Duquesne Basketball
Duquesne MBB Prevails In Overtime Behind Dixon’s Heroics
Duquesne Men’s Basketball junior forward David Dixon had three lifetime three-point baskets coming into Wednesday night’s contest against Saint Joseph’s, but his triple with four seconds left in overtime, erupted the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse and set the Dukes up for an 85-81 victory.
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The Dukes (7-9/2-1 Atlantic 10) were led by Tre Dinkins III’s season high 26 points. Dixon concluded play with 17 points and nine rebounds. Cam Crawford finished with 13 points. Duquesne’s bench outscored the Hawks 37-18.
Jahsean Corbett brought down nine rebounds and Kareem Rozier, who is 15th in NCAA Division I in assist: turnover ratio had seven assists and zero blemishes.
Saint Joseph’s (10-6/1-2 A-10) saw Rasheer Fleming compile a double-double, with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Xzavier Brown did the same, his consisting of 17 points and 10 rebounds. Both Dasear Haskins and Derek Simpson each scored 12 points, while Justice Ajogbor had 10 points.
Early on Saint Joseph’s had the narrow advantage by virtue of hitting both of its opening three-point shots, but that momentum would be short lived.
A 12-0 Duquesne advantage began with a returning Jakub Necas converting a jumper. The Dukes capped off the run by quick ball movement which culminated with Jahsean Corbett finding Maximus Edwards. The guards, caught the ball, set his fired and successfully fired from three-point range.
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Matus Hronsky then got in the act by recording a steal and taking it himself to the rim for a high-percentage layup, activating a timeout from Billy Lange.
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Saint Joseph’s, namely Anthony Finkley began to find its stride from deep, to get some footing, but would draw no closer than three points.
Dixon provided a spark for the first half, grabbing crucial rebounds that resulted in Duquesne baskets and then called his own number for a three-point basket of his own, the fourth such make of his Dukes career.
At the half, Duquesne owned a 36-30 advantage. One of the Hawks two leading scorers Erik Reynolds II was held to a single point in the opening 20 minutes and would complete play with four points.
Necas went down in the first half, was locked at by trainers for an extended time and went back to the locker room before the opening 20 minutes concluded. He would return to the bench but did not return to game action.
Duquesne led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but before that, Saint Joseph’s cut its deficit down to two points.
A Rozier pullup refocused the Dukes and began a 10-1 run with Dinkins converting a step back jumper which caused the Hawks to spend a timeout. That basket allowed Duquesne to hit its aforementioned high watermark of 12 points.
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Saint Joseph’s would use a 7-0 run to cut its deficit to four points. Duquesne would have some responses, but each was short lived as St. Joe’s would find a counter.
Six unanswered Hawks points placed the visitors in front at the under eight-minute media timeout.
Both teams would jockey for position down the stretch of regulation, with Saint Joseph’s leading by a single point and Duquesne coming up empty on its offensive trip.
After Brown split free throws, Crawford was fouled. His first free throw danced around the backboard, then the rim before falling through the bottom of the net. He would tie the game, sending the contest into overtime.
When Reynolds connected for a three pointer in overtime, St. Joe’s went up by five points, but Rozier pulled up for a trifecta of his own.
Dixon then sacrificed his body, drawing a charge, despite doing so with four fouls.
Corbett would make a pair of free throws and then Dixon went to work, blocking and throwing his body on the line and grabbing a rebound, to activate a Dukes timeout.
That was when Dixon buried a three placing Duquesne in front. Following the timeout, Rozier quickly fouled and the free throws were split.
Eli Wilborn was fouled and both of his makes put the game out of reach.
Duquesne has a week in between games, but it will head to Foggy Bottom where George Washington awaits for a 7 p.m. tilt on ESPN+.
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