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

LIVE STREAM: ESPN+ with Tim Benz & Ellis Cannon
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Duquesne (1-1), coming off a 73-63 home loss to Hofstra on Saturday night, returns to action less than 48 hours later to face Weber State (1-0) on Monday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

This is the first meeting between Duquesne and Big Sky Conference's Wildcats who are well-rested following their 100-60 season-opening home win over Western Colorado last Tuesday.

Duquesne, which rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to cut Hofstra's lead to three, couldn't complete the comeback in seeing its six-game non-conference home win streak snapped.

Freshman guard Primo Spears scored 16 of his team-high 17 points in the second half to lead the DU charge. First-year TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr. added a double-double (14-10) for the Dukes, who couldn't overcome a 3-of-24 effort from the 3-point arc.

Duquesne is 43-18 at home under Keith Dambrot, including a 22-5 mark in non-conference games. The Dukes are 14-3 in non-conference home games - including wins at four different "home" venues since 2018-19.

TRENDING

• Duquesne has turned it over just 16 times in its first two outings (7 vs. Rider and 9 vs. Hofstra).
• The Dukes, who went 13-of-13 from the foul line in the opener vs. Rider, are shooting .767 from the stripe overall.
• Freshman guard Primo Spears has scored 26 of his 31 points in the second half. Spears scored 16 of his 17 vs. Hofstra after intermission. The 6-3 point guard leads the Dukes with seven assists.
• First-year Mercer transfer Leon Ayers III has six steals in his first two games as a Duke. He had 36 in 29 games last year for the Bears.
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams, who led the Missouri Valley Conference in blocks last season (37), leads the Dukes with five rejections.
• Williams, who went 3-of-10 from the 3-point arc in 55 games at ISU, is 2-of-7 from the arc through two games at Duquesne.

DUKES AND WEBER STATE
First Meeting

• Randy Rahe, the Big Sky Conference's all-time leader in wins and games coached is in his 16th season at Weber State. Rahe is 296-179 (.623) all-time record. Rahe has led Weber State 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).

vs. THE BIG SKY
Duquesne is 3-0 all time vs. schools that make up the current Big Sky Conference. This is DU's first meeting with a Big Sky team since Ron Everhart's Dukes defeated Wayne Tinkle's Montana Grizzlies in Missoula, Mont. in the first round of the 2011 CBI (87-76).
 

Idaho	H	W	74-55	Dec. 27, 1949
Northern Arizona	N*	W	65-62	Dec. 9, 2000
Montana	A+	W	87-76	Mar. 16, 2011

* - Boilermaker Invitational consolation game, West Lafayette, Ind.
+ - CBI First Round game