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Spears at Dayton
Erik Schelkun
54
Duquesne DU 6-15,1-8 Atlantic 10
75
Winner Dayton UD 16-8,8-3 Atlantic 10
Duquesne DU
6-15,1-8 Atlantic 10
54
Final
75
Dayton UD
16-8,8-3 Atlantic 10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Duquesne DU 24 30 54
Dayton UD 35 40 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Dukes Dropped at Dayton

Williams leads three in double figures with 12

DAYTON, OHIO - Dayton (16-8, 8-3) shot 60 percent in posting a 75-54 win over Duquesne (6-15, 1-8) on Wednesday night at UD Arena.

The win gave the Flyers a sweep of this year's home-and-home series.

Tre Williams scored 12 for the Dukes dropped their eighth in a row. Jackie Johnson III had 11 points and Primo Spears added 10 for DU, which shot 40 percent.

Dayton used a 13-2 run to turn a 19-18 deficit into a 31-21 lead with 3:39 left in the first half.

DU, which shot 53 percent in the game's first nine minutes, missed seven of eight shots during the Flyers' run.

Toumani Camara scored on a putback at the first half horn to give Dayton its largest lead in the opening 20 minutes at 35-24.

DU missed nine of its last 11 shots of the half.

The Flyers held the Dukes scoreless for the first two minutes of the second half in building their lead to 15.

Dayton took a 46-26 lead on a Camara layup with 15:38 left.

Duquesne returns home to take on Fordham (10-12, 3-6) on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. The game, which begins a stretch of three in five days for the Dukes, will be televised nationally by CBSSN.

NOTES
  • Duquesne's 54 points were two shy of its season low set in a 72-52 loss to the Flyers in Pittsburgh on Jan. 15.
  • With his four points off the bench, Davis Larson moved to within one point of 1,000 for his career.
  • Dayton's largest lead was 30, at 60-30, with 10:35 left ... Duquesne's largest lead was four, the last of which came at 12-8 with 12:54 left in the first half ... there were zero ties and eight lead changes before Dayton took the lead for good on an R.J. Blakney jumper that made it 20-19 with 8:44 left in the first half ... Dayton led for 34:43 ... Duquesne led for 4:55.

 
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