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Duquesne Taking On Rhode Island in Second Round of the A10 Tournament

The Duquesne University Men's Basketball team is having a round three matchup but not at home a few blocks away from home at PPG as they take on Rhode Island University in the second round of the A10 Tournament. 

These two teams are 1-1 winning at their respective home turfs. The Dukes are looking to send themselves to the quarterfinals after finishing the year on a positive note winning in dramatic fashion with the fourth largest NCAA comeback against the Richmond Spiders on Senior Day. 

The Dukes are led by a quartet of talented offensive stars including Alex Williams, Jimmie Williams, David Dixon and Terance Guinyard who have been the bulk of Duquesne's offense.

Duquesne is 30-35 all time against the Rams with them hoping to take the season series over them. 

A key thing on both sides will be this magic number of 70 with Rhode Island only averaging 66.6 points during conference play. 


Duquesne's offense has gone a bit cold down the stretch struggling against Dayton, Davidson and Rhode Island the second time around and are looking to get back to early conference form. 

The Rams will look to lean on their steal heavy play having the second-best turnover margin in conference play this season against a Duquesne team that is prone to turning the ball over a lot. 

They will be leaning on the four players mentioned earlier for the Dukes with two award winners in Terance Guinyard being a First Team All-Conference team and Jimmie Williams earning Third Team All-Conference Team.

A big name to keep an eye on for Duquesne will be Maximus Edwards as the bench has been struggling, he gave solid minutes and six points against the Spiders off the bench in a game where every moment matter. 

For Rhode Island a big name to keep an eye out for is R.J. Johnson who played key minutes off the bench forcing two steals and 14 points in a dominant home win against Duquesne the second time round. 

The game begins at 5 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena so be sure to show up Duquesne fans. 

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