George Washington University
Duquesne
Duquesne Trifectas Sink Colonials
1/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2009
PITTSBURGH -- GW shot 64 percent from the field and made eight of 10 3-pointers but came up short, 88-83, at Duquesne Wednesday night. Rob Diggs had 25 points for George Washington (6-8, 0-2), which lost its sixth straight. Reserve Noel Wilmore added 14 points for the Colonials.
Dukes freshman Melquan Bolding scored a career-high 26 points, Bill Clark and Aaron Jackson had 14 points, and Duquesne rallied from behind to beat the Colonials for its seventh straight victory. Duquesne (12-4) is 3-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference for the first time in the school's history.
Trailing by 13 points in the first half, Duquesne went ahead, 80-77, on a 3-pointer by Saunders with 2:49 remaining. The Dukes had 13 3-pointers, including four from Bolding.
