PITTSBURGH – Duquesne started the game with the first 10 points and never looked back in a 70-46 victory over UC Irvine at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Saturday.

The Dukes drained 11 of their 14 three-pointers in the first half and UCI couldn't make a dent in a 43-24 first half deficit the rest of the way.

The Anteaters, who lost just their second game of the season (10-2), shoot 34 percent (18-53) from the floor and 66.7 percent from the line (14-21).
 
Duquesne went 27-55 (0.491) from the field through 40 minutes, shooting at a 56.0 rate from three-point range (14-25).
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Myles Che led UCI with nine points, a perfect 3-3 from the line, with two assists and a steal
> Center Bent Leuchten added seven points, three rebounds and a block
> Guard Torian Lee matched Leuchten with seven points, including a three-pointer and a career-best two assists
> Justin Hohn and Kyle Evans scored six points apiece
> Hohn knocked down two triples while Evans pulled down six boards
> Forward Devin Tillis had a team-best seven rebounds
> Elijah Chol saw 11 minutes of action and swatted a career-high five blocks to go with three points
> Duquesne was led by Jahsean Corbett's 15 game-best points and eight rebounds
> Six different Dukes hit a three-pointer
> All 12 available Anteaters scored at least two points in the contest

FIRST HALF
> Devin Tillis kickstarted the UC Irvine offense when he bounced the ball through the paint over to Bent Leuchten (16:41) who slammed it in to stop the Duquesne 10-0 run
> Before the under-16 media timeout at 14:48, Justin Hohn (15:36) answered the Dukes catch-and-shoot three with one of his own, 13-5
> The Anteaters saw an 8-0 scoring run with a rebound putback from Kyle Evans (12:22), two free throw makes from both Ofure Ujadughele (10:53) and Torian Lee (9:19) as well as Myles Che (8:41) hooking the ball from outside the paint to close within three, 18-15
> Duquesne remained hot from long-range registering five three-pointers in a three-minute span to extend their advantage out to 33-19 (5:21)
> Tillis was the last Anteater to score in the half as he floated the ball in at 1:48, but was met a trey from the Dukes with five seconds left in the opening frame to stay ahead 43-24 at the break
> Duquesne knocked down 11 three-pointers in the first half (11-18, 0.611) and took advantage of 10 UCI turnovers, scoring 16 points
 
SECOND HALF
> UC Irvine opened the second half on a 5-0 run on a fastbreak flying layup from Jurian Dixon (18:55) then a triple from Leuchten (18:10) forcing Duquesne to regroup, 43-29
> The Dukes responded with the next seven, 50-29 (15:56)
> UCI strung together three offensive possessions when Che assisted on Lee's (13:37) three in front of the bench before making a long two-pointer (13:07) himself and Lee then passed down to Evans (12:07) who was wide-open underneath the hoop, 54-36
> Another three-pointer gave Duquesne a 63-41 advantage at 7:27
> Che had a rebound putback and was fouled, making the extra point from the stripe then Elijah Chol went for the layup at 5:27 (63-46)
> UCI scored the final eight points, the last a Berk Can Akin layup with nine seconds to go, 70-54
 
NOTES
> UC Irvine's 54 points are the second fewest of the season
> Devin Tillis is now one rebound away from reaching the 500-rebound club
> Justin Hohn sits four steals away from entering the career steals leaderboard

UP NEXT
UC Irvine will take a holiday break before completing their non-conference slate at California Baptist on Monday Dec. 30. Opening tip from Riverside is 7:00 p.m.