Noah Fries | staff writer Despite starting with a 4-0 record and winning six of its first eight games, the Duquesne women’s basketball team has lost eight of its last nine — including five straight — to fall to 0-6 in conference play and 7-10 overall. The 0-6 conference record has the Dukes in the cellar of the A10, with 12 games still to come … Continue reading Dukes lose fifth straight after 4-0 start
Alayna Alexander | staff writer Duquesne women’s basketball had a thrilling end to the Navy Classic in Annapolis, Maryland, holding Navy to just 4 points in the fourth quarter to complete a 14-point comeback in a 69-67 overtime classic. The Dukes broke even over the weekend, going 1-1 after a loss to Liberty in their first game of the Challenge. The 32nd Navy Classic, held … Continue reading WBB falls to Liberty, rallies to beat Navy
Noah Fries | staff writer The Duquesne women’s basketball team got off to a hot start on Monday, racing past Saint Francis 89-60 in a season opener that featured just two lead changes — a figure that exemplified Duquesne’s dominance. One year after starting two juniors, two seniors and a graduate student in the season opener against Princeton, Head Coach Dan Burt rolled out two … Continue reading Dukes rout St. Francis in season opener
Rowan Dubois & Jack Morgan | staff writers Duquesne’s heavily anticipated 2025 season opener is a revival of a rivalry that has been dormant for 86 years. For the first time since 1939, the Dukes will play the University of Pittsburgh in ‘The Battle for the ‘Burgh’ on Saturday. After falling short of expectations in 2024, players and fans alike are eager to see what … Continue reading BATTLE OF THE ‘BURGH: Duquesne and Pitt revitalize rivalry
by Brentaro Yamane | layout editor Feb. 10, 2022 One obstacle that the Duquesne’s women’s basketball team has continued to try to overcome is maintaining a lead. Going into Wednesday night’s game against George Washington, the Dukes had lost seven games by two possessions or fewer. Desperate for an Atlantic 10 Conference victory, the Colonials (who entered the game 0-8 in conference play) battled until … Continue reading WBB defeated by GW in offensive struggle
by Peter Boettger A core memory I had of high school was the countless times my then-basketball teammates would trash talk the girl’s basketball team. They would say things along the lines of: “Oh I would score 50 points on the girl’s team;” “If I was a girl, I’d basically be girl-Shaq;” or “Their games are so boring.” More importantly, I’ll always remember one day … Continue reading “Basketball is basketball” despite gender disparities
Staff Editorial Sept. 30, 2021 2022 will finally see the first official branding of “March Madness” for collegiate women’s basketball in NCAA history. There are multiple reasons that the women’s basketball tournaments might not be included under the same official branding as the men’s games in years past, but none are proven to be the single source of the discrimination. In a statement to The … Continue reading Staff Editorial – Women’s basketball is going “mad” this year
Brentaro Yamane | Staff Writer Feb. 18, 2021 Precious Johnson scored a career-and-game-high 20 points to help Duquesne (4-8, 3-5 Atlantic 10) defeat Rhode Island 71-63 in the team’s first game at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Thursday night. It was Duquesne’s first game on campus in 712 days. Duquesne realized how ‘precious’ Precious really was against Rhode Island (8-7, 8-4). Not only did the … Continue reading Duquesne women’s hoops team tops Rhody in first game at Cooper Fieldhouse
Adam Lindner | Sports Editor Feb. 11, 2021 Today marks the 25th day in a row since the Duquesne women’s basketball team last saw the court. No matter which way you slice it — 600 hours, 36,000 minutes, almost four weeks — a 25-day mid-season pause is a long time away from action for any team. Heck, the last time the Dukes played, classes hadn’t … Continue reading Dan Burt: “This is our second season”
Brentaro Yamane | Staff Writer Nov. 19, 2020 Libby Bazelak could have made a name for herself in the college basketball world in the state that she grew up in Ohio. Back in high school, she had an offer from the University of Akron, one of the two schools that had offered her. Instead of becoming a star at Akron, Bazelak is shooting three-pointers and … Continue reading Bazelak appreciative of opportunity that awaits in 2020-21
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