University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Post-Game Notes
2/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2007
POST-GAME NOTES
*Aaron Gray finished the evening with 12 points. He now has 996 career points and needs just four points to reach the 1,000-point mark.
*Aaron Gray scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his 30th career double-double. He is in eighth place on Pitt's all-time career double-double list with 30. It was his 12th double-double of the year.
*Gray blocked three shots on the evening and now has 111 for his career. He passed Keith Armstrong (108 blocks from 1982-87), Bobby Martin (109 blocks from 1987-91) and Chris Taft (110 blocks from 2003-05) and is now in fifth place on Pitt's all-time career blocked shot list with 111.
*With his 11 points, Levance Fields reached double figure scoring for the 11th time this year and 22nd time in his career.
*Head Coach Jamie Dixon dropped to 98-26 all-time as Pitt's head coach. He needs two more wins to reach the 100-career victory milestone. Pitt's next game is on Saturday, Feb. 17 at home against
*Pitt shot a season-low 35.4 percent (17-48) and converted just 3-21 3-pointers. It also committed a season-high 19 turnovers including 16 in the first half alone. The 16 turnovers were the most turnovers in a half for Pitt this season.
*The 13-point loss was Pitt's largest loss in
*The 13-point loss was Pitt's largest home loss since an 81-67 loss to
*The loss was
*Pitt trailed by its largest deficit of the season--19 points (33-14) in the first half. Previously, Pitt trailed by 18 points at
*Pitt scored just 19 points in the first half. It was the least points scored by Pitt in a half since it scored 19 points at
*The 17-point halftime deficit was Pitt's largest halftime deficit ever in the
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*Pitt's five-game win streak was snapped.
*Pitt drops to 22-4 overall and 10-2 in Big East play. The 10-2 start in Big East play is its best start after 12 games in school history.
*Pitt drops to 14-2 in home games this season. Pitt drops to 78-8 all-time in the
*Pitt drops to 2-2 all-time against
*Pitt dropped to 8-3 against "new" Big East Conference members since the five teams were added in 2005-06. Pitt is now 2-1 vs.
*Pitt has limited 11 of 12 Big East opponents, 13 of its last 14 opponents and 23 of its 26 total opponents under 70 points. Under Jamie Dixon, Pitt has held opponents to 70 points or less in 104 of his 124 games.
