Thursday, February 11
Winston-Salem, NC
6:00 PM
Pitt
at
Wake Forest University
Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics
Pitt Ready For Road Test At Wake Forest Thursday Night
2/10/2021 2:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's basketball team (4-7, 2-6 ACC) hits the road on Thursday evening for a matchup with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at 6:00 pm inside the LJVM Coliseum. Thursday's game will air on ACC Network Extra.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Date Opponent Quarter Points
11/21/16 Loyola 2nd 2
11/20/15 Delaware St. 4th 2
11/13/17 Cornell 2nd 3
12/31/17 Chicago St. 2nd 4
11/25/20 George Mason 1st 5
11/7/18 UCF 1st 5
11/19/17 Towson 1st 5
11/29/17 Wisconsin 4th 5
12/20/17 Bucknell 2nd 5
2/7/21 Syracuse 1st 6
HITTING THE OFFENSIVE GLASS
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HOW TO FOLLOW
- Thursday's game will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Evan Budrovich and Stan Lewter on the call. Tune in by clicking HERE.
- You can also listen to the game on 1320AM WJAS radio as the voice of Pitt women's basketball, Josh Rowntree, will have the call starting at 5:45 pm with the pregame show. The radio call can be heard by clicking HERE.
- Live stats of the game can be found by clicking HERE.
- Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt women's basketball account @Pitt_WBB.
- Thursday's meeting marks the 11th game between the two programs all-time with the Demon Deacons holding a slim 6-4 lead in the series.
- The Panthers are 2-1 all-time in games played in Winston-Salem including a 70-64 road victory at the LJVM Coliseum last time they played there on Feb. 28, 2019.
- Pitt has won two straight in the series as they downed the Demon Deacons last season at the Pete by the score of 53-48.
- Despite leading for more than half of the game, including a 15-point second quarter lead, the Panthers weren't able to finish out the win over Syracuse Sunday, falling at home 71-67.
- Trailing by three, 70-67, with just under 30 seconds remaining, the Panthers had a three-point attempt by Destiny Strother fall just short and the Orange made a free throw to seal the game.
- The Panthers had three players score in double figures in the loss as Jayla Everett led Pitt with 16 points, Gabbie Green added 13 on her senior day and Amber Brown netted 10 in the loss.
- Pitt won the rebounding battle 42-34 including a 20-14 edge in offensive rebounds.
- Junior guard Jayla Everett has led the Panthers offensively all season long and currently ranks 15th in the ACC in scoring (14.5 ppg). She also ranks third in the ACC in three-pointers made/ game (3.0) while connecting on a team-high 33 triples.
- A bright spot for the Panthers so far this season has been their rebounding, especially on the offensive glass. Pitt currently ranks third in the ACC in offensive rebounds/game (15.6 orpg) while also ranking 22nd in the NCAA. In ACC play, Pitt has upped their production on the offensive glass, grabbing 16.1 orpg.
- The Panthers return to the court on Thursday night as they head down to Wake Forest for a 6pm tip. Thursday's game will air on ACC Network Extra.
- The Pitt backcourt duo of Jayla Everett and Dayshanette Harris are the third highest scoring backcourt in the ACC overall and in ACC games this season (28.0 ppg / 26.4 ppg - min. 8 ACC GP).
- The Pitt sophomore class continues to produce as Dayshanette Harris has racked up 500+ career points, seventh fastest player to 500 points (39 games), and Amber Brown has 300+ rebounds, second fastest to 300 rebounds (41 games) since 2013-14
- The Pitt defense has shown flashes of greatness this season but it hasn't been consistent enough yet to produce big wins.
- On Sunday, the Panthers had one of their best defensive quarters in program history as they were able to hold the Orange to just six points on 1-for-15 shooting in the quarter.
- The Orange shot just 6.7% from the floor in the first quarter, the second lowest FG% in a quarter for a Pitt opponent since switching to the quarters format (2015-16).
- The Panthers have held one opponent to zero field goal makes in a quarter (Loyola Chicago, 11/17/16, 3rd quarter) while holding eight others to just one make in a quarter.
Date Opponent Quarter Points
11/21/16 Loyola 2nd 2
11/20/15 Delaware St. 4th 2
11/13/17 Cornell 2nd 3
12/31/17 Chicago St. 2nd 4
11/25/20 George Mason 1st 5
11/7/18 UCF 1st 5
11/19/17 Towson 1st 5
11/29/17 Wisconsin 4th 5
12/20/17 Bucknell 2nd 5
2/7/21 Syracuse 1st 6
HITTING THE OFFENSIVE GLASS
- The Panthers have done a great job over the last two seasons of attacking the offensive glass.
- A season ago, Pitt ranked second in the ACC in offensive rebounds/ game (13.9 orpg) overall and first in conference games (14.5 orpg). The Panthers have upped their production on the offensive glass this season as they rank third overall (15.6 orpg) and second in ACC games (16.1 orpg).
- The Panthers currently rank 22nd in the NCAA in offensive rebounds/ game (15.6 orpg).
- Pitt has a pair of forwards who rank inside the top-7 in the ACC in offensive rebounds/game in conference games. Cynthia Ezeja ranks third (3.4 orpg) and Rita Igbokwe ranks seventh (2.9 orpg).
- Pitt returns home on Sunday as they welcome the North Carolina Tar Heels for a rescheduled game from earlier this season. Sunday's game tips at 2:00 pm and will air on ACC Network Extra with Jeff Hathhorn and Shayla Scott on the call.
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