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Scouting report: Duquesne (1-0) at Iowa (0-1)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Matchup: Duquesne (1-0) at Iowa (0-1), 9 p.m. today, Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa. This game is part of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.

TV/Radio/Internet: ESPNU; KQV-AM (1410); GoDuquesne.com.

Duquesne: Coming off an 85-62 season-opening victory against Nicholls State Friday at the Palumbo Center in which forward Damian Saunders scored 17 points, had 19 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. ... Had 12 turnovers in the first half against Nicholls State but only four in the second half. ... Swingman Melquan Bolding planned on having surgery this morning to repair a fracture in his right wrist. Bolding injured the wrist in a fall against Nicholls State and is expected to be out 4-6 weeks.

Iowa: Coming off a 62-50 home loss against Texas-San Antonio Sunday in its season opener. ... Lost to UTSA despite winning the rebounding battle, 38-27. ... Shot poorly in its opener, going 17 of 50, 5 of 27 on 3-point shots and 11 of 16 from the free-throw line.

Hidden stat: Duquesne is 0-9 all time in Big Ten arenas (0-2 at Iowa) and 3-14 against the Big Ten overall.

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First published on November 17, 2009 at 12:00 am