2009-10 REVIEW
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No. 23 PITT 74, CINCINNATI 71 January 4, 2010 Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
Pitt won its second straight road game...Gilbert Brown scored 13 of his career-high 17 points in the second half, his most memorable coming on a baseline drive and dunk in the second half...Brown’s jumper with 3:38 left gave Pitt a 66-62 lead and the Panthers converted 8-10 free throws the rest of the way for the win...Cincinnati opened the game on an 11-4 run but Pitt battled back with an 11-2 run fueled by a jumper and two free throws from Ashton Gibbs to take the lead...Gibbs finished the first half with 14 points...A Gary McGhee dunk gave Pitt a 38-32 halftime lead...Gibbs’ consecutive free throws made streak concluded at 46 as he missed the front end of two shots with three seconds left...Pitt won its sixth straight game and ninth in its last 10...Pitt improved to a perfect 4-0 with both Jermaine Dixon and Brown on the floor. PITT 74 (13-2, 3-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga ROBINSON, Nasir-f 3 6 McGHEE, Gary-c 3 5 GIBBS, Ashton-g 4 6 WANAMAKER, Brad-g 2 5 DIXON, Jermaine-g 1 7 WOODALL, Travon 2 4 BROWN, Gilbert 7 13 TAYLOR, Dante 3 5 RICHARDSON, J.J. 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 25 51
fg 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
3-pt fga 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
ft 0 0 10 0 7 0 2 1 0
fta 0 2 11 1 8 0 3 2 0
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rebounds of de tot 0 4 4 3 3 6 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 5 5 0 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 24 31
pf tp 2 7 2 6 0 19 4 4 2 10 1 4 2 17 3 7 0 0
a 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 0
16 74 15
to blk 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
s 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
min 24 23 36 21 35 17 27 13 4
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Percentages: FG%: 49.0%; 3FG%: 57.1%; FT%: 74.1%. CINCINNATI 71 (10-4, 2-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga THOMAS, Ibrahima-f 1 3 GATES, Yancy-f 8 14 VAUGHN, Deonta-g 7 10 DAVIS, Larry-g 0 2 STEPHENSON, Lance-g 7 15 WRIGHT, Cashmere 0 1 DIXON, Dion 1 2 WILKS, Darnell 1 2 BISHOP, Rashad 3 8 McCLAIN, Anthony 0 0 TOYLOY, Steve 2 4 TEAM Totals.............. 30 61
fg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3-pt fga 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
ft 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2
fta 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 3
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rebounds of de tot 0 1 1 3 11 14 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 7 23 30
pf tp 0 2 2 16 4 17 3 0 1 15 0 0 2 6 3 3 3 6 1 0 2 6
a 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 0
21 71 13
to blk 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
s 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
min 7 34 34 19 32 4 13 13 27 0 17
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Pitt overcame a five-point deficit (68-63) with 54 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime 69-69...Brad Wanamaker hit a 3-pointer from the corner to pull Pitt within one point (68-67) with 16 seconds left and Wanamaker was fouled and converted two free throws with 1.9 seconds left to send the game into overtime...Louisville missed four of five free throws in the game’s final 54 seconds and Pitt took advantage...In overtime, Ashton Gibbs hit a 3-pointer and Jermaine Dixon converted a jumper to give Pitt a five-point lead, but UL’s Preston Knowles hit a 3-pointer which cut the margin to 78-77 with 24 seconds left...Gibbs followed with two free throws and after UL missed a 3-pointer, Dixon sealed the win with an uncontested layup...Louisville led for the majority of the game, its largest lead of six points...Pitt’s Nasir Robinson registered his second career double-double and surpassed career-highs for scoring (26) and rebounding (11)...The win gave Pitt a 5-0 Big East record, which tied the school record for best start to a Big East season...Pitt defeated Louisville for the first time in the Petersen Events Center...It entered the game with a 0-2 record vs. UL in the arena. fta 0 5 1 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
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rebounds of de tot 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 4 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11 15 26
pf tp 5 2 2 9 2 25 1 13 1 0 4 21 1 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 0
a 0 3 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
to blk 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
s 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
min 27 31 40 37 22 24 8 13 15 3 4 1
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min 42 25 44 37 31 8 19 19
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22 77 20 10
Percentages: FG%: 47.5%; 3FG%: 36.0%; FT%: 58.8%. PITT 82 (15-2, 5-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga ROBINSON, Nasir-f 11 14 McGHEE, Gary-c 3 6 GIBBS, Ashton-g 4 12 WANAMAKER, Brad-g 4 9 DIXON, Jermaine-g 4 10 WOODALL, Travon 0 0 BROWN, Gilbert 0 1 TAYLOR, Dante 1 2 TEAM Totals.............. 27 54
fg 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
3-pt fga 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0
ft 4 0 4 11 1 1 0 3
fta 6 0 4 12 2 2 0 4
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rebounds of de tot 4 7 11 2 4 6 0 5 5 4 2 6 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 14 26 40
pf tp 3 26 3 6 2 15 4 20 4 9 0 1 3 0 0 5
a 0 2 1 7 6 2 2 0
19 82 20 14
Percentages: FG%: 50.0%; 3FG%: 50.0%; FT%: 80.0%. Officials: Ed Corbett (R), Mike Kitts, John Gaffney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12781. Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Louisville 30 39 8 77 Pitt 27 42 13 82
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fg 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
3-pt fga 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 0
ft 0 2 4 9 0 0 2 0
fta 0 2 5 10 1 0 2 0
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CONNECTICUT 57 (11-5, 2-3 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga MAJOK, Ater-f 2 2 0 0 ROBINSON, Stanley-f 9 17 1 3 ORIAKHI, Alex-c 2 4 0 0 DYSON, Jerome-g 5 14 0 1 WALKER, Kemba-g 4 11 0 1 BEVERLY, Donnell 0 0 0 0 COOMBS-McDANIEL, J. 0 0 0 0 SMITH, Darius 0 0 0 0 EDWARDS, Gavin 3 6 0 0 OKWANDU, Charles 0 0 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 25 54 1 5
Score by Periods Pitt Connecticut
No. 16 PITT 82, LOUISVILLE 77 (OT)
ft 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
PITT 67 (14-2, 4-0 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga ROBINSON, Nasir-f 1 4 McGHEE, Gary-c 3 5 GIBBS, Ashton-g 6 15 WANAMAKER, Brad-g 5 10 DIXON, Jermaine-g 3 14 WOODALL, Travon 0 2 BROWN, Gilbert 4 7 TAYLOR, Dante 1 2 TEAM Totals.............. 23 59
rebounds of de tot 4 2 6 3 6 9 0 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 4 4 0 4 19 21 40
to blk 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 16 67 10 13 4
s 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1
min 16 28 37 30 37 14 26 12
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rebounds of de tot 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 4 9 0 1 1 2 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 20 31
pf tp 2 4 3 19 3 4 4 14 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 0
s 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
min 10 39 32 35 37 5 4 3 33 2
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pf tp 3 2 2 8 1 19 2 19 2 6 1 0 3 11 2 2
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ft 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
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19 57 10 13
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Officials: Tim Higgins, Clarence Armstrong, Tim Clougherty; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 15290.
January 16, 2010 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pa.
LOUISVILLE 77 (12-6, 3-2 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga DELK, Reginald-f 1 4 0 2 SWOPSHIRE, Jared-f 2 7 1 4 SAMUELS, Samardo-c 12 20 0 0 SOSA, Edgar-g 4 10 2 7 SMITH, Jerry-g 0 3 0 3 KNOWLES, Preston 8 12 5 7 SIVA, Peyton 0 0 0 0 BUCKLES, Rakeem 1 2 0 0 KURIC, Kyle 0 2 0 1 JENNINGS, Terrence 0 0 0 0 MARRA, Mike 1 1 1 1 VanTREESE Stephan 0 0 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 29 61 9 25
Trailing by one point (49-48) with 8:58 left, Pitt’s Nasir Robinson converted a reverse layup and ignited a 92 run which gave the Panthers a 57-51 lead with 3:35 to go...Jermaine Dixon hit a layup and Ashton Gibbs made a 3-pointer in the rally...Pitt, which led the entire first half, built a 10-point lead (43-33) with 16:05 left to go in the second half, but UConn stormed back into the game with a 16-5 run before Robinson’s layup swung momentum back to Pitt...Pitt jumped out to an 18-8 lead early in the game using back-to-back 3pointers...Pitt won its third straight Big East regular season road game for the first time in school history...Pitt hit a season-high 85 percent of its free throws...Pitt outrebounded UConn 26-13 in the second half...Pitt won its third straight game and fourth matchup in five tries against UConn...The game marked the 10th time in the last 11 meetings that both teams entered the contest with national rankings.
Percentages: FG%: 46.3%; 3FG%: 20.0%; FT%: 46.2%.
Officials: Jim Burr, Mike Kitts, James Breeding; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 8699. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Pitt 38 36 74 Cincinnati 32 39 71
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January 13, 2010 XL Center Hartford, Conn.
Percentages: FG%: 39.0%; 3FG%: 33.3%; FT%: 85.0%.
Percentages: FG%: 49.2%; 3FG%: 25.0%; FT%: 72.7%.
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No. 16 PITT 67, No. 15 CONNECTICUT 57
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No. 12 GEORGETOWN 74, No. 9 PITT 66 January 20, 2010 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pa.
Chris Wright scored five points in a 9-0 Georgetown run that gave the Hoyas a 63-58 lead with 5:00 left...Wright, who scored a game-high 27 points, put the Hoyas up 68-60 on a layup off an inbounds pass with 1:13 to play...Pitt led 53-49 on a Gilbert Brown dunk at the 10:29 mark, then 56-54 with 7:28 remaining on Jermaine Dixon’s 3-pointer, but the Panthers managed just one field goal over the next six-plus minutes as Georgetown put together a 14-4 run...Pitt used a 10-2 run to erase a 25-17 first half deficit...The game featured 10 lead changes...Brown finished with a career-high 20 points for Pitt...Pitt’s eight-game win streak and 31-game home win streak was snapped...Georgetown became only the second program to defeat Pitt on two occasions at the Petersen Events Center...Pitt’s 5-1 league slate matches its best record to start Big East play (2002-03 and 2006-07)...Pitt dropped to 10-3 in matchups of two ranked teams at the Petersen Events Center. GEORGETOWN 74 (14-3, 5-2 Big East) tot-fg 3-pt Player fg fga fg fga VAUGHN, Julian-f 4 10 0 1 MONROE, Greg-c 4 14 0 1 WRIGHT, Chris-g 11 17 3 3 FREEMAN, Austin-g 4 6 2 2 CLARK, Jason-g 2 6 2 2 THOMPSON, Hollis 0 2 0 1 SANFORD, Vee 0 0 0 0 BENIMON, Jerrelle 1 1 0 0 SIMS, Henry 0 0 0 0 TEAM Totals.............. 26 56 7 10
ft 3 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
fta 5 7 2 4 2 0 0 1 0
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rebounds of de tot 2 3 5 2 9 11 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 23 33
pf 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 2 0
tp 11 13 27 13 7 0 0 3 0
a 6 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
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to blk 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5
s 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
min 31 37 35 27 36 18 1 12 3
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Percentages: FG%: 46.4%; 3FG%: 70.0%; FT%: 71.4%. PITT 66 (15-3, 5-1 Big East) tot-fg Player fg fga ROBINSON, Nasir-f 2 2 McGHEE, Gary-c 3 3 GIBBS, Ashton-g 3 16 WANAMAKER, Brad-g 4 12 DIXON, Jermaine-g 4 11 WOODALL, Travon 1 2 ADAMS, Chase 0 0 BROWN, Gilbert 8 9 TAYLOR, Dante 1 2 TEAM Totals.............. 26 57
fg 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
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ft 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 0
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rebounds of de tot 0 2 2 1 4 5 0 3 3 5 8 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 1 2 3 12 22 34
pf tp 5 4 4 7 2 8 3 9 2 14 0 2 0 0 3 20 1 2
a 3 1 2 7 2 1 0 1 0
20 66 17
Percentages: FG%: 45.6%; 3FG%: 22.2%; FT%: 58.8%. Officials: John Cahill (R), Brian O’Connell, Gene Steratore; Technical Fouls: None; Attendance: 12677. Score by Periods Georgetown Pitt
1st 2nd Total 31 43 74 31 35 66