Thursday, December 20
Pittsburgh, Pa.
7 PM
Pitt
(9-3)
99
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57
New Orleans
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New Orleans
26
31
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Pitt
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Photo by: Pete Madia/Pitt Athletics
Pitt's Freshmen Shine in 99-57 Win over New Orleans
12/20/2018 9:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – Pitt's vaunted freshman trio lit up the scoreboard as the Panthers secured a dominant home win over New Orleans on Thursday evening at the Petersen Events Center, 99-57.
All three Pitt rookies topped 20 points. Trey McGowens scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Panthers (9-3), Xavier Johnson added 21 and Au'Diese Toney tallied a career-best 20 points with eight rebounds as the Privateers (5-5) were unable to cope with Pitt's explosive freshmen, who combined for a Pitt freshman record 65 points.
The 99 points scored by the Panthers marked the most tallied by the team under first-year head coach Jeff Capel, while the 42-point margin of victory was also the largest of the season for Pitt.
In earning its ninth victory of the season, Pitt now has more wins than it had in all of 2017-18.
Senior Jared Wilson-Frame earned his first start of the season and provided seven point and six rebounds. Coming off the bench, Malik Ellison added nine points, four boards and four assists.
The Panthers dominated the specialty stats, outscoring New Orleans in the paint (50-36), points off turnovers (32-6), via fast break (22-2), off the bench (23-17) and on second-chance scoring (17-12). Pitt outrebounded the Privateers by a lopsided 40-21 margin, with Khameron Davis and Kene Chukwuka both grabbing six rebounds.
Pitt also had one of its best free-throw performances in program history, tying the school record for a game with 20+ free throws with 22 makes on 23 attempts (95.7%). The freshmen converted 21 of those makes.
The game was the 300th played at Pitt's Petersen Events Center. The Panthers own a 247-53 record in the building, which opened in 2002.
BIG PICTURE
New Orleans: The Privateers have struggled away from home all season and is 0-4 with a minus-95 point differential on the road and are 5-1 with a plus-126 point differential at home.
Pitt: Played its first game without senior Sidy N'Dir, who will miss four to six weeks with a right leg injury. Davis saw increased playing time in his absence, finishing with seven points in 15 minutes.
UP NEXT
New Orleans: Will play its third and final major-conference opponent of the season at Baylor on Dec. 29.
Pitt: Will wrap up its non-conference schedule by hosting Colgate on Dec. 29.
All three Pitt rookies topped 20 points. Trey McGowens scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Panthers (9-3), Xavier Johnson added 21 and Au'Diese Toney tallied a career-best 20 points with eight rebounds as the Privateers (5-5) were unable to cope with Pitt's explosive freshmen, who combined for a Pitt freshman record 65 points.
The 99 points scored by the Panthers marked the most tallied by the team under first-year head coach Jeff Capel, while the 42-point margin of victory was also the largest of the season for Pitt.
In earning its ninth victory of the season, Pitt now has more wins than it had in all of 2017-18.
Senior Jared Wilson-Frame earned his first start of the season and provided seven point and six rebounds. Coming off the bench, Malik Ellison added nine points, four boards and four assists.
The Panthers dominated the specialty stats, outscoring New Orleans in the paint (50-36), points off turnovers (32-6), via fast break (22-2), off the bench (23-17) and on second-chance scoring (17-12). Pitt outrebounded the Privateers by a lopsided 40-21 margin, with Khameron Davis and Kene Chukwuka both grabbing six rebounds.
Pitt also had one of its best free-throw performances in program history, tying the school record for a game with 20+ free throws with 22 makes on 23 attempts (95.7%). The freshmen converted 21 of those makes.
The game was the 300th played at Pitt's Petersen Events Center. The Panthers own a 247-53 record in the building, which opened in 2002.
BIG PICTURE
New Orleans: The Privateers have struggled away from home all season and is 0-4 with a minus-95 point differential on the road and are 5-1 with a plus-126 point differential at home.
Pitt: Played its first game without senior Sidy N'Dir, who will miss four to six weeks with a right leg injury. Davis saw increased playing time in his absence, finishing with seven points in 15 minutes.
UP NEXT
New Orleans: Will play its third and final major-conference opponent of the season at Baylor on Dec. 29.
Pitt: Will wrap up its non-conference schedule by hosting Colgate on Dec. 29.
Team Stats
UNOM
UP
FG%
.442
.515
3FG%
.176
.375
FT%
.727
.957
RB
21
40
TO
22
14
STL
11
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
9
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
21
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
8
Pts
20
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
8
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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