The Duquesne Women’s Basketball Team won its Atlantic 10 opener besting Fordham 75-73 in overtime Tuesday night at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
Naelle Bernard paced Duquesne (4-3, 1-1 Atlantic 10) with 17 points and a career high seven assists. Tess Myers recorded 13 points and eight rebounds, while Precious Johnson matched with 13 points of her own. Megan McConnell finished play with 12 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Kiandra Browne got her first start as a Duke putting together a final line consisting of nine points and 10 rebounds, the latter of which matched a career high.
Duquesne’s sluggish start came with missed shots from beyond the arc and a 1-for-9 clip from deep, but a more physical second quarter started to turn the tides as the Dukes led at halftime.
Towards the end of the third quarter, Myers and McConnell each buried multiple three-point shots. McConnell’s triple with two seconds left in the quarter proved a high point in the game, completing an 18-4 run.
Fordham put up 28 points in the fourth quarter and opened on a 10-0 run, though both teams were unable to get a deciding basket in the final minute.
Duquesne did enough in the overtime period as Browne punched the ball away securing victory. The Dukes return Sunday for the second of a four-game homestand against Kent State.
Update (8:40 PM)-
**An offer from Pitt to an in-state wide receiver as Pitt offers 2025 wide receiver Jalil Hall from Drexel Hills, Pennsylvania. Hall (6’4″, 185-pounds) holds offers from Wisconsin, UConn, Duke, James Madison, Nebraska and Rutgers.
Update (1:13 PM)-
**This morning, Cory Sanders and Pitt extend an offer to 2027 offensive lineman Maxwell Hiller from Coatesville, Pennsylvania. This is the second D-1 offer for this talented freshman, with the first coming from Penn State.
Update (12:30 PM)-
**While recruiting in Florida, Charlie Partridge extends an offer to 2027 quarterback Derrick Baker from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale. This becomes the second D-1 offer for Baker with the first coming from Florida International.
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Update (12:12 PM)-
**This morning, Pitt football extends an offer to 2026 wide receiver/defensive back Jorden Edmonds from Marietta, Georgia. Edmonds received the offer from Archie Collins and holds other offers from Georgia Tech, Wisconsin and Eastern Kentucky.
Pitt wide receiver Addison Copeland III announced his decision to transfer from the program last Saturday and received his first offer from a Division II program in nearby IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).
Copeland did not make an appearance for the Panthers in his two seasons with the program.
ACC schools in Cal and Florida State, SEC schools in Missouri and Ole Miss, along with Colorado and Michigan State have offered Okunlola on Tuesday. Those six offers should only be the beginning for Okunlola, who many believe will go to Miami to join his brother, offensive lineman Samson Okunlola
Update (7:52 AM)-
**On the first day of the opening of the transfer portal, former Pitt linebacker Bangally Kamara picked up offers from Central Florida, Michigan State and Houston.
**Andre Powell and Pitt extended an offer on Monday to 2025 3-star cornerback Jayden Shipps from Archbishop Spalding in Severn, Maryland. Shipps (6’1″, 180-pounds holds offers from Boston College, Coastal Carolina, Indiana, Marshall, Temple, Tennessee, Toledo, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Wake Forest.
**Charlie Partridge and Pitt extended an offer on Monday to 2026 cornerback Jermiyah Douglas from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Douglas holds offers from Colorado, Kentucky, Louisville, Syracuse, Temple and South Florida.
**On Monday, Pitt 2024 4-star defensive tackle commit Jahsear Whittington received an in-home visit from Cory Sanders and Pat Narduzzi. Whittington remains the jewel of Pitt’s Class of 2024 and despite receiving strong interest from other programs, has remained loyal to Pitt.
