Providence-Pitt Post-Game Notes

Feb. 16, 2006

PROVIDENCE GAME NOTES

*Pitt won its 20^th game for the fifth consecutive season. Pitt is now 9-3 in the Big East and needs just one win for its fifth straight 10-plus win season in league play.

*Pitt won 20-plus games in a season for the 13^th time in school history.

*Jamie Dixon becomes the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to three 20-win seasons in each of his first three seasons as head coach. Dixon guided the Panthers to a 31-5 record in 2003-04, 20-6 record in 2004-05 and 20-3 record this year. Should Pitt earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament, Dixon will become just the second coach in school history to guide the university to NCAA Tournaments in each of his first three seasons. Paul Evans achieved the honor in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Dixon is now 71-17 overall at Pitt.

*With one more conference win, Dixon will become the first head coach in school history to guide Pitt to three 10-plus Big East seasons in each of his first three years as head coach. He led the Panthers to a 13-3 record in 2003-04, 10-6 record in 2004-05 and 9-3 record this year.

*With the win, Pitt snaps a three-game road losing streak. Pitt improves to 5-3 on the road this year.

*Pitt has now defeated Providence in each of the last two matchups played at Dunkin' Donuts Center. The game was the 40^thmatchup between the two schools. Pitt improves to 24-16 overall vs. Providence.

*Pitt is now on a three-game win streak.

*Aaron Gray scored 22 points on the evening. It was his sixth 20-plus point contest of the year and 19^th double figure scoring game on the season. Gray was 9-9 from the floor and threatened the school record for shooting percentage in a single game. Brian Shorter (11-11) holds the record.

*With his 11 points on the evening, Ronald Ramon has now reached double figure scoring in seven of his last nine games.

*With his 15 points, Keith Benjamin hit double figures for the second consecutive game. Coupled with his 16-point performance vs. Cincinnati, Benjamin is averaging 15.5 points and 2.5 3-point field goals over each of his last two performances.

*Keith Benjamin became the 22^nd player this year to reach double figure scoring off the bench. Pitt is now 14-1 when at least one player scores in double figures off the bench.

*Carl Krauser became the first player in Pitt men's basketball history to score over 1,500 points and dish out over 500 assists in a career. With his 12 points and seven assists, Krauser now has 1,509 points and 510 assists in his four-year career. He now needs only 20 more rebounds to become the first player in Pitt basketball history to score 1,500-plus points, dish out 500-plus assists and pull down 500-plus rebounds in a career.

*Pitt's senior class of Carl Krauser and John DeGroat won its 99^th career game. It needs just one more victory to become the third four-year class to win 100-plus games. The other two classes are the 2004-05 and 2003-04 teams. The duo has a 99-22 overall record.

University of Pittsburgh Athletics

Players Mentioned

Keith Benjamin

John DeGroat

Aaron Gray

Carl Krauser

Ronald Ramon

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