Pitt Wraps Up Non-Conference Play Friday Against Towson

Pitt (7-5, 0-0 ACC) vs. Towson (10-2, 0-0 CAA)
Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 • 7:00 p.m. • ACC Network Extra
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center

The Opening Tip

Pitt (7-5) hosts Towson (10-2) Friday, Dec. 22 at the Petersen Events Center in its final non-conference game of the season. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra and is scheduled to tipoff at 7 p.m.
The Panthers have won six of their past seven contests with Marcus Carr averaging a team-high 14.7 points per game, while shooting 57.9 percent (33-of-57) from the field, 53.8 percent (14-of-26) from three-point range and 88.5 percent (23-of-26) from the foul line, in that span.
Ryan Luther, one of three players in the ACC averaging a double-double, has missed the past two games with a stress reaction in his right foot. Luther is averaging 12.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
Pitt has used eight different starting lineups on the season with Jared Wilson-Frame the lone Panther to start all 12 games.

Last Time Out

Pitt jumped out to a 22-point halftime lead en route to a 74-68 win over Delaware State Tuesday.
The Panthers shot 56.0 percent (14-of-25) from the field in the opening half of play before struggling from the field after intermission.
Jared Wilson-Frame and Jonathan Milligan paced the offensive attack with 13 points, apiece, while Khameron Davis added 10 points.
Pitt made 13 three-point field goals in the contest as Marcus Carr (3), Wilson-Frame (2), Davis (2), Milligan (2) and Parker Stewart (2) each made two or more shots from beyond the arc. The Panthers had a season-high 35 attempts from beyond the arc.

By the Numbers

Marcus Carr is averaging a team-high 13.3 points per game in Pitt's seven wins. He is 32-of-54 (.593) from the field, including 12-of-22 (.545) from three-point range, in those contests. Carr has seven double-figure scoring games on the season.
Jared Wilson-Frame leads the team in scoring at 13.1 points per game, while shooting 36.0 percent (27-of-75) from three-point range. Wilson-Frame has scored in double figures nine times and made three or more three-point field goals in a game four times.
Shamiel Stevenson has scored in double figures six times and is tied for ninth among ACC freshmen in scoring at 10.2 points per game. He is second on the team in rebounding (5.5 rpg.), while shooting 50.0 percent (41-of-82) from the field.
Ryan Luther is one of three players in the ACC, along with Duke's Marvin Bagley III and North Carolina's Luke Maye, averaging a double-double on the year. Luther (12.7 ppg. and 10.1 rpg.) is currently sidelined due to a stress reaction in his right foot.
Four Panthers - Jared Wilson-Frame (13.1 ppg.), Ryan Luther (12.7 ppg.), Marcus Carr (12.2 ppg.) and Shamiel Stevenson (10.2 ppg.) - are averaging double figures in scoring. The quartet combines for 65.2 percent (552-of-846) of the team's scoring on the year.
The Panthers' Canadian tandem of Marcus Carr and Shamiel Stevenson combines to average 22.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, while shooting 50.0 percent (87-of-174) from the field. The pair has combined for 13 double-figure scoring games.
The Panthers have used eight different starting lineups (tied for third most in the NCAA), with nine players starting a game. Jared Wilson-Frame is the lone player to start all 12 games, while Ryan Luther started the first 10 games before being sidelined with the injury.
Pitt has started four freshmen - Terrell Brown, Marcus Carr, Khameron Davis and Shamiel Stevenson - in each of the past two games.
Khameron Davis is shooting a team-high 56.4 percent (22-of-39) from the field, including 55.0 percent (11-of-20) from three-point range. Davis is averaging 9.5 points per game, while going 8-of-12 (.6667) from three-point range over the past four games.
Parker Stewart is 14-of-34 (.412) from beyond the three-point arc and is averaging 7.1 points per game over the past seven contests.
The Panthers are shooting 53.8 percent (184-of-342) from inside the three-point arc on the season. Pitt is 102-of-291 (.351) from beyond the arc over the first 12 games of the season.
The Panthers are shooting 48.7 percent (175-of-359) from the field, 39.1 percent (68-of-174) from three-point range and 74.3 percent (107-of-144) from the foul line in their seven wins. In contrast, Pitt has shot just 40.5 percent (111-of-274) from the field, 29.1 percent (34-of-117) from three-point range and 65.7 percent (65-of-99) from the foul line in its five losses.
The Panthers have made 27 three-point field goals over the past two games. Jared Wilson-Frame (7), Khameron Davis (5) and Marcus Carr (5) have combined for 17 of the 27 threes in that span.
Pitt has won 10 consecutive games and is 16-8 all-time in games played on Dec. 22. The Panthers defeated American, 61-46, Dec. 22, 2010 in their last meeting on the date.

DID YOU KNOW???

Oklahoma freshman Trae Young currently leads the NCAA in scoring (28.5 ppg.) and assists (10.2 apg.). Pitt radio analyst Dick Groat is the only player in NCAA history to lead the country in both categories in the same season. Groat averaged 26.0 points and 7.6 assists per game at Duke during the 1951-52 season en route to earning National Player of the Year honors.
Five former Pitt assistant coaches are currently NCAA Division I head coaches - John Calipari (Kentucky), Sean Miller (Arizona), Jim Christian (Boston College), Jamie Dixon (TCU) and Pat Skerry (Towson).

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Pitt Wraps Up Non-Conference Play Friday Against Towson

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Players Mentioned

Terrell Brown

Marcus Carr

Khameron Davis

Ryan Luther

Jonathan Milligan

Shamiel Stevenson

Parker Stewart

Jared Wilson-Frame

Pitt Wraps Up Non-Conference Play Friday Against Towson

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Players Mentioned

Terrell Brown

Marcus Carr

Khameron Davis

Ryan Luther

Jonathan Milligan

Shamiel Stevenson

Parker Stewart

Jared Wilson-Frame

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