Duquesne women’s basketball at Miami in the WNIT

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ESPN + @ 1:00 in Millett. Duquesne 20-12 vs Miami 19-11. Thursday night in Pittsburgh Duquesne defeated 22 win Longwood 70 to 68 on a short jumper by Jerne Kiaku with one second left. The Dukes were down 12 late in the third quarter. They have two star 5-7 guards. Vs Longwood Megan McConnell had 25 points/ 8 rebounds/ 7 steals/ 3 assists. Jerne Kiaku had 17 points/ 12 rebounds/ 5 assists / 2 steals. They also have a 6-2 Sr center Kiawandru Brown who transferred from Indiana. Coach Box mentioned that he spent a lot of time working with her in individual workouts.

Miami lost to Kent 68 to 61 in the MAC tournament about a week and a half ago and earned a bye and a home game in the WNIT. We had a season low 8 turnovers. GS guard Maya Chandler had 23 points. All MAC honorable mention post Amber Tretter had 12/11. First team All MAC guard Enjulina Gonzalez had 12 points. She entered the transfer portal as did top guard sub Cori Lard. I have a different opinion on playing them in this game than my close friend Grumpy, but that decision belongs to the girls, their coach, their family and possible agents. Personally I hold no animus to the girls who are entering the portal and I like the idea of the finishing the season with their friends and teammates. Miami has only had 5 teams who have won 20 games and hitting that mark with a win would be quite an accomplishment for this team.

Miami men and women have combined for 44 wins which ties the all time Miami record. Also, when combined with our football team’s 9 wins it gives us 53 wins in our 3 longest top programs which ties a school record of 53.

All time Miami record. 53 combined wins. 2003-2004 school year

Football 13 wins. Terry Hoepner, Big Ben’s final year.
Men’s basketball. 18 wins. Charlie Coles
Women’s basketball. 22 wins. Maria Fantanarosa

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I’m gonna be at my daughter’s birthday party because 10 AM was the only time Build a Bear had a party reservation available. Bring us home a winner!

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There’s a whole genre of absolutely insane build-a-bears executions out there (don’t ask!) that you can Google before you go. Bring home something off!

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A bit off topic, but Peyton Scott and Oregon playing Duke for a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line.

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=>Have a phone with ESPN App?

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=>Ruff 1st quarter. Dukes scoring at will.

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3 players for Miami are gone - 2 in the portal & 1 in grad school in Ireland - this includes the star player.

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=>Makes it hard to be invested in the tournament if the players and coaches are not.

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Ok ok….I’ll do one

HE GONNA DO ONE!

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Down by 5 at half. Box can coach. His team is fairly limited and yet they are right there. Wow!

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=>Gonna need a helluva 4th qtr.

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Peyton injured her knee again with a non contact injury in the 2 nd half. Sad ending for her career.

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=>Duquesne never seriously threatened. Answered every time Miami strung a few buckets together.

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The score ended up being closer than what the game would have indicated. 73-66 loss to end the season at 19-12.

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Not quite

Miami closed the gap to 70 to 66 and had the ball with about 50 seconds.
Unfortunately, Miami did not get the bucket & then had to foul.

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That’s what I meant. The three-pointer cut the deficit to four in the final minute but Duquesne seemed to be in control throughout the afternoon.

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Enjulina would have probably made a huge difference for us today. Her ball handling skills, speed and basketball instincts allowed us to play on a level higher than we actually were.

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We would have won. But sadly…

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“Just opted out, didn’t want to play, I guess.”

Coach Box when asked why Enjulina didn’t play.

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