GAME 5
Loyola (Md.) (2-3) vs. Duquesne (3-1)
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Pa. | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)
 
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Opening Tip
 
- The Duquesne University men's basketball team returns to UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse to open a stretch of four of its next five games at home, beginning Wednesday with a 7:00 p.m. tip against Loyola (Md.).
 
- The Dukes are coming off their first setback of the 2025-26 campaign in their first road game of the season, dropping an 87-77 decision at Villanova (Nov. 15) in their final game of the Villanova Challenge.
 
- Senior guard Tarence Guinyard paced Duquesne against the Wildcats with 30 points, hitting 10 of his 15 shots from the floor, including 5-of-6 from beyond the arc, and also added three rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals. Junior guard Jimmie Williams chipped in 18 points and four rebounds, knocking down four of his eight attempts from deep.
 
- The Dukes enter Wednesday's game ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring offense at 84.8 points per game and also sit fourth in field goal percentage, converting 49.2 percent (119-for-242) of their attempts from the floor.
 
- Individually, Guinyard paces the A-10 in scoring in the early going at 21.0 points per game and is one of two Dukes to rank in the top 10 in scoring, with graduate student forward John Hugley IV sitting seventh at 16.8 points per contest.
  
- The 2025-26 season marks the 110th 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). Thanks to an 83-63 victory over Niagara (Nov. 3) in its 2025-26 season opener, Duquesne earned program victory No. 1,500.
 
- In today's day and age of college basketball with the NCAA Transfer Portal, Duquesne offers senior forward David Dixon, who will play his final season with the Dukes in 2025-26 and has spent his entire career on the Bluff. Dixon, 6'9" and 230 pounds, owns career totals of 584 points and 438 rebounds and last season became just the second player in program history to eclipse career totals of both 100 blocks and 100 dunks.
 
- Dixon is one of just four players in the Atlantic 10 this season that have spent their entire career with one program, joining 6'10" forward Sean Logan of Davidson, 6'10" forward Christian Fermin of VCU and 6'11" center Mike Walz of Richmond. Ironically, each of the four student-athletes to have played their entire career at one institution are post players.
 
- Redshirt senior guard Maximus Edwards scored 10 points in the win over Sacred Heart (Nov. 7) to reach exactly 1,000 points for his career. Named the 2023 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, Edwards scored 722 in two seasons at George Washington before transferring to the Bluff and has scored 303 points in his time at Duquesne. He owns a career scoring average of 10.4 points in 99 games at the NCAA Division I level thanks to 1,025 points.
 
- Duquesne heads to Akron, Ohio, for its annual neutral site game after hosting the Greyhounds. The Dukes will take on Northeastern in a 4:00 p.m. tip Saturday, Nov. 22, at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, the alma mater of head coach Dru Joyce III.
 
At The Helm – Dru Joyce III was named the 18th head coach in the 110-year history of Duquesne basketball March 28, 2024, and in his second year at the helm in 2025-26. He owns an overall record of 16-20 (.444) in his first head coaching job. Joyce III, a native of Akron, Ohio, spent two seasons as associate head coach for the Dukes under Keith Dambrot from 2022 to 2024, helping guide Duquesne to an overall record of 45-25 (.643), including a 20-16 (.556) mark in the Atlantic 10, during that span. The Dukes made an appearance in the 2023 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) before earning the automatic bid for the A-10 in the 2024 NCAA Championship by winning four games in five days en route to the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship crown in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center. Duquesne, as a No. 11 seed, made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 1977 and earned its first victory in the championship since 1969 thanks to a 71-67 win over No. 6 seed BYU in Omaha, Neb., at CHI Health Center Arena. 
 
Scouting the Greyhounds – Member of the Patriot League ... Located in Baltimore, Md. ... Wednesday marks the fourth meeting in the all-time series between Duquesne and Loyola (Md.), with the Dukes owning a 2-1 (.667) advantage ... The last meeting marked the 2015-16 season opener for both teams, with Duquesne earning a 65-60 victory at the A.J. Palumbo Center Nov. 11, 2016 ... In that win sophomore guard Tarin Smith led the Dukes with 13 points and was the only player in double figures for the home team ... Four of Duquesne's five starters in the last meeting against Loyola (Md.) were playing their first game with the Dukes, including Smith, guards Mike Lewis II and Emile Blackman and forward Isiaha Mike ... DU held the Greyhounds to a shooting percentage of 36.5 percent (23-for-63) as Jarred Jones and Andre Walker each scored 21 points for Loyola (Md.) ... The first meeting in the all-time series also came at the Palumbo Center Dec. 6, 2003, with the Dukes prevailing, 70-61, behind 16 points from guard Jimmy Tricco and 14 from guard Bryant McAllister ... Tricco's three-pointer from the left corner with a under a minute left helped seal the victory as the Greyhounds, who shot 56 percent from the field during the contest, missed their final four shots of the contest ... Josh Loeffler (Swarthmore '08) was named the 22nd head coach in Loyola University Maryland history March 30, 2024, and the 2025-26 campaign marks his second at the helm ... Loeffler was head coach at Stevens from 2006-08 as well as Johns Hopkins from 2017-23 and spent the 2023-24 campaign as an assistant coach at Cincinnati ... The Greyhounds return nine players from last season and are led by junior guard Jacob Theodosiou, who is averaging 16.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game ... The top rebounder for Loyola (Md.) is junior forward Jonas Sirtautas, who pulls down an average of 6.2 caroms per contest.
 
Villanova Leftovers – The finale of the Villanova Challenge marked the first meeting between the Dukes and Wildcats since 1994 ... Villanova leads the all-time series, 26-25 ... Duquesne knocked down a season-high 12 three-pointers, hitting on 52.2 percent (12-for-23) of its attempts ... Junior forward Jakub Nečas led the Dukes in rebounds with eight ... The Wildcats held a 41-29 advantage on the glass, including a 21-12 edge in offensive caroms ... Villanova used its advantage on the offensive boards to own a 21-7 cushion in second-chance points ... The Dukes owned a 20-11 edge in points on the break as well as a 20-19 advantage in bench points ... Freshman guard Dom Aekins and redshirt senior guard Maximus Edwards each scored nine points as reserves for Duquesne ... Graduate student forward John Hugley IV, saddled with three fouls in the first half, finished with eight points, all after halftime, and a rebound.
 
Villanova Challenge Leftovers – Duquesne finished 2-1 (.667) in the multi-team event (MTE), averaging 85.3 points in the three games while allowing an average of 82.7 points per contest ... Senior guard Tarence Guinyard averaged 21.7 points over the three games, while graduate student forward John Hugley IV posted averages of 20.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest ... Guinyard also supplied averages of 3.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.7 steals in the three games ... Opponents shot just 28.9 percent (24-for-83) from beyond the arc in the three games ... The Dukes converted 47.1 percent (88-for-187) of their shots from the floor in the Villanova Challenge and also recorded 48 assists (16.0 per contest).
 
Get A Bucket – Senior guard Tarence Guinyard has gotten off to as good of a start offensively as almost any member of the Dukes in the last 25 years. Entering Wednesday's game against Loyola (Md.), Guinyard, who leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring with an average of 21.0 points per game, owns the best scoring average for a Duquesne student-athlete through four games since former forward Wayne Smith (1998-2002) at the turn of the century. In the first four games of the 2000-01 campaign, Smith averaged 21.5 points as the Dukes also opened the season with a 3-1 record. A four-year starter as a swingman, Smith ranks fourth all-time on the Bluff with 1,820 career points. Guinyard is also the first member of the Dukes to average at least 20 points per contest through the first four games since guard Rene Castro-Caneddy (2015-18) scored 80 points in 2017-18. In addition to pacing the A-10 in scoring, Guinyard also leads the circuit in assists (5.8 per game) while ranking third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.88) and tied for fifth in steals (2.3 per contest).
 
Three's Company – Junior guard Jimmie Williams has proven to be a capable piece to the rotation in the early going, as he missed his first career double-double by just a rebound in a 92-80 victory over Sacred Heart (Nov. 7). Before fouling out with 44.7 seconds to go, Williams contributed 13 points and nine rebounds, establishing a career high for boards. He added 18 points at Villanova (Nov. 15) in the final game of the Villanova Challenge and through four contests this year has supplied averages of 12.0 points and 3.8 rebounds while ranking second for the Dukes in steals with seven. The trio of John Hugley IV, Tarence Guinyard and Williams, each transfers brought in for the 2025-26 season, have combined to average 49.8 points, 13.8 rebounds and 9.5 assists in the first four games of the year.
 
100/100/100 – Senior forward David Dixon, one of just two players in program history with career totals of at least 100 blocks (132) and 100 dunks (107), added another 100 to the ledger at Villanova (Nov. 15). Checking into the game for the first time at the 15:34 mark, it marked the 100th career game for Dixon on the Bluff. Per Elias Sports Bureau, Dixon is the active leader in the Atlantic 10 for games played and became the 30th active player in NCAA Division I with 100 career games played at the same school. Alex Karabun of Connecticut out of the BIG EAST is the active NCAA leader with 115 games played.
 
Instant Impact – The latest recruiting class has paid dividends for Duquesne in the early going of the 2025-26 season, as have a pair of Dukes that have seen their first action on the Bluff after missing last year with injuries. The eight newcomers, which includes four transfers and a quartet of freshmen, as well as guard Brandon Hall and forward Alex Williams, have combined to account for 73.5 percent (249-of-339) of Duquesne's offense through the first four games of the season. A total of 13 double-figure scoring games have been tallied so far this season, with 10 received by a newcomer. Included in that is freshman guard Dom Aekins, who scored 12 points in an 87-81 overtime win over Queens (Nov. 11) for his first NCAA Division I double-figure scoring contest.
 
The Line Dance – A key to Duquesne opening the 2025-26 season 3-1? Defending the three-point line. In the first four games, the Dukes have held opponents to a success rate of just 26.8 percent (26-for-97) from beyond the arc. Queens connected for nine three-pointers against Duquesne but hit just 28.1 percent of its shots from deep, launching 32 attempts. It's the highest total of three-pointer attempts by an opponent in two seasons under head coach Dru Joyce III. Duquesne enters Wednesday's game ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 in three-point field goal percent defense.
 
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