Panthers Continue Homestand with YSU Tuesday

PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh women's basketball continues its four-game homestand with Youngstown State Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Friday's game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra and may be viewed on WatchESPN/WatchESPN app. Mike Nicastro and Amanda Silay will provide commentary.
Fans can tune into 1320 AM WJAS for the Pitt IMG Sports Network broadcast of the game, with Josh Rowntree on the call. Fans can also listen online at PittsburghPanthers.com.
Live stats of the game can be found on PittsburghPanthers.com.
Follow the team on Twitter for updates throughout the game and a behind-the-scenes look.

A WIN WOULD…

Lift Pitt's all-time record over Youngstown State to 18-4.
Be the fourth straight victory over the Penguins for the Panthers, dating back to the 2014 season.
Be the 138th victory for the women's program at the Petersen Events Center, with the all-time program record currently sitting at 137-109 (.557).

LAST TIME OUT

Pitt enters the game after a resounding 90-38 win over New Orleans (Nov. 9) as head coach Lance White captured his first career head coaching victory.
Four Panthers tallied double figures on the day, led by senior Cassidy Walsh's career-high 21 points. Junior Alayna Gribble (17), senior Danielle Garven (15) and sophomore Kyla Nelson (12) also added solid offensive performances for the Panthers as they collected their first win of the 2018-19 season.
Gribble, making her season debut, went 5-of-10 from beyond the arc and is now just seven three pointers away from 100 in her career.

SCOUTING THE PENGUINS

Head Coach John Barnes returns for his sixth season, along with the rest of his coaching staff. YSU has an 82-77 record in Barnes' first five seasons at the helm.
The Penguins are coming off a 16-16 record in the 2017-18 season that saw them win 10 of their final 14 games during a late push. YSU won a game in the Horizon League Tournament as the No. 5 seed and went on to play in the Women's Basketball Invitational. Youngstown State returns three seniors, a junior and two sophomores from last year's squad.
YSU has played in the postseason four times in the last six seasons with WNIT berths in 2013 and 2015 and WBI bids in 2016 and 2018.
YSU will dress a maximum of nine players for the foreseeable future. Of 13 the athletes on the roster, two juniors will sit out per Division I transfer regulations, and two freshman guards are out indefinitely due to injury.
YSU has made at least 200 3-pointers in eight straight seasons, and it has led the Horizon League in 3-pointers per game in four straight campaigns.

LOOKING AHEAD

Pitt will conclude its four-game homestand, hosting Cincinnati Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
The Panthers hit the road for five straight, traveling to Georgetown (Nov.19), the Challenge in Music City (Nov. 23-25) and the ACC/Big 10 Challenge (Nov. 29).

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