PITTSBURGH — Since Ron Everhart was hired as coach five years ago, Duquesne has regularly produced one of the nation’s top scoring offenses.

Lately, the Dukes have added an elite defense to match.

For the second consecutive game, Duquesne held an opponent to without a field goal for a stretch of more than 11 minutes. Bill Clark had 22 points and the Dukes went out to a big early lead and cruised to their sixth straight win, 78-66 over No. 19 Temple on Saturday.

“I feel like a lot of times people don’t really respect our defense, but we try to get after it,” said Clark, whose team has been in the top 16 nationally in scoring offense three of the past four seasons. “Our practices are strictly defense and just defending the ball and playing passing lanes and help... By holding a team to such little scoring in such a long stretch, that gives us confidence.”

Duquesne (11-5, 3-0 Atlantic 10) scored the game’s first 10 points and held leads of 19-1 and 22-2 after making their first five shots — four from 3-point range. The Owls, who shot 31 percent for the game, missed their first 14 shots and didn’t make their first field goal until the 8:18 mark of the first half.

“Twenty-two to two, that’s a great statement by Duquesne and not much of a statement by us,” Temple coach Fran Dunphy said.