Pitt Looks to Extend Win Streak Friday Against William & Mary

Pitt (3-3, 0-0 ACC) vs. William & Mary (3-3, 0-0 CAA)
Friday, November 25, 2022 • 7:00 PM
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center
ACC Network Extra • 93.7 The Fan

THE OPENING TIP
• Pitt caps off a three-game homestand at the Petersen Events Center Friday, Nov. 25 against William & Mary. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. with Kevin Wheeler and Julius Page calling the game on ACC Network Extra.
• The Panthers have won four consecutive games and are 8-5 all-time against William & Mary. Pitt is 18-6 overall against teams currently in the Colonial Athletic Association.
• Friday's game marks Pitt's fifth of six games in a 13-day span. The Panthers conclude the stretch with a road game at Northwestern (Nov. 28).
• The Panthers are 3-1 at the Petersen Events Center this season. Two of Pitt's three home wins have been by 20 or more points. The Panthers have a +20.5 scoring margin over their past two home games.
• Blake Hinson has posted five double figure scoring games, including three 15+ point efforts. He leads the Panthers and ranks 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring at 15.8 points per game, while shooting 50.0 percent (33-of-66) from the field and 37.1 percent 13-of-35) from three-point range.
• Jamarius Burton is averaging 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game, while shooting 54.3 percent (28-of-51) from the field. He the only ACC player averaging better than 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
• Jorge Diaz Graham is averaging 10.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game over the past three contests. He is 9-of-18 from the field and 9-of-13 from the foul line in that span.

BY THE NUMBERS
• Blake Hinson is one of five players in the ACC averaging over 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while shooting over 50.0 percent from the field this season.
• Pitt's roster features five players who have averaged double figures for a season at the NCAA Division I level. Nelly Cummings (3x), Nike Sibande (3x), Jamarius Burton (2x), John Hugley IV (1x) and Blake Hinson (1x) have combined for 10 double-figure scoring seasons. Hinson (15.8 ppg.), Burton (14.4 ppg.), and Hugley IV (12.0 ppg.) are averaging 10 or more points through the first six games, while Greg Elliott (9.0 ppg.) is also near that mark.
• The Panthers' starting backcourt of Nelly Cummings and Jamarius Burton has combined for 2,236 points, 664 rebounds, 591 assists, and 199 steals in 240 career games. The tandem is averaging 22.6 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game this season.
• Federiko Federiko (9-of-10, .900), Jamarius Burton (28-of-51, .543), John Hugley IV (13-of-24, .542) and Blake Hinson (33-of-66, .500) are a combined 83-of-151 (.550) from the field on the season, while the rest of the roster is just 64-of-192 (.333) from the field.
• Jamarius Burton has scored in double figures in all five games played this season and in 28 of his 35 games played as a Panther. He is averaging 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Burton is the only player in the ACC averaging at least 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game.
• Blake Hinson leads the Panthers in scoring (15.8 ppg.), total field goals (33), three-point field goals (13), and steals (9). He has topped the 20-point mark in two of Pitt's four home games.
• Nelly Cummings has recorded five or more assists in a game four times and is eighth in the ACC in assists per game (4.2 apg.). He is averaging 9.7 ppg. over the past three contests.
• John Hugley IV is one of two returning ACC players (along with North Carolina's Armando Bacot) to average 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds or better per game last season. He is averaging 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 19.9 minutes per game, while working his way back from a preseason knee injury. Hugley IV is coming off his best game of the season with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field against FDU.
• Greg Elliott has made two or more three-point field goals in four of Pitt's first six games. He is second on the team with 11 made threes and is now 105-of-263 (.399) from beyond the arc in his career. Elliott has scored in double figures three times and is fourth on the team in scoring at 9.0 points per game. He is two points shy of reaching the 700-point mark for his career.
• The Panthers has not yet found their outside shooting stroke this season going 45-of-160 (.281) from beyond the arc through the first six games. Blake Hinson (13) and Greg Elliott (11) have combined for 24 of the team's 45 three-point field goals.
• Blake Hinson has made three or more threes in a game three times this season and is tied for 13th in the ACC in three-point field goals per game (2.2 3pg.). He has made 105 three-pointers in 66 career games.
• Nike Sibande has been Pitt's first sub in each of the first six games of the season. He is averaging 10.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game over the past two contests.
• Pitt is averaging 34.7 points in the paint over the past three games, including a season-best 38 interior points in the win over FDU. The Panthers averaged just 22.7 points in the paint over the first three games of the season.
• The Panthers have held their opposition to 32.0 percent (32-of-100) shooting from the field, including 9-of-39 (.231) from three-point range, over the past three halves of action.
• Jorge Diaz Graham is 7-of-11 (.636) from the field and 2-of-4 (.500) from three-point range over the past two games. He is averaging 10.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in 22 minutes per game in that span.

Pitt Looks to Extend Win Streak Friday Against William & Mary

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Players Mentioned

Jamarius Burton

Nelly Cummings

Jorge Diaz Graham

Greg Elliott

Federiko Federiko

Blake Hinson

John Hugley IV

Nike Sibande