Saturday, January 23
Winston-Salem, NC
6 PM
Pitt
8-3,4-2ACC
75
at
76
Wake Forest
4-6,1-6ACC
1
2
F
Pittsburgh
45
30
75
Wake Forest
38
38
76
Pitt Falls at Wake Forest, 76-75
1/23/2021 9:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) – Down one with 5.3 seconds to play, Xavier Johnson's jumper from the elbow couldn't connect and the Panthers fell to Wake Forest, 76-75, Saturday night at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Justin Champagnie scored a team-high 17 points and gathered a team-best eight rebounds. Abdoul Karim Coulibaly had a career-best 15 points on 4-of-6 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Xavier Johnson added 14 points and tied a game-high with eight assists.
Ismael Massoud had a career-high 31 points and made 8 of 10 from 3-point range for Wake Forest. Massoud's eight 3's tied for third best in program history (Craig Dawson 11, 2002; Randolph Childress 9, 1995). Childress is currently an assistant coach for Wake Forest.
Massoud made all five of his 3-point attempts in the first half and his final 3-pointer gave the Demon Deacons their largest lead at 75-65 with 4:49 left. Massoud, whose previous career high was 17 points, had a scoreless night in Wednesday's 80-73 loss to North Carolina.
The Demon Deacons (4-6, 1-6) never led until Jonah Antonio made it 60-57 with 9:45 left on the second of his three straight 3-pointers. Those 3s came late in Wake Forest's 26-5 run that ended at 66-57 with 8:17 to go.
Pitt (8-3, 4-2) was coming into the game with a three-game winning streak including back-to-back wins over Syracuse and a 79-73 win over Duke on Tuesday.
The Panthers had a 10-1 run to cut the deficit to one and forced a turnover with 5.3 seconds left that gave them an inbounds play from the frontcourt sideline, but Xavier Johnson missed a pull-up jumper and Wake Forest's Ody Oguama grabbed the rebound just before time expired.
Pitt is back on the floor Tuesday, Jan. 26 as it plays host to North Carolina at 7 p.m. The ACC Network will broadcast the game.
Justin Champagnie scored a team-high 17 points and gathered a team-best eight rebounds. Abdoul Karim Coulibaly had a career-best 15 points on 4-of-6 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Xavier Johnson added 14 points and tied a game-high with eight assists.
Ismael Massoud had a career-high 31 points and made 8 of 10 from 3-point range for Wake Forest. Massoud's eight 3's tied for third best in program history (Craig Dawson 11, 2002; Randolph Childress 9, 1995). Childress is currently an assistant coach for Wake Forest.
Massoud made all five of his 3-point attempts in the first half and his final 3-pointer gave the Demon Deacons their largest lead at 75-65 with 4:49 left. Massoud, whose previous career high was 17 points, had a scoreless night in Wednesday's 80-73 loss to North Carolina.
The Demon Deacons (4-6, 1-6) never led until Jonah Antonio made it 60-57 with 9:45 left on the second of his three straight 3-pointers. Those 3s came late in Wake Forest's 26-5 run that ended at 66-57 with 8:17 to go.
Pitt (8-3, 4-2) was coming into the game with a three-game winning streak including back-to-back wins over Syracuse and a 79-73 win over Duke on Tuesday.
The Panthers had a 10-1 run to cut the deficit to one and forced a turnover with 5.3 seconds left that gave them an inbounds play from the frontcourt sideline, but Xavier Johnson missed a pull-up jumper and Wake Forest's Ody Oguama grabbed the rebound just before time expired.
Pitt is back on the floor Tuesday, Jan. 26 as it plays host to North Carolina at 7 p.m. The ACC Network will broadcast the game.
Team Stats
Pitt
Wake
FG%
.458
.464
3FG%
.417
.469
FT%
.696
.750
RB
34
31
TO
11
15
STL
11
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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