AMHERST, MASS. - R.J. Luis scored a career-high 31 points to lead Massachusetts (13-8, 4-5) to an 87-79 win over Duquesne (14-8, 4-5) on Saturday afternoon at Mullins Center.

Dae Dae Grant led Duquesne with 23 points and 10 rebounds in posting his first career double-double. Jimmy Clark III added 21 points and a career-high six steals - one shy of tying the school record.

Grant went over the 1,500 career point mark on a jumper with 4:01 left.

UMass, which outrebounded the Duquesne 47-36, outscored the Dukes 21-8 in second chance points.

The Minutemen finished 30-of-39 from the foul line, with Luis leading the way, going 17-of-18.

Neither team led by more than eight in a first half that ended with UMass up 39-33.

UMass took the first double-digit of the game on a pair of Luis free throws that made it 48-38 with 15:15 to go.

R.J. Gunn Jr. ended a 9-0 Minutemen run with a jumper - his 1,300 and 1,301st career points - to make it 52-40.

The lead reached 15, at 55-40, as the Dukes misfired on 14 of their first 17 shots out of the half.

Duquesne got a Gunn Jr. 3-pointer followed by Kareem Rozier three-point play to make it 55-48.

UMass scored the game's next six to take a 13-point lead.

Duquesne continued to chip way, cutting it to 77-72 on a Clark III three-point play with 1:15 left, but could get no closer as UMass closed out the game from the foul line.

DU, which was whistled for 29 fouls, had three players foul out (Reece 3:16, Gunn Jr. 1:15 and Clark III 1:13) before the game's final minute.

The Dukes went 14-of-21 from the stripe.

Duquesne will be back in action next Saturday at George Washington (2:00 p.m. on ESPN+).

NOTES

• Dae Dae Grant reached the 1,500 career point total on a jumper with 4:01 left. Grant, who scored 1,171 points in three seasons at Miami, Ohio, finished with his first career double-double (23-10). Grant's career point total now stands at 1,509.
• Jimmy Clark III's six steals were the most by a Duke since Kevin Easley had six in a triple overtime loss at GW on March 2, 2022. The school record for steals is seven, shared by six players.
• R.J. Gunn Jr. (7 points) went over the 1,300 career point mark with his first field goal - a foul line jumper - with 12:43 left. Gunn scored his first 1,183 points at Division II Lenoir-Rhyne. Gunn Jr. now has 1,306 career points.
• Austin Rotroff's four blocks (in 14 minutes) tied his career high set on Nov. 23 vs. Alabama State.
• Tre Williams (5 points) made his 100th career start (55 at Indiana State and 45 at Duquesne).
• UMass's 30 free throws made were a Dambrot Era opponent high. The Minutemen's 39 attempts tied the opponent mark under Dambrot.
• Duquesne's largest lead was seven at 14-7 with 13:45 left in the first half ... UMass's largest lead was 15, at 55-40, with 11:28 left in the game ... there were six ties and seven lead changes in the game ... UMass took the lead for good on a Tafara Gapare 3-pointer that made that made it 27-25 with 5:25 left in the first half ... UMass led for 28:12 ... Duquesne led for 7:25.