STVM Set to Host Duquesne Men's Basketball Game; Welcome Back Coach Dambrot!

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G4 | COLGATE (3-1) VS. DUQUESNE (2-1)
Fri., Nov. 18, 2022 • 6:00 pm ET • Akron, Ohio • LeBron James Arena (1,800)

Gates open at 5:15pm

LIVE STREAM: NONE
RADIO: 104.7 HD2 / iHeartRadio with Ray Goss ('58) & Tad Maurey

Duquesne, which upped its record to 2-1 with a 96-71 win over South Carolina State on Monday, heads to Ohio to face Colgate (3-1)  at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School's  LeBron James Arena on Friday, Nov. 18 at 6:00 p.m. (no live stream).

This is the fourth time the Dukes are playing a neutral-site game in Akron under sixth-year head coach Keith Dambrot, who led St.Vincent-St. Mary - and a young freshman/sophomore LeBron James plus current associate head coach Dru Joyce - to back-to-back state titles in 1999-00 & 2000-01.

Dambrot, an Akron native, led the University of Akron - his alma mater - to 305 wins and three NCAA Tournament appearances in 13 seasons prior to moving on to Duquesne. In 2018-19,

DU defeated Radford, 69-64 at STVM and in 2019-20 the Dukes took down the Highlanders, 71-49 at Akron Ellet High School. Last year Duquesne returned to LeBron James Arena to defeat UC Irvine (76-54). As part of the trip, the Dukes will make a visit to James' I Promise School on Thursday afternoon.

THE SERIES vs. COLGATE

• Colgate, a member of the Patriot League, is located in Hamilton, N.Y.
• Duquesne leads the series 2-1, including a 70-57 win in the last meeting on Dec. 22, 2016.
• This is the first time the two are meeting at a neutral site.
• Colgate won the first meeting at home on Jan. 18, 1930 (33-20), while No. 16 (AP) DU defeated the Raiders, 70-52 in Hamilton, N.Y. on Jan. 11, 1952.
• Colgate, which went 23-12 in winning the Patriot League with a 16-2 record last season, was picked to repeat in a preseason vote of league head coaches and SIDs.
• 6-foot-5 senior G Tucker Richardson (20.8, 4.5, 14 3-pointers) was named Patriot League Preseason Player & Defensive Player of the Year. Richardson is the only player in program history with over 1,500 points, 400 assists, and 300 rebounds.
• Colgate returns 10 players - including three starters - from last year's team.
• 12th-year head coach Matt Langel has led Colgate to the NCAA Tournament in three of the past four years.
• The Raiders, off to a 3-1 start, hit a school record-tying 19 3-pointers in convincingly defeating Syracuse, 80-68, at JMA Wireless Dome on Tuesday. Richardson led Colgate with a career-high 30 points (8-of-12 from 3 point).
• Duquesne is 43-14 all-time against the schools that comprise the current Patriot League.
• This is head coach Keith Dambrot's first game against Colgate.