The Duquesne Dukes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers meet Wednesday in college basketball action from Pinnacle Bank Arena. Duquesne is sitting at 4-1 so far this year. The Dukes are coming off a Friday win over Rider. As for Nebraska, they’re an undefeated 5-0 on the season after a blowout win over Oregon State. You're welcome to check out our Duquesne vs Nebraska Prediction.
Duquesne Dukes
The Dukes kicked off the year with three straight wins, starting with a close 79-77 escape versus Cleveland State. Duquesne would then beat Charleston 90-72 and Stony Brook 85-63 before taking a close loss to Princeton 70-67. The Dukes fell behind 37-31 at the break in that one and couldn’t make up the gap.
In their latest matchup versus Rider on Friday, Duquesne got back into the win column with a dominant effort. The Dukes took a 37-22 lead into the locker room and finished off with 40 more points in a 77-58 result. Dae Dae Grant topped the team on 23 points and four rebounds. Jimmy Clark added 14 points with five rebounds.
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
Over on the Nebraska side, they’ve been rolling along nicely this year with double-digit wins in all five games so far. The Cornhuskers beat Lindenwood, Florida A&M, Rider and Stony Brook in their first quartet. A 55 percent shooting effort and a 48-31 rebounding edge helped propel Nebraska over the Seawolves.
In game five versus Oregon State back on Saturday, Nebraska kept it going. The Cornhuskers notched an 84-63 win thanks to 44 points in the first half. Brice Williams notched 25 points to lead the way, and both Rienk Mast (15 points; 13 rebounds) and Juwan Gary (12 points; 10 rebounds) doubled up.
ANDREW’S FREE NEBRASKA VS DUQUESNE PREDICTION
I’ll stick with Nebraska here. The Cornhuskers have been on a dominant run so far this year—but to be fair they haven’t really gotten into the meat of their schedule just yet. Nebraska is coming off a very nice effort versus a decent Oregon State team, logging 46.2 percent shooting, a 44-31 rebounding edge (17-9 offensive) and just six turnovers.
As for Duquesne, they did a nice job knocking off an overmatched Rider team in their last outing. The Dukes shot a solid 45.6 percent from the field in that one with 42 rebounds. Wednesday’s matchup will mark a significant uptick in opposition however, and I don’t think the Dukes will keep the pace.
