GAME 5
Rider (1-2) at Duquesne (3-1)
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Pa. | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)
 
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Opening Tip
 
- The Duquesne University men's basketball team concludes a three-game homestand at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Friday, Nov. 17, by returning to play in the Cornhusker Classic with a 7:00 p.m. tip against Rider.
 
- The Dukes dropped their first game of the 2023-24 season in the middle game of the homestand, 70-67, to Princeton. Senior guards Jimmy Clark III and Dae Dae Grant each scored in double figures against the Tigers with 17 and 16 points, respectively. Each handed out three assists, while Clark III recorded four steals for the second consecutive game.
 
- Senior guard Jimmy Clark III has registered 14 steals in the first four games of the 2023-24 season, which is tied for second in NCAA Division I with Arturo Dean of FIU.  Damani McEntire of Bethune-Cookman leads the country with 19 thefts in three games.
 
- The 2023-24 season marks the 108th year of Duquesne basketball. The Dukes started play in 1913-14 (DU did not field a team in 1944-45-46 due to World War II).
 
- Guard Dae Dae Grant looks to score 1,000 points in two seasons with the Dukes after pacing Duquesne last year with 511 points, an average of 15.5 per contest. Grant has scored 1,760 points at the NCAA Division I level. He is also 240 points shy of 2,000 for his career.
 
- Guard Jimmy Clark III scored 404 points in his first season at Duquesne last season and owns 609 career points entering Friday's game against Rider. Clark III also needs 58 steals to crack the top 10 in program history for thefts, as Andy Sisinni (1981-84) currently ranks 10th with 148.
 
- Duquesne is 35-10 (.778) in non-conference home games under seventh-year head coach Keith Dambrot.
 
- The Dukes conclude the Cornhusker Classic after hosting the Broncs Friday by traveling to Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 22, for an 8:00 p.m. ET tip against Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena in their first true road game of the 2023-24 campaign.  
 
Scouting the Broncs – A member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Duquesne leads the all-time series with Rider, 1-0 … The Dukes won the first meeting between the two programs with a 73-61 win Nov. 9, 2021, in a game that was the 2021-22 season opener for both programs ... The contest marked the first for the Dukes in front of fans at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse ... Forward Tre Williams, making his Duquesne debut after transferring from Indiana State, finished with 14 points and three blocks ... The Dukes shot 12-for-30 from beyond the arc in the victory while holding Rider to just 2-of-16 from deep ... Six different student-athletes hit at least one three-pointer in the win ... Duquesne finished 13-for-13 at the free-throw line in the victory ... Rider is led by head coach Kevin Baggett, who is in his 12th season leading the Broncs as well as his 18th year on the coaching staff ... Baggett is a two-time MAAC Coach of the Year (2015, 2018).  
 
Head Coach Keith Dambrot (Seventh Year at Duquesne | 26th Year Overall) – Keith Dambrot, who built Akron into one of the most successful - and most respected - programs in the Mid-American Conference over 13 seasons, was named head men's basketball coach at Duquesne University on March 28, 2017. The veteran coach wasted no time making an impact on the DU program with 65 wins in his first four seasons. His 94 wins already rank fifth on the Dukes' all-time victory list and his two 20-win seasons - in just six years - are tied for the third-most in program history. Dambrot reached a significant career milestone on Feb. 8, 2023 when he posted his 500th career victory with a 75-52 triumph over George Mason.
 
Princeton Leftovers – Princeton leads the all-time series, 3-2 (.600), after Wednesday's win ... The Tigers led for 37:33 ... The Dukes had two opportunities in the final minute to take the lead but came up short both times, with a jumper on the low block from Fousseyni Drame in the waning seconds off the mark ... Princeton held a 34-20 advantage in points in the paint ... Duquesne forced the Tigers into 16 turnovers to own a 21-10 advantage in points off turnovers ... The two teams tied in rebounds, 27-27, with the Dukes owning an 11-6 edge on the offensive glass ... The game marked the first during the 2023-24 season Duquesne failed to have at least four student-athletes score in double figures ... Both the Tigers and Dukes finished with seven three-point field goals.
 
All-American Rejects – Sophomore forward David Dixon has been a factor in the paint defensively for the Dukes in the early portion of the 2023-24 season. In four games, Dixon has blocked seven shots, including three against Princeton as the Dukes continued a three-game homestand at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Dixon has appeared in 31 career games for Duquesne since the beginning of the 2022-23 season and owns 31 rejections, an average of 1.0 per contest. Dixon has been at the forefront of rim protection for the Dukes in the early portion of the 2023-24 season, as in the first four games Duquesne owns 17 blocks as a team, an average of 4.3 per contest. Seven different Dukes have posted at least one block so far this year, with Dixon tied for third in the Atlantic 10 in total blocks with Chad Venning of St. Bonaventure.
 
Home Cooking – Senior guard Dae Dae Grant contributed 16 points against Princeton as the Dukes continued a three-game homestand at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Wednesday. During his two seasons at Duquesne, Grant has reached double figures in scoring in each of his 23 games at home. During that stretch, Grant is averaging 16.9 points per game while having connected for 65 three-pointers, an average of 2.83 per contest. Grant enters Friday's tilt against Rider ranked second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 19.5 points per game and sits eighth in three-point field goals made per game (2.8).
 
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