University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Pitt-Seton Hall Post-Game Notes
3/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 3, 2006
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POST-GAME NOTES
*Pitt completes its regular season with a 21-6 overall record and 10-6 Big East record. Pitt is currently in fifth place with an 10-6 Big East record. Pitt will receive the No. 5 seed should
*Pitt concludes its regular season with a 16-1 home record. The 16-1 record marks among the top home seasons in Pitt history.
*With its 16-1 home record, Pitt drops to 64-6 overall in the four-year old Petersen Events Center and 27-5 against Big East regular season opponents in the PEC. Pitt's records at home in each of the last four seasons: 16-0 in 2002-03, 19-1 in 2003-04, 13-4 in 2004-05 and 16-1 in 2005-06. The losses have come to
*Pitt's home win streak ended at 16 games tonight. The 16-game home win streak ranks as the third longest in school history. The 16 straight wins also rank as the second longest win streak in
*With the loss, Pitt has now won six of its last nine meetings against Seton Hall dating back to the 2000-01 season. Additionally Pitt is now 2-1 vs. Seton Hall at the
*Pitt senior Carl Krauser needs just four rebounds to become the first player in school history to score 1,500 points, dish out 500 assists and grab 500 rebounds in a career. Krauser now has 1,560 points, 535 assists and 496 rebounds in his four-year career. Krauser passed Demetreus Gore (1,555 points from 1984-88) for 11th place on Pitt's all-time career scoring list. He needs just 12 points to pass Vonteego Cummings (1,581 points from 1995-99) for 10th place.
*The last time Pitt lost at home was on last year's Senior Night, a 73-64 loss to
*Pitt shot a season-low 52.4 percent (11-21) from the free throw line. The previous season low was 58.3 percent (14-24) in both the
*Aaron Gray registered his Big East leading 14th double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds on the evening. He also reached double figure scoring for the 22nd time this year.
*Levon Kendall set a career-high with 15 points on the evening. He also tied career-highs for field goals made (7) and blocked shots (3).
*Carl Krauser dished out a season-high 11 assists. It was his third all-time 10-plus assist game of his career.
*The contest marked Pitt's annual Senior Night. Four players were honored in a pre-game ceremony including seniors Carl Krauser and John DeGroat and four-year players Marcus Bowman and Charles Small. Additionally, two managers--Byron Allis and Lee Baierl were recognized for their involvement with the program.
*Pitt sophomore walk-on Maurice Polen sang the national anthem prior to the contest.
