Dukes will play Irish in basketball in Nov.

For the eighth time in its history and first time in the past 24 years, Duquesne men’s basketball team will take on Notre Dame Nov. 20 in the 2018 Gotham Classic.

The program announced its slate in the five-team event Thursday, with the road matchup against the Fighting Irish headlining the event for the Dukes. Duquesne finished the 201718 season 16-16 in Keith Dambrot’s first season as Dukes coach; Notre Dame went 21-15 with an appearance in the NIT.

The previous matchup came Feb. 8, 1995, and the Fighting Irish won, 77-62. The loss snapped a fivegame winning streak for the Dukes in a series which Duquesne leads, 5-2.

Before taking on the Irish, the Dukes will play host to three games of the Gotham Classic. Duquesne will play William & Mary Nov. 10, UIC Nov. 12 and Radford Nov. 17. UIC and Radford each won 20 games last season and made postseason appearances, with the former competing in the CIT and the latter in the NCAA tournament.

Pitt beat Davidson, 94-69, to win the 2015 Gotham Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Traditionally, the Gotham Classic is played in December, with one “showcase” game being played at MSG. The arena was not available this year, so the event chose instead to play the games on campus sites and in November, which worked better for the participating teams’ schedules. The Gotham Classic also did not feature a game at MSG in 2016.

Pro basketball

Sylvia Fowles had 21 points and 12 rebounds, Maya Moore added 19 points and the Minnesota Lynx snapped a four-game losing streak with an 88-80 victory against the host Washington Mystics in WNBA action. Minnesota closed on an 11-3 run. Rebekkah Brunson sank a wide open 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock for an 82-77 lead, and Moore made six consecutive free throws to seal it. The game was moved ahead three hours to accommodate the Washington Capitals’ watch party for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final.

College football

Penn State lost out on a top recruiting target when four-star Virginia safety Cam’Ron Kelly verbally committed to Virginia Tech. Kelly is 6 feet 1, 200 pounds and is ranked as the No. 135 player in the nation by Rivals.com. He had long been considered likely to land at Penn State, but Clemson and Virginia Tech, among other schools, got back into contention for him recently. Ohio State, Notre Dame and Auburn were among the other schools vying to get his commitment. Kelly is rated the No. 5 prospect in Virginia.

Soccer

With Cristiano Ronaldo back in action, host Portugal cruised to a 3-0 victory against Algeria in Lisbon in its final warm-up match before traveling to Russia for the World Cup. Ronaldo, who hadn’t played since leading Real Madrid to a third consecutive Champions League title in May, set up one of Portugal’s goals at the Stadium of Light. He also had one disallowed for offside before being substituted in the 75th minute. … Marcus Rashford scored from long range as host England beat Costa Rica, 2-0, in its final World Cup warm-up match in Leeds.