Men’s Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh for Friday Night Showdown at Duquesne

PITTSBURGH – University of Delaware men's basketball is riding a three-game win streak heading in its trip to Pittsburgh for Friday night's matchup against the Duquesne Dukes. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. with the game streaming on ESPN+.

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ABOUT THE HENS

Delaware was won three-straight games and sits at 5-3 overall.
UD is 13^th in the nation in three-point field-goal percentage (.401) and leads the CAA.
The Blue & Gold are 19^th in the country from the charity stripe, connecting on 79.2 percent.
John Camden paces the team with 17.1 points per outing and ranks 17^th nationally in three-point shooting at 50.0 percent.
Four other Hens are averaging at least 11.1 points per game this season – Cavan Reilly (14.9), Niels Lane (12.3), Erik Timko (11.8), and Izaiah Pasha (11.1).
Reilly has scored 18+ points in the past four games, becoming the first since Jameer Nelson Jr. had 22+ in four-straight games in 2022-23. Nate Darling is the most recent with five-consecutive games of 18+ points when he scored 24+ in six-straight games in 2019-20.
Timko is one three pointer away from 250 in his career. He'll become the 34th active player in all of men's college basketball to reach that milestone. He'll be just one of four active with less than 100 career games played.
Pasha has won the last two CAA Rookie of the Week awards.

ABOUT THE DUKES

Duquesne is 1-7 on the season under first-year head coach Dru Joyce III.
The Dukes return nine players from last year's Atlantic 10 Championship team that went 25-12 and made a NCAA Tournament appearance.
Duquesne is being outscored by its opponents this season by an average of 6.3 points per game.
Jake DiMichele (10.9) and Tre Dinkins III (10.5) are leading the team in scoring.

SERIES HISTORY

Delaware won the lone matchup between the programs 86-81 in 1999 in a neutral site contest.

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Men’s Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh for Friday Night Showdown at Duquesne

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Players Mentioned

John Camden

Niels Lane

Izaiah Pasha

Cavan Reilly

Erik Timko

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Men’s Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh for Friday Night Showdown at Duquesne

Next Event

Players Mentioned

John Camden

Niels Lane

Izaiah Pasha

Cavan Reilly

Erik Timko

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