Duquesne men never trail, defeat La Salle in Philly

Tre Dinkins III produced his first double-double, and Cam Crawford scored a game-high 15 points to lead Duquesne to a 67-62 victory over La Salle on Wednesday night at John Glaser Arena in Philadelphia.

Dinkins finished with 12 points and 10 assists for the Dukes (12-16, 7-8 Atlantic 10), who won on the road for just the second time in nine games.

On a night when La Salle honored legendary coach Fran Dunphy, who is set to retire at the end of the season, Duquesne never trailed but allowed the Explorers to close within one point on four occasions after the Dukes had built double-digit leads.

Eli Wilborn and Jakub Necas added 10 points apiece for Duquesne, which shot 52.2% overall but was just 5 for 20 (25.0%) from 3-point range after making two of its first three attempts during a 12-0 run to open the game.

Corey McKeithan and Deuce Jones led La Salle (12-16, 4-11) with 14 points apiece. Daeshon Shepherd added 12 for the Explorers, who lost their sixth consecutive game.

Duquesne led 53-40 on a basket by Kareem Rozier with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left before La Salle outscored the Dukes, 16-4, to pull within 57-56 with 2:23 to go.

The Explorers couldn’t take the lead, though Duquesne never led by more than five points the rest of the way.

Dunphy, who was coaching in his 1,000th college game, owns a 623-377 record in 33 seasons combined at Penn, Temple and La Salle, where his three-year mark is 43-52.

His teams have competed in 17 NCAA Tournaments — nine at Penn and eight at Temple.