“A very talented team from the Atlantic 10 Conference,” MU coach Megan Duffy said. “They can score at all five positions. They run a ton of offensive sets. They’re very guard heavy.”
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Duquesne, based in Pittsburgh, is 23-7 under fifth-year coach Dan Burt. The Dukes are scoring 70.4 points and giving up an average of 63.4 per game.
The A-10 runner-up behind Dayton, Duquesne is led by the junior guard tandem of Chassidy Omogrosso and Julijana Vojinovic, who are scoring 16.8 and 15.9 points per contest, respectively.
Junior Kadri-Ann Lass, a 6-foot-3 forward, is averaging 11.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game.
“I think they’re more skilled than anything,” Duffy said. “They do have a little bit of size, but their size shoots from the perimeter.”
A couple notes:
» The Dukes have participated in 14 WNIT games since 2009, going 6-8.
» Duquesne and Miami have three common opponents this year. The Dukes beat Akron (66-60), Central Michigan (64-61) and Toledo (73-54) … the RedHawks swept Akron (75-67 and 77-50), lost twice to CMU (84-66 and 61-58), and defeated Toledo (67-58).
» Seven countries — the United States, Hungary, Canada, Serbia, Finland, Estonia and Spain — are represented on Duquesne’s roster.
» Freshman guard Libby Bazelak, an Alter High School product, has played in 30 games and started four for Duquesne, averaging 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. She has some solid shooting percentages — 50 percent from the field, 37.9 percent from 3-point range and 93 percent from the line.
» The Dukes have one other Ohio player. Redshirt sophomore forward Paige Cannon from Johnstown is a starter averaging 5.7 points and 5.7 boards per game.
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