The 2012 Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals’ second game of the day features a #7/#10 match up between the Duquesne Dukes and George Washington Colonials. Pickin’ Splinters is court side bringing you scores, stats, analysis, insights – we might even get a quote or two from players or coaches.
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#7 Duquesne (19-10/7-7) vs. #10 George Washington(11-17/3-11)
The Dukes won the only meeting this year 76-50 at the A.J. Palumbo Center on January 21, 2012.
Alex Gensler from downtown and the Dukes are out to a 3-2 lead.
Wumi from downtown!!
The Dukes’ pressure has the Colonials frazzled.
A quick 30 second timeout by GW. The Dukes lead 8-2.
Wumi with the turnaround jumper and the Dukes’ lead is 12-4.
The runner in the lane by the Chakecia Miller and the lead is down the 6, 12-6.
Belma Nurkic from downtown and the Dukes lead 15-6.
U8 Media timeout and the Dukes are leading 24-8.
Wumi Agunbiade leads all scorers with 7.
Danni Jackson leads the Colonials with 4.
Brooke Wilson follows up a miss and the lead is down to 14, 24-10.
Gensler with the nice post pass into Carly Vendemia. Vendemia spins and finishes.
Dukes lead 28-10.
Vendemia grabs an offensive rebound. As she is falling to the ground, she finds Nurkic in the corner, who swings it to the Gensler. Gensler nails the three in front of the Explorer’s bench.
31-12.
U2 Media TO: Dukes defense is absolutely swarming. George Washing is struggling to find an offensive rhythm.
3:53 left in the first half, and Duquesne leads 31-12.
Orsi Szecsi from behind the three point line and this has turned into a blowout early.
Dukes lead 38-14.
Halftime.
Duquesne is putting the D in Defense. The Colonials are shooting just 37% in the first half and have already turned the ball over 11 times.
Dukes lead 42-16.
Second half is underway and Chakecia Miller finishes the drive and 1 !!
Free throw made and the score is 44-19 – Dukes.
Technical Foul on George Washington. Not sure if it was the bench that got the technical. Let’s see if this was technical meant to wake up the Explorers.
Gensler hits both free throws, 46-21.
Danni Jackson from downtown!! 48-28
Orsi Szecsi from the corner and the Dukes respond, 51-28.
The Dukes just put on a clinic breaking the press.
Carly Vendemia catches the ball at the foul line, feeds Szecsi in the post. The sophomore uses the drop step and finishes with the left hand.
Dukes, 53-31.
There has been an on-going Dance Off between the Dukes’ mascot and the George Washington cheerleaders.
No word on who the winner is yet.
Gensler drives to the lane, kicks the ball to the corner for Nurkic. The freshman guard hits a three from the corner, nothing but net.
Dukes, 58-32 with 8:35 to play.
Tara Booker with the three ball for the Explorers. GW calls timeout with the score at 58-35.
With 8:13 left to play, this one is about over.
Wumi across the lane, with the short jumper. The jumper is off but Ahjah Hall with the rebound and putback. The foul on the play and it is an old fashioned three point play, 59-43.
Gensler with the steal and the feed to Wumi for the easy 2.
Dukes’ lead is back to 19, 65-46.
2:32 to play and this one is all but wrapped up.The Dukes have a comfortable 18 point lead, 67-49.
I am starting to see smiles on the Dukes’ bench and bench players are getting some playing time.
A great chance for Coach McConnell-Serio to get her starters some rest before tomorrow’s quarterfinal match with Temple.
It is a final.
Duquesne defeats George Washington 69-55 and moves on to face Temple in tomorrow’s quarterfinal action.