Wednesday, March 6
Greensboro, N.C.
6:30 pm
Pitt
11-20 (2-14ACC)
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Duke
15-14 (6-10ACC)
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Photo by: Andy Mead
Panthers Season Comes To An End In The ACC Tournament Against Duke
3/6/2019 10:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GREENSBORO, NC – A strong first half effort wasn't enough on Wednesday night as the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team (11-20, 2-14 ACC) saw their season come to an end in the First Round of the ACC Tournament against the Duke Blue Devils. Duke connected on a season-high 12 three-pointers as they pushed past the Panthers in the second half, 86-64.
"Obviously I'm really excited to be in the ACC Tournament and allow these kids the opportunity to come and do what they do," stated first-year head coach Lance White. "I was really pleased with our first half and our ability to compete and fight. We have talked so much all year long about growth and this game was an exhibition of how far we've come. I think as a basketball team and as a program we really have come a long ways. Sometimes you don't always see it in the end result. But we have really, really come a long way."
Playing in her final game at Pitt, senior Danielle Garven led all Panthers with 16 points and three rebounds across 30 minutes while going 8-for-13 from the floor. Fellow senior Cassidy Walsh closed out her impressive Pitt career with 14 points, two rebounds and two assists while connecting on four triples, a single game ACC Tournament record for the Panthers. With her four triples, Walsh surpassed 100 career three-pointers made, becoming just the 10th Panther to do so.
Junior point guard Jasmine Whitney did a little bit of everything for the Panthers in the loss as she netted 12 points, a career-high six steals, six assists and five rebounds while playing 33 minutes. Whitney closes out her season with a career-high 140 assists including a career-high 10 games with six or more assists.
After the Blue Devils opened the scoring with a triple in the first minute, the Panthers were able to respond with a 7-0 run as Garven knocked down a pair of jumpers and Kyla Nelson finished off a layup after a great feed by Walsh to give Pitt the 7-3 lead. Duke responded with another triple but the Panthers defense forced their fifth turnover of the early going and Garven finished off a layup to give Pitt the 9-6 lead at the first media timeout. Out of the timeout, the Blue Devils were able to outscore the Panthers 8-2 before Whitney drilled a jumper to close the first quarter with Pitt trailing Duke 16-13.
The three-pointers began to fall early in the second quarter for the Panthers as they connected on three triples, two from Walsh and one by Whitney, before Kalista Walters finished off a layup to give Pitt the 24-21 lead early in the second. The Blue Devils were able to fight back and outscore Pitt 15-6 over the next four minutes of action before Garven finished off the scoring in the first half with a layup to send the teams to the locker room with Pitt trailing Duke 36-32. The Panthers offense connected on five triples in the second quarter.
The Blue Devils came out strong in the second half as they forced the Panthers to take a timeout after a 10-2 run that gave Duke the 46-34 lead with 7:06 left in the third. Nelson was able to cut into the Duke lead with a triple midway through the third but the Blue Devils ended the quarter on a 7-2 run to take the 60-43 lead into the final quarter.
Duke put the game away in the fourth quarter as they were able to go 10-for-14 from the floor and outscore the Panthers 26-21. The Blue Devils ran away with the 86-64 victory as the Panthers posted their highest point total in the ACC Tournament since 2016 when they scored 82 in an overtime victory over North Carolina.
For the game, the Panthers were able to connect on eight three-pointers while the Blue Devils went off from deep, hitting a season-high 12 triples. The Blue Devils also held the 37-27 edge in rebounds while outscoring Pitt 12-5 in second chance scoring. The hot-shooting Blue Devils finished the game shooting 55.2% from the floor while the Panthers shot 40.0%.
PITT NOTES
Team
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"Obviously I'm really excited to be in the ACC Tournament and allow these kids the opportunity to come and do what they do," stated first-year head coach Lance White. "I was really pleased with our first half and our ability to compete and fight. We have talked so much all year long about growth and this game was an exhibition of how far we've come. I think as a basketball team and as a program we really have come a long ways. Sometimes you don't always see it in the end result. But we have really, really come a long way."
Playing in her final game at Pitt, senior Danielle Garven led all Panthers with 16 points and three rebounds across 30 minutes while going 8-for-13 from the floor. Fellow senior Cassidy Walsh closed out her impressive Pitt career with 14 points, two rebounds and two assists while connecting on four triples, a single game ACC Tournament record for the Panthers. With her four triples, Walsh surpassed 100 career three-pointers made, becoming just the 10th Panther to do so.
Junior point guard Jasmine Whitney did a little bit of everything for the Panthers in the loss as she netted 12 points, a career-high six steals, six assists and five rebounds while playing 33 minutes. Whitney closes out her season with a career-high 140 assists including a career-high 10 games with six or more assists.
After the Blue Devils opened the scoring with a triple in the first minute, the Panthers were able to respond with a 7-0 run as Garven knocked down a pair of jumpers and Kyla Nelson finished off a layup after a great feed by Walsh to give Pitt the 7-3 lead. Duke responded with another triple but the Panthers defense forced their fifth turnover of the early going and Garven finished off a layup to give Pitt the 9-6 lead at the first media timeout. Out of the timeout, the Blue Devils were able to outscore the Panthers 8-2 before Whitney drilled a jumper to close the first quarter with Pitt trailing Duke 16-13.
The three-pointers began to fall early in the second quarter for the Panthers as they connected on three triples, two from Walsh and one by Whitney, before Kalista Walters finished off a layup to give Pitt the 24-21 lead early in the second. The Blue Devils were able to fight back and outscore Pitt 15-6 over the next four minutes of action before Garven finished off the scoring in the first half with a layup to send the teams to the locker room with Pitt trailing Duke 36-32. The Panthers offense connected on five triples in the second quarter.
The Blue Devils came out strong in the second half as they forced the Panthers to take a timeout after a 10-2 run that gave Duke the 46-34 lead with 7:06 left in the third. Nelson was able to cut into the Duke lead with a triple midway through the third but the Blue Devils ended the quarter on a 7-2 run to take the 60-43 lead into the final quarter.
Duke put the game away in the fourth quarter as they were able to go 10-for-14 from the floor and outscore the Panthers 26-21. The Blue Devils ran away with the 86-64 victory as the Panthers posted their highest point total in the ACC Tournament since 2016 when they scored 82 in an overtime victory over North Carolina.
For the game, the Panthers were able to connect on eight three-pointers while the Blue Devils went off from deep, hitting a season-high 12 triples. The Blue Devils also held the 37-27 edge in rebounds while outscoring Pitt 12-5 in second chance scoring. The hot-shooting Blue Devils finished the game shooting 55.2% from the floor while the Panthers shot 40.0%.
PITT NOTES
Team
- With the loss, the Panthers season comes to an end as they post a 11-20 overall record and a 2-14 mark in ACC play
- Pitt falls to 1-6 in ACC Tournament games in program history and 0-11 against Duke all-time
- Wednesday's game was the final game in a Pitt jersey for four seniors, Danielle Garven, Cassidy Walsh, Kalista Walters and Kauai Bradley.
- Walsh started her 31st straight game for the Panthers on Wednesday as she is the lone Pitt player to start every game on the season
- The senior finished off her night with an ACC Tournament best 14 points while connecting on 4-for-9 from behind the arc.
- With her third triple, Walsh became the 10th Panther in school history to knock down 100 career three-pointers
- Walsh has now scored in double figures a career-high 16 times this season
- The sharpshooter has connected on at least one three-pointer in 22 of her final 23 games and has made at least two triples in 14 of her final 20 games
- She has played 30+ minutes a career-high 19 times this season including in 13 of her final 19 games for the Panthers
- Garven started her 27th straight game for the Panthers in the loss
- The senior finished off her game with a career-high 16 points and three rebounds while going 8-for-13 from the floor
- Garven finished off her season with 17 double figure scoring games including four games with 20+ points
- Over her last 12 games of the season, Garven averaged 15.7 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 53.8% from the floor
- The senior has surpassed 30+ minutes in a career-high 18 games
- The junior started her 28th straight game for the Panthers at point guard in the loss
- She finished off her well-rounded night with 12 points, six steals, six assists and five rebounds across a team-high 33 minutes
- The six steals for Whitney are tied for a career-high as she also notched six thefts earlier this season against Boston College
- With her six assists, Whitney has now set a career-high with 140 assists on the season as she is the lone active player in the ACC to record three straight seasons of 100+ dimes
- The junior has led the Panthers in assists a career-high 24 times including in each of the past 10 games
- Whitney has 22 games with four or more assists and a career-high 10 games of six or more helpers
- She played 33 minutes, marking the 16th game this season she has played 30+ minutes
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Team Stats
UP
DU
FG%
.400
.552
3FG%
.409
.600
FT%
.875
.714
RB
27
37
TO
14
15
STL
6
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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