G2 | HOFSTRA (0-1) at DUQUESNE (1-0)  
Sat., Nov. 13, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)

G3 | WEBER STATE (1-0) at DUQUESNE   
Mon., Nov. 15, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)

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Duquesne (1-0), coming off a 73-61 season-opening home win over Rider on Tuesday, begins a stretch of two games in three days when Hofstra (0-1) visits UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+). The Dukes will follow Saturday's game with a Monday matchup with Weber State (1-0) at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

DU and Hofstra have met once, with the Pride defeating the Dukes, 76-70, in the first round of the Pittsburgh Classic at the Civic Arena on Dec. 10, 1976.

This will be the first meeting between Duquesne and Big Sky Conference member Weber State.

This is the second of five consecutive season-opening road games for Hofstra, which dropped an 83-75 overtime decision at No. 15 (AP) Houston on Tuesday.

Weber State, which calls Ogden, Utah home, has been idle since its season-opening home win over Western Colorado on Nov. 9.

Hofstra is in its first season under head coach Speedy Claxton, who starred for the Pride from 1996-00. Claxton has spent the past eight seasons at Hofstra, including the last seven as an assistant coach.


MORE ON HOFSTRA

• This is the second meeting between the Dukes and Pride. Hofstra took a 76-70 decision on Dec. 10, 1976 in the first round of the Pittsburgh Classic played at the Civic Arena. Senior guard Norm Nixon led the Dukes with 28 points. The Dukes bounced back to defeat Pitt, 79-78, the next day.
• Hofstra was picked to finish fifth of 10 teams in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll. Grad student guard Jalen Ray was named Preseason First Team All-CAA. Ray entered the season with 1,334 points in 123 career games. Ray began the year fourth on Hofstra's all-time list with 221 3-pointers.
• The Pride is in their first season under former standout Speedy Claxton. Claxton, who played at Hofstra from 1996-00, had an eight-year NBA career with six teams.
• Hofstra has nine newcomers on the 2021-22 roster, including five Division I transfers: Zach Cooks (NJIT, 26 pts. at Houston), Darlinstone Dubar (Iowa State, 9 pts. at UH), Aaron Estrada (Oregon, 15 pts. at UH), Abayomi Iyiola (Arkansas, 11 rebounds vs. UH) and Jarrod Simmons (Penn). Simmons played high school ball at nearby Moon Area High School.
• Hofstra led No. 15 Houston 62-49 with under eight minutes left, but could not hold on in an 83-75 overtime defeat at UH's Fertitta Center on Tuesday. Zach Cooks led the Pride with a game high 26 points. Hofstra attempted a school-record 43 3-pointers (12-of-43) in the loss.

MORE ON WEBER STATE

• Randy Rahe, the Big Sky Conference's all-time leader in wins and games coached is in his 16th season at Weber State. Rahe, who has a 296-179 (.623) all-time record, has led WSU to five Big Sky titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
• This is the first of five-straight games away from home for the Wildcats, who opened with a 100-60 home win over Western Colorado on Tuesday. WSU faces another A-10 school, UMass on Nov. 18 in the Jersey Mike's Classic in St. Petersburg, Fla., following the Duquesne game.
• The Wildcats, who return four starters - and 10 players total - from last year's 17-6 team, were picked  second  in  the  Big  Sky  preseason poll. Sophomore Seikou Sisoho Jawara was a preseason all-conference pick. Big Sky Freshman of the Year Dillon Jones and super senior Michal Kozak, who has appeared in 120 career games, are also back.
• WSU has added three Division I transfers in senior guard Koby McEwen (Utah State/Marquette), senior forward JJ Overton (Utah Valley) and freshman Dyson Koehler (Cal Poly).

LAST GAME
DUQUESNE 73, RIDER 61
Nov. 9, 2021 • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Pittsburgh, Pa.

• Duquesne went on a 15-2 second-half run to pull away and defeat Rider, 73-61, in the season opener for both schools at DU's UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
• First-year TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr. led four Dukes in double figures with 16 points (4-of-8 from 3-point).
• The trio of first-year Indiana State Tre Williams (14 pts.), first-year Mercer transfer Leon Ayers III (12 pts.) and freshman Primo Spears (14 pts.) combined for 32 second-half points to help the Dukes outscore the Broncs 43-28 over the second 20 minutes.
• DU, which got 3-pointers from six players, finished 12-of-30 (.400) from the arc. Rider went 2-of-16 from deep.
• Duquesne turned it over just seven times and went a Kieth Dambrot Era best 13-of-13 from the foul line.
• Tre Williams, who went 3-of-10 from the 3-point arc in two seasons at Indiana State, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second half for the Dukes.
• Ten Dukes saw action in the game's first nine minutes.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 16, at 71-55 with 2:53 left ... Rider's largest lead was four, the last of which came at 29-25 with 3:10 left in the first half ... there were six ties and 17 lead changes, before DU took the lead for good on a Williams jump hook with 8:36 left ... DU led for 22:08 ... Rider led for 15:06.