Duquesne (4-6) is aiming to put Sunday afternoon’s 78-69 Maryland Eastern Shore loss behind them in battling Texas-Pan American (5-7) tonight at 7:00 pm ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Sunday’s loss for the Dukes marked the team’s fifth loss in six games. Despite this losing streak, Duquesne assists on 59 percent of field goals, led by junior guard Derrick Colter’s team-high 29 assists. As of the December 30 games, Colter is also ranked first nationally in 3-point percentage, while junior ... Read More
Dukes get back to work against Maryland Eastern Shore
The Duquesne Dukes (4-5) look to build upon the UMass Lowell win last Saturday as they host the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (6-8) tomorrow at 2:00 pm ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center. The Dukes are returning from a 79-63 win against UMass Lowell on Saturday, Dec. 20 that ended the team’s four-game losing streak. Duquesne shot .518 from the field and attained a Jim Ferry era-best 12-of-20 (.600) from the 3-point range. Junior guard Micah Mason led the Dukes with 17 points, hitting all five of ... Read More
PSAC Hoops Notebook: Gannon, Slippery Rock close 2014 in impressive fashion
Two teams from the PSAC West have been impressive week in and week out, and those two squads continued their dominance as 2014 came to a close for the PSAC hoops season. Both Gannon and Slippery Rock went 3-0 last week and improved to 8-4 and 9-2, respectively. Gannon is riding a six-game winning streak after beating East Stroudsburg, West Chester and Cheyney. The Golden Knights were led by senior Adam Blazek, who was also named the league's Player of the Week in the West. Blazek had a ... Read More
Mason lifts Duquesne over UMass Lowell
The Duquesne Dukes ended a four-game losing streak with a 79-63 win Saturday at the A.J. Palumbo Center against UMass Lowell, remaining undefeated (2-0) in the series. Duquesne’s junior guard Micah Mason hit a game-high five 3-pointers in leading his team with 17 points. Junior guards Derrick Colter and Jordan Stevens and freshman forward Jordan Robinson added 10 points each. Stevens had a career-high and game-high 7 assists, helping the Dukes in assisting on 21-of-29 field goals. UMass ... Read More
Pitt survives scare from Oakland
The Pitt Panthers simply do not like to play the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. For the second time in three years the Golden Grizzlies pushed Pitt to the limit, but the Panthers used some excellent free-throw shooting to survive a scare, defeating Oakland 81-77 in overtime for their fourth consecutive victory. The last time Pitt and Oakland met was on Nov. 17, 2012, a 72-62 Pitt win in overtime. The Panthers had to come back from down 18 in the second half in that one. They had to come from ... Read More
Duquesne looks to rebound against UMass Lowell
The Duquesne Dukes (3-5) look to move past their 67-52 Saint Francis loss Wednesday night as they take on the UMass Lowell River Hawks (6-4) today at 1:00 p.m. ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Today’s game is the second meeting between Duquesne and UMass Lowell in a series that the Dukes lead 1-0 with last year’s 95-77 win at Lowell, Massachusetts. Duquesne set a season high for points and field goal percentage (.623). UMass Lowell is coming off a 10-day recess since their 69-48 home loss to ... Read More
Cameron Wright’s return has Pitt heading in right direction
The Pitt Panthers basketball team returned home from an up-and-down month away from Pittsburgh and quickly have seen the fortunes change. Much of that has to do with the return of senior guard Cameron Wright, who finally looked like himself Wednesday night, scoring 14 points in 34 minutes of action in his third game back recovering from a foot injury. That was a big leap forward for Wright, who had scored only one point in his prior two games, playing a total of 22 minutes. Wednesday against ... Read More
Youth, inexperience contribute to Duquesne loss
Something happened at the A.J. Palumbo Center Wednesday night that had not occurred in 48 years: Saint Francis defeated Duquesne 67-52 at the Dukes’ own Pittsburgh locale. Saint Francis hit 10 of their first 15 shots, opening with a 21-8 lead in the Red Flash’s wire-to-wire win. Saint Francis never looked back. Junior guard Derrick Colter led the Dukes with 17 points, while junior guard Jeremiah Jones contributed 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds in the effort. The Red Flash’s ... Read More
Jamel Artis’ big night leads Pitt past Manhattan
For Jamie Dixon’s Pitt Panthers, there’s no place like home. Jamel Artis put together a complete performance, scoring a career-high 20 points, grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out five assists, as Pitt defeated Manhattan 65-56 Wednesday night at the Petersen Events Center. The win was Pitt’s third in a row and the second game in the past four days that Pitt (7-3) has gotten to play on its home floor, after going nearly a month on the road, playing six games without a home ... Read More
Duquesne looks to rebound vs. Saint Francis
Coming off a 75-59 loss to Robert Morris on Saturday, the Duquesne Dukes (3-4) will take on the Saint Francis Red Flash (4-4) Wednesday at 7:00 pm ET at the A.J. Palumbo Center, opening a four-game homestand. The Dukes hope to snap their three-game losing streak, having won 31 of the past 33 meetings, the last 11 in a row, over Saint Francis. Last year, Duquesne defeated Saint Francis 78-71 in Loretto, PA, rising from a 10-point halftime deficit. This will be the 75th meeting between the ... Read More