Panthers Overcome Halftime Deficit To Upend Boston College, 83-80

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Panthers Overcome Halftime Deficit To Upend Boston College, 83-80

2/16/2021 9:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CHESTNUT HILL, MA – The Pitt women's basketball team (5-9, 3-8 ACC) overcame a 15-point first half deficit on Tuesday night to defeat the Boston College Eagles 83-80 on the road. Junior Jayla Everett led the way for Pitt with 22 points and seven assists in the road win.

The 15-point comeback for the Panthers marked their biggest in program history in an ACC victory and their biggest comeback win of the season. Pitt has scored 80+ points in two ACC wins this season, marking the first time in program history they have netted at least 80 points in two ACC games.

After the Eagles opened the game with eighth straight points, Dayshanette Harris decided to take over the scoring load for Pitt as she netted eight points over the next three minutes and Everett sank a triple to send the game to the first media timeout with BC leading 14-13. Boston College came out flying after the media timeout as they closed out the quarter with 10 straight points to take the 29-16 lead into the second quarter.

The Eagles pushed their lead to 16, 34-18, early in the second quarter but the Panthers responded as Tracey Hueston and Destiny Strother finished off layups to force a Boston College timeout with Pitt trailing 34-23. After a quick Eagles run, Strother netted five straight to get Pitt within nine, 39-30, but the Panthers weren't able to get any closer down the final seconds of the half as they went to the locker room trailing 44-34.

The Panthers came out of the locker room with much better energy as Amber Brown finished off back-to-back layups to get the offense going. Harris made two straight buckets before Gabbie Green earned a steal and sank two free throws to cut the Pitt deficit to three, 49-46. After the media timeout, the Panthers went on a 9-0 run which was capped with a fast break layup by Hueston after a great no look feed from Everett to force BC to take a timeout with Pitt leading 59-58. After a pair of BC buckets, Everett closed out the third with three free throws to give Pitt the 64-62 lead headed to the fourth.

The Pitt offense began to run through Everett in the fourth quarter as she netted five straight points to give Pitt the 71-66 lead two minutes in. Brown finished off a layup after a great feed from Everett and the junior then netted a jumper to send the game to the final media timeout with Pitt leading 75-70. The Eagles cut the Pitt lead to four, 79-75, with just over a minute to go but Liatu King came up with a huge layup to push the lead back to six. The Eagles cut the Pitt lead to one, 81-80, with 43 seconds to play and Harris came up with the biggest play of the game as she forced a jump ball after a missed triple with 10 seconds to go to give Pitt the ball back. After Everett made a free throw, the Eagles turned the ball over and the Panthers secured the 83-80 road win.

Harris finished off her strong night with 15 points, four rebounds and three assists while Brown finished off her night with 10 points and seven rebounds. King was huge off the bench for Pitt as she netted nine points, a career-high 10 rebounds and a career-high four blocks while Strother finished with nine points, three rebounds and two steals in the win.

As a team, the Panthers shot 43.1% from the floor and 81% from the free throw line while the Eagles shot 44.3% from the floor. Pitt won the rebounding battle 45-42 and the battle on the offensive glass 19-17. Pitt also forced 18 Boston College turnovers while only committing 14 turnovers.

Boston College was led offensively by Taylor Soule who netted 27 points and 12 rebounds while Makayla Dickens had 13 points in the loss.
PITT NOTES
Team

With the win, Pitt improves to 19-30 all-time and 11-13 in games in Boston against the Eagles.
The Panthers now have three ACC wins, the most in a season since the 2016-17 campaign.
Pitt has scored 80+ points in two ACC games this season for the first time in program history. Pitt improves to 6-0 when they score at least 80 points in an ACC game.
The Panthers grabbed 45 rebounds in the win, their 11^th time grabbing at least 40 boards in a game this season.
Pitt had 19 offensive rebounds, their fourth game this season with at least 19.

Jayla Everett

Everett finished off her night with 22 points, seven assists and three rebounds across 27 minutes of work.
The junior finished the game going 8-for-18 from the floor while connecting on two triples.
Everett has back-to-back 22 point efforts. The 44 points are the most she has scored in a two-game stretch in her career.
The seven assists are a season-high for the junior as she has five games with at least four assists this season.
She has now netted at least two triples in 12 games this season.
Everett has five 20+ point games this season and 12 in her collegiate career.
She has 11 double digit scoring games this season and 43 in her career.

Liatu King

King finished off her night with nine points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in 25 minutes of work.
The 10 rebounds and four blocks are both career-highs.
The 25 minutes played are a career-high as she has two games with 20+ minutes off the bench.

NEXT UP

The Panthers return home on Thursday night as they welcome the #3 Louisville Cardinals to the Petersen Events Center for an 8pm tip. Thursday's game will air on the ACC Network.

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