Duquesne will play Marshall in basketball doubleheader in Cleveland
Duquesne will play Marshall as part of a college basketball doubleheader Dec. 29 at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
The game will be the second of the doubleheader after West Virginia plays Ohio State at noon.
The Dukes (19-13 last season) return eight players who played in 19 or more games, including starters Sincere Carry, Michael Hughes, Frankie Hughes and Marcus Weathers.
Atlantic-10 Sixth Man of the Year Tavian Dunn-Martin is also back. Marshall (23-14) earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2018 and won the CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament last season. Duquesne defeated Marshall last season 93-82.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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