PREVIEW: Duquesne vs. Loyola Chicago

GAME 28 | DUQUESNE (17-10, 7-7) vs. LOYOLA CHICAGO (6-21, 1-13)
Wed. Feb. 22, 2023 • 6 p.m.
UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse | Pittsburgh, Pa.
TV: ESPN+

Coming off a big win against Richmond, Duquesne hosts Loyola Chicago on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. ET as it tries to break the school record for most home wins in a season.

THE SERIES - vs. LOYOLA CHICAGO

Duquesne and Loyola Chicago have never played. This is the Ramblers' first year in the A-10.

SCOUTING LOYOLA CHICAGO

Loyola is 6-21 overall and 1-13 in the A-10. It is on a 13-game losing streak.
The Ramblers are 2-11 on the road this season.
Maya Chandler leads the team in scoring (10.5) and Sitori Tanin leads the team in rebounds (6.2), steals (1.2) and blocks (0.8).
Richmond was picked to finish 13th in the A-10 this season.
Allison Guth is in her 1st season leading the Ramblers as the head coach.

LAST MATCHUP - JAN. 11, 2023

LAST TIME OUT

Duquesne notched a huge home win against Richmond on Saturday, winning 83-69.
Megan McConnell led the team with a career-high 23 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.
Precious Johnson had 17 points and six rebounds.
Duquesne outscored Richmond 30-10 in the fourth quarter.

STAT CHECK

Megan McConnell is one of two players in Division-I to have multiple triple-doubles this year. Her 8.3 defensive rebounds per game rank eighth in the nation and her 9.9 rebounds per game rank 28th in the nation. Her 62 steals are the 41st-most in the country and her 148 assists lead the A-10 and rank 18th nationally.
Tess Myers ranks 10th in the nation in three pointers with 81 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 (41.3, 33rd in nation) and lead the A-10 in defensive rebounds per game (30.2, 12th in nation). Their field goal percentage defense (35.5%) ranks first in the conference and 15th nationally.

LOCK DOWN D

Duquesne ranks 15th in the country and first in the conference in field goal percentage defense, with opposing teams shooting just 35.5 percent against the Dukes.
Opposing teams have scored 63.9 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 11 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.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

Duquesne has 13 wins at home this season already, which is tied for the most in program history. The record is 13, set by the 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams.
Since taking over as head coach in the 2013-14 season, Dan Burt has led the Dukes to a 100-41 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 13-3 at home this season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Megan McConnell was named A-10 Player of the Week on Feb. 20 after averaging 18.0 points, 12.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists, an assist-to-turnover ratio of 8.0, a 56.5 field goal percentage and a 63.6 three-point percentage over two games.
On Feb. 18 against Richmond, she set career highs in points (23), rebounds (18) and three-pointers (5).

BEASTS ON THE BOARDS

Megan McConnell ranks third in the A-10 with 9.9 rebounds per game, which ranks 28th nationally. Her 8.3 defensive rebounds per game rank eighth in the nation. Her 266 total rebounds are the 21st-most nationally.
She set a career high with 18 rebounds against Richmond on Feb. 18.
McConnell hauled in at least five rebounds in 22 games last season. She has five or more in 26 out of 27 games so far this year, and has 15 games with double digit rebounds.
Precious Johnson ranks second on the team and 13th in the conference with 6.9 rebounds per game.
Duquesne's 30.2 defensive rebounds per game rank 12th in the country. The Dukes' 41.3 rebounds per game rank second in the conference and rank 33rd 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).

RAINING TREYS

The Dukes rank 36th in the nation and third in the A-10 with 8.1 three-pointers per game.
Tess Myers ranks 10th in the country with 3.00 threes per game and her 81 three-pointers rank 10th in the country.
She already ranks 5th in Duquesne history with 196 threes and will move into 4th-place with 29 more.
Myers has made at least two threes in all but five games this season.
Duquesne has made 10 or more threes nine different times this year, passing last year's total.
This year's team has hit 12 or more threes six times already, five more times than last year's team.
Duquesne set the Duquesne and A-10 record with 20 three-pointers against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 15, 2023. They shot 60.6 percent from deep. This game came almost exactly one year after the Dukes hit 19 threes against the Bonnies on Feb. 20, 2022.
Last year's team made 214 three-pointers, which is tied for the fifth-most in Duquesne history. This year's team has 219 right now, which is the fourth-most in Duquesne history.

OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER

Through 27 games, Duquesne ranks highly in the A-10 in scoring offense (69.0 ppg, 5th), scoring margin (+5.0, 6th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.03, 4th). In the first game of the year, Duquesne put up 94 points and hit that number again on Feb. 15 at St. Bonaventure when they set the A-10 record for most threes in a game (20).
The Dukes rank 36th in the nation and third in the A-10 with 8.1 three-pointers per game.
The Dukes have scored 80 or more points six times this year.

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