Duquesne Women's Basketball 2014 NIT Tournament Capsule

Duquesne Dukes
Atlantic 10 (19-12, 10-6)

 

Big Wins: 1/8 at Fordham (65-61), 1/22 at VCU (77-65), 2/22 Fordham (60-51)
Bad Losses: 11/17 Green Bay (60-68), 2/5 George Washington (68-80), 2/26 La Salle (63-68)
Coach: Dan Burt (1 season at Duquesne)

Probable Starters:
Wumi Aqunbiade, Senior, Forward, 15.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg
Raegan Moore, Senior, Guard, 14.2 ppg, 2.6 apg
April Robinson, Sophomore, Guard, 10.8 ppg, 4.0 apg
Orsi Szecsi, Senior, Guard/Forward, 8.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg
Oliva Bresnahan, Junior, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 2.9 apg, 4.5 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Belma Nurkic, Junior, Guard, 5.8 ppg, 1.6 apg
Jose-Ann Johnson, Junior, Center, 3.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Angela Heintz, Freshman, Guard, 2.5 ppg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.8 (121st in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.7 (87, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.2 (135, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (229, 12)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.3 (170, 4)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.1 (73, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.4 (112, 6)
Rebound Margin: -0.7 (191, 9)
Assists Per Game: 15.1 (73, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.2 (116, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round win over Akron
2013    NIT    Second Round loss to Bowling Green
2012    NIT    First Round loss to Cincinnati
2011    NIT    Round of 64 win over Kent State
2011    NIT    Round of 32 win over Kansas
2011    NIT    Regional Semifinal loss to Illinois State
2010    NIT    Round of 64 loss to Northwestern
2009    NIT    First Round loss to Butler

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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