an unranked team this season.

A DU WIN WOULD ...

• Give the Dukes their best overall record since 1971-72 (20-5).
• Mark the third time in 43 seasons that DU would have eight wins in 11 A-10 games (1981 & 2011 are the others).
• Snap a seven-game losing streak against St. Bonaventure.

LAST GAME
Duquesne 82, Saint Louis 68  • Wednesday, Feb. 5, St. Louis, Mo.

• The win gave Duquesne its second series sweep in 11 home-and-home meetings with the Billikens (SLU has also swept twice, the two have split seven times) and ended a three-game losing streak at Chaifetz Arena.
• Marcus Weathers' 26 points tied his career high set on Jan. 2 vs. Saint Louis in Pittsburgh. He tied his career high for free throws made and attempted (11-of-13). Weathers, who had a pair of traditional three-point plays to up his season total to 15, drew nine Billikens fouls.
• Sincere Carry finished 4-of-6 from the arc (14 points) in tying his career high for 3-point makes set earlier this season at UMass. Carry added eight assists without a turnover, giving him 17 assists in DU's past two games.
• Michael Hughes' five steals were a career high. Hughes also had 11 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in 28 minutes.
• Baylee Steele came off the bench to score 10 points and grab seven rebounds in 21 minutes. It was his first double-digit scoring game since he had 12 points at Saint Joseph's on Jan. 8.
• The Dukes assisted on 17 of their 27 field goals and outrebounded SLU 40-30.
• Saint Louis's largest lead was four at 7-3 at with 14:33 left in the first half ... Duquesne's largest lead was 16 at 74-58 with 4:34 remaining ... there were four ties and seven lead changes before a Marcus Weathers gave DU the lead for good on a layup that made it 20-18 with 8:03 left in the first half ... Saint Louis led for 5:46 ... Duquesne led for 30:05.