Duquesne’s Frankie Hughes will miss the 2019-2020 season with a knee injury

Jerry Dipaola | Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:59 a.m.

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 out this upcoming season due to a knee injury, I will be getting surgery soon & will be out for 6 months ??#GodsPlan

— f r a n k i e (@_4l0w) September 13, 2019

Hughes was one of three Duquesne players to appear in all 32 games last season. He led the team with 71 3-point field goals and his 2.2 per-game average was fifth in the conference. He attempted 219 3-pointers, which was 79.9 percent of his field goal attempts and the seventh-highest total in school history.

Hughes transferred from Missouri after the 2016-17 season.