GAME 19
No. 24 Saint Louis (17-1 | 5-0 Atlantic 10) vs. Duquesne (10-8 | 2-3 Atlantic 10)
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Pa. | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)
 
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Opening Tip
 
- The Duquesne University men's basketball team hosts No. 24 Saint Louis Tuesday at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in a 7:00 p.m. tip. In addition to moving into the Top 25 for the first time this season according to the Associated Press at No. 24, the Billikens are ranked 23rd according to the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
 
- The Dukes enter the tilt with the Billikens coming off a 74-63 victory at Fordham (Jan. 17), which snapped a three-game losing streak. Junior guard Jimmie Williams scored 14 of his game-high 19 points in the second half and also contributed five rebounds, four assists and a steal, while redshirt senior guard Cam Crawford finished with 16 points and a pair of rebounds.
 
- Senior guard Tarence Guinyard added 11 points, matched a career high with nine assists and also established a new personal standard in steals with six in the win at Fordham.
 
- Tuesday's game features two of the top offenses in the Atlantic 10, as Saint Louis leads the conference in scoring offense (91.7 ppg) and field goal percentage (.519) while the Dukes sit fourth and second, respectively, in the same categories at 84.4 ppg and 49 percent (531-for-1,084).
 
- Individually, Guinyard is tops in the A-10 in assists (98) while also ranking second in assists per game (5.4) and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.45). He also ranks sixth in the circuit in scoring at 16.2 points per game, while Williams ranks eighth at 15.3 ppg.
 
- The last time the Dukes hosted a ranked opponent came Jan. 29, 2020, a 73-69 loss to No. 7 Dayton at PPG Paints Arena, while the last time Duquesne hosted a ranked foe on campus came Jan. 22, 2014, a 76-72 setback to the Billikens at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Saint Louis entered the game ranked 19th.
 
- 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 691 points and 509 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 389 points in his time at Duquesne. He owns a career scoring average of 9.9 points in 112 games at the NCAA Division I level thanks to 1,111 points.
 
- The Dukes travel to Loyola Chicago Saturday, Jan. 24, for a 2:00 p.m. ET tip after hosting SLU. 
 
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 23-27 (.460) 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 Billikens – Duquesne and Saint Louis square off for the 38th time Tuesday, with the Dukes owning an 19-18 (.514) edge in the all-time series … The Dukes have won six of the past 10 in the series … In the only meeting between the two programs last year, the Billikens earned a 90-88 win in overtime over the Dukes at Chaifetz Arena March 8, 2025, in the regular-season finale for both teams … The contest featured seven ties and 15 lead changes … Tre Dinkins III hit a jumper with 41 seconds remaining in regulation to give Duquesne an 80-74 edge, but a pair of three-pointers from Isaiah Swope helped the Billikens tie the game … The second came with 27.3 seconds left to knot the score, 80-80 … The Dukes called timeout with 23.1 ticks to go after getting over halfcourt, setting up one last attempt for Duquesne … A three-point attempt from Dinkins III, however, was off the mark, forcing overtime … In overtime, Maximus Edwards connected from beyond the arc on the wing right in front of the Duquesne bench to give the Dukes an 85-84 edge with 1:45 left, but on the ensuing possession for the Billikens, Swope answered, burying his third triple of the contest to push Saint Louis in front for good, 87-85.
 
Fordham Leftovers – Duquesne picked up its first win at Rose Hill Gym since 2021 with the victory, snapping a four-game losing streak ... The Rams shot 35.7 percent (25-for-70) from the field, the lowest field goal percentage for an NCAA Division I opponent against the Dukes this year ... Duquesne never trailed, earning its fourth wire-to-wire victory in 2025-26 ... Fordham finished 4-of-28 (14.3%) from beyond the arc, matching a season low by an opponent ... In the 2025-26 season opener, Niagara was 2-for-14 (14.3%) from long range ... Jack Whitbourn pulled down 15 rebounds for the Rams, including eight offensive boards, the most by a Duquesne opponent in two seasons under Dru Joyce III, as Fordham owned a 44-36 edge on the glass ... The Dukes finished with 19 assists on their 23 field goals ... The bench for Duquesne outscored the reserves for the Rams, 19-9 ... Atlantic 10 leading scorer DeJour Reaves scored 17 points on 18 shots (0-5 3FG). 
 
On The Block – Senior forward David Dixon has been a rim protector for the Dukes since the schedule has switched to Atlantic 10 action. In a 74-63 victory at Fordham (Jan. 17), Dixon matched a season high with three blocks, marking the fourth time in five conference tilts he has logged at least three rejections. Dixon enters Tuesday's game against No. 24 Saint Louis with 13 blocks in five conference games, an average of 2.60 per game that ranks second in the A-10, trailing only Miles Rubin (2.67). He has also averaged 8.8 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 56 percent (14-for-25) from the field and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) at the free-throw line against conference foes. During that span, Dixon set a career-high with 13 rebounds in an 89-83 double overtime victory at Davidson (Dec. 30) to open Atlantic 10 play as well as recorded his second career double-double with a season-high 15 points and 12 boards at Saint Joseph's (Jan. 7). Overall this season Dixon sits seventh in the conference with an average of 1.27 blocks per game.
 
The Comet – Arguably turning into the most consistent scorer for the Dukes this season is junior guard Jimmie Williams. Williams enters Tuesday's game against No. 24 Saint Louis having scored in double figures in 13 consecutive games after garnering game-high honors with 19 points in a 74-63 win at Fordham (Jan. 17). During that stretch, Williams has produced averages of 16.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals per contest while shooting 53.3 percent (80-for-150) from the field and 83.3 percent (35-for-42) at the free-throw line. Williams, who was named the final Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Dec. 29) of the 2025 calendar year, ranks 20th overall this season in the conference in field goal percentage at 50.5 percent (100-for-198). He also enters Tuesday's contest having hit at least one three-pointer in each of his last 15 games. Meanwhile, 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 40 of his last 48 opportunities (83.3%).
 
Launching Pad – Redshirt senior guard Cam Crawford broke out a slump in a big way in a 74-63 victory at Fordham (Jan. 17), contributing 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the field, including a 4-of-6 showing from beyond the arc. It marked the first double-figure scoring effort for Crawford since he finished with 12 points in a 103-59 victory over Canisius (Dec. 22) at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Crawford entered the game against the Rams having scored 10 points in his previous five games and will look to use his performance as a launch point. Crawford owns five games this season where he has scored in double figures, a stretch in which the Dukes are 4-1 (.800). Overall at the NCAA Division I level, Crawford has scored in double figures on 31 occasions, including 21 in two years on the Bluff. Over the last two years, Duquesne is 15-6 (.714) when Crawford scores at least 10 points in a game.
 
Distributor – Not only does senior guard Tarence Guinyard possess the ability to score the basketball, he's just as good at creating offense, as well. For the second time this season, Guinyard missed his first career double-double by just an assist in a 74-63 victory at Fordham (Jan. 17), scoring 11 points while matching a career high with nine assists. He also registered a career-high six steals in the win over the Rams. Guinyard originally established a career high in dimes with nine in a 103-59 victory over Canisius (Dec. 22), a game in which he also contributed 21 points. Duquesne is 8-1 (.889) this season when Guinyard posts at least six assists in a game, as the Dukes suffered their first loss of the year against Dayton (Jan. 13) when he handed out six dimes. When Guinyard finishes with five dimes or less, Duquesne is 2-7 (.222).
 
Dynamic Duo – Five games into its Atlantic 10 slate, and Duquesne has gotten solid production from its starting backcourt. Senior guard Tarence Guinyard and junior guard Jimmie Williams own points per game averages of 17.2 and 17.0, respectively, entering Tuesday's game against No. 24 Saint Louis, with Guinyard having scored one more point (86-to-85) than Williams. Guinyard has shot 48.4 percent (31-for-64) from the field against conference foes and is also averaging 6.2 assists to go along with a 2.38 assist-to-turnover ratio. Williams, meanwhile, is shooting 44.4 percent (28-for-63) from the floor and 80 percent (20-of-25) at the free-throw line against A-10 opposition while grabbing 4.4 rebounds and dishing out 3.4 assists per contest.
 
Three Ball, Corner Pocket – In a 74-64 win at Fordham (Jan. 17) that snapped a three-game slide, Duquesne matched its season average in three-point field goals per game against Atlantic 10 competition by hitting 10 of its 24 attempts (41.7%). The Dukes are 7-2 (.778) this season when draining at least 10 triples in a game and overall among Atlantic 10 leaders rank fourth in the conference with an average of 9.38 per contest. Arguably the most consistent shooter this season has been junior forward Jakub Nečas, who has picked his spots, converting 46.2 percent (12-for-26) of his attempts on the year. The top three-point shooting team in the A-10 is Tuesday's opponent, No. 24 Saint Louis, which is averaging 10.7 triples per game this year.    
 
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