G8 | BOWLING GREEN (3-4) at DUQUESNE (3-4)  
Wed., Dec. 1, 2021 • 7:00 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)

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Duquesne (3-4), coming off an 88-79 win over American on Sunday, opens the month of December vs. Mid-American Conference foe Bowling Green (3-4) on Wed., Dec. 1 at 7:00 p.m. at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (ESPN+).

The BGSU game is the nightcap of a men's/women's doubleheader preceded by the DU women vs. Canisius at 4:00 p.m.

DU shot a season-best .580 in scoring a season-high 88 points in the win over American.

Bowling Green, which is 0-2 on the road, is coming off a 75-57 home win over Chicago State on Sunday.

BGSU is a familiar foe to DU head coach Keith Dambrot, who went 25-2 vs. the Falcons in 13 seasons at Akron. Bowling Green is the first MAC team Dambrot has faced since taking the Duquesne job prior to the 2017-18 season.

DU is 44-19 at home under Dambrot, including a 23-6 mark in non-conference games. The Dukes are 15-4 in non-conference home games - including wins at four different "home" venues since 2018-19.

TRENDING

• Duquesne, winner of two in a row, is coming off its two best shooting games of the season: .483 in the 78-70 win over Bradley and .580 in the 88-79 win over American. The .580 is the second-best shooting game by the Dukes in five seasons under Keith Dambrot (.585 vs. Columbia 12/9/19 the best).
• First-year Mercer transfer Leon Ayers III was named A-10 Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 23.0 ppg., 6.5 rpg. and 2.0 spg. on 56% shooting in two games last week. He tied his career high with 23 points vs. both Bradley and American.
• Freshman guard Primo Spears was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Nov. 15 after averaging 15.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals in DU's first two games. Spears, who leads the Dukes with 21 assists, is coming off a 21 point, six assist, six steal game vs. American. The six steals, five of which came in the second half, were one shy of the school record.
• First-year TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr. has scored in double digits in six of DU's first seven games. Easley Jr. leads the Dukes with a 12.9 ppg. scoring average and 11 3-pointers (.458).
• Easley Jr. is one of four Dukes averaging in double figures: Primo Spears (12.7), Leon Ayers III (12.4) and Tre Williams (12.1), are the others.
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams, who led the Missouri Valley Conference in blocks last year (37), leads the Dukes with 20 rejections. The 6-7 F/C blocked seven shots vs. Colorado on Nov. 20.
• Williams, who went 3-of-10 from the 3-point arc in 55 games at ISU, is 3-of-18 from the arc through seven games at DU.
• Freshman guard Jackie Johnson III, who had six points in DU's first two games, scored 27 off the bench vs. Weber State on Nov. 15. It was the most points off the bench by a Duke since Jordan Stevens had 27 at Abilene Christian on Nov. 22, 2014. Johnson III scored 18 of DU's 27 second-half points vs. WSU. Johnson III is shooting .476 (10-21) from the 3-point arc.
• DU did not have a turnover in the second half of Sunday's win over American. The Dukes are averaging 12.7 miscues/g.

DUKES AND FALCONS
Series Record:  Duquesne leads 17-9
At Pittsburgh:  Duquesne leads 10-2
At Bowling Green, Ohio:  Bowling Green leads 7-5
Neutral Site:  Duquesne leads 2-0
Dambrot vs. Bowling Green:  26-5 (25-2 at Akron)

• Duquesne leads the series 17-9, including a 10-2 advantage in games played in Pittsburgh ... this is the first meeting between the two since an 86-76 DU win at the Palumbo Center on Dec. 28, 2011 ... the win completed a sweep of a home-and-home series for Ron Everhart's Dukes who defeated the Falcons 90-54 in BGSU the year before, behind a near triple-double (10-11-9) from freshman T.J. McConnell ... DU has won the past four by an average of +18.8 ppg. ... the series dates back to 1947.
• Bowling Green is 0-2 on the road with a 79-71 OT loss at Western Carolina and an 89-58 defeat at Ohio State. The Falcons are 1-1 in neutral site games with an 82-68 win vs. Milwaukee and 87-73 loss to Southern Utah at the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Ft. Myers, Fla.
• The Falcons, in their seventh year under head coach and alumnus Michael Huger, are led by preseason All-MAC First Team pick 6-6 F Daeqwon Plowden. Plowden, who has over 1,200 career points, ranks among BGSU's all-time Top 10 in both rebounds and blocks.
• Bowling Green was picked to finish sixth in the 12-team Mid-American Conference.
• DU's Keith Dambrot is 26-5 vs. Bowling Green, including a 25-2 record while at Akron. He is 4-1 vs. Huger-coached Falcons teams.

FINDING THEIR WAY
According to KenPom.com (thru Nov. 28) Duquesne ranks 353rd of 358 Division I teams in the "experience" category:
 

RANK	SCHOOL	EXPERIENCE
358.	Dayton	0.40
357.	Green Bay	0.59
356.	Arizona	0.64
355.	Temple	0.66
354.	Mississippi Valley St.	0.75
353.	DUQUESNE	0.77
352.	Marquette	0.80
351.	North Florida	0.80

LAST GAME
Duquesne 88, American 79
Nov. 28, 2021 • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Game 7 Recap

• The Dukes shot a season-high .580. The FG pct. was DU's second-best in five seasons under Keith Dambrot (.585 in a win over Columbia on Dec. 9, 2019).
• Primo Spears' six steals were one shy of the school record shared by six players. Spears had five steals in the second half alone.
• Leon Ayers III tied his career scoring high (23 points) for the second-straight game.
• Duquesne, led by Ayers III (8-of-8) and Spears (8-of-10), went 26-of-33 (.788) from the foul line.
• DU, which finished with nine turnovers, did not turn it over in the second half.
• Duquesne's 31 fast break points were a Dambrot Era high.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 12 at 67-55 with 6:21 left ... American's largest lead was eight on two occasions, the last of which coming at 31-23 with 4:52 left in the first half ... there was one tie and two lead changes before Spears gave the Dukes the lead for good at 38-37 on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the first half ... American led for 17:18 ... Duquesne led for 22:03.