RICHMOND, Va. -- Four nights after snapping No. 9 Xavier's 11-game winning streak, Duquesne must find a way tonight to halt its 11-game losing streak against Richmond.

The Dukes once enjoyed an 8-0 lead in the series, but the Spiders have won all 11 matchups since joining the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2001-02 season.

"It will be interesting to see what these young guys do, if we can handle a little prosperity, because I don't think that we've had to be in that position yet this year," Duquesne coach Ron Everhart said.

The Dukes (15-7, 6-3 A-10) enter the game at the Robins Center in fourth place. They have won 10 of their past 13 games, including Saturday night's shocking 72-68 victory against the Musketeers before a rare sellout at the Palumbo Center.

"It gives us a lot of confidence," Dukes sophomore forward Damian Saunders said. "I know everybody thinks we're young, but when we step on the court, we've got the same talent as every other team. We just need to make sure we stay focused."

The Spiders (11-12, 3-5) have been struggling with a season-high four-game losing streak after suffering an 85-72 triple-overtime loss to Saint Louis Sunday on their home court.

Richmond has dropped six of its past eight games overall but hasn't lost to the Dukes in its building since dropping a 67-60 overtime decision Dec. 20, 1993.

Duquesne's past three setbacks at Richmond have been by a total of seven points:

• Two years ago, the Dukes rallied from a 12-point deficit to take a two-point lead with 47 seconds left, but the Spiders scored the final five points for a 69-66 victory.

• In 2005, Daon Merritt raced the length of the court in the final six seconds to hit an acrobatic layup with 0.8 seconds left to give Richmond a 72-71 win.

• In 2004, Tony Dobbins and Mike Skrocki combined for 10 points in the final minute to wipe out a four-point Duquesne lead and carry the Spiders to a 69-66 triumph.

The Dukes hope to end that slide tonight as they look for their seventh road win. The previous time they won that many away games was the 1970-71 season, when coach Red Manning's team went 21-4, lost in the NCAA East Region and was ranked No. 15 by The Associated Press.

Of Duquesne's four road losses this season, two have come against nationally-ranked powers Duke and Pitt and the other two have been overtime setbacks -- 78-74 to Saint Louis and 99-98 to Saint Joseph.

"Obviously, I'm sure they feel great," Richmond coach Chris Mooney said of Duquesne. "They had a great win against Xavier. They seem to play pretty fearlessly. I think [point guard Aaron] Jackson's probably a player-of-the-year candidate with the numbers that he has.

"They're playing with a lot of confidence right now. They have five guys on the floor who can make 3s and drive around you. And they can really disrupt you."

Jackson, who was named A-10 player of the week for the third time this season Sunday, has never missed a game in his career, playing in 108. He leads the Dukes in scoring (17.8 ppg.) and assists (5.5).

Saunders leads the conference in steals per game (2.18). Junior guard Jason Duty is fourth in the A-10 in 3-point shooting percentage (42.4 percent). And sophomore swingman Bill Clark is averaging 16.8 points and shooting 58.1 percent in league play.

"I really felt like the way those [four] kids dedicated themselves in the offseason and improved their games has really been the key to any success that we've had this year," Everhart said. "And Aaron was sort of the ringleader of that."