| DUQUESNE MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION | |
| Game 10 | Maryland Eastern Shore (6-8) at Duquesne (4-5) |
| Date | Time | Sunday, December 28, 2014 | 2:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | A.J. Palumbo Center (4,406) | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Game Notes | Complete Game Notes |
| Live Video | A-10 Digital Network (click "live events" tab) |
| Radio | ESPN 970 AM / iHeartRadio / 3WS HD2 |
| Streaming Audio | Red Zone Media |
| Live Statistics | Gametracker |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast |
| Social Media | @ GoDuquesne  |
| Tickets | call 412-232-DUKE (3853) |
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- Duquesne leads the series 2-0 ... this is the first meeting since a 74-71 DU overtime win on Dec. 31, 2002 ... UMES, which finished 6-24 last year, is in its first season under Bobby Collins ... Collins came to UMES from Winston-Salem State where he led three of his last four teams to the NCAA Division II tournament.
UMES THIS YEAR
Maryland Eastern Shore, which opened the season with eight-straight games away from home, has won five of its past seven ... the Hawks, who have played 14 games, are 2-1 against the A-10 with a 106-66 loss at VCU (Nov. 20), a 72-66 win at Fordham (Nov. 29) and an 82-80 win at St. Bonaventure in their last game on Dec. 22 ... UMES had not defeated a current A-10 team in 45 years prior to the win at Fordham ... UMES, which went nearly four years without a non-conference road win, is 3-5 on the road, the Hawks ended the streak with a 53-41 win at Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 19 ... 10 days later, they won at Fordham ... this is the third of six more consecutive road games for UMES ... leading scorer, 6-9, 245-pound Michael Myers, has taken a page out of the Ovie Soko scoring book ... Myers (14.0 ppg.), who played junior college ball at Angelina (Tex.) JC, has gone to the line 114 times in 14 games (8.1 attempts per game) ... Soko, who is currently playing professionally in France, averaged a school record 9.6 FTA/g.last season for the Dukes.
UMES UPENDS BONNIES
Maryland Eastern Shore is coming off an impressive 82-80 win at St. Bonaventure on Dec. 22 ... the Hawks, who led by as many as 16 in the first half, shot 53.7 percent, including 10-of-17 from 3-point ... Michael Myers led five Hawks in double figures with 19 points ... Devin Martin (17 points) and Ryn Andino (12 points) hit four 3-pointers each for the Hawks ... Martin (4-7), Andino (4-6) and Devon Walker (2-4, 12 points) were the only three players to attempt a 3-pointer for UMES ... the 82 points were 10 more than UMES' previous season high (in a 72-66 road win over another Atlantic 10 school, Fordham, on Nov. 29).
LEFTOVERS FROM UMASS LOWELL
Leftovers from Duquesne's 79-63 win over UMass Lowell on Saturday, Dec. 20: Duquesne ended a four-game losing streak by shooting .518 from the field, including a Jim Ferry Era-best 12-of-20 (.600) from 3-point ... Micah Mason, who entered the game 6-of-26 from the arc in his four previous games (20 total pts.), hit all five of his 3-point attempts in scoring a team-high 17 points ... Derrick Colter, Jordan Robinson and Jordan Stevens added 10 points each ... Robinson's point total was a career high, as were Stevens' seven assists ... the Dukes assisted on 21 of 29 field goals ... Dominique McKoy, in his first start of the year, had a game high-tying six rebounds ... all 15 Dukes in uniform played ... DU led by 29 before emptying the bench ... the Dukes outscored the River Hawks 23-9 in fast break points and 36-12 in bench points ... DU went 7-of-11 from 3-point in jumping out to a 40-24 halftime lead ... DU outrebounded UML 37-27.
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