SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 29	No. 23 Saint Louis (25-3, 13-2 A-10) vs. Duquesne (16-12, 8-7 A-10)
Date // Time	Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 // 7 p.m. CT
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Chaifetz Arena	SOLD OUT | Parking | Clear Bag Policy
Radio	104.1 FM / 1120 KMOX | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	FanDuel Sports Network/KTVI FOX 2 (Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson, Tamar Sher)
Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Series History	Tied 19-19
Game Notes	Saint Louis

WHAT'S ON TAP?

• Saint Louis hosts the Duquesne Dukes Saturday night for an Atlantic 10 Conference matchup at Chaifetz Arena. Game time is set for 7 p.m. CT.
• The Billikens are in the stretch run of the regular season with just two games to go after Saturday. They are home on Wednesday, March 4, for Senior Night against Loyola Chicago in a 7 p.m. tip on CBS Sports Network. The regular season concludes at George Mason on Saturday, March 7, at 3 p.m. CT on USA Network.
• A sold-out crowd is expected on Saturday. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and utilize the various parking options on campus, including the Laclede parking garage.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION

• Saturday's game will be televised on FanDuel Sports Network and KTVI FOX 2. The telecast will also be simulcast on ESPN+. Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson and Tamar Sher will call the action.
• 104.1 FM / 1120 AM KMOX is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Billiken Basketball sends a special salute to Rammer, who is in his 40th season as the radio voice of SLU hoops, and Austin who is in year No. 35. The duo were recently honored with the Burnes-Broeg Award at the Missouri Athletic Club's Jack Buck Awards.

NEWS & NOTES

• Saint Louis is No. 23 in this week's AP Top 25, the Billikens' sixth straight week in the rankings.
• SLU has clinched a double bye in the A-10 MBB Championship.
• The Billikens have won 20 straight games at Chaifetz Arena dating back to last year, an Arena record. If SLU wins its final two home games, it would tie the school record for consecutive home wins all time, matching the 1993-94 and 1994-95 Billikens who won 22 straight at the St. Louis Arena and Enterprise Center.
• Head coach Josh Schertz was recently named to the Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Watch List.
• The Billikens are second in the NCAA in scoring margin (+20.7) and are eighth nationally in scoring offense (89.1 ppg).
• Scoring 89.1 ppg, the Bills are on pace to break the A-10 team scoring record of 87.3 ppg, set by West Virginia in 1990-91.
• SLU is third in the NCAA in 3FG% (.403). Its 311 3-pointers are already No. 2 in a single season in school history. 
• Defensively, the Bills lead the NCAA in FG% defense (.366). They are third nationally in 3FG% defense (.281).
• SLU is also No. 8 in the NCAA in rebound margin (+9.4). It leads the NCAA in defensive rpg (30.9).
• Robbie Avila leads SLU in scoring and is first among NCAA centers in assists/game (4.1) and 3s/per game (1.9). He is the third center in NCAA history with 200+ career 3-pointers.
• Kellen Thames has averaged 20.0 ppg and shot .727 from the field (16-22) over the Bills' past two games vs. VCU and Dayton.
• Trey Green leads the A-10 in 3-pointers made per game (2.96) and 3FG% (.457, third in the NCAA). His 80 3-pointers are already No. 8 on the Billikens' single-season list.

ABOUT DUQUESNE

• The Duquesne Dukes enter Saturday's game 16-12 overall and 8-7 in Atlantic 10 Conference play.
• The Dukes feature a formidable 1-2 scoring punch in Tarence Guinyard (16.5 ppg, third in the A-10) and Jimmie Williams (15.3 ppg). Duquesne is balanced with eight players averaging 5.0 ppg or more.
• Guinyard leads the Dukes with 135 assists, second in the A-10. Williams has 43 steals to lead the team and ranks sixth in the A-10. 
• David Dixon leads the Dukes with 5.2 rebounds per game and is fifth in the A-10 with 1.5 blocks per game.
• The Dukes rank second in the A-10 (to the Billikens) in fastbreak points per game (13.46). Additionally, Duquesne is third in the league with 7.6 steals per game and rank third in turnovers forced per game (13.1).
• Head coach Dru Joyce III is in his second season as head coach at Duquesne. He was an associate head coach on Keith Dambrot's staff when the Dukes won the A-10 Tournament in 2023-24.

SERIES HISTORY

• This is the 39th meeting all-time between the Billikens and Dukes. The series is tied 19-19.
• The Billikens have won the last two meetings. Earlier this year in Pittsburgh, the Bills withstood a furious second-half rally from Duquesne to post an 81-77 win over the Dukes at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Saint Louis led by as many as 14 with less than seven minutes remaining before Duquesne trimmed its deficit to one point with under a minute to go.