GAME 31
Duquesne (13-17 | 8-9 Atlantic 10) at Saint Louis (17-13 | 10-7 Atlantic 10)
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 8:00 p.m.
St. Louis, Mo. | Chaifetz Arena (10,600)
 
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Opening Tip
 
- The Duquesne University men's basketball team concludes the 2024-25 regular season Saturday, March 8, with an 8:00 p.m. ET tip against Saint Louis at Chaifetz Arena.
 
- The Dukes are coming off a 71-62 setback to VCU (March 4) in their last outing at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, which wrapped up the home portion of their slate.
 
- Redshirt junior guard Maximus Edwards paced Duquesne against the Rams, scoring 14 of his team-high 20 points in the second half. He shot 7-for-14 from the field, including 3-for-6 from beyond the arc, and 3-for-4 at the free-throw line in posting his third effort of the 2024-25 campaign scoring 20 or more points.
 
- Sophomore forward Eli Wilborn matched a season high with 14 points against VCU and also added six rebounds, an assist and a block, while senior guard Tre Dinkins III finished with 10 points and a game-high five assists. Dinkins III enters the regular-season finale Saturday at Saint Louis having scored in double figures in 15 consecutive games.
 
- In Atlantic 10 action, 12 of the 17 games between Duquesne and its opponent have been decided by 10 points or less, with the Dukes 4-8 (.333) in those contests. In conference road games, each of the eight games have been decided by eight points or fewer, including five by five points or less.
 
- The 2024-25 season marks the 109th 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). Duquesne, which has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1971 & 1972, is one win shy of 1,500 as an NCAA program.
 
- The leading active scorer for the Dukes is senior forward Jahsean Corbett, who owns career totals of 1,555 points and 882 rebounds. Corbett, who eclipsed 1,500 career points with a layup in the first half at Saint Joseph's (Jan. 29), amassed totals of 1,303 points and 725 rebounds in three seasons at Chicago State prior to transferring to Duquesne.
 
- Duquesne, which ranks fourth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring defense (66.7 ppg), gets set for the 2025 Atlantic 10 Championship after taking on the Billikens Saturday, with action beginning Wednesday, March 12, in Washington, D.C., at Capital One Arena.
 
At The Helm – Dru Joyce III was named the 18th head coach in the 109-year history of Duquesne basketball March 28, 2024. 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 Billikens – Duquesne and Saint Louis square off for the 37th time Saturday, with the Dukes owning an 19-17 (.528) edge in the all-time series … The Dukes have won six of the past nine in the series … Duquesne won both meetings between the two programs last year, including an 83-73 win in the second round of the 2024 Atlantic Championship in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center … The Dukes led at halftime, 43-38, and Jimmy Clark III opened the second half with three-pointers on consecutive possessions, while his turnaround jumper at the 17:24 mark opened up a 51-39 cushion for the Dukes … Clark III scored 20 points to pace Duquesne, while guard Dae Dae Grant added 17 … In Duquesne's last game at Chaifetz Arena (Feb. 18, 2023), the Billikens earned a 90-85 victory … Gibson Jimerson scored seven points during an 11-0 run to help SLU open up an 80-66 lead en route to the victory … Grant paced the Dukes with 22 points, while Joe Reece added 15 points and eight rebounds … In the contest Duquesne finished 15-for-29 (51.7%) from beyond the arc.
 
VCU Leftovers – The Rams snapped a three-game losing streak against the Dukes with the victory ... Each team scored 28 points in the paint ... The Dukes finished 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in the first half and didn't connect from deep until redshirt junior guard Maximus Edwards buried one at the 16:41 mark of the second half ... Overall the four three-pointers in the game for Duquesne matched a season low ... The Dukes held a 30-24 edge in bench points and also owned a 16-15 lead in points off turnovers ... Duquesne finished with one more turnover than VCU, 15-14 ... Max Shulga scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the first half for the Rams, finishing 5-for-9 from the field, including 3-of-5 from deep, while going 9-for-11 at the free-throw line ... VCU finished 17-of-21 (81%) at the free-throw line compared to 16-of-24 (66.7%) for the Dukes ... The 14 rebounds for Jack Clark of VCU are the most by a Duquesne opponent this season ... The contest featured five ties and three lead changes ... The best scoring run for each team in the contest was eight points.
 
Ice Tre – Senior guard Tre Dinkins III hit a three-pointer vs. VCU (March 4) with 18 seconds remaining that helped keep his streak of double-figure scoring games intact, as he finished with 10 points against the Rams while also dishing out a game-high five assists. Dinkins III enters the 2024-25 regular-season finale at Saint Louis Saturday having scored in double figures in 15 consecutive games, a stretch in which he has hit at least one three-pointer in each contest while producing averages of 15.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. Dinkins III owns the longest double-figure scoring streak by a member of the Dukes since former guard Aaron Jackson (2005-09) closed out his career by scoring 10 or more points in each of his final 22 games on the Bluff during the 2008-09 season. Included in that stretch for Jackson was a 46-point effort in a 116-108 double overtime loss at Virginia Tech (March 18, 2009) in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Dinkins III enters Saturday's game at Saint Louis ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10 in both three-point field goals made per game (2.47) and three-point field goal percentage (.394) and is just one triple shy of becoming the ninth player in program history to hit at least 75 three-pointers in a season.
 
Run With The Pack – Maximus Edwards provided a spark for Duquesne early in the second half of its game against VCU (March 4), as out of a timeout and the Dukes facing their largest deficit, 45-31, he scored 11 consecutive points in under two minutes to close the deficit to four, 46-42, with 14:46 to play and force the Rams to call a 30-second timeout. It marks the second personal run of at least 10 points during the 2024-25 season for Edwards, who also scored 13 straight points for the Dukes in the first half of a 73-65 victory at George Washington (Jan. 15). Edwards is also one of three players this season for Duquesne to record a personal run of at least 10 points, each of which have come in the last 14 games. A closer look at each of the personal runs of at least 10 points by a student-athlete for the Dukes during the 2024-25 campaign ...
 

Player, Opponent (Date)	Pts (Half)	FG-A	3FG-A	Time
Maximus Edwards at George Washington (Jan. 15)	13 (1st)	5-5	2-2	2:49
Matúš Hronský at Dayton (Feb. 15)	11 (1st)	4-4	3-3	2:56
Maximus Edwards vs. VCU (March 4)	11 (2nd)	4-4	3-3	1:55
Tre Dinkins III at Saint Joseph's (Jan. 29)	10 (2nd)	4-5	2-3	0:35

Notes: Dinkins III scored 15 of Duquesne's last 17 points at Saint Joseph's over the final 1:19 of action ... Only a pair at the free-throw line from Kareem Rozier against the Hawks separated the personal runs for Dinkins III ... Dinkins III also hit three-pointers in three consecutive possessions in an 85-81 overtime win over SJU (Jan. 8) at the Cooper Fieldhouse that gave the Dukes their largest lead, 50-38, with 15:07 to go in the second half.
 
Eli On The Block – Sophomore forward Eli Wilborn has developed into a solid post presence for the Dukes in recent weeks, as he matched a season high in scoring against VCU (March 4) with 14 points. He converted six of his eight attempts from the field against the Rams and also grabbed six rebounds, including a pair on the offensive glass. Wilborn, who is one of nine Dukes this season to have started at least 10 games, enters Duquesne's 2024-25 regular-season finale Saturday at Saint Louis with averages of 9.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over the last five games while converting 64.5 percent (20-for-31) of his shots from the field. Of his 24 rebounds during that stretch, an astounding 54.2 percent (13-of-24) of those have come on the offensive glass. Those efforts are a key reason the Dukes rank fifth in the Atlantic 10 in offensive rebounds with an average of 11.7 per contest. Duquesne is 3-1 (.750) this season when Wilborn scores in double figures, while he ranks second on the team in dunks with 20 after posting three against VCU.
 
Mix and Match – As Duquesne gets set for its final game of the 2024-25 regular season Saturday at Saint Louis, the Dukes have settled into a 10-man rotation that provides both length and depth. Look no further than junior forward Matúš Hronský. Having started each of the last nine games for Duquesne, should Hronský be a member of the starting five against the Billikens at Chaifetz Arena, he will be the 10th different player on the roster this season to start at least 10 games. In all during the 2024-25 campaign, Duquesne has used nine different starting lineups, with the active leader for starts on the Bluff junior guard Kareem Rozier with 31.  
 
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