G24 | GW (9-14, 5-6) at DUQUESNE (6-17, 1-10)         
Wed., Feb. 16, 2022 • 7:30 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)

LIVE STREAM: ESPN+ with Tim Benz & Ellis Cannon
RADIO: 104.7 HD2 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Jarrett Durham ('71)

Duquesne (6-17, 1-10), completes a stretch of three games in five days when it returns home from North Carolina to host George Washington (9-14, 5-6) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+). The game will be preceded by the Duquesne women vs. Richmond at 5:00 p.m.

This is the first game of a home-and-home series with the Colonials, whom the Dukes will face in Washington D.C, on Mar. 2.

DU cut a 17-point second half deficit to six with under four minutes left, but couldn't close the gap in falling at Atlantic 10-leading Davidson, 72-61, on Monday night at Belk Arena. Freshman guards Primo Spears and Jackie Johnson III led Duquesne with 20 and 14 points respectively. 

DU is 3-8 at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse this season, while GW is 2-8 on the road.

This is the first time since 2000-01 that the Dukes are playing nine games in February (due to rescheduled games). The GW game was originally scheduled for Jan. 5.

TRENDING

• The Dukes, who opened A-10 play with a 78-74 win at UMass and followed that with a 72-71 last-second defeat at Fordham, have scored 62 or fewer points in their past nine games (56.7 ppg. over that span).
• The Dukes are averaging 59.9 ppg. on .398 shooting in conference play.
• Duquesne ranks fifth nationally in fewest fouls per game (13.4). Only five schools have committed fewer total fouls than DU's 309.
• Duquesne's 11.7 turnovers/g. are the third-fewest in school history. The school record low of 11.0 was set in 2013-14.
• Freshman guard Primo Spears came off the bench for the first time this season to post  his team-high fifth 20-point game Monday night at Davidson. It was his top scoring game since a 20-point effort at Fordham on Jan. 12.
• Fellow freshman guard Jackie Johnson III scored all 14 of his points in the second half at Davidson. It was his top scoring game since Jan. 26 at Saint Joseph's (19 points). Johnson, who made his first start since Jan. 29 vs. Saint Louis, added a career-high five rebounds at Davidson.
• First-year TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr., who scored 12 at Davidson, has scored in double digits a team-high 17 times.
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams leads the Dukes with 54 blocked shots.
• Second-year freshman Tyson Acuff, who leads the Dukes with a .449 (22-of-49) 3-point pct, shot 294 (10-of-34) from the arc last season.
• According to KenPom.com Duquesne ranks 353rd of 358 Division I teams in the "experience" category (thru Feb. 14).
• The balanced Dukes' top four scorers are averaging within 0.9 points of each other: Primo Spears (11.7), Leon Ayers III (10.9), Kevin Easley Jr. (10.9) and Tre Williams (10.8). Spears (five times), Ayers III (four times) & and Jackie Johnson III (9.0 ppg.) (twice) have scored 20 or more this season. Eight Dukes have posted double-digit scoring games this year.
   

DUKES AND COLONIALS
Series Record: GW leads 53-34
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 21-20
At Washington, DC: GW leads 29-11
Neutral Site: GW leads 4-2
A-10 Regular Season: GW leads 46-29
A-10 Championship: GW leads 4-2
Dambrot vs. GW/at Duquesne: 6-3/6-2

• This is the 88th meeting in a series that dates to Jan. 21, 1932 ... GW leads the series 53-34, including a 46-29 advantage in Atlantic 10 regular season play ... in games played in Pittsburgh, DU leads 21-20 ... the Dukes have won six of the eight meetings between the two under Keith Dambrot.
• GW (88th meeting) is Duquesne's second most-frequent all-time opponent, trailing only St. Bonaventure (128 games) and tied with West Virginia (88 games).
• Last year, the Dukes and Colonials met on consecutive days (Jan. 2 & 3) in Washington, D.C. in a pandemic-related scheduled change, with the Dukes winning the first game (75-63) and dropping the second (73-75). It was the first time in the then 105-year history of the program that Duquesne played the same team on back-to-back days. Only three members of the 2021-22 Dukes - Toby Okani, Tyson Acuff & Austin Rotroff - saw action in the two games.

LAST GAME
Davidson 72, Duquesne 61
Feb. 14, 2022 • Belk Arena • Davidson, N.C.
Game 23 Recap

• Duquesne cut a 17-point halftime deficit to six with under four minutes left, but could not complete the comeback in falling to league-leading Davidson.
• Freshman guards Primo Spears and Jackie Johnson III led the Dukes with 20 and 14 points respectively. Both finished with five rebounds each. Johnson III scored all of his points in 13 second-half minutes.
• Davidson shot 58 percent in building a 39-28 halftime lead. The Dukes limited the Wildcats to a 37 percent success rate in the second half.
• Davidson's largest lead was 17, 47-30, with 17:45 left  ... Duquesne never led ... there was an early tie at 2-2 before Davidson took the lead for good on a Luka Brajkovic hook shot at the 18:40 mark.