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Women's Basketball Returns to the Road Against Ohio on Thursday Dukes and Bobcats tipoff in rare 11:00 a.m. start

The Dukes puts a six game winning streak on the line Thursday morning against Ohio University

Dec. 14, 2010

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Duquesne (7-1)		Ohio (2-7)

Ohio Game Notes

GAMEDAY INFORMATION:
DATE: December 16, 2010
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Athens, Ohio
ARENA: Convocation Center (13,168)
STREAMING VIDEO: Ohio Bobcats Game Central
STREAMING AUDIO: Red Zone Media
LIVE STATS: GameTracker
SERIES: Duquesne leads 5-2

DUQUESNE LATELY: Coming off a 64-48 victory over North Dakota State on Sunday afternoon ... Vanessa Abel scored a game-high 18 points and added six assists ... Samantha Pollino and Kelly Britcher added 10 points each and Diana Voynova pulled down eight rebounds ... the DU bench outscored the NDSU bench 27-2 ... winners of six straight games, two shy of breaking the school record.

OHIO LATELY: Coming off a 69-53 loss at George Mason ... Teneshia Benson scored a team-high 16 points and Thia Gholson added 10 for OU ... lost last six games to fall to 2-7 on the season ... Benson, a junior who transferred from Cincinnati after her sophomore season, is the only Bobcats players averaging in double-figure scoring with 13.1 points per game ... she also leads OU in rebounding averaging 6.4 per game.

THE SERIES: Duquesne leads 5-2 and have won three straight against Ohio including a 52-50 thriller last season.

AGAINST THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE: Duquesne is 12-15 all-time against the teams in the MAC, but are winners of three in a row and four-of-five. Ohio is the Dukes' fourth MAC opponent this season. DU owns wins over Miami, Akron and Buffalo and will play Ball State on Jan. 2nd.

COMMON OPPONENTS: In addition to the MAC opponents, the Dukes and Bobcats have two opponents in common - George Washington and Temple.

A DUQUESNE VICTORY MEANS:

The senior class of Kelly Britcher, Samantha Pollino and Diana Voynova will be the winningest class in program history

The Dukes will be 8-1 - the best-ever nine game start to a season in program history

A seven game winning streak, trying a program record

A six game road winning streak, one shy of a program record