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Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics
Panthers Drop 12th Annual Pink The Petersen Game To #25 Miami
2/10/2019 5:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's basketball team (9-16, 0-11 ACC) dropped another hard-fought game on Sunday afternoon to No. 25 Miami, 65-51, in the Panthers 12th annual Pink The Petersen game at the Petersen Events Center.
The Panthers wore pink jerseys and gave out free pink T-shirts to fans in support of breast cancer research. More than 100 breast cancer survivors were honored on the court at halftime in front of a crowd of 2,495. A portion of each ticket sold was donated to Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh.
"First off, I want to thank the community for such a great event," said head coach Lance White. "Just to see all the fans in this community come out and support this cause, really puts things into perspective for our team. We talk about in practice about fighting for possessions and how you have to fight through fatigue. It is hard but it is nothing compared to those strong brave women and what they have to fight on a day-to-day basis."
Pitt was led offensively by senior Danielle Garven who netted 13 points and six rebounds across 29 minutes while Jasmine Whitney finished off her all-around game with nine points, a season-high eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.
The Hurricanes were able to race out to a 7-1 lead early on before the Panthers got settled in and used a 6-0 run to tie the game, 9-9, at the first media timeout. A pair of contested layups by Cara Judkins tied the game for Pitt. The Panthers closed out the quarter on a 7-4 run as Cassidy Walsh finished off an old fashion three-point play with a jumper and free throw and Garven netted back-to-back jumpers to send the game to the second with Miami leading 19-18.
The Panthers struggled offensively in the second quarter as the Hurricanes were able to outscore Pitt 13-2 in the quarter to take the 32-20 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Pitt was able to open the third quarter with five of the first six points as Judkins finished off a layup and Walsh drilled a three-pointer to bring the Panthers within eight, 33-25. The Hurricanes then responded with a 12-3 run of their own to take over control of the game, 45-28, midway through the third. Judkins finished off a layup in the paint to close the scoring for the Panthers in the third as they went to the final frame trailing Miami 54-35.
Whitney opened the final quarter with a strong drive that resulted in a three-point play after she scored the bucket and was fouled. The Hurricanes responded and pushed their lead to 20, 62-42, but the Panthers didn't back down as Garven finished off a layup, Jaala Henry had a three-point play after a great feed from freshman Jahsyni Knight and Ismini Prapa nailed a three to cut the Pitt deficit to 12, 62-50, midway through the final quarter. The Panthers wouldn't' get any closer down the stretch as they fell 65-51 on Sunday.
Walsh finished off her game with eight points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal while Judkins netted eight points and four boards in the loss. Off the bench, Knight notched four points and two boards while Henry finished with three points, three rebounds and a career-high three blocks.
As a team, the Panthers were outscored inside the paint 30-18 for the game while forcing the Hurricanes to turn the ball over 14 times in the game. Pitt turned 14 offensive rebounds into 15 points while also winning the fast break scoring category 7-2.
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The Panthers wore pink jerseys and gave out free pink T-shirts to fans in support of breast cancer research. More than 100 breast cancer survivors were honored on the court at halftime in front of a crowd of 2,495. A portion of each ticket sold was donated to Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh.
"First off, I want to thank the community for such a great event," said head coach Lance White. "Just to see all the fans in this community come out and support this cause, really puts things into perspective for our team. We talk about in practice about fighting for possessions and how you have to fight through fatigue. It is hard but it is nothing compared to those strong brave women and what they have to fight on a day-to-day basis."
Pitt was led offensively by senior Danielle Garven who netted 13 points and six rebounds across 29 minutes while Jasmine Whitney finished off her all-around game with nine points, a season-high eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.
The Hurricanes were able to race out to a 7-1 lead early on before the Panthers got settled in and used a 6-0 run to tie the game, 9-9, at the first media timeout. A pair of contested layups by Cara Judkins tied the game for Pitt. The Panthers closed out the quarter on a 7-4 run as Cassidy Walsh finished off an old fashion three-point play with a jumper and free throw and Garven netted back-to-back jumpers to send the game to the second with Miami leading 19-18.
The Panthers struggled offensively in the second quarter as the Hurricanes were able to outscore Pitt 13-2 in the quarter to take the 32-20 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Pitt was able to open the third quarter with five of the first six points as Judkins finished off a layup and Walsh drilled a three-pointer to bring the Panthers within eight, 33-25. The Hurricanes then responded with a 12-3 run of their own to take over control of the game, 45-28, midway through the third. Judkins finished off a layup in the paint to close the scoring for the Panthers in the third as they went to the final frame trailing Miami 54-35.
Whitney opened the final quarter with a strong drive that resulted in a three-point play after she scored the bucket and was fouled. The Hurricanes responded and pushed their lead to 20, 62-42, but the Panthers didn't back down as Garven finished off a layup, Jaala Henry had a three-point play after a great feed from freshman Jahsyni Knight and Ismini Prapa nailed a three to cut the Pitt deficit to 12, 62-50, midway through the final quarter. The Panthers wouldn't' get any closer down the stretch as they fell 65-51 on Sunday.
Walsh finished off her game with eight points, three rebounds, an assist and a steal while Judkins netted eight points and four boards in the loss. Off the bench, Knight notched four points and two boards while Henry finished with three points, three rebounds and a career-high three blocks.
As a team, the Panthers were outscored inside the paint 30-18 for the game while forcing the Hurricanes to turn the ball over 14 times in the game. Pitt turned 14 offensive rebounds into 15 points while also winning the fast break scoring category 7-2.
UP NEXT:
- The Panthers will stay at home on Valentine's Day as they welcome the North Carolina Tar Heels at 7:00 pm inside the Petersen Events Center.
- Pitt will then hit the road for their next three ACC games.
Team
- With the loss, the Panthers are now 9-22 in the all-time series against the Miami Hurricanes
- Pitt only had one player score in double digits in the loss
- The Pitt defense held the Hurricanes to 10 points under their scoring average as they shot just 36.7% from the floor.
- Garven started her 21st straight game for the Panthers in the loss
- She led the team with 13 points and six rebounds across 29 minutes
- Over her last six games, Garven is averaging 13.0 points and 4.2 rebounds
- She has now scored in double figures a career-high 12 times this season including in four of the last six games
- The senior has surpassed 30+ minutes in a career-high 12 games
- The junior has started 22 straight games for the Panthers at point guard
- She finished off her all-around afternoon with nine points, a season-high eight rebounds, six assists and two steals
- Her eight rebounds are the most this season in a game and second highest total of her career
- The junior has led the Panthers in assists a career-high 18 times including in each of the past four games
- Whitney has recorded seven games with at least six assists including doing so in two straight and three of her last four
- She has 14 multi-steal games on the season while recording at least two steals in four straight games for Pitt
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Team Stats
UM
UP
FG%
.367
.267
3FG%
.250
.105
FT%
.714
.630
RB
49
38
TO
14
10
STL
3
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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