Game 27: Duquesne University (Homecoming), Saturday, February 23rd, 4 PM, MASN2/ESPN+

[Washingtonian]

Duquesne comes into this game with a 17-9 record. (they beat GW on Saturday by a score of 85-69). They are 8-5 in the A-10 and 3-4 on the road.

Duquesne's schedule is here: https://goduquesne.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1372
Duquesne's roster is here: https://goduquesne.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball
Duquesne's stats are here: https://goduquesne.com/documents/2018/11/10/1819MBB.pdf

Last season's box score from the game in Pittsburgh is here which was 95-89 double overtime loss: https://gomason.com/boxscore.aspx?id=8283&path=mbball

Eric Williams Jr. is averaging 13.2 PPG/7.9 RPG (got 34 points and 11 rebounds in last season's game), Sincere Carry is averaging 12.3 PPG, Michael Hughes is averaging 11.3 PPG/6.8 RPG, and Marcus Weathers is averaging 10.2 PPG/6.3 RPG.

Duquesne's message boards are here: http://duquesnefans.boardhost.com/viewforum.php?id=1

Discuss.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Injuries and generally uninspiring play our last 5 games means a decent Homecoming crowd goes home disappointed on Saturday. If we stay within 20 I will be surprised. Duquesne 75 - Mason 54.

 

[GSII]

If Otis cant play bc of ankle I'm fine with Hartwell leading us at PG. Our assists #'s might go up and thus pull us out last place in the assists standings.

Calixte will be back.
Greene will be fine.
Question mark is Boyd.

Mason 67
Duq 77

 

[mkaufman1]

Hughes went off on GW when they played so Mason has to make sure he’s covered as well as Carry and any other shooter.

I expect Mason to take the w. I also expect to get some sort of lecture for being into the game and cheering from some old fart in 115.

Mason 76
Duquesne 67

 

[GMU_DCU]

Big game, we lose this one and I'm betting we don't finish top 4. Injuries and uninspiring play lately lead me to believe this will be more of the same.
Dukes 73
Mason 61

 

[MasonSAE4]

Well this game just became massive.

 

[Five Two]

Before yesterday, I wasn't thrilled to have another week break during the conference season. This week off couldn't come at a better time.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

If Otis cant play bc of ankle I'm fine with Hartwell leading us at PG. Our assists #'s might go up and thus pull us out last place in the assists standings.

Calixte will be back.
Greene will be fine.
Question mark is Boyd.

Mason 67
Duq 77

If Calixte will be back and Greene will be fine, Mason wins 81-77

 

[GMUgemini]

I think Paulsen has to be prepared to play without Boyd in this game (6 days won’t be enough). If Calixte is back, he needs to take all of AJs minutes and he needs to give some of Boyd’s minutes to AJ backing up Miller.

Give more time to Hartwell and JDS and only put Boyd on the floor if absolutely necessary.

Trying to handle Eric Williams and Carry is going to be tough, especially if our poor offense and shooting and turnovers continue.

 

[PoorManProfit]

I'm sure they'll have a great week of practice...

 

[phoenix-arizona]

I shouldn’t let bad road losses get me down. Enough home games to get that double B.

 

[JimP]

Duquesne has a 17-9 record as of this posting (they beat GW on Saturday by a score of 85-69), but plays St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night at 7:30 (in Olean, NY), which can be watched on ESPN+. They are 8-5 in the A-10 and 3-4 on the road.

Duquesne's schedule is here: https://goduquesne.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1372
Duquesne's roster is here: https://goduquesne.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball
Duquesne's stats are here: https://goduquesne.com/documents/2018/11/10/1819MBB.pdf

Last season's box score from the game in Pittsburgh is here which was 95-89 double overtime loss: https://gomason.com/boxscore.aspx?id=8283&path=mbball

Eric Williams Jr. is averaging 13.2 PPG/7.9 RPG (got 34 points and 11 rebounds in last season's game), Sincere Carry is averaging 12.3 PPG, Michael Hughes is averaging 11.3 PPG/6.8 RPG, and Marcus Weathers is averaging 10.2 PPG/6.3 RPG.

Duquesne's message boards are here: http://duquesnefans.boardhost.com/viewforum.php?id=1

Discuss.

I just saw they have the week off too. They play SBU the Wednesday after the homecoming game.

 

[hoops10]

Im sure all teams have injuries, i honestly dont think it would have made much difference in the outcomes. Other than Otis and Kier this team just cant shoot and score. We must be one of the poorest shooting teams in the A10. Just a guess. Having said that 15 wins is actually impressive. I would describe GM as way too streaky and fundamentally too inconsistent. We have episodes of playing real well and also real bad. No doubt DP is most likely as perplexed as any of us bloggers.
All they can do is play with pride and dig deep, hopefully we can finish with 18/19 wins and have an outside shot at NIT.

 

[GMUgemini]

Only two players shooting about 35% from 3, one is out for the year and the other is a freshman who hasn't taken enough shots to qualify in the stats department.

Grayer has 9 more made 3s in 8 games than Miller has in 10; he has only 6 fewer made 3s than Greene has in 26 games. To say we're missing his shooting is an understatement right now.

 

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[Washingtonian]

I just saw they have the week off too. They play SBU the Wednesday after the homecoming game.

Oops! I will modify my post.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

We were definitely due to have a year with a ton of injuries...been pretty healthy for most of Paulsen's time here.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Can't wait to party down, yo. There is going to be so much a** aged 18-55 at this shindig.

 

[GreenLantern]

Us - 58
Them - 70
OT

 

[GMUSig03]

One of the most obvious things to me over this 2-3 stretch is that the guys have looked flat, not started games well, no energy or urgency (cough-16-0-cough).

They have a week to rest. It's homecoming. The crowd will be near sellout with peak intoxication level by our standards. Better come out like gang busters with tons of energy. I'm pessimistic that we will see it though.