Duquesne (10-16, 5-10) is looking for its second win of the series against St. Bonaventure (14-12, 7-8) today at 4:00 p.m. ET at the Reilly Center in Olean, Ny. The Dukes are hoping to claim their first Reilly Center win since 2009. St. Bonaventure is Duquesne’s most frequent all-time opponent in a series dating back to 1920. This is the 114th meeting for the two teams, led 58-55 by Duquesne. The Dukes own more conference wins over the Bonnies than any other Atlantic 10 school. Duquesne is ... Read More
Duquesne rolls to fourth straight win at home, defeats Saint Louis, 79-66
The Duquesne Dukes celebrated Senior Night by beating the Saint Louis Billikens 79-66 Wednesday night at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh. The win was the fourth in a row at home for the Dukes and avenged an earlier 78-69 loss to Saint Louis earlier in the season. Micah Mason had a game-high 20 points for the Dukes (10-16, 5-10) and added five assists in helping to set the offensive tone for Duquesne. It was the third time in five games Mason had gone for 20 or more points. Jeremiah ... Read More
Duquesne battles Saint Louis on Senior Day
Duquesne (9-16, 4-10) takes on 10-year Atlantic 10 member Saint Louis (11-16, 3-11) tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. Forward Dominique McKoy will be the lone senior honored in a pregame Senior Day ceremony. The Dukes are coming off an 83-73 upset win over Dayton Saturday at the CONSOL Energy Center. Duquesne will put forward their best 3-point shooting team (.365) since 2003 (.366) in the effort, led by junior guards Derrick Colter and Micah ... Read More
Pitt holds on for six-point win over Boston College
The Pitt Panthers (19-10, 8-7) defeated the Boston College Eagles (9-18, 1-14) 71-65 Tuesday night at the Peterson Events Center in Pittsburgh. Sophomore forward Jamel Artis scored 24 points for Pitt. Also scoring for the Panthers were sophomore forward Michael Young with 22 points and nine rebounds and redshirt senior guard Cameron Wright with 10 points. Pitt never trailed in the final 33 minutes of the game. The Panthers built an early lead, holding Boston College without a field goal ... Read More
CalU Hall of Famer Darcie Vincent lived out her coaching dream
“I always joke around that if we’re in a contest, I want to win. If I was on the court with your grandmother, I’m going to beat her, and I’ll apologize afterwards.” That is the attitude that California University of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame inductee and accomplished Duquesne basketball standout Darcie Vincent, and her competitiveness—evident on and off the court. Vincent was inducted Saturday alongside Roger Gordon (men’s soccer, 97’) and Kim Miller (softball, 09’). The Fairmont, Wv. ... Read More
Duquesne knocks off Dayton for biggest win of season
Duquesne (9-16, 4-10) rallied to defeat Atlantic 10 co-leader Dayton (20-6, 10-4) in an 83-73 upset win this afternoon at the CONSOL Energy Center. The Dukes were led by junior guard Derrick Colter, who had a team-high 25 points in scoring his thousandth point on a 3-pointer with 18:06 left in play. Colter became the 38th player in Duquesne history to be given the honor. “It was a good win. I just wanted to win,” Colter said. “I [don’t] really care about the thousand points right now—I ... Read More
Duquesne assistant John Rhodes fighting cancer, involved in accident this week
Duquesne head coach Jim Ferry took a few minutes during Saturday’s postgame conference to move the discussion away from his team’s 83-73 win over the Dayton Flyers. He instead focused on one of his assistant coaches John Rhodes. Ferry announced that Rhodes had been diagnosed with cancer three weeks ago and was set to begin treatment this week but he was also hit by a car during the team’s road trip to La Salle earlier this week, suffering two broken bones in his leg and a slight fracture of ... Read More
Chris Jones shoots Pitt past Syracuse
Needing a big win to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive, the Pitt Panthers needed to go into a building they are very familiar with and defeat a former Big East Conference rival they defeated just two weeks prior. Thanks to a 16 point, six assist and six rebound effort from Jamel Artis and some hot shooting from Chris Jones, Pitt went into the Carrier Dome and knocked off Syracuse 65-61, keeping those slim tournament hopes alive. Things didn’t come easy for Pitt (18-10, 7-7 ACC) as ... Read More
Duquesne looks to get back on winning track vs. Dayton
Duquesne (8-16, 3-10) suffered an 87-72 loss Wednesday night to La Salle (15-11, 7-6) at the Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. Redshirt sophomore guard Jordan Price led the court in scoring 19 points in the Explorers’ wire-to-wire win. Price hit five three-pointers in the effort. Duquesne junior guards Micah Mason and Derrick Colter had 16 and 11 points, respectively. Sophomore forward L.G. Gill added 10 points off the bench. La Salle jumped to a 15-2 early lead in knocking down five ... Read More
Duquesne Women look to continue hot streak; chasing NCAA bid
If you are looking for the best basketball team right now in the city of Pittsburgh, you might not have to look any further than the Duquesne women. Under head coach Dan Burt's guidance, the Dukes are sitting at 18-8, 10-3 in the Atlantic-10, which is good for third place right now. Even more impressive is that following a 58-51 victory over Richmond on Wednesday night at the Palumbo Center, the Dukes are riding a seven-game win streak. Prior to the season, Burt told me he had some ... Read More