GAME 10
Duquesne (6-3) at Boise State (6-3)
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 | 9:00 p.m. ET
Boise, Idaho | ExtraMile Arena (12,380)
 
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Opening Tip

-The Duquesne University men's basketball team opens a two-game road trip Wednesday in Boise, Idaho, with a 9:00 p.m. tip against Boise State at ExtraMile Arena.
 
- The Dukes concluded a three-game homestand at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in their last outing, an 84-75 victory over Stony Brook (Dec. 6). Forward John Hugley IV scored a game-high 25 points, hitting the 20-point plateau for the fourth time this season, while also grabbing five rebounds and handing out two assists. He finished 8-of-15 from the field, including 2-for-5 from deep, and was 7-for-8 at the free-throw line.
 
- Guard Jimmie Williams added 17 points, five rebounds and two assists in the win over the Seawolves, while forward Jakub Nečas tallied 11 points, nine rebounds and a pair of blocks.
 
- Duquesne enters Wednesday's game ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in scoring offense at 86.8 points per game, trailing only Saint Louis (91.6) and George Washington (91.4).
 
- The Dukes sit 21st in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage (.514), as well as 23rd in effective field goal percentage (.586), while ranking ninth in fastbreak points per game (20.22).
 
- Duquesne owned a 20-12 advantage in points in the break in the win over Stony Brook (Dec. 6) and has scored at least 20 points in the category in six of its nine games.
 
- 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 625 points and 454 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 330 points in his time at Duquesne. He owns a career scoring average of 10.2 points in 103 games at the NCAA Division I level thanks to 1,052 points.
 
- The Dukes, taking on their first opponent from the Mountain West Conference since 2019, will conclude their two-game road trip against another MWC squad Saturday, Dec. 13, with a 10:00 p.m. ET tip at Nevada.
 
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 19-22 (.463) 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 Broncos – Member of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) ... Located in Boise, Idaho ... Duquesne and Boise State meet for the first time on the hardwood Wednesday at ExtraMile Arena ... The Dukes are 10-5 (.667) all-time against members of the Mountain West Conference and are facing their first opponent from the MWC since a 69-63 win over Air Force (Nov. 22, 2019) as part of the Junkanoo Jam in Bimini, Bahamas ... Duquesne is 0-2 all-time against MWC foes on the road ... Wednesday marks the first road game against an MWC opponent for  Duquesne since an 82-74 loss at New Mexico (Nov. 14, 2004) as part of the NABC Classic in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Duquesne also fell on the road to the Lobos, 91-85, Nov 23, 1991, as part of the Lobo Classic ... The MWC opponent the Dukes have faced the most in school history is Wyoming, as Duquesne is 3-1 (.750) all-time against the Cowboys in a series that hasn't been played since 1961 ... Boise State is led by Leon Rice (Washington State '86), one of nine active coaches to own 300 or more victories while the head coach of only one program ... Rice has compiled an overall record of 322-180 (.641) in 16 seasons at the helm of the Broncos ... Rice has led Boise State to 10 postseason appearances, including the NCAA Championship five times (2013, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024) and the NIT three times (2017, 2018, 2021) ... In his first season at the helm in 2010-11, the Broncos finished 22-13 (.629) and advanced to the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) ... Last season, Boise State finished with a 26-11 (.703) overall record and a semifinal appearance in the 2025 CBB Crown ... The Broncos are coming off a 77-68 victory at Butler (Dec. 6) in their first true road game of the year ... Senior guard Dylan Andrews led four players in double figures in the victory with 20 points and overall this season ranks second for Boise State in scoring at 12.8 points per game ... Junior forward Andrew Meadow, who scored 10 points in the win over the Bulldogs, leads the Broncos in scoring at 13.2 ppg ... Boise State is 191-41 (.823) under Rice in home games at ExtraMile Arena, including a mark of 88-9 (.907) in non-conference home games.
 
Stony Brook Leftovers – Duquesne improved to 2-0 all-time against the Seawolves, with each of the two wins coming the last three years ... The Dukes owned a 41-34 advantage on the glass, with each team posting 13 offensive rebounds ... Duquesne shot 52 percent (13-of-25) from the field in the second half and 46.6 percent (27-for-58) overall ... Stony Brook hit 14 of its first 20 shots to open the second half but finished at 39.7 percent (27-for-68) overall ... Senior guard Tarence Guinyard failed to reach double figures for the first time during the 2025-26 campaign in the win with five points but added six rebounds and six assists against no turnovers ... The Dukes are 6-0 this season when Guinyard hands out at least five assists in a game ... Duquesne tied a season high with four blocked shots, including a pair from junior forward Jakub Nečas ... The Dukes also finished with four blocks in wins over Niagara (Nov. 3) and Queens (Nov. 11) ... The eight turnovers by Stony Brook were a season low by an opponent ... Duquesne owned advantages in points in the paint (32-22), bench points (20-18) and fastbreak points (20-12).
 
The Comet – Settled in as a key piece of the rotation for Duquesne this season is junior guard Jimmie Williams, who is coming off a three-game homestand in which he led the Dukes offensively. In a stretch in which Duquesne posted a record of 2-1 (.667), Williams averaged 17.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game while converting 60.6 percent (20-for-33) of his shots from the floor while going a perfect 7-for-7 at the free-throw line. Williams enters a two-game road trip having scored in double figures in each of his last four games, a stretch in which he is averaging 17.5 points per contest while shooting 61.4 percent (27-for-44). Overall this season, Williams ranks third in the Atlantic 10 in steals (2.22 per game) and sits just outside the top 10 in scoring at 14.0 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 14 of his last 16 opportunities (87.5%), including each of his last seven chances.
 
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 a two-game road swing on the West Coast having averaged 10.3 points and 4.8 rebounds over his last four games while converting a white hot 70.6 percent (12-of-17) of his attempts from the field and 78.9 percent (15-for-19) at the free-throw line. Nečas is coming off a performance in an 84-75 victory over Stony Brook (Dec. 6) in which he missed his first career double-double by a rebound, compiling 11 points and nine boards to go along with two blocks in the win over the Seawolves. It marks the third 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 ranks second for the Dukes this year in rebounding with an averaging of 5.2 per game, and of his 47 caroms, a total of 29.7 percent (14-of-47) have come on the offensive glass. Duquesne owns a record of 8-3 (.727) since the beginning of the 2023-24 season when Nečas scores in double figures.
 
Joining The Club – Just nine games into the 2025-26 season and a pair of Dukes have eclipsed 1,000 career points. The latest to join the club is forward John Hugley IV, who reached the mark in the first half of an 84-75 victory over Stony Brook (Dec. 6) at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. A tip-in for Hugley IV at the 9:07 mark of the first half helped him reach the plateau, and he enters Wednesday's game at Boise State with career totals of 1,014 points and 523 rebounds. Hugley IV finished with a game-high 25 points in the win over the Seawolves, the third time this season he has scored 25 or more points as well as the fourth time he's scored at least 20 points in a game. Hugley IV entered his final season in 2025-26 with eight career games of 20 or more points but in just nine contests this year has already reached the mark four times.
 
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 have combined for averages of 46.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 9.5 assists in nine games.
 
Showtime – Duquesne has shown a penchant for putting the ball in the basket as the second month of the regular season is underway. The Dukes sit third in the Atlantic 10 in scoring offense at 86.8 points per game, one of just three instances in the last 60 years Duquesne has averaged 85.0 points or better through the first nine games of the season. In fact, the Dukes own their highest scoring offense since the 1969-70 squad, which averaged 90.8 points per game and eclipsed 100 points three times in the first nine contests. The 1970 Duquesne team advanced to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), falling to Georgia Teach, 78-68, in New York, N.Y., at Madison Square Garden. This season the Dukes have scored at least 80 points in seven of their first nine games and have hit at least 90 points on three occasions after a 101-80 victory over Central State (Nov. 22). A closer look at the last three times Duquesne has averaged 85 points or better through nine games ...
 

Year	Points	PPG	Record	Final Record
2025-26	781	86.8	6-3 (.500)	TBD
1991-92	772	85.8	5-4 (.556)	13-15 (.464)
1969-70*	818	90.8	5-4 (.556)	17-7 (.708)

* National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearance
 
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