Clutch FTs lift Dukes to 14th win
Duquesne lets 17-point lead dwindle late
The Duquesne men’s team let most of a 17-point, second-half lead vanish Saturday but held on for a 75-69 win against St. Bonaventure in Olean, N.Y. It was the Dukes’ fifth win in their past six games.
After Mike Adams-Woods made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to six points with 1:18 to play, the Dukes squelched the comeback by going 10 or 10 from the free-throw line in the final 1:15, six by Dae Dae Grant, plus a clinching dunk by David Dixon with 45 seconds left to give Duquesne a sweep of the season series against the Bonnies (14-9, 5-6 Atlantic 10).
“It was a good win for us,” said Dukes coach Keith Dambrot. “This league is wacky. Everybody’s pretty much the same in a lot of regards, and how you match up is pivotal as to whether you can win or not.”
Duquesne took a 13point lead at the half and increased it to 17 points on Tre Williams’ layup 1:52 into the second half.
“We got off to a good start, and that was key.”
Fousseyi Drame finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds off the bench to lead Duquesne (14-9, 4-6 Atlantic 10). Grant finished with 12 points for the Dukes, who led by 13 at the half and increased the lead to 40-23 on Tre Williams’ layup with 18:04 left.
Other district men
Robert Morris 71. Milwaukee 60: Markeese Hastings
scored 21 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to help the Colonials (10-15, 6-8 Horizon) defeat the visiting Panthers (12-3, 7-7). Stephaun Walker contributed 16 points and 9 rebounds for RMU and Justice Williams finished with 13 points.
Texas 94, West Virginia 58: The host Longhorns (168, 5-6 Big 12) raced out to a 25-point halftime lead and never looked back. Dylan Disu scored 27 points and Tyrese Hunter and Max Abmas each scored 19 for Texas. Jesse Edwards scored 17 points and had 9 rebounds to lead the Mountaineers (8-15, 3-7).
District women
Duquesne 57, La Salle 52: The Dukes were in control from the start to win their third in a row. Precious Johnson scored 15 points and had 12 rebounds to lead Duquesne (15-9, 10-3 Atlantic 10), who remained a game and a half behind conference leader Saint Joseph’s. Naelle Bernard added 13 points for the Dukes.
Baylor 65, West Virginia 58: The 22nd-ranked Mountaineers fell short in their road test against the 18thranked Bears. JJ Quinerly scored 13 points to lead WVU (20-3, 9-3 Big 12) and Kyah Watson and Jordan Harrison each added 12 points. Darianna Little pageBuggs lead Baylor (18-5, 75) with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Oakland 67, Robert Morris 65 (OT): Maddy Skorupski’s jumper in overtime at the buzzer gave the Grizzlies (10-13, 6-9 Horizon) the win at home. Simone Harris scored 19 points to pace the Colonials (6-18, 2-13) and Danielle Vuletich added 13 points and 10 rebounds.