Pittsburgh—This Wednesday, Duquesne University will take on the University of Pittsburgh in the annual matchup of Pittsburgh’s two Division I basketball teams. The game will be played at Consol Energy Center for the 3rd straight year. The first City Game took place on January 13th, 1932 and has varied in degrees of competiveness through the years. Since 1932, there have been eighty meetings between the two schools. Pittsburgh is leading the all-time series 49-31 and has won the past eleven City ... Read More
Team Effort Leads Duquesne Past Maine, 87-73
Pittsburgh—Call it a home stand, call it a Burgh-stand, call it what you will. But Duquesne will not be leaving the city of Pittsburgh for a game until December 20th when they travel to Louisiana-Lafayette. Two of Duquesne’s six games in this span will take place at the Consol Energy Center and one will be at Robert Morris. The first contest of the Dukes’ six game stand in Pittsburgh took place Saturday afternoon against the Maine Black Bears. It was the first ever meeting between the two ... Read More
Duquesne Edges Appalachian State 73-72, Picks Up First Road Win
Boone—Jerry Jones scored a career-high 22 points and the Dukes shot 41 percent from the field in a game that came down to the final minute. Kadeem Pantophlet also had one of his best games of the season, with 11 points and 7 rebounds. Duquesne came out with guns a-blazing, shooting 50 percent in the opening period, including 7 of 12 from 3-point range. This helped them get out to a commanding 19 point lead with less than two minutes to play in the 1st half. The visiting team managed to go ... Read More
Duquesne Heads South to Seek First Road Win
Pittsburgh—The Duquesne Dukes (2-3) travel to Boone, NC on Wednesday to take on the Appalachian State Mountaineers (1-4). The Dukes opened the season with back-to-back road losses, but followed up with a 2-1 home-stand at the Palumbo Center last week. That home-stand featured some distinct highs and lows—a thrilling overtime victory in the first game, followed by poor shot selection in the next, and finally ending with a dominant rebounding performance and 84-74 victory over Youngstown State. ... Read More
Duquesne Played “Ferry’s Way” Last Wednesday
Pittsburgh—Toughness in the game of basketball can often be measured with a particular statistic. Sure, the opponent’s score can measure a team’s toughness on defense. But on the glass is where a basketball team shows its true grit. At every level of the game, coaches often look at their team’s rebounding numbers as a measure of toughness. While rebounding is only one part of being a tough team, it is nevertheless a necessary component. When Coach Ferry started at Duquesne this past ... Read More
Dukes Dominate the Glass in 84-74 Win
Pittsburgh—The daily rebounding drills in practice are paying off for Duquesne—or at least it seemed that way tonight. The Dukes as a team had their best performance on the glass that any Duquesne team has had in a years. They outrebounded their opponent Youngstown State by a margin of 53-29. The last time they outrebounded a Division I opponent by a margin of 20 or more was on November 9, 2007 against Howard. When a team rebounds this well, odds are they will win any game they play. Perhaps ... Read More
Duquesne Goes Cold, Gets Trampled by North Dakota State 57-43
Pittsburgh—Duquesne took the court for the second night in a row Tuesday against Summit League opponent North Dakota State. The visiting Bison, who were picked to finish 2nd in the Summit League this season, came out ready to play. They started the game with a 9-0 run and maintained a double figure lead for most of the game. Their first turnover didn’t come until 3:40 of the opening period. Duquesne simply didn’t help themselves much throughout the game. In addition to a number of errant ... Read More
Steelers fall to Ravens 13-10
The first of two meetings in three weeks against the Baltimore Ravens did not go the way the Steelers wanted it to tonight. Ben Roethlisberger, who was inactive, was replaced by veteran Byron Leftwich, who did not get the job done. The running game, which featured six different players getting a carry, did not work much throughout the night. The opening drive featured an exception to that though, as on the third play from scrimmage, Byron Leftwich scrambled for a 31-yard touchdown run. It was ... Read More
Dorian Johnson Commits to Pitt
You always remember your first. First big time recruit that is. Pitt head coach Paul Chryst landed his first big time recruit in Belle Vernon offensive tackle Dorian Johnson on Sunday. Johnson, an ESPN Top 150 prospect and the No. 2 offensive tackle nationally, committed to Pitt while on his official visit this weekend, Belle Vernon coach Aaron Krepps told ESPN in a text message. Johnson had committed to Penn State before the NCAA sanctions, officially visited Pitt with other ESPN ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power add a few pieces to 2013 roster.
The Power have been somewhat quiet when it comes to AFL free agency, but they have added a few solid pieces to the core of the 2013 roster. Five year AFL veteran Neil Purvis will return for his third season with the Power. The 6’2” Defensive lineman from Virginia State should provide a solid pass rush up front. He has registered 4 sacks in his first two seasons with the Power but has also fought through various injuries. If he can stay healthy those numbers should improve. The bigger ... Read More