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Uber Eats prank at Duquesne-Loyola game prompts university safety review

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Duquesne Dukes head coach Keith Dambrot, pictured in 2021, said players were ‘dying laughing’ after the incident
Duquesne Dukes head coach Keith Dambrot, pictured in 2021, said players were ‘dying laughing’ after the incident. Photograph: Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports

Not only did Loyola and Duquesne have to contend with each other in Wednesday night’s college basketball match-up, they also had to ignore the temptation of grabbing a quick McDonald’s.

Early in the second half of Duquesne’s 72-58 victory, an Uber Eats delivery person appeared to wander on to court with a bag of McDonald’s. Play was stopped while security staff ushered the man off court. The video screens at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse later showed a happy conclusion to the story: a student in the crowd was shown cheering as he tucked into his delivery.

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