G10 | DUQUESNE (3-6) at DEPAUL (6-1)   
Tues., Dec. 7, 2021 • 8:30 pm ET • Chicago, Ill. • Wintrust Arena (10,387)

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Duquesne (3-6), coming off a tough 72-71 loss at Marshall on Saturday, heads to Chicago to face DePaul (6-1) in the renewal of an old rivalry on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 8:30 p.m. ET (FS1). This is the second-straight non-conference road game for the Dukes, who led for nearly 30 minutes before falling on a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left at Marshall.

DePaul, which has yet to play a road game, is coming off a 68-64 loss to city rival - and future Atlantic 10 member - Loyola on Saturday.

This is just the third non-conference road game for the Dukes under fifth-year head coach Keith Dambrot, with the first coming on Nov. 20, 2018 at Notre Dame (L, 56-67) in the Gotham Classic.

This is the first time since December of 2014 (at Penn State and at Robert Morris) that Duquesne is playing two straight non-conference road games.

DU and DePaul, which met nine times in the 1970s, haven't faced each other since a home-and-home series in 1990 & 1991. Dambrot, who is in his 24th season, has never faced the Blue Demons.    

TRENDING

• Duquesne led for 99:29 of a possible 125 minutes in its past three losses: 36:58 (never trailing in regulation) of its 84-76 OT loss to Colorado at the Paradise Jam, 32:45 in the loss to Bowling Green and 29:46 at Marshall.  Colorado hit a 3-pointer to tie it with :03 left in regulation and Marshall hit a game-deciding "3" with :10 left.
• Freshman guard Primo Spears, the Nov. 15 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week, has topped the 20-point mark in two of DU's past three games (21 vs. American and a season-high 23 at Marshall).
• First-year TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr. has scored in double digits in eight of DU's first nine games. Easley Jr. leads the Dukes with a 13.1 ppg. scoring average and 15 3-pointers (.469).
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams, who led the Missouri Valley Conference in blocks last year (37), leads the Dukes with 22 rejections. The 6-7 F/C blocked seven shots vs. Colorado on Nov. 20.
• Williams has already made one more 3-pointer (4-of-24) in his nine games at Duquesne than he did in 55 games at Indiana State (3-of-10).
• First-year Mercer transfer Leon Ayers III, the Nov. 29 A-10 Player of the Week, saw his streak of consecutive 20-point games (23 vs. Bradley, 23 vs. American & 20 vs. Bowling Green) snapped with his seven points at Marshall.
• Second-season freshman Tyson Acuff hit a career-high three 3-pointers in scoring 11 points in 19 minutes off the bench at Marshall.
• 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 is shooting .478 (11-23) from 3-point.
• According to KenPom.com Duquesne ranks 352nd of 358 Division I teams in the "experience" category (thru Dec. 4).

DUKES AND BLUE DEMONS
Series Record: DePaul leads 14-13
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 9-4
At Chicago, Ill.: DePaul leads 10-4
Dambrot vs. DePaul: First meeting

PAST 10 MEETINGS

Feb. 23, 1972	A	W	70-65	+5
Jan. 30, 1973	H	W	85-71	+14
Feb. 27, 1974	A	L	85-94	=9
Feb. 16, 1975	H	W	66=64	+2
Feb. 3, 1976	A	L	74-89	-14
Feb. 3, 1977	H	W	84-72	+12
Feb. 7, 1978 *	A	L	58-83	-25
Jan. 31, 1989	A	L	63-85	-22
Jan. 9, 1990	H	L	55-68	-13
Jan. 26, 1991	A	L	62-75	-13

* - Feb. 7, 1978 DePaul ranked #11 (AP) nationally

• DePaul leads the series 14-13, including a 10-4 margin in Chicago ... this is the first meeting since a home-and-home series swept by DePaul in 1990 & 1991 ... DePaul will make a return trip to Pittsburgh next year and the current series will conclude with a second game in Chicago in 2023-24 ... this is Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot's first meeting with the Blue Demons.
• Duquesne and DePaul met five times in the 1950s, six times in the 1960s and nine times in the 1970s in the series that dates back to 1939.
• Duquesne is 91-90 all-time vs. schools that make up the current Big East ... DU's last game vs. a Big East opponent was Nov. 11, 2012 at Georgetown (L, 55-61 in Jim Ferry's second game as head coach) ... the Dukes faced both Butler and Xavier in 2013 when both were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference ... Duquesne's last win over an active Big East team was over West Virginia (86-82) at A.J. Palumbo Center on Nov. 25, 2002 ... DU's last win over a Big East team on the road was  the previous year, on Dec. 19, 2001 at WVU (68-61).
• DePaul, led by two-time Big East Player of the Week Javon Freeman-Liberty, has been one of the surprises of the early season with a 6-1 record. The Blue Demons have yet to play a road game. Freeman-Liberty, a Chicago native, ranks among the nation's leading scorers at 21.1 ppg. through Saturday. DePaul is in its second season under head coach Tony Stubblefield, who spend his previous 11 years as an assistant at Oregon.

LAST GAME
MarshallL 72, Duquesne 71
Dec. 4, 2021 • Cam Henderson Center • Huntington, W.Va.
Game 9 Recap

• Duquesne, which led for 29:46, fell victim to a Marshall 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in dropping its first road game of the season.
• Freshman Primo Spears scored a career-high 23 points in the defeat. Tre Williams (14 points), Tyson Acuff (11) and Kevin Easley Jr. (10) also scored in double digits for the Dukes.
• Marshall, which missed its first 16 3-point attempts, hit six of its last 10 from the arc to come all the way back from a 17-point first half deficit.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 17 at 28-11 with 5:58 left in the first half ... Marshall's largest lead was six, the last of which came at 68-62 with 4:01 left ... there were three ties and five lead changes before Taylor's 3-pointer gave Marshall the lead for good with 10 seconds left ... Marshall led for 8:02 ... Duquesne led for 29:46.