Duquesne (15-11, 5-8) travels to Kingston, Rhode Island to take on Rhode Island (14-12, 6-7) tonight at 7 p.m. at the Ryan Center.
The Dukes look to end a four-game losing streak against the Rams, who maintain an 11-4 record at home and 5-2 mark in Atlantic 10 home games.
Duquesne, 3-5 on the road, has won the past two meetings at the Ryan Center.
Rhode Island leads the series 30-25, which dates back to 1966. Rhode Island leads 17-11 at Kingston.
Rhode Island defeated Duquesne 61-60 in the last meeting between the two teams at Palumbo Center in 2015.
The Dukes continue to hold opponents to their lowest field goal percentage in 45 years (.407), holding 10 opponents under 40 percent this season.
Each of the past nine meeting between the two teams have been determined by eight or fewer points, according to goduquesne.com.
Duquesne returns from an 81-74 home loss to George Washington on Wednesday. Rhode Island comes off an 83-67 loss at VCU on Tuesday.
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