PREVIEW: Duquesne vs. Davidson

GAME 20 | DUQUESNE (13-6, 3-3) vs. DAVIDSON (9-9, 2-2)
Sun. Jan. 22, 2022 • 12 p.m.
UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500), Pittsburgh, Pa.
TV: CBS Sports Network

Duquesne will look to win its 12th home game of the year on Sunday as it hosts the Davidson Wildcats at 12:00 P.M. ET. The game will be available to watch on CBS Sports Network.

Sunday is also our Student Appreciation Game, presented by Reed Smith.

THE SERIES - vs. DAVIDSON

The Dukes are 6-4 all-time against Davidson.
Duquesne is 3-1 against Davidson at home.
Duquesne is currently on a 3-game losing streak against the Wildcats.
The Dukes are 4-3 against the Wildcats when they have met in conference play.
The first matchup was in 2003.

SCOUTING DAVIDSON

Davidson is 9-9 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Wildcats have won their past two games.
Their most recent game was a win on the road at VCU.
They are 4-6 on the road this season.
Elle Sutphin is the team's leading scorer at 17.2 points per game. She also leads the Wildcats with 7.6 rebounds per game.
Chloe Welch leads the team with 2.0 steals per game.
Davidson was picked to finish seventh in the conference this year, two spots ahead of Duquesne.
Gayle Fulks is in her sixth season leading the Wildcats as head coach.

LAST MATCHUP - JAN. 15, 2022

Duquesne dropped a tight one to Davidson last season, losing 73-67.
Three of the four quarters were decided by one point, but a big third quarter is what propelled the Wildcats to victory.
Tess Myers led Duquesne with 23 points after going 6-for-11 from three-point range.
Duquesne shot 46.6 percent from the field.

LAST TIME OUT

Duquesne held off Saint Louis on Wednesday, winning 68-63.
Duquesne dominated in the first half, but SLU outscored the Dukes 45-29 in the second half to make it close.
Megan McConnell scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Tess Myers hit three three-pointers and scored 13 points. Amaya Hamilton scored 10 points, had six assists and grabbed nine rebounds.

STAT CHECK

Megan McConnell is still the ONLY player in Division-I or Division-II - men's or women's - to have two triple-doubles this year. Her 8.3 defensive rebounds per game rank fifth in the nation and her 9.8 rebounds per game rank second in the A-10. Her 42 steals are the 41st-most in the country and her 97 assists lead the A-10 and rank 19th nationally.
Tess Myers ranks ninth in the nation in three pointers with 56 and 14th in three-pointers per game with 2.95. Her 90 total threes last season led the conference and ranked 14th in the nation.
The Dukes rank second in the A-10 in rebounds per game (42.1, 28th in nation) and lead the A-10 in defensive rebounds per game (31.3, 10th in nation). Their field goal percentage defense (34.3%) ranks first in the conference and 10th nationally.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

Duquesne has 11 wins at home this season already, which is tied for the seventh-most in program history. The record is 13, set by the 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams. This year's team has five home games remaining.
Since taking over as head coach in the 2013-14 season, Dan Burt has led the Dukes to a 98-39 record in home games.
Not including the shortened 2020-21 season (only five home games), the Dukes haven't had a losing record at home since 2006-07 and never have under Burt.
The Dukes went 8-7 at home last season in their first full season at the upgraded UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
Duquesne is 11-1 at home this season.

ALL-TIME WINS RECORD

Dan Burt is now the all-time winningest coach in Duquesne women's basketball history with 182 wins after passing Dan Durkin (176 wins).
He tied the record on Dec. 7 against Kent State and broke it after beating Vermont on Dec. 10.
Dan Durkin (1994-2007) had the record since 2007 with 176 wins.
Burt currently sits at 182-113 all-time as a head coach at Duquesne. His all-time record at Duquesne as an assistant and head coach is 305-181.

A-10 ELITE

Since taking over as head coach in 2013-14, Dan Burt has led the Dukes to 182 wins. Only Dayton (195) and Fordham (193) have amassed more wins during that span among A-10 teams.
The Dukes are also one of four Atlantic 10 programs to post a winning season in at least seven of the past nine seasons (Dayton, Fordham, & VCU).
Coming into the season, Duquesne was also tied for the third-most A-10 wins (86) since Burt took over as head coach.
Since 2013-14, the Dukes have led the Atlantic 10 in scoring offense (2x), scoring margin, field goal percentage (2x), free throw percentage and assists per game (3x).
Duquesne has ranked at least fifth in the conference in points per game, field goal percentage and assists per game in all but one season since 2014-15.

LOCK DOWN D

Duquesne ranks 10th in the country and first in the conference in field goal percentage defense, with opposing teams shooting just 34.3 percent against the Dukes.
The Dukes' scoring defense ranks fifth in the conference as opposing teams have scored just 61.8 points per game.
The Dukes held opponents to under 50 points five times last season and won eight games by double digits. They have won seven games by double-digits already this year.
Duquesne held an opponent to under 50 points just once during the previous 2020-21 season (George Mason) and did not win any games in 2020-21 by double digits.
This year, the Dukes have held three teams to under 50 points.
In the Jan. 11 win over St. Bonaventure, Duquesne held the Bonnies to 11 points at half, 21% shooting overall, and just 38 points total.

BEASTS ON THE BOARDS

Megan McConnell leads the A-10 with 9.8 rebounds per game, which ranks 26th nationally. Her 8.3 defensive rebounds per game rank fifth in the nation. Her 187 total rebounds are the 14th-most nationally.
She led the team with 6.4 rebounds per game last season, which ranked 10th in the conference.
McConnell hauled in at least five rebounds in 22 games last season. She has five or more in 18 out of 19 games so far this year, and has 11 games with double digit rebounds.
Precious Johnson ranks second on the team and 11th in the conference with 7.5 rebounds per game.
Duquesne's 31.3 defensive rebounds per game rank 10th in the country. The Dukes' 42.1 rebounds per game rank second in the conference and rank 28th in the nation.
The Dukes secured a season-high 56 rebounds against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 11, 2022, the most since Nov. 26, 2019 against Central Connecticut State (57).

CLUTCH IN CRUNCH TIME

Duquesne was 0-12 last season in games decided by eight points or less, but it is 6-3 this year - a sign that things are different this season in the clutch moments.
The Dukes were also winless in the 12 games in which they trailed heading into the fourth quarter, a streak which was also snapped just two games into this season as they trailed 54-53 against Brown on Nov. 11 after three quarters.
Tess Myers has been clutch late in the game this season. She hit the game-winning three-pointer against Vermont on Dec. 10, scored the last seven points in the six-point win over Kent State on Dec. 7 and scored three of the last four points in the five-point win against Marshall on Nov. 27.
They are 11-0 when leading after three quarters this year.

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