Panthers Host Boston College Saturday Afternoon at the Pete

Pitt (5-9, 0-3 ACC) vs. Boston College (6-6, 1-1 ACC)
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 • 4:00 PM
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center
ACC Network • 93.7 The Fan

The Opening Tip
• Pitt returns home to host Boston College Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Petersen Events Center. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. with Mike Monaco and Randolph Childress calling the action on the ACC Network.
• Saturday's game is an ALS Awareness contest with both programs actively involved in the fight against ALS. Join the fight by learning more and donating to the cause at www.als.org.
• Pitt has dropped its first three league games by a combined five points. The Panthers are 3-5 this season in games decided by five points or fewer.
• The Panthers lead the NCAA in free throw rate (46.0 percent). Pitt is one of just seven schools with a free throw rate above 40.0 percent.
• Jamarius Burton has scored in double figures in each of the past seven games and is averaging a team-high 15.3 points per game in that span. He has scored 15 or more points in four of the past seven contests.
• John Hugley has scored in double figures a team-best 10 times. He leads Pitt in scoring (14.5 ppg.), rebounds (7.9 rpg.), offensive rebounds (37), field goals (66), field goal attempts (147), free throws made (68) and free throw attempts (96).
• Mouhamadou Gueye has scored 15 points, grabbed five or more rebounds and blocked three or more shots in three of the past four games for the Panthers.

By The Numbers
• Jamarius Burton has scored 15 or more points in four of the past five games and is averaging 16.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, while shooting 95.2 percent (20-of-21) from the foul line, in that stretch.
• John Hugley has scored 20 or more points four times and also has four double-doubles on the season. He currently ranks among the league leaders in scoring (18th - 14.5 ppg.), rebounds (4th - 7.9 rpg.) and offensive rebounds (5th - 2.64 orpg.).
• Mouhamadou Gueye is averaging 11.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks in nine games when playing 25 minutes or more. He has scored in double figures and blocked two or more shots in seven of the nine contests.
• John Hugley has gotten to the free throw line 69 times in the past nine games. He leads the league in free throw attempts (6.9 ftapg.) and free throws made (4.9 ftmpg.), while shooting 70.8 percent (68-of-96) from the charity stripe.
• Femi Odukale ranks 12th in the NCAA and second among major conference players in free throw rate at 73.3 percent. He also ranks among the ACC leaders in free throw attempts (3rd - 88) and made free throws (6th - 55).
• Ithiel Horton made his season debut at Louisville after missing the first 13 games of the season. He knocked down three three-point field goals against the Cardinals and now has 125 career threes. Horton is a career 39.8 percent (125-of-314) shooters from beyond the three-point arc.
• Jamarius Burton is averaging 12.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in a team-high 33.4 minutes per game in 12 games played. He missed five weeks of preseason action as well as Pitt's first two games of the season due to injury. Burton has scored 10+ points in each of the past seven games and 35 times in his career.
• Pitt's sophomore class - Noah Collier, John Hugley, William Jeffress and Femi Odukale - combines to average 33.5 points and 18.5 rebounds per game for the Panthers. Odukale (32.0), Jeffress (30.0 mpg.) and Hugley (28.7 mpg.) are three of the top four Panthers in minutes played per game and have combined to make 39 starts.
• Mouhamadou Gueye is averaging 14.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in the past four contests. He is 21-of-42 (.500) from the field, including 8-of-19 (.421) from three-point range, and 9-of-11 (.818) from the foul line in that span.
• Femi Odukale is averaging 16.5 points per game in contests he makes at least one three-point field goal. He has scored in double figures in five of the six games this season when he has made a three-pointer. Odukale is 11-of-28 (.393) from three-point range in games played at the Petersen Events Center this season.
• Pitt has more made free throws (217) than its opponents have attempted (216) on the season. The Panthers lead the ACC with 23.3 free throw attempts per game and have outscored the opposition by 69 points from the free throw line.
• The Panthers have been outrebounded just one time this season. Pitt ranks fifth in the ACC in rebounding margin (+4.50) with the starting frontcourt of John Hugley (7.9 rpg.), Mouhamadou Gueye (5.6 rpg.) and William Jeffress (4.7 rpg.) combining for 50.6 percent of the team's rebounds.
• Pitt is averaging 24.7 points in the paint and 15.5 points from the foul line per game. Interior scoring and foul shots have accounted for 64.9 percent (563-of-867) of the team's points this season.
• The Panthers have committed fewer turnovers than their opponents in each of the past three games and are averaging just 7.7 turnovers per game in that span.

Panther Spotlights
• John Hugley is averaging 15.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in home games this season. He has scored 20 or more points four times and recorded four double-doubles at the Petersen Events Center.
• Jamarius Burton has made 18 consecutive free throws and is 32-of-36 (.889) from the foul line for the season. He is shooting 96.6 percent (28-of-29) from the line over the past nine games.

Panthers Host Boston College Saturday Afternoon at the Pete

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Players Mentioned

Jamarius Burton

Noah Collier

Mouhamadou Gueye

Ithiel Horton

John Hugley IV

William Jeffress

Femi Odukale