PREVIEW: Duquesne at St. Bonaventure

GAME 26 | DUQUESNE (15-10, 5-7) vs. ST. BONAVENTURE (5-23, 2-11)
Wed. Feb. 15, 2023 • 6 p.m.
Reilly Center | St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
TV: ESPN+

Duquesne looks to bounce back on Wednesday as they go on the road for the second time in four days to battle the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. Tip-off is set for 6:00 P.M. ET.

THE SERIES - vs. ST. BONAVENTURE

The Dukes are 45-21 all-time against St. Bonaventure.
Duquesne is 14-15 against SBU on the road.
Duquesne is currently on a three-game winning streak against SBU and has won 11 of the past 12 games.
The Dukes are 40-20 against the Bonnies when they have met in conference play.
The first matchup was in 1981.

SCOUTING ST. BONAVENTURE

SBU is 5-23 overall and 2-11 in conference play. The Bonnies have lost six out of their last seven games.
Their most recent game was a road win at Loyola Chicago, 48-47.
They are 3-9 at home this season.
I'yanna Lops leads the team in scoring (10.9), rebounding (5.6) and blocks (2.0).
SBU was picked to finish last in the A-10 this season.
Erica Morrow is in her 1st season leading the Bonnies as the interim head coach.

LAST MATCHUP - JAN. 11, 2023

The Dukes held SBU to just 38 points when they met on Jan. 11, winning 69-38.
The 38 points against is the lowest all year.
Naelle Bernard scored a career-high 23 points while Amaya Hamilton and Megan McConnell both had double-doubles.
SBU shot just 21.0 percent.

LAST TIME OUT

Duquesne lost to La Salle on the road on Sunday, 72-56.
Precious Johnson led the team with 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
Megan McConnell scored four points but secured 10 rebounds.
Amaya Hamilton shot 4-for-10 from the field and scored 13 points.
La Salle shot 42.9 percent from three.

STAT CHECK

Megan McConnell is one of two players in Division-I to have multiple triple-doubles this year. Her 8.1 defensive rebounds per game rank eighth in the nation and her 9.6 rebounds per game rank third in the A-10. Her 60 steals are the 29th-most in the country and her 132 assists lead the A-10 and rank 20th nationally.
Tess Myers ranks eighth in the nation in three pointers with 75 and 10th in three-pointers per game with 3.00. 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 (41.1, 34th in nation) and lead the A-10 in defensive rebounds per game (30.0, 14th in nation). Their field goal percentage defense (35.4%) ranks first in the conference and 14th nationally.

MS. TRIPLE-DOUBLE

Megan McConnell is one of two players in Division-I to have multiple triple-doubles this season. She also has 11 double-doubles this year.
Her first came on Nov. 11 against Brown. She scored 10 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out 10 assists.
Her second came against Delaware on Dec. 4 when she had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.
She is just the second player in A-10 women's basketball history to have multiple triple-doubles in the same season.
She is the first Duquesne women's basketball player to have multiple triple-doubles in their career - let alone 23 days apart.
Only one other player has had three triple-doubles in a season in A-10 history - Megan's aunt, Susie McConnell (Penn State, 3, 1988).

ALL-TIME WINS RECORD

Dan Burt is now the all-time winningest coach in Duquesne women's basketball history with 184 wins after passing Dan Durkin (176 wins) this season.
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 184-117 all-time as a head coach at Duquesne. His all-time record at Duquesne as an assistant and head coach is 307-185.

A-10 ELITE

Since taking over as head coach in 2013-14, Dan Burt has led the Dukes to 184 wins. Only Fordham (197) and Dayton (196) 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 14th in the country and first in the conference in field goal percentage defense, with opposing teams shooting just 35.4 percent against the Dukes.
Opposing teams have scored 63.8 points per game against Duquesne this season.
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 ranks third in the A-10 with 9.6 rebounds per game, which ranks 32nd nationally. Her 8.1 defensive rebounds per game rank eighth in the nation. Her 241 total rebounds are the 26th-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 24 out of 25 games so far this year, and has 14 games with double digit rebounds.
Precious Johnson ranks second on the team and 13th in the conference with 7.0 rebounds per game.
Duquesne's 30.0 defensive rebounds per game rank 14th in the country. The Dukes' 41.1 rebounds per game rank second in the conference and rank 34th 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 8-5 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, scored three of the last four points in the five-point win against Marshall on Nov. 27 and hit the go-ahead three with eight seconds left against Davidson.
They are 13-0 when leading after three quarters this year.

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