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Virginia Tech Pulls Away Late To Take Down The Panthers On Thursday Night
1/9/2020 9:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BLACKSBURG, VA – The Pitt women's basketball team wasn't able to overcome an early deficit on Thursday night on the road against Virginia Tech as they fell 68-56 to the Hokies. Virginia Tech improved to 12-3 overall and 2-2 in ACC play with the win.
Amber Brown opened the scoring for Pitt on the Panthers second possession of as she battled through some contact and finished off a tough layup. The Hokies responded with an 8-0 run to take the lead into the first media timeout of the game. Out of the media timeout, Pitt got a pair of layups from Brown and Dayshanette Harris finished off an old fashion three-point play to cut the Hokies lead to three, 13-10. The Hokies responded however with a 9-2 run to close the quarter and take the 22-12 lead into the second.
The Panthers had a less than ideal start to the second quarter as they were outscored 13-5 through the media timeout in the second as Aysia Bugg was the lone Pitt player to score, scoring all five. The Hokies pushed their lead out to 18, 38-20, but Pitt was able to end the half on a 5-0 run behind a triple from Gabbie Green and a steal and layup from Harris.
Pitt had a great start to the third quarter as Green opened things up with a deep triple on Pitt's first possession before Brown netted a layup and Harris notched a steal and layup to force the Hokies to take a timeout as the Panthers cut the home teams lead to six, 38-32. After a four point spurt by the Hokies, Bugg knocked down a triple to get Pitt within five, 44-39, but the Panthers couldn't get any closer. In the final minute, Rita Igbokwe grabbed an offensive rebound and finished off a layup to cut the Pitt deficit to six, 51-45, but the Hokies were able to hit a runner at the end of the third quarter to take an eight-point lead into the final quarter.
The Panthers offense just couldn't get it going in the final quarter as Virginia Tech pushed their lead out to as much as 16 late in the quarter. The young Panthers continued to fight down the stretch but fell on the road to the Hokies, 68-56.
Brown had another strong game for Pitt as she netted 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists across 28 minutes of action while Bugg netted 10 points and four boards in the loss. Harris finished off her night with nine points and two steals while Hayford netted eight points and three rebounds off the bench for the Panthers. Igbokwe grabbed a team-high nine boards and had two blocks in 23 minutes of action.
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Amber Brown opened the scoring for Pitt on the Panthers second possession of as she battled through some contact and finished off a tough layup. The Hokies responded with an 8-0 run to take the lead into the first media timeout of the game. Out of the media timeout, Pitt got a pair of layups from Brown and Dayshanette Harris finished off an old fashion three-point play to cut the Hokies lead to three, 13-10. The Hokies responded however with a 9-2 run to close the quarter and take the 22-12 lead into the second.
The Panthers had a less than ideal start to the second quarter as they were outscored 13-5 through the media timeout in the second as Aysia Bugg was the lone Pitt player to score, scoring all five. The Hokies pushed their lead out to 18, 38-20, but Pitt was able to end the half on a 5-0 run behind a triple from Gabbie Green and a steal and layup from Harris.
Pitt had a great start to the third quarter as Green opened things up with a deep triple on Pitt's first possession before Brown netted a layup and Harris notched a steal and layup to force the Hokies to take a timeout as the Panthers cut the home teams lead to six, 38-32. After a four point spurt by the Hokies, Bugg knocked down a triple to get Pitt within five, 44-39, but the Panthers couldn't get any closer. In the final minute, Rita Igbokwe grabbed an offensive rebound and finished off a layup to cut the Pitt deficit to six, 51-45, but the Hokies were able to hit a runner at the end of the third quarter to take an eight-point lead into the final quarter.
The Panthers offense just couldn't get it going in the final quarter as Virginia Tech pushed their lead out to as much as 16 late in the quarter. The young Panthers continued to fight down the stretch but fell on the road to the Hokies, 68-56.
Brown had another strong game for Pitt as she netted 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists across 28 minutes of action while Bugg netted 10 points and four boards in the loss. Harris finished off her night with nine points and two steals while Hayford netted eight points and three rebounds off the bench for the Panthers. Igbokwe grabbed a team-high nine boards and had two blocks in 23 minutes of action.
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- The Panthers will have a week off before returning to the road on Thursday, Jan. 16 at Clemson as they take on the Tigers at 7:00 pm.
- Pitt will then return home as they welcome the Syracuse Orange to the Petersen Events Center on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 12:00 pm. Sunday's game will air of RSN, AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh in the Pittsburgh area.
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- With the loss, Pitt is now 5-10 all-time against the Hokies including 1-6 in Blacksburg.
- The Panthers finished the game with 23 points off the bench, marking their sixth game this season with 20+ bench points.
- Pitt grabbed 42 rebounds in the loss, their eighth game this season with 40+ rebounds.
- The freshman finished off her night with a team-high 10 points, nine rebounds and three assists across 28 minutes of work.
- She finished off the game going 4-for-9 from the floor while grabbing two offensive rebounds.
- The three assists tied a career-high for the freshman as she has recorded three assists in four of her last six games.
- She has now scored in double figures 11 times this season and has led Pitt in scoring three times.
- She has notched at least four rebounds in all 15 games this season and double digit rebounds seven times.
- She finished the game with 28 minutes played as she has played at least 20 minutes in all 15 games this season.
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Team Stats
Pitt
Hokies
FG%
.390
.364
3FG%
.400
.243
FT%
.444
.917
RB
42
35
TO
17
9
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
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