G25 | ST. BONAVENTURE (13-12, 7-5) at DUQUESNE (16-8, 6-5)
Sat., Feb. 11, 2023 • 12:30 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)

TELEVISION: USA Network / NBC Sports App with Mike Corey & John Giannini
RADIO: 104.7 HD2 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58), Jarrett Durham ('71) & Tad Maurey
PROMOTION: Saturday's game is Duquesne's annual RED OUT. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a 2022-23 Red Out T-Shirt

BE THE MATCH: Duquesne will also recognize football player Aden Garnes who donated live-saving bone marrow to a patient in early January. Garnes was identified as a donor through the national Be the Match program. Duquesne football has registered nearly 5,000 members of the Duquesne community as a program participant over the past 13 years. A drive will be held to further raise awareness at Saturday's game. Those interested in learning more or willing to participate in the program will have the opportunity at the game.
 

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Duquesne (16-8, 6-5), coming off a 75-52 win over George Mason on Wednesday, welcomes St. Bonaventure (13-12, 7-5) for its annual Red Out game on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 12:30 p.m. (USA Network).

Wednesday's win was the 500th for DU head coach Keith Dambrot who is now the 27th active coach with 500 or more wins.

This is the 131st meeting between the Dukes and Bonnies, who are DU's all-time most frequent opponent. The two, who are meeting for the 72nd-straight season, are separated by an average of 0.8 points per game in the all-time series (9,339 total points for DU to 9,234 for SBU / average score - 71.8 to 71.0).

Duquesne is looking to avenge a 65-56 defeat at SBU on Jan. 18. Duquesne, which is 26-of-56 (.464) from the 3-point arc in its past two games, will be facing an SBU team ranked 7th nationally in 3-point defense (.283).

DU, winner of three of its last four, had the fourth-highest NET rank among A-10 schools (112) through Wednesday's games.

TRENDING

• DU, which had its complete regular roster rotation intact for the first time on Dec. 28 at Dayton (game 14), has had all of its key rotation players available for just four of its 24 games.
• DU, which averaged 65.2 ppg. last year, is averaging 75.0 ppg. (up +9.8 ppg.). The Dukes have topped the 90-point mark five times and are 15-3 when scoring 70 or more.
• DU's assists per game average is up +5.5/g. from last year (from 10.0 to 15.5). The Dukes have assisted on 43 of their 63 field goals (68.2%) in their past two games.
• DU's .372 3-pt percentage is its best under Keith Dambrot (current best is .350 in 2017-18). The school record is .375 set in 1990. The Dukes broke out of a 25-of-91 four-game slump with a 17-32 performance from the arc at GW. The 17 makes were one shy of the school record. DU is 26-of-56 from the arc (.464) in their past two games. Eight players have hit a "3" over that span.
• G Dae Dae Grant, who has scored in double digits 20 times (20+ eight times), has five games with five or more 3's. Grant, who went over the 1,500-pt. career mark on Jan. 28 at UMass, scored a game-high 20 vs. George Mason.
• G Jimmy Clark III, leads DU with a 13.3 ppg. average in A-10 play. Clark III leads the A-10 in steals (56) and steals/g. (2.3). His 2.33 spg. ranks 11th nationally.
• Tevin Brewer has handed out a team-high 73 assists despite missing four games due to injuries. His 3.17 assist/turnover ratio is  the best in the A-10 and ranked 5th nationally thru Wednesday. Brewer needs three assists to reach the 400 career mark. Only six players who have worn the Duquesne uniform have amassed 400 or more career assists.
• Brewer (.448) and Grant (.418) rank second and fifth in the A-10 in 3-point percentage through Wednesday.

EXPL"O"SIVE
The Dukes have put together a number of impressive offensive displays this season, three of which have come on the road in Atlantic 10 play:

DECEMBER 21 vs. WINTHROP
DU jumped out to a 20-0 lead (and led 29-2) in its 74-57 win over Winthrop. The 20-point run was the best by a Dambrot-coached Dukes team until Feb. 4.

JANUARY 7 at RICHMOND
Duquesne hit 12-straight shots, nine of which were 3-pointers, in a 7:27 span of the first half. Six different players hit "3s" as DU scored 34 points over that stretch. (see page 9 for a complete breakdown.)

JANUARY 11 at SAINT JOSEPH'S
The Dukes score 60 in the first half (led 60-44) a 92-80 win. The 60 points were the most in any half under Keith Dambrot and most in a first half by any DU team since a 63-point outburst in the first half of a 120-75 win over Marshall on Dec. 5, 1969.

FEBRUARY 4 at GEORGE WASHINGTON
Duquesne went 10-of-13 (with five 3-pointers) during a 28-0 run in just over nine minutes of the first half (10:48 to 1:36) in building its lead from 19-17 to 47-17. DU's 30-point halftime margin (50-20) was the program's largest ever in an A-10 game.

500
Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot reached the 500 career victory mark on Feb. 8 vs. George Mason (75-52). Dambrot has posted 40 wins at Tiffin, 48 at Ashland, 20 at Central Michigan, 305 at Akron and 87 at Duquesne. Dambrot is the 27th active Division I coach to reach the 500-win mark. Of the 27, only eight have never coached at a Power 5/Big East school: Mark Few (Gonzaga), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Lennie Acuff (Bellhaven, Berry, Alabama Huntsville, Lipscomb), Fran Dunphy (Penn, Temple, La Salle), Scott Nagy (South Dakota State, Wright State), Ron Cottrell (Houston Christian) and Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's, Calif.) are the others.

DUKES AND BONNIES
Series Record: St. Bonaventure leads 70-60
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne leads 40-22
At Olean/Buffalo: St. Bonaventure leads 44-19
Neutral Site: St. Bonaventure leads 4-1
A-10 Regular Season: St. Bonaventure leads 43-32
A-10 Championship: St. Bonaventure leads 4-2
Dambrot vs. St. Bonaventure: 1-11

• This is the 131st game between the two in a series that dates to Feb. 13, 1920. St. Bonaventure is Duquesne's most frequent all-time opponent. The average score in the first 130 meetings?: DU 71.8, SBU 71.0 (9,339 to 9,234 points, 105-point difference). This is the 72nd consecutive season the two are meeting and 18th straight year the two are meeting home-and-home. DU owns more conference wins over SBU (32) than any other A-10 school. The Bonnies have won the past six meetings between the two including the past six in Pittsburgh.
• St. Bonaventure, which has won 20 the past 23 games overall, leads the series 70-60, including a 43-32 advantage in A-10 regular season games and 4-2 edge in A-10 Championship meetings.
• The Bonnies have won 17 of the past 20, but it hasn't been easy as 10 of the 20 have been decided by four or fewer points. SBU took the first meeting this season, 65-56 at Reilly Center on Jan. 18.

LAST GAME: DUQUESNE 75, GEORGE MASON 52
Feb. 8, 2023 • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse • Pittsburgh, Pa.

• The starting backcourt of Dae Dae Grant (20) and Tevin Brewer (season-high 17) combined for 37 points as Duquesne held Mason to a season low-tying 52 points.
• The win was the 500th for sixth-year DU coach Keith Dambrot (in his 25th season overall).
• DU forced 21 turnovers and outscored the Patriots 25-13 off miscues.
• The Dukes finished with 10 steals and seven blocks.
• Duquesne, which led by as many as 29 in the second half, assisted on 21 of 29 field goals. • Grant led the Dukes with seven assists and Jimmy Clark III added five.
• DU outscored GMU 44-29 in the second half.
• Duquesne's largest lead was 29, at 75-46 with 2:02 left ... George Mason's largest lead was at 4-0 ... there were two ties and three lead changes in the game ... Duquesne took the lead for good on a Tevin Brewer 3-pointer that made that made it 19-16 with 9:54 left in the first half ... Mason led for 2:52 ... Duquesne led for 34:59.

WORTH NOTING

• It took the 2022-23 Dukes - with a roster that features 10 newcomers (five transfers & five freshmen) - just eight games to exceed last year's win total (6-24). The Dukes opened 7-1.
• Duquesne, picked to finish 15th of 15 teams in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll, tied the school record for November wins set in 2008 and matched in 2020 (both 6-0). DU went 6-1 in November, with the lone loss coming at then No. 4 (AP) Kentucky.
• This was just the fourth time in program history - and second time under Keith Dambrot - that the Dukes entered Atlantic 10 play with 10 wins (10-3). The others: 2007-08 (10-3), 2015-16 (10-3) & 2019-20 (10-2).
• It was also the fourth time in six seasons under Keith Dambrot that DU opened 13-5 or better (13-5 in 2018, 2019 & 2023 and 15-3 in 2020). In the 45 years prior to Dambrot's arrival, the Dukes opened a season 13-5 or better three times.
• Duquesne's 66-55 win over DePaul on Dec. 14 was the program's first over a Big East school since an 86-82 home victory over West Virginia on Nov. 25, 2002.
• Eleven Dukes: Brewer, Clark III, Dixon, Grant, Gunn, Hronsky, McGriff, Reece, Rotroff, Rozier & Williams have posted double-digit scoring games.
• DU has erased three double-digit first half deficits to win this season: 14 vs. Ball State (down 18-4), 16 vs. Indiana State (down 20-4) and 11 vs. Loyola Chicago (down 26-15). The Dukes have 20 double-digit comeback wins under Keith Dambrot (all in the past four seasons).
• The Dukes did not trail in six of their 15 wins, including a pair of road games: South Carolina State, DePaul, Winthrop, VCU, at Saint Joseph's & at GW.