After a five-game win streak and a high-flying start to Atlantic 10 play, Duquesne’s offense has gone through a bit of a rough patch during the past three games. They have only broken seventy in one of those contests – and that was after playing their worst first half of the season in a game against Saint Joe’s. To make matters worse, the Hawks were lacking the presence of starting forward Ronald Roberts, a household name on Hawk Hill, along with sixth man Isaiah Miles. An important ... Read More
VCU Pulls Away Late to Beat Duquesne
Duquesne suffered its third loss in a row Saturday afternoon when they visited VCU in Richmond. The Dukes (8-8, 1-3) hung with the Rams for most of the game, but fell farther behind with under eight minutes to play. Even though Duquesne led 31-27 at the half, the Rams were able to pick up their 14th straight home win. VCU led by just five with around eight minutes to play, but pulled away when JeQuan Lewis knocked down two straight 3-pointer to kick off a 22-8 run that blew the visitors ... Read More
Recap: Late Run for Duquesne Falls Way Short
Duquesne (8-7) went on a 30-2 run in the final 4:49 of the basketball game Wednesday night in Philadelphia against St. Joseph’s, but it wasn’t nearly enough to give them the victory. If anyone would have told coach Ferry before the game that his team would go on that kind of a hot streak, but still lose the game 84-75, he would have been beside himself. The loss puts an end to Duquesne’s three-game road win streak and is the Dukes’ second straight loss to an A-10 opponent, dropping their ... Read More
Analysis: Duquesne vs. Saint Joseph’s
Duquesne squares off against Saint Joseph’s Wednesday in their first A-10 road matchup of the season. After seeing a five-game win streak get snapped by LaSalle Sunday afternoon, the Dukes will be looking for their second conference win and fourth road win of the season, after winning three straight on the road over the holidays. The Dukes suffered several losses early on in the season that may have been avoided if they would have had their whole lineup intact. Both Isaiah Watkins and Micah ... Read More
Panther of the Week: Lamar Patterson
The Pittsburgh Panthers have been trucking right along in the ACC, picking up two more conference wins this past season. Durring those wins, senior forward Lamar Patterson came up big. In a 79-59 victory over Maryland, the 6-foot-5 forward scored a game-high 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting including 2-of-2 from the foul line. He also added five rebounds in th win. In an 80-65 victory over Wake Forest, Patterson scored another game-high of 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting including 4-of-7 from the ... Read More
LaSalle Contains Soko and Offense, Duquesne Falls 75-56
Pittsburgh – In what Coach Ferry would dub a “tale of two halves,” LaSalle (9-6, 2-0) pulled away from Duquesne (8-6, 1-1) in the second half, to hand the Dukes their first conference loss of the season. The 56 points for Duquesne, which came on 24 percent shooting in the second half, marks a season low. Although disappointed in his team’s flat second half, Ferry had nothing but praise for his opponent. “They didn’t get rattled. It was a great environment and we got a lead on them, and they ... Read More
Duquesne Survives Late 3-Point Barrage from Fordham
Pittsburgh – After picking up one conference win last season, Duquesne has already tied their most recent Atlantic-10 win total, in early January. Before a crowd of just over 2300, which witnessed quite a few electrifying basketball players, the Dukes beat Fordham (7-7) by a score of 87-81 to improve their overall record to 8-5. The win marks the fifth straight for Duquesne, the most consecutive wins for the program since 2010-2011. Fordham’s backcourt was led by Jon Severe, the leading ... Read More
Make a Power-ful resolution this year
As a new year begins, many people will be making new year’s resolutions and planning to take steps to change their lives for the better. Some will pledge to change bad habits into good ones and move on with their lives. Of course some people have a hard time figuring out what they might want to do differently. I have one for those of you who might still be looking for a resolution. Why not pledge to give the Pittsburgh Power a look this year? The Power have played arena football in the ... Read More
Dukes Roll Over Appalachian State for Fourth Straight Win
Duquesne improved to 7-5 Thursday night with a runaway 79-55 victory over Appalachia State (4-9). The victory was Duquesne’s fourth in a row and marks the longest win streak since the 2010-2011 season, when the Dukes won 11 straight games under coach Everhart. Ovie Soko again led Duquesne with 22 points, as Ferry substituted players freely throughout the first half. 11 different players made appearances on the floor before halftime, when the Dukes led 49-24. Tra’Vaughn White led all scorers ... Read More
Recap: Duquesne vs. Texas Pan-American
Duquesne recorded its third straight win, in the last of a string of holiday road games, 88-69 over Texas Pan-American. The win also marked the third straight road victory for the Dukes (6-5), who also improved their road record to 3-1. Jim Ferry’s team shot 50 percent for the third straight game. The shooting effort was led, once again, by senior transfer Ovie Soko, who finished with a team high 21 points. Micah Mason scored 14 points, shooting 4 of 5 from beyond the arc, and Jeremiah Jones ... Read More