Pitt
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No. 20 Pitt Falls to No. 21 Louisville
1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)- Pittsburgh (14-2, 3-1) saw its 10-game winning streak snapped in Thursday's loss to No. 21 Louisville, 59-41.
Michael Young led the Panthers with 18 points and eight rebounds.
The game resembled a Big East brawl of a bygone era.
''Some guys might sit up here and just blame ourselves, but they're a good team and they responded to a loss,'' Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. ''We need to do that.''
Louisville led 20-17 at halftime, the lowest halftime total for both teams this season. Both teams were 1-of-11 (9 percent) from 3-point range. Louisville had a 34-20 advantage on points in the paint.
Pitt entered the game leading the nation in free throw percentage but shot just 12 of 20 (60 percent) from the line.
Louisville used a 7-0 run to stretch the lead to double digits with 16:07 left, capped by Ray Spalding's reverse layup. The Cardinals led 33-23 when Pitt's Sheldon Jeter, a 93 percent free throw shooter, missed three straight from the line. That helped Louisville to stretch its lead to 40-25 with 9:33 remaining before Pitt began clawing back. Ryan Luther's steal and dunk with 4:54 remaining cut the lead to nine before Louisville went on an 11-0 run.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino ditched his tie late in the first half of the slugfest after both teams scored just 11 points in the first 10 minutes. Louisville started 3 of 15 from the field - continuing its funk from Sunday's 66-62 loss at Clemson - before regrouping midway through the half. The Cardinals clicked off a 9-0 run, with Onuaku scoring the first seven points, to take a 20-14 lead with 4:56 left in the half. The Cardinals held Pitt without a point for nearly 7 minutes before Damon Wilson's 3 with 2:19 left proved the final score before halftime.
To illustrate just how gnarly it was early: both schools' football teams scored more points in the first half of their matchup this season than the basketball teams managed in theirs.
In a series that has seen its share of physical contests, Thursday was the lowest combined score in 16 matchups. The previous low came in the first-ever game between the schools in 1947.
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Pitt hosts Boston College on Saturday.
