Sunday night at Rupp Arena, the No. 2 (AP) Kentucky Wildcats (4-0) defeated the Duquesne Dukes (2-3) 93-59, led by a balanced Wildcats offensive effort. Freshman guard De’Aaron Fox led Kentucky and the floor with 16 points. Kentucky shot 46.1 percent from the field behind five players, including Fox, who put up double figures. The Dukes were led by graduate guard Emile Blackman, who had 13 points. Sophomore guard Tarin Smith contributed 10 points, and Duquesne shot 30.4 percent from the ... Read More
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Duquesne travels to Penn State for 48th series game
The Duquesne Dukes (1-0) will look for their second win of the regular season when they travel to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (0-1) at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday night at 6 p.m. EST. The Dukes won the last contest between the two teams, besting the Nittany Lions 78-52 at the former CONSOL Energy Center on Nov. 20, 2015, behind Derrick Colter’s career-high 26 points. Duquesne returns two starters — senior center Darius Lewis and junior forward Eric James — from the ... Read More
Duquesne defeats Loyola 65-60 in first regular season contest
The Duquesne Dukes men’s basketball team (1-0) started off the season strong, looking down the bench for depth to defeat the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds (0-1) 65-60 on Friday at the Palumbo Center. Sophomore guard Tarin Smith led the Dukes in scoring — tying his career-high of 13 points — followed by graduate guard Emile Blackman and freshmen guards Mike Lewis II and Spencer Littleson, who all contributed eight points to the team's total. Junior forward Eric James and freshman forward Isiaha ... Read More
Duquesne falls to Mansfield in lone exhibition game of season
The Duquesne men’s basketball team put up an equal scoring effort in Saturday's exhibition game against the Mansfield Mountaineers, but it proved to be insufficient to win the contest. Led by senior forward Jeremiah Worthem’s double-double performance of 25 points and 12 rebounds, the Mountaineers overpowered the Dukes, 79-74, at Palumbo Center, Leading the Dukes, senior center Darius Lewis and freshman guard Mike Lewis II both netted 14 points. It was a double-double for Lewis II, who ... Read More
Duquesne men’s basketball hosts Mansfield in exhibition contest
In their first and only exhibition contest of the season the Duquesne Dukes play host to the Mansfield Mountaineers on Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT. The Dukes will look to use the Division II Mountaineers to prepare for Duquesne's Nov. 11 season opener against Loyola Maryland (0-0). Duquesne head coach Jim Ferry led the 2015-16 squad to an even 17-17 record, posting the most wins during his time on the Bluff. Ferry, in his fifth season at Duquesne, added to the roster a recruiting class of four ... Read More
Duquesne announces men’s basketball non-conference schedule
The Duquesne men’s basketball team will start its season with a school-record eight games in November, including a matchup with the University of Kentucky, according to the 2016-17 non-conference season schedule that was released today. The Dukes, who finished 10-3 in regular season non-conference games last season, tip-off their 101st season at home against Loyola Maryland on Friday, Nov. 11. Duquesne, part of the Atlantic 10 conference, then travels to State College, PA to face Penn State ... Read More
Derrick Colter signs pro deal with French team
Former Duquesne guard Derrick Colter has signed a contract to play professional basketball in France. Colter, who finished his career with over 1,500 points and 500 assists, will play for Roen Metropole Basket of the Ligue Natiuonale de Basket Pro B League, the second-highest league in France. Colter joins former Duquesne teammates Micah Mason, who signed to play professionally in Belgium two weeks ago, and Ovie Soko, who signed a contract to play in Italy in 2014, abroad. Colter is the ... Read More
Former Duquesne forward transfers to Pacific
Former Duquesne forward TySean Powell announced his decision to transfer to the University of the Pacific via Twitter today. Powell, a 6’8 junior, left the Duquesne program in February, saying in his Twitter message, “I would like to thank the Duquesne Basketball Program for allowing me to pursue my dream of playing college basketball, but at this stage in my career I feel it is best to move on to different opportunities that fit me as a player and the family oriented person that I ... Read More
Duquesne adds two graduate transfers to men’s basketball roster
Duquesne head men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry announced Tuesday that graduate transfers Kale Abrahamson (Drake/Northwestern) and Emile Blackman (Niagara) have signed financial aid agreements with the Dukes and will join the men’s program for the 2016-17 season. Abrahamson, a 6-foot-8 forward, brings 95 games of Division I experience to the Dukes. In his last season at Drake, he averaged just over 11 points a game. He began his collegiate career at Northwestern and transferred to Drake ... Read More
Duquesne’s Cumberland Posey elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
Cumberland Posey Jr., the first African-American athlete at Duquesne, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement came on Monday, making Posey the first person to be named to both the National Baseball and Naismith Basketball Halls of Fame. The Pittsburgh native played baseball locally for the Murdock Grays, later known as the Homestead Grays. Posey played basketball at Duquesne from 1916-18, leading the Dukes in scoring for three seasons. Prior to ... Read More