PITTSBURGH, PA—South Carolina State is set to battle Duquesne on the road in the first game of the game of the Tribute Classic presented by Kentucky Tourism on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m.

The game will be televised nationally by CBSSN with John Sadak and Michael O'Donnell on the call.

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (0-2) at DUQUESNE (1-1)
Mon., Nov. 14, 2022, • 7:00 pm ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (3,500)
Duquesne is a team in transition with 10 first-year players on the roster. Sixth-year DU head  Keith Dambrot who entered the season second among Atlantic 10 coaches with 484 wins, has seen nine players make their Duquesne debuts in the Dukes' first two games.

South Carolina State, in its first season under former West Virginia assistant Erik Martin, is coming off a 80-61 defeat at Tennessee State on Saturday. The Bulldogs put a scare into in-state rival South Carolina, dropping an 80-77 decision to the Gamecocks in Columbia on Nov. 8.


THE SERIES

• South Carlina State University, located in Orangeburg, S.C., competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
• This is the second meeting between the Dukes and Bulldogs, with DU owning an 83-68 home win on Dec. 16, 2015.
• South Carolina State has a retooled lineup under first year coach Erik Martin who came to the Bulldogs following a long assistant coaching stint at West Virginia.
• SC State was picked to finish tied for seventh in the MEAC preseason poll.
• 5-foot-11 junior guard Rashaan Edwards, who scored 13 points to along with seven rebounds and four assists in SC State's season-opening 80-77 loss at South Carolina, was a preseason Third Team All-MEAC pick. Five Bulldogs scored in double digits in the loss at South Carolina.
• SC State's first 11 games are on the road, with their first home game not until Dec. 13 vs. UNC-Asheville.
• Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot is 1-0 vs. the Bulldogs, with the lone meeting coming when Dambrot was at Akron.
• Duquesne is 17-3 all-time against the schools that comprise the current Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, including a 16-2 mark at home.

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