Grant and Duquesne host UC Irvine

Tue, Nov 28, 2023
NCAAB News (AP)

UC Irvine Anteaters (6-1) at Duquesne Dukes (4-2)

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BOTTOM LINE: Duquesne plays the UC Irvine Anteaters after Dae Dae Grant scored 24 points in Duquesne's 89-79 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The Dukes have gone 3-1 in home games. Duquesne is eighth in the A-10 with 25.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Fousseyni Drame averaging 5.5.

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The Anteaters are 1-1 on the road. UC Irvine is 5-0 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Duquesne averages 10.0 made 3-pointers per game, 5.4 more made shots than the 4.6 per game UC Irvine gives up. UC Irvine has shot at a 50.2% clip from the field this season, 9.0 percentage points higher than the 41.2% shooting opponents of Duquesne have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Grant is shooting 32.1% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Dukes, while averaging 20.8 points. Jimmy Clark III is shooting 47.7% and averaging 17.3 points for Duquesne.

Justin Hohn is averaging 12.7 points for the Anteaters. Devin Tillis is averaging 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds for UC Irvine.

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