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Duquesne women will strike first in tournament basketball season
The Duquesne women’s basketball team will be the first in the district to open the tournament season when it meets Rhode Island in a first-round game at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Palumbo Center. After winning six of its last seven regular-seasons games, Duquesne (17-12, 11-5) is the No. 3 seed...
Duquesne making history in Dambrot’s 2nd season
In all likelihood, Saturday was 426th of 427 men’s basketball games Duquesne will play over 31 seasons at what has been called the A.J. Palumbo Center. With a comprehensive, two-year renovation rendering it almost unrecognizable set to begin next month, the Dukes are sending the facility out in style. Duquesne...
Diminutive Dunn-Martin stands tall for Duquesne in win over UMass
Duquesne starting point guard Tavian Dunn-Martin played big Saturday. Generously listed as 5-foot-8, Dunn-Martin had career highs with 30 points and six assists during the Dukes’ 80-73 win against Massachusetts at Palumbo Center. At one point while igniting the Dukes’ 10th second-half rally this season, Dunn-Martin made a pull-up jump...
Duquesne rallies again from down big, beats UMass for milestone win 
While his players couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, Keith Dambrot showed he could be a good comedic straight man. “I hate ’em,” Duquesne’s coach deadpanned about his players after another come-from-way-behind win. “Seriously, I hate them. Can’t stand them. I’m gonna choke about six of them.” For the...
Keith Dambrot pushes Dukes to soldier on without Sincere Carryi
Keith Dambrot almost never stopped moving Friday morning at practice. Duquesne’s coach was continually pushing his players to “play hard,” and “pay attention to details.” “We just have to focus more, do more little things,” he said. “Our margin of error is small, so we have to be perfect.” The...
Duquesne drops another game against St. Bonaventure
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Courtney Stockard had 21 points as St. Bonaventure easily beat Duquesne, 68-47, on Wednesday night. Lamar Norman Jr. scored a season-high 20 points for the Dukes (18-10, 9-6 Atlantic 10). Eric Williams Jr. had five points despite coming into the contest as the Dukes’ leading scorer...
Duquesne guard Sincere Carry day-to-day after having knee surgery Tuesday
Duquesne freshman point guard Sincere Carry, who is leading the team in scoring in Atlantic 10 games, had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on his left knee, a source told the Tribune-Review. He won’t play Wednesday night at St. Bonaventure, and his availability will be day-to-day through the rest of the season....
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot discusses his team’s ability to bounce back
Duquesne’s last game was a 19-point comeback victory on the road at George Mason. And it wasn’t the first of its kind in 2019. It was the seventh. That’s right, seven times this year Keith Dambrot’s Dukes have responded from double-digit deficits. Three of those were in the second half....
Duquesne wins by doing more than scoring points
Keith Dambrot was trying to explain how his young Duquesne team — without a junior or a senior to show the way — has been able to climb into a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic 10. The success formula appears to be a mix of belief, toughness and...
Duquesne rallies from 19-point deficit to nip George Mason
FAIRFAX, Va. — Tavian Dunn-Martin had a career-high 22 points as Duquesne beat George Mason, 79-78, on Saturday. The Dukes overcame a 19-point deficit to make it a close finish. Frankie Hughes scored the tying 3-pointer and the go-ahead free throw in the final two minutes. Hughes had 15 points...
Keith Dambrot’s immediate quest for Duquesne is improvement over respect
Keith Dambrot smiles when he thinks about the Atlantic 10 preseason poll. “We were (picked) 11th (among 14 teams),” Duquesne’s coach said of voting by coaches and media. “We were 14th the year before and finished 10th. We earned so much respect that they picked us 11th.” Gaining respect is...
Fast start leads Duquesne past George Washington
Sincere Carry knocked down a 3-pointer, grabbed the gray waistband on his red shorts before giving his hips a swivel near midcourt. The Duquesne freshman point guard let everyone know 91 seconds into Saturday’s game at Palumbo Center that it wasn’t going to be a typical Dukes game. “The dance...
Keith Dambrot leads Duquesne into final six games of `draining’ season 
After the game has been over for hours and the janitor has swept up the last bit of spilled popcorn from the bleachers, one light stays lit inside Palumbo Center. After losses, anyway. Keith Dambrot is still at work in his office, trying to figure out what went wrong, guarding...
Duquesne falls at La Salle on late layup
PHILADELPHIA — Pookie Powell scored the last two of his team-high 25 points on a driving layup with five seconds left as La Salle edged Duquesne, 73-72, on Wednesday night. Powell made 4 of 6 3-pointers. David Beatty had 15 points for La Salle (8-15, 6-5 Atlantic 10). Isiah Deas...
Keith Dambrot hopes defense will carry Dukes through tough stretch 
Keith Dambrot doesn’t get upset when his team has trouble making shots. He just orders more shooting drills in practice. But Duquesne’s coach has no patience for shoddy defense. There’s no drill for that. Plus, he believes defense is what will keep the Dukes (16-8, 7-4) competitive through the rest...
Weathers, Hughes post double-doubles as balanced Duquesne tops Fordham
NEW YORK — Marcus Weathers had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead five Duquesne players in double figures as the Dukes beat Fordham, 74-66, on Saturday. Sincere Carry added 14 points for the Dukes. Eric Williams Jr. chipped in 12, Michael Hughes scored 11 and Tavian Dunn-Martin had 10....
Duquesne rally falls short against St. Bonaventure
Kyle Lofton scored 16 points, Osun Osunniyi grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds with six blocks and St. Bonaventure held on to defeat Duquesne, 51-49, on Wednesday night. After Osunniyi missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 23 seconds left and the Bonnies up 50-49, he responded by blocking a...
Banged-up Duquesne trying to stay in thick of Atlantic 10 race
Problems continue to mount for Duquesne, but so far the Dukes have shown the ability to take a punch and keep going. The most recent issue emerged Monday, two days after a 68-64 loss at Dayton. It was the Dukes’ second in three games after winning five in a row....
Duquesne loses lead, game at Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio — Obi Toppin scored a career-high 26 points, Jalen Crutcher added 16 and Dayton turned back Duquesne, 68-64, in a showdown for third place in the Atlantic 10 Conference on Saturday. Crutcher hit three 3-pointers and combined with Toppin to go 10 of 16 from the field as...
Dukes creeping toward 1st place, but tough games on the horizon
Nearly halfway into the Atlantic 10 season, Duquesne finds itself among four teams bunched at the top of the standings, all separated by no more than a game. If coach Keith Dambrot had time to look (unlikely), he might have shrugged his shoulders and resumed preparations for Saturday’s game at...
Hampton connection helps Duquesne swimmers to success
Call it a happy coincidence Duquesne swimming boasts three Hampton graduates. The Dukes swim team sure does. Senior Kristen McKnight and sophomore Clare Flanagan swim, and freshman diver Adrienne White are part of a roster that features 28 swimmers and divers, and no other high school has more than two...
Duquesne rallies from 19 down to beat Rhode Island, 75-72
After Keith Dambrot was finished trying to explain Duquesne’s hard-to-believe 75-72 victory against Rhode Island, he knew what he had to do next. “I’m going to go take a nap now,” the Dukes coach said. He was tired, pleased and amazed all at the same time. Duquesne (15-6, 6-2 Atlantic...
Duquesne aiming for quick turnaround vs. Rhode Island 
There are too many games left in Duquesne’s season to say the Dukes will reach a crossroads Wednesday night against Rhode Island at Palumbo Center. But the Dukes (14-6, 5-2) have the same record (overall and in the Atlantic 10) as they did a year ago before they lost 10...
Short-handed Duquesne falls to VCU, 5-game winning streak snapped
Overstating the importance of Sincere Carry’s absence from the Duquesne men’s basketball team Saturday at Palumbo Center would be difficult. Dukes coach Keith Dambrot beat everyone to the punch following the Dukes’ 80-74 loss to VCU. Dambrot made sure to put a qualifier in front of the comparison to avoid...
Duquense women’s basketball alum to have jersey retired
The Duquesne athletic department will retire women’s basketball alum April Robinson’s No. 32 jersey on Sunday before the Dukes’ Atlantic 10 Conference game against George Washington at the A.J. Palumbo Center. Robinson, a 2016 graduate, finished her career as the captain of a Duquesne squad that recorded 28 victories and...


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