GAME 28 | DUQUESNE (11-16, 6-9 A-10) vs. SAINT JOSEPH'S (10-16, 6-8 A-10)
Sat. Feb. 26, 2022 • 2 p.m.
UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500), Pittsburgh, Pa.
TV: ESPN+

The Dukes will host Saint Joseph's on Senior Day in the home- and regular-season finale Saturday. Duquesne will honor its final-year student athletes ahead of the opening tip.

THE SERIES - vs. SAINT JOSEPH'S

• The Dukes and Hawks are meeting for the 58th time - Duquesne's fourth most-common opponent all-time.
• Saint Joseph's has held the upper hand in the series, winning 44 of those games. The 44 losses rank second only to GW (57) for the most defeats at the hands of a single opponent.
• The Dukes have won seven of the past 10 meetings in the series, including four-straight during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
• The four-straight wins was the longest Duquesne winning-streak in the series.
• Saint Joseph's won the first 20 games in the series.
• The Dukes snapped the streak with a 47-46 win on Jan. 14, 1995.

LAST MEETING - Feb. 28, 2021

• The Dukes were unable to overcome a scoreless third quarter in their 60-52 loss at Saint Joseph's last season.
• Diamond Bragg led Duquesne with 16 points and seven rebounds.
• Amaya Hamilton added nine points.
• Saint Joseph's also struggled in the third quarter and scored just nine points.
• The two teams combined to shoot 2-of-27 from the field in the period.

SCOUTING SAINT JOSEPH'S

• Two of the three top scorers for Saint Joseph's have not played this month.
• Leading scorer Kaliah Henderson (10.2 ppg.) last appeared in a game on Jan. 17 versus La Salle, while second-leading scorer Katie Jekot (10.1 ppg.) last played on Feb. 6 against Davidson.
• Jekot also leads Hawks and slots third in the A-10 with 4.8 assists per game. Her 1.83 assist-turnover ratio puts her fourth among A-10 counterparts.
• Tayla Bruger has taken the mantle as the team's leading scorer and rebounder. The three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week is averaging 10.0 ppg. and 5.0 rpg.
• Fellow freshman Mackenzie Smith is the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week. She averaged 16.0 points in games versus Saint Louis and GW.
• The Hawks are coming in off of a 59-43 loss to league-leading Dayton on Wednesday night.
• Brugler led Saint Joseph's with 14 points and eight rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT

• A put-back with 0.2 seconds on the clock dealt the Dukes a heart-breaking 67-66 loss at La Salle Wednesday night.
• Duquesne took a 66-65 lead on a Precious Johnson layup in the paint that rattled home with seven seconds left on the clock.
• La Salle advanced the ball with a timeout and missed a contested three-pointer, but Clair Jacobs found the loose ball and tipped it back in to give the Explorers the win.
• Duquesne got a career-high 25 points out of guard Libby Bazelak.
• Amaya Hamilton finished with 16 points - her eighth game in double figures this season.

STAT CHECK

• Tess Myers leads the A-10 and ranks fifth in Division I with 3.15 three-point field goals per game. Myers has converted a league-leading 85 three pointers on a league-high 212 attempts. Her 40.1 three-point field goal percentage is second in the A-10 and 46th overall in the NCAA.
• Megan McConnell leads the A-10 and ranks 37th nationally with 2.52 steals per game. She also ranks sixth in the league with 4.1 assists per game and has the third best assist-turnover ratio (2.00).
• Libby Bazelak slots seventh in the A-10 with 3.9 assists per game and sixth with a 1.58 assist-turnover ratio. She is one of 25 players to record a triple-double this season and the only player from the A-10 to do so.
• Precious Johnson ranks fifth in the A-10 with 1.04 blocked shots per game.

ODDITY

• The Dukes have scored and allowed exactly 1,734 points this season (64.2 ppg.).
• Duquesne and San Diego State are the only teams in Division I with a 0.0 scoring margin.