University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Saturday, December 2
Fitzgerald Field House
7:30 PM ET
Pitt
52
vs
51
Nebraska
Men's Hoops Stay Undefeated, Edges Out Nebraska, 52-51
12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2000
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Freshman Julius Page came off the bench to score a career-high 15 points and Pittsburgh stayed unbeaten this season after holding on for a 52-51 win over Nebraska on Saturday night.
Trailing by one in the final seconds, Nebraska (2-2) brought the ball upcourt and set up Kimani Ffriend for a shot. He missed and Cookie Belcher and Craig Wortmann could not connect.
Page, a freshman guard from Buffalo, N.Y., played just 19 minutes and had three 3-pointers. Isaac Hawkins added 12 points and 11 rebounds for Pittsburgh (5-0).
Ffriend finished with 18 points, Belcher scored 14 points and Steffon Bradford added 11 rebounds for Nebraska.
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