Saturday, February 4
Durham, N.C.
1:00 PM
Pitt
12-11, 1-9
64
at
72
Duke
18-5, 6-4
1
2
F
Pitt
28
36
64
Duke
28
44
72
Pitt Falls to No. 21 Duke 72-64
2/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 04, 2017
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Michael Young scored 24 points and Jamel Artis added 17 for Pittsburgh in a 72-64 loss to No. 21 Duke Saturday.
Grayson Allen scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half in coach Mike Krzyzewski's return after a four-week break following back surgery.
Amile Jefferson added 15 points, freshman Jayson Tatum had 12 and Luke Kennard added 10 to help the Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their third straight.
The Panthers (12-11, 1-9) had the ball down 63-59 when Artis missed a 3-pointer in transition with about 1 1/2 minutes left. Allen countered with the shot of the day - a 3 with the shot clock winding down that bounced high off the front iron, then straight through, putting Duke up by seven with 49.7 seconds remaining.
By then, Krzyzewski could finally exhale in his first game back on the bench in more than a month.
He underwent surgery Jan. 6 to have a fragment of a herniated disk removed from his lower back, and in announcing his return Thursday night, the winningest men's coach in Division I history revealed that he's been attending practice for about 1 1/2 weeks.
The Blue Devils went 4-3 with associate head coach Jeff Capel running things in the interim, winning their last two on the road in a span of 48 hours.
Nothing came easy in this one, with Pitt leading for about 8 minutes and neither team leading by more than six points until there were about 5 minutes left.
BIG PICTURE
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Michael Young scored 24 points and Jamel Artis added 17 for Pittsburgh in a 72-64 loss to No. 21 Duke Saturday.
Grayson Allen scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half in coach Mike Krzyzewski's return after a four-week break following back surgery.
Amile Jefferson added 15 points, freshman Jayson Tatum had 12 and Luke Kennard added 10 to help the Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their third straight.
The Panthers (12-11, 1-9) had the ball down 63-59 when Artis missed a 3-pointer in transition with about 1 1/2 minutes left. Allen countered with the shot of the day - a 3 with the shot clock winding down that bounced high off the front iron, then straight through, putting Duke up by seven with 49.7 seconds remaining.
By then, Krzyzewski could finally exhale in his first game back on the bench in more than a month.
He underwent surgery Jan. 6 to have a fragment of a herniated disk removed from his lower back, and in announcing his return Thursday night, the winningest men's coach in Division I history revealed that he's been attending practice for about 1 1/2 weeks.
The Blue Devils went 4-3 with associate head coach Jeff Capel running things in the interim, winning their last two on the road in a span of 48 hours.
Nothing came easy in this one, with Pitt leading for about 8 minutes and neither team leading by more than six points until there were about 5 minutes left.
BIG PICTURE
Pittsburgh: For the second time this week, the Panthers went into a nationally ranked team's arena and threw a scare into the hosts, losing 80-78 at No. 12 North Carolina four nights earlier. But they need someone aside from Artis and Young to step up. Cameron Johnson, who hit six 3s against the Tar Heels, was just 1 of 4 for three points in 35 minutes of this one.
'Tough game to lose, but still I have a good feeling about my team,'' coach Kevin Stallings said. ''They competed. They competed real hard.''
UP NEXT
'Tough game to lose, but still I have a good feeling about my team,'' coach Kevin Stallings said. ''They competed. They competed real hard.''
UP NEXT
The Panthers visit Boston College Wednesday night.
Team Stats
UP
DU
FG%
.510
.455
3FG%
.143
.393
FT%
.625
.786
RB
29
26
TO
13
8
STL
4
3
Game Leaders
Pts
24
FGM
10
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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