Duquesne category, Page 25
Duquesne gets commitment from former Indiana State center Tre Williams
Duquesne basketball coach Keith Dambrot continued to restock his roster, getting a verbal commitment from transfer center Tre Williams, who spent the past two seasons at Indiana State. Committed?? pic.twitter.com/PKk9Lqf9LC— Tre williams (@Treauhn) March 29, 2021 Williams is the third prospect in the past week to announce intention to enroll...
Duquesne clinches NEC regular-season crown beating Bryant
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Garrett Owens ran for 105 yards on 14 carries and scored a touchdown, and Duquesne clinched the Northeast Conference regular-season title with 20-10 win over Bryant on Sunday. With the win the Dukes (4-0, 4-0) secured a place in the NEC’s conference title game and will get...
Duquesne gets verbal commitment from prep school point guard Primo Spears
Duquesne added a second commitment to its class of 2021 on Friday when point guard Primo Spears told coach Keith Dambrot he plans to enroll this year. 110% Committed ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/ItjWPQrrl0— PrimSpears3 (@primo_spears) March 26, 2021 Spears, 6-foot-2, 188 pounds, played this season at Mt. Zion Prep School in Lanham,...
Duquesne gets commitment from Division II forward R.J. Gunn
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot’s venture into the NCAA transfer market led to a verbal commitment Monday from 6-foot-7, 245-pound forward R.J. Gunn. Next chapter ?✍️ pic.twitter.com/ZqkY5rb9Ef— RJ Gunn (@gunn_rj) March 22, 2021 Gunn, who spent the past four seasons at Division II Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, N.C., announced on Twitter his...
Mischler, Holder combine to help Duquesne beat Long IslandVideo
Joe Mischler threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns and Duquesne beat Long Island, 35-17, on Sunday. Mischler’s first touchdown came on a 75-yard pass to Cyrus Holder, who beat one-on-one coverage to tie the score 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. It was the longest scoring play...
Shaler grad Brianna Schwartz has lasting impact with A-10 champion Duquesne runners
Duquesne assistant coach Jeff Gibson went scooting toward the finish line of the Atlantic 10 Championship course March 5 at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va., to deliver good news. Brianna Schwartz and her fellow Dukes were surprised at what he had to say. Duquesne coach Jim Lear told the...
Duquesne public address announcer remembered for his passion, talent
Brian Klisavage, the official scorekeeper for Duquesne basketball since the 1980s, sat next to public address announcer Dominic Errico during dozens of games over the past seven years. No one had a better vantage point to feel Errico’s ability to bring a different level of energy to an arena. From...
Duquesne public address announcer dies of covid complications
Duquesne basketball public address announcer Dom Errico died Thursday afternoon after a long battle with covid-19, the school confirmed Thursday night. He was 42. Errico, who attended Deer Lakes High School, was hospitalized since Jan. 25. He is survived by his wife, Libbie, and sons Nicholas, 10, and Anthony, 5....
Senior guard Tavian Dunn-Martin will return to Duquesne for 6th season as collegian
Tavian Dunn-Martin, who followed coach Keith Dambrot from Akron to Duquesne, will return to the Dukes in 2021-22 for his sixth season as a collegian. Let's finish this script together.#GoDukes • @nolimitTDM_11 pic.twitter.com/tsfP5JpMtX— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) March 16, 2021 “It’s good news,” Dambrot said. “Anytime you have a sixth-year guy,...
Jerry Schmitt gets 100th win with Duquesne in shutout of WagnerVideo
NEW YORK — Jerry Schmitt collected his 100th win as Duquesne coach as the Dukes blanked Wagner, 17-0, on Sunday. Garrett Owens ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns for Duquesne (2-0, 2-0 Northeast Conference). Schmitt joins eight active coaches in the FCS with at least 100 wins at their...
First Call: Twists as JuJu Smith-Schuster approaches free agency; Islanders stay hot atop East
Monday’s “First Call” features a few interesting twists along the way toward JuJu Smith-Schuster’s free agency. The New York Islanders stay red-hot atop the Eastern Division. Robert Morris’ women’s hockey team takes a unique route to the NCAA tournament. And Duquesne’s spring football season opener turns back the clock when...
Duquesne beats Sacred Heart in spring football season debut for bothVideo
Ohio transfer Joe Mischler threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as Duquesne began its spring season with a 30-27 victory over Sacred Heart on Sunday. Duquesne went ahead 27-12 with 1 minute, 3 seconds left in the third on Mischler’s 12-yard pass to Garrett Owens. SHU’s Marquez...
Duquesne bows out of Atlantic 10 Tournament in loss to St. Bonaventure
Unafraid to speak his mind and frustrated enough — at himself and his players — to not care what it sounds like, Keith Dambrot bared his soul Friday afternoon. Duquesne’s coach had just stood through — he never sits — his team’s final game of the season, a 75-59 loss...
Football ‘March Madness’: Duquesne starts 4-game ‘spring season’ Sunday
It’s March Madness on the campus of Duquesne University. And I’m not just talking about the school’s upset win over Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday. Onto the next one ?#GoDukes pic.twitter.com/L0mDb1l6JU— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) March 4, 2021 I’m talking about the football team, too. Since the Northeast...
Duquesne rallies in 2nd half, beats Richmond to advance in Atlantic 10 Tournament
In a few words, senior Michael Hughes told the story of Duquesne’s season and the 67-62 victory against Richmond in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. First, consider the Dukes trailed by seven at halftime, missed their first eight shots of the second half and were down eight...
Atlantic 10 Tournament sends Duquesne onto Richmond turf — to play Richmond
In an effort to minimize the effects of the coronavirus, the Atlantic 10 moved its tournament from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Richmond, Va., where two league schools — VCU and Richmond — this week will be the hosts for 12 of the 13 games. No. 9-seeded Duquesne...
Duquesne’s success in Atlantic 10 Tournament likely tied to defense
After coaches review video with players until their eyes hurt, there are no secrets at the end of a basketball season. Even this year, with covid-19 protocols limiting Duquesne to 16 games (approximately half a season), coach Keith Dambrot expects no surprises when his No. 9-seeded team meets No. 8...
Duquesne will play Richmond in 1st A-10 Tournament game Thursday
After a wait of two years, Duquesne (8-8, 7-7) will play its first game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament at 11 a.m. Thursday as the No. 9 seed against No. 8 Richmond. The game will be played at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., home venue of No. 2 seed...
Duquesne beats Rhode Island to stop 2-game losing streak
With one hour of practice, a bit of film study and more time on a bus than on a basketball court, Duquesne went from a 20-point loser Wednesday to a decisive winner Saturday. The impressive reversal didn’t surprise coach Keith Dambrot at all. After defeating Rhode Island, 86-75, in only...
Despite troubles, Keith Dambrot says Dukes aren’t ready to ‘cash it in’
Keith Dambrot’s immediate concern is recovering from what he called an embarrassing performance in Duquesne’s 20-point loss to La Salle on Wednesday night. A loss in the next game — Saturday night against Rhode Island at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — might shove the Dukes (7-8, 6-7) among the Atlantic 10’s...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot learn to ‘move on’ after confronting reality of transfers
Jeff Capel admits the past week has not been easy. He spent the better part of his first three years as Pitt’s coach recruiting, mentoring, counseling, prodding and developing Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney, helping to turn them into good men and better players than they were the day he...
Robert Morris, Duquesne football teams ready to open spring season
As recently as 1978, Duquesne was playing college football as a club team, signing up students from every corner of the campus. Robert Morris didn’t even offer the sport until 1993, when Beaver Falls native Joe Walton, after whom the school’s football stadium is named, agreed to oversee the proposition...
Michael Hughes ejected in Duquesne’s loss to La Salle
When a coach who has led teams through 731 games in 23 seasons bares his soul after a loss, his words probably matter. Especially when he says, “It’s probably as poorly as I’ve had a team play.” Painful honesty from Duquesne’s coach after the Dukes’ 85-65 loss Wednesday night at...
Freshman Mike Bekelja gives Duquesne the defense it needs
When Keith Dambrot looked back at Duquesne’s loss to Richmond, he knew the truth. Richmond is the third-highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10 (76.1 points per game). So, it wasn’t outrageously out of line that the Spiders scored 79 in a seven-point home victory last Saturday. It was the...
Financial concerns drive A-10 tourney changes, but Dukes’ Keith Dambrot understands
Most Atlantic 10 teams will play far fewer conference games this season than the original schedule called for at the outset of the season. A-10 officials decided last week to start the conference tournament a week earlier (March 3) to provide some cushion before the NCAA Tournament if there are...
