Sports Dukes Dispatches Dukes win at Dayton
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Am told it is the largest margin of victory Duquesne has ever had at University of Dayton Arena.
And this joint was loud.
The Dukes won with some lights out 3-point shooting, and penetrated the basket better than they have all season.
Mike Talley was really fantastic in the first half driving the hoop, B.J. Monteiro was 4-for-7 from 3-point range and this was the most confident I’ve seen this team play this year in a tough environment.
Duquesne was just 2-5 on the road entering the game.
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Top scorers Duquesne:
B.J. Monteiro: 20 points
Mike Talley: 15 points
Eric Evans: 12 points
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Quotes
Mike Talley on how this team stayed so composed on the road tonight.
“Just believing in our teammates. I’m pretty sure we’re the smallest team in the A-10. We might be,” said Talley. “We’ve just got to believe in each other even though we’re smaller. We can outrun teams.”
On shooting 10-of-16 from 3-point range in the first half and 12-for-23 overall.
“Finally knocked it down. We have a lot of shooters on our team and some of us were going through slumps,” said Talley.
Coach Ron Everhart:
On shooting the 3-pointer so well:
“We’ve been working on it a lot. We haven’t been shooting the three ball as well. The way we’re built, mostly guards, we’ve got to shoot well to be good.”
On adjusting after a slow start in the second half:
“I thought early in the second half we came out a little sluggish on offense…we got no dribble penetration. We had to call a timeout and adjusted.”
T.J. McConnell on staying confident as a team:
“Coach told us to keep our composure cause they were going to make a run and they did,” said McConnell.
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written by 123, February 02, 2012 - 11:42 AM
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