St. Louis rallies in final seconds to down Duquesne 72-71 (Mar 08, 2017)
PITTSBURGH (AP) Elliott Welmer scored 17 points and Davell Roby's tip-in with 1.6 seconds left gave Saint Louis its only lead of the game and the Billikens beat Duquesne 72-71 in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Wednesday night.
Saint Louis used a 6-0 run in the closing 24 seconds to move on. Mike Crawford made a pair of layups in a seven-second span, the second coming off Mike Lewis II's turnover with 15 seconds left.
Emile Blackman missed two free throws with nine seconds and the Dukes leading 71-70.
Crawford secured the rebound, and Jaylen Johnson drove through traffic down the left side of the lane and put up a shot that went off the left side of the backboard and into Roby's hands. Kyle Abrahamson missed a potential game winner as time expired.
Eleventh-seed Saint Louis (12-20) advances to play George Washington on Thursday.
Duquesne led 42-32 at halftime and Lewis' layup with 15:20 to go put the Dukes up 55-37.
Crawford had 16 and Reggie Agbeko added 15 for Saint Louis.
Lewis paced the Dukes (10-22) with 22 points, Tarin Smith and Isiah Mike each had 14 and Blackman 12.
