G25 | DUQUESNE (6-18, 1-11) at ST. BONAVENTURE (16-7, 8-4)
Sat., Feb. 19, 2022 • 6:00 pm ET • Olean, N.Y. • Reilly Center (5,480)

TV: ESPNU with Robert Lee & Noah Savage  
RADIO: 104.7 HD2 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Jarrett Durham ('71)

Duquesne (6-18, 1-11), which completed a stretch of three games in five days with a 73-52 home loss to George Washington on Wednesday, heads to Olean, N.Y. for a nationally-televised rematch with St. Bonaventure (16-7, 8-4) at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 on ESPNU (Robert Lee & Noah Savage on the call). The Dukes will be looking to avenge a 64-56 loss to St. Bonaventure in Pittsburgh on Jan. 21.

This is the 129th meeting between the Dukes and Bonnies, who are DU's all-time most frequent opponent. The two teams, who are meeting for the 71st-straight season, are separated by an average of 1.1 points per game in the all-time series (9,228 total points for DU to 9,088 for SBU / average score - 72.2 to 71.1).

Duquesne is 1-7 on the road this season with a win at UMass on Jan. 8 (78-74).

The Duquesne game is the third of four in a row at home for St. Bonaventure which is 10-2 at Reilly Center. DU snapped an 11-game SBU series win streak at home with an 81-77 overtime win at Reilly Center in 2020. The Bonnies won last year's matchup in Olean, 62-48.


TRENDING

• Duquesne, which opened A-10 play with a 78-74 win at UMass and followed that with a 72-71 last-second defeat at Fordham, has scored 62 or fewer points in its past 10 games (56.2 ppg. over that span).
• DU is averaging 59.3 ppg. on .385 shooting in conference play.
• Duquesne ranks fourth nationally in fewest fouls per game (13.2). Only five schools - including St. Bonaventure - have committed fewer total fouls than DU's 318 (thru Wed.).
• Duquesne's 11.6 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. He followed that with 15 vs. GW.
• First-year Indiana State transfer Tre Williams, who leads the Dukes with 54 blocked shots, ranks 33rd nationally in blocks/g. (2.25). Williams is coming off an 18-point outing vs. GW.
• Redshirt 6-11 freshman center Mounir Hima had four points, six rebounds and three blocks in a season-high 17 minutes vs. GW. The point and rebound totals tied his season high.
• Second-year freshman Tyson Acuff, who leads the Dukes with a .440 (22-of-50) 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. 16).
• This is the first time since 2000-01 that the Dukes are playing nine games in February (due to rescheduled games).
• The Dukes have used nine starting lineups, including seven in 12 non-conference games. Nine players have started at least once. Kevin Easley Jr. and Tre Williams are the only players to start every game this season. DU has used three different starting lineups in its past three games.
• The balanced Dukes' top four scorers are averaging within 1.4 points of each other: Primo Spears (11.8), Tre Williams (11.1), Leon Ayers III (10.5) and Kevin Easley Jr. (10.4). Spears (five times), Ayers III (four times) & and Jackie Johnson III (8.8 ppg.) (twice) have scored 20 or more this season. Eight Dukes have posted double-digit scoring games this year.
   

DUQUESNE'S MOST FREQUENT ALL-TIME OPPONENTS
 

OPPONENT	G	SERIES
St. Bonaventure	128	60-68
George Washington	88	34-54
West Virginia	88	37-51
Pitt	87	32-55
Saint Francis, Pa.	77	63-14

DUKES AND BONNIES
Series Record: St. Bonaventure leads 68-60
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 40-22
At Olean/Buffalo: St. Bonaventure leads 42-19
Neutral Site: St. Bonaventure leads 4-1
A-10 Regular Season: St. Bonaventure leads 41-32
A-10 Championship: St. Bonaventure leads 4-2
Dambrot vs. St. Bonaventure: 1-9
Current Streak: St. Bonaventure won four
First Meeting this Year: Recap link

• This is the 129th game between the two in a series that dates to Feb. 13, 1920 ... St. Bonaventure is Duquesne's most frequent all-time opponent ... the average score in the first 128 meetings?: DU 72.1, SBU 71.0 (9,228 to 9,088 points) ... this is the 71st consecutive season the two are meeting and 17th straight year the two are meeting home-and-home ... DU owns more conference wins over SBU (32) than any other A-10 school ... the Bonnies have won the past four meetings between the two and 12 of the past 13 at Reilly Center.
• St. Bonaventure, which has won 18 the past 21 games overall, leads the series 68-60, including a 41-32 advantage in A-10 regular season games and 4-2 edge in A-10 Championship meetings.
• The Bonnies have won 15 of the past 18, but it hasn't been easy as 10 of the 18 have been decided by four or fewer points, including three of the past six meetings.
• Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot is 1-9 vs. St. Bonaventure.

LAST GAME
GW 73, Duquesne 52
Feb. 16, 2022 • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Pittsburgh, Pa.
Game 24 Recap

• Duquesne shot a Keith Dambrot Era low .276 in the defeat, including 9-of-40 in the first half in scoring 19 first-half points.
• The 19 points tied the Dambrot Era first half low.
• DU went 1-of-21 from the 3-point arc.
• Tre Williams scored 18 points and Primo Spears added 15 for the Dukes. No other player scored more than seven.
• George Washington's largest lead was 27, the last of which came at 71-44 with 2:50 left ... there were three lead changes before Brayon Freeman gave GW the lead for good on a layup with 17:56 left in the first half ... GW led for 38:19 ... Duquesne led for 1:17.