Duquesne category, Page 27

Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot could see it in practice. The Dukes didn’t have the energy they needed to play against VMI on Wednesday night at La Roche. Sleepwalking was not the best option in getting to the program’s best start since the 1979-80 season. When the Dukes started...

It had been 17 years since Duquesne won a tournament championship in men’s basketball, an idea in step with a longstanding perception winning doesn’t really matter on The Bluff. Except, someone forgot to tell the Dukes, who are off to a 6-0 start after defeating a trio of teams at...

BIMINI, Bahamas — Michael Hughes and reserve Lamar Norman Jr. scored 12 points apiece, and Duquesne dominated the second half and rolled to a 71-50 victory over Loyola Marymount on Sunday at the Junkanoo Jam. Baylee Steele came off the bench to score 10 with seven rebounds for the unbeaten...

Freshman Amaya Hamilton scored 17 points to lead a balanced Duquesne attack in an 81-62 victory over the Pitt women Saturday in the annual City Game at Petersen Events Center. Amanda Kalin shot 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 16 points for the Dukes (4-2), who led...

BIMINI, Bahamas — Marcus Weathers and Michael Hughes combined for 21 points and 17 rebounds as Duquesne defeated Air Force, 69-6,3 at the Junkanoo Jam on Friday night. Weathers buried 6 of 8 shots from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds for the unbeaten Dukes (5-0). Hughes hit 5 of...

BIMINI, Bahamas — Baylee Steele had a career-high 20 points as Duquesne came from behind to beat Indiana State, 74-71, on Thursday night. Steele made 4 of 6 3-pointers. Sincere Carry had 15 points for Duquesne (4-0), which won its fourth straight game to open the season. Maceo Austin added...

Maybe Duquesne’s players are starting to get it. Coach Keith Dambrot wonders, but still he’s hopeful the Dukes won’t lose their defensive edge heading into the Junkanoo Jam men’s basketball tournament in The Bahamas. Duquesne (3-0), which has limited its first three opponents to an average of 53 points per...

They played a major-college basketball game in the North Hills on Friday night at La Roche’s Kerr Fitness Center. It is a place reserved mainly for the Redhawks, members of the Division III Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. Duquesne and Lipscomb — the Atlantic 10 vs. the Atlantic Sun — squared...

PITTSBURGH — Michael Hughes had 17 points — 15 in the second half — and 10 rebounds as Duquesne defeated Lamar, 66-56, on Tuesday night for coach Keith Dambrot’s 450th career win. The Dukes held Lamar scoreless over the final four minutes. Sincere Carry added 16 points for the Dukes...

Robert Morris continued its remarkable turnaround Saturday afternoon as the Colonials defense took a major role in a 41-21 victory over rival Duquesne. The defense forced seven turnovers, Mason Gray returned two interceptions for touchdowns and the Dukes were held without a first down until there were 22 seconds left...

This is new territory for the Robert Morris football team: a November home game against rival Duquesne with first place in the Northeast Conference on the line. Both teams enter Saturday’s 1 p.m. matchup with 4-0 league records. The Colonials (5-4 overall) went 2-9 each of the past three seasons...

There was plenty for Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot to like about his team’s 94-67 opening-night victory against Princeton on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. How about that 85-44 surge after falling behind 23-9 nine minutes into the game? And it was hard not to like Sincere Carry’s pain-free performance on...

A closer look at the Duquesne men’s basketball team. Players to watch Sincere Carry — The sophomore from Ohio was one of the top freshman point guards in the nation last season, playing with a maturity above his experience level on the way to leading the Atlantic 10 with 5.8...

Out the door went nearly 4,000 career points and four players who graduated and signed with pro teams. And while Duquesne women’s basketball might not be fully reloaded, coach Dan Burt said this is no rebuild. “The level of talent is not quite what we had in terms of scoring...

The odds appear stacked against Keith Dambrot, but he is eager to tackle his third season as Duquesne’s men’s basketball coach. While renovations continue on the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse that won’t open until the 2020-21 season, he shares a fourth-floor practice gym with several other teams on campus. If a...

While Duquesne officials and students eagerly await the completion of Palumbo Center’s $45 million makeover, the men’s and women’s basketballs teams still have a season to play. The men are practicing at an on-campus recreation center, limiting time and space, and the home games have been moved to three venues...

We start Monday with a “First Call” featuring a Sooner Schooner skid. One of the toughest runs you’ll ever see. And a creative onside kick. Oh, those onside kicks Onside kicks are getting fun again. Cam Sutton made a great play on one for the Steelers last week in Los...

The Duquesne men’s basketball team will embark on a lengthy road trip next December as part of the inaugural Mountain West-Atlantic 10 Challenge Series. The Dukes will play at Wyoming on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Perhaps surprisingly, it won’t be the first meeting between the schools. They’ve met four times...

Norm Nixon’s retired No. 10 jersey, which hung in the rafters of Duquesne’s Palumbo Center for nearly 19 years, is returning to action. Duquesne sophomore point guard Sincere Carry will wear the number this season — with Nixon’s blessings — to honor his friend, Khalil “Champ” Hopson, who died in...

An under-the-radar good football story is taking place at Duquesne University. Penn State transfer Mark Allen was just named NEC Offensive Player of the Week. The running back rambled for 168 yards and two touchdowns during a 35-31 win over Dayton last week. Brought in as a graduate transfer, Allen...

Duquesne junior guard Frankie Hughes, who was one of the top 3-point shooters in the Atlantic 10 last season, will miss the upcoming season after a doctors found a torn meniscus in his knee. He is scheduled to undergo surgery next month. For all who don’t know I will be...

West Virginia and Duquesne, long-time rivals in men’s basketball, will meet for the first time in six years Nov. 1 at the WVU Coliseum in a charity exhibition game to benefit the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund. The fund has been established for those directly impacted by the mass shooting...

Throughout his high school career at West Allegheny, Nathan Dragisich displayed a special type of talent on the soccer pitch. He was named the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year, the WPIAL Player of the Year and the Trib HSSN Player of the Year last season after scoring 44 goals...

Nathan Dragisich made his first college soccer goal count. The Duquesne freshman, who starred at West Allegheny, delivered the game-winning goal Tuesday night as the Dukes edged Niagara, 2-1, at Rooney Field. The midfielder fired a shot into the upper-right corner of the net in the 89th minute to break...