GAME 11
Duquesne (6-4) at Nevada (7-3)
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 | 10:00 p.m. ET
Reno, Nev. | Lawlor Events Center (12,000)
 
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Opening Tip
 
- The Duquesne University men's basketball team closes out a two-game road trip on the West Coast Saturday with a 10:00 p.m. ET tip against Nevada at the Lawlor Events Center.
 
- The Dukes opened their swing with an 86-64 loss at Boise State (Dec. 10). Junior forward Jakub Nečas led Duquesne against the Broncos, reaching double figures for the third consecutive game as well as the fourth time in the last five outings with 13 points and nine rebounds. He finished 6-for-9 from the field, hitting his only attempt from beyond the arc, and also blocked a pair of shots.
 
- Nečas was one of four players to score in double figures at Boise State, with forward John Hugley IV and guards Jimmie Williams and Jake DiMichele each contributing 11 points. For DiMichele, it marked his first double-figure scoring game of the 2025-26 season as well as his first since scoring 13 points against Hampton (Nov. 25, 2024) as part of the 2024 Cayman Islands Classic.
 
- The Dukes also posted a season-high six blocks against the Broncos, as Nečas and senior forward David Dixon each posted a pair.
 
- Despite a season low in points and field goal percentage (.414) at Boise State, Duquesne enters Saturday's game against the Wolf Pack ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring offense (84.5 ppg) and second in field goal percentage (.504).
 
- 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 627 points and 457 rebounds and is 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 a 92-80 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 338 points in his time at Duquesne. He owns a career scoring average of 10.2 points in 104 games at the NCAA Division I level thanks to 1,060 points.
 
- The Dukes return home to the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse for their final two non-conference games of the season after taking on Nevada, beginning with a 7:00 p.m. tip against Canisius Monday, Dec. 22.
 
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 19-23 (.452) 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 Wolf Pack – Member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) ... Located in Reno, Nev. ... Saturday marks the third meeting in the all-time series between Nevada and Duquesne but the first since 1971 ... The first meeting between the two programs came Dec. 16, 1946, a 46-45 overtime victory for the Dukes at home ... The last meeting saw Duquesne earn a 110-77 victory over Nevada Dec. 16, 1971, also at home ... Saturday's game is three days shy of exactly 54 years since the previous meeting and is also the first in Reno, Nev. ... The Dukes are 10-6 (.625) all-time against members of the Mountain West Conference after an 86-64 loss at Boise State (Dec. 10) to open the current two-game road trip ... The Wolf Pack have won three consecutive games after a 78-64 victory at Washington State (Dec. 7) and enter Saturday's game with an overall record of 7-3 (.700) ... Senior guard Tayshawn Comer, a transfer from Evansville, scored a game-high 24 points in Nevada's win over the Cougars and is averaging 15.3 points per game and a team-high 3.8 assists per contest ... In nine games, each as a member of the starting lineup, grad student guard Corey Camper, Jr., leads the Wolf Pack with an average of 15.9 points per game ... Redshirt sophomore forward Elijah Price, a transfer from Fresno State, provides 12.1 points and a team-high 8.0 rebounds per game for Nevada and finished with a double-double (17 points, 19 rebounds) vs. Southern Illinois (Nov. 12) ... The Wolf Pack are led by Steve Alford (Indiana '87), who is in his seventh season at the helm of the program and owns a record of 119-76 (.610) ... Overall in 35 seasons as a head coach, Alford has amassed a career record of 706-374 (.654) ... Alford guided UCLA to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championship three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in six years prior to being named the head coach at Nevada ... The Wolf Pack are 5-1 at home this season, with their only setback a 75-71 loss to UC Davis (Nov. 18).
 
Boise State Leftovers – The meeting between Boise State and Duquesne was the first ever between the two programs ... Boise State set season highs by an opponent for three-point field goal percentage (.571) and free-throw percentage (.900) ... The Dukes posted a season-high for blocks (6) ... Duquesne finished with 11 turnovers, its second lowest total of the year (7 vs. Sacred Heart) ... The Broncos finished with eight turnovers, matching a season low by an opponent ... A total of 42.8 percent (12-of-28) of the field goals for Boise State were from beyond the arc ... The Broncos finished with a shooting percentage of 46.7 percent (28-for-60) ... Duquesne outscored Boise State, 36-28, in points in the paint ... The Broncos owned advantages in bench points, 49-28, points off turnovers, 9-6, and fastbreak points, 18-6 ... Boise State outrebounded Duquesne, 38-29, including 8-6 in offensive caroms ... Pearson Carmichael is the second opponent to hit at least 10 field goals in a game vs. the Dukes this season, joining Xavier Abreu (11) of Northeastern ... Guards Tarence Guinyard and Cam Crawford combined to shoot 0-for-10 from the floor, including 0-for-6 from beyond the arc.
 
The Comet – Settled in as a key piece of the rotation for Duquesne this season is junior guard Jimmie Williams, who enters Saturday's game at Nevada having reached double figures in scoring in each of the last five games. During that span, Williams is producing averages of 16.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per contest while shooting 58.8 percent (30-for-51) from the field and 86.7 percent (13-for-15) at the free-throw line. Included among that stretch is a three-game homestand at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in which Williams averaged 17.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Overall this season, Williams ranks fifth in the Atlantic 10 in steals (2.00 per game) and sits just outside the top 10 in scoring at 13.7 points per game, which ranks 13th. Since opening his Duquesne career just 2-for-7 at the free-throw line in the first three games of the year, Williams has converted 18 of his last 21 opportunities (85.7%).
 
Did You Know? Duquesne enters Saturday's game at Nevada trailing only Saint Louis (.507) among Atlantic 10 leaders in field goal percentage at 50.4 percent (299-for-593). That success rate also ranks 29th in NCAA Division I, while the Dukes also sit 36th in effective field goal percentage (.573) as well as 16th in fastbreak points per game (18.80). Duquesne has scored at least 20 points on the break in six of its 10 games.
 
Czech Mate – While junior guard Jimmie Williams has become a key piece to the rotation for the Dukes, junior forward Jakub Nečas has found his offensive groove in recent weeks. Nečas enters the finale of a two-game road swing on the West Coast having averaged 10.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.0 block over his last five games while converting 69.2 percent (18-of-26) of his attempts from the field and 78.9 percent (15-for-19) at the free-throw line. In each of the last two games for the Dukes, Nečas has missed his first career double-double by a rebound. He contributed 11 points and nine boards to go along with two blocks in an 84-75 victory over Stony Brook (Dec. 6) before pacing Duquesne at Boise State (Dec. 10) with 13 points and a game-high nine rebounds to go along with a pair of rejections. It marks the fourth time this season Nečas fell just short of his first career double-double, as he scored 12 points and grabbed eight boards in an 87-81 overtime victory over Queens (Nov. 11) while tying a career high in rebounds (10) and scoring seven points in a 92-78 win over Loyola (Md.) (Nov. 19). Nečas is tied with forward John Hugley IV this year for the team lead in rebounding by averaging 5.6 per game. Duquesne owns a record of 8-4 (.667) since the beginning of the 2023-24 season when Nečas scores in double figures.
 
Map Quest – Redshirt sophomore guard Jake DiMichele has battled back from an injury that kept him sidelined for an entire calendar year and in the opening game of a two-game road trip at Boise State (Dec. 10) on the West Coast reached double figures for the first time since November of 2024. DiMichele scored 11 points against the Broncos, finishing 4-for-6 from the field, including 1-for-2 from beyond the arc, while going 2-for-3 at the free-throw line. He also notched a rebound and a block at Boise State. The last double-figure scoring effort for DiMichele prior to his output against the Broncos came as part of the 2024 Cayman Islands Classic when he scored 13 points against Hampton (Nov. 25, 2024) in the second game of the tournament for Duquesne. DiMichele enters Saturday's game at Nevada in the finale of a two-game road swing having reached double figures in scoring 13 times since the beginning of the 2023-24 season.
 
Did You Know? A member of the Dukes has scored at least 20 points in a game on seven occasions this year, as in addition to the four from forward John Hugley IV, senior guard Tarence Guinyard has reached the mark twice and junior guard Jimmie Williams once. In 32 games last season under first-year head coach Dru Joyce III, Duquesne had 10 efforts of 20 or more points. The trio of Guinyard, Hugley IV and Williams has averaged of 44.5 points, 13.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists in 10 games.
 
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