The Duke Blue Devils will host the winless Pennsylvania Quakers tomorrow as they seek to go send out the old year with a bank and gain momentum for the conference opener on Sunday. The Quakers who have been so hapless they fired Glen Miller their coach on December 4th and gave the job on an interim basis to former star player Jerome Allen.
The Quakers have a mixture of youth and experience. They will start three sophomores, a junior and a senior. Here are the starters and key reserves.
6-1 Soph. Zack Rosen 14.8 points,3.9 rebounds,5.2 assists
6-8 Jr. Jack Eggleston 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds
6-4 Sr. Darren Smith 9.8 points
6-9 Soph. Mike Howlett 8.4 points,8.6 rebounds
6-6 Soph. Rob Belcore 6.6 points
6-6 Jr. Dan Mockton 2.9 points
6-7 Fr. Brian Fitzpatrick 4.8 points
6-7 Jr. Conor Turley 2.2 points
6-6 Jr. Tyler Bernardini 6.0 points
6-9 Sr. Andreas Schreiber 5.0 points
The Quakers are averaging 64.4 points a game and give up 79.8. They shoot 39.2% from the field,while their opponents shoot 48.6%. They are shooting 29.9% on 6.9 made threes and they give up 37.3% on 7.9 made. They have a minus 4.5 rebound deficit per game and they are committing 14.5 turnovers, while forcing 11.9.
Notes: Pennsylvania's notable losses are to Villanova 103-65 and Davidson 79-50. The game is scheduled for 6pm and will be televised on ESPN2.
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