Pitt Battles Louisville To Final Whistle; Falls 76-69 On The Road Sunday

Sunday, January 8

Louisville, KY

2:00 PM

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Pitt Battles Louisville To Final Whistle; Falls 76-69 On The Road Sunday

1/8/2023 4:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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LOUISVILLE, KY – The Pitt women's basketball team (7-9, 0-5 ACC) battled tough on the road Sunday afternoon but came up just short, falling 76-69 to the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC YUM! Center. Louisville improves to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in ACC play.

Amber Brown finished off her monster game with 20 points, eight rebounds, three steals and three assists while going 6-for-9 from the floor in the loss. Liatu King finished her afternoon with 12 points and eight boards while Marley Washenitz had a career-high 10 points, two blocks and two rebounds for Pitt in the loss.

ESSENTIAL GAME INFO
Pitt starting lineup: Marley Washenitz, Maliyah Johnson, Avery Strickland, Liatu King, Amber Brown
Louisville starting lineup: Hailey Van Lith, Chrislyn Carr, Liz Dixon, Morgan Jones, Olivia Cochran
Records: Pitt (7-9, 0-5 ACC) | Louisville (13-5, 4-1 ACC)
Location: KFC YUM! Center | Louisville, KY

GAME FLOW
Largest lead: Pitt – 12, Louisville - 7
Lead changes: 12
Times tied: 6
Time with lead: Pitt – 24:26 | Louisville – 13:42
Points off turnovers: Pitt - 12 | Louisville - 8
Points in paint: Pitt – 32 | Louisville - 18
Second chance points: Pitt – 10 | Louisville - 14
Fast break points: Pitt – 5 | Louisville - 2
Bench points: Pitt – 11 | Louisville - 21

FIRST QUARTER

The Cardinals took the early 8-4 lead after a triple but the Panthers responded as Gabby Hutcherson knocked down a triple and Maliyah Johnson buried a pull-up jumper to give Pitt the 9-8 lead at the media timeout.
The Cardinals took the 10-9 lead out of the media timeout but the Panthers took over the final three minutes.
The Panthers outscored Louisville 9-2 down the stretch of the quarter as Avery Strickland capped the scoring with a deep triple to give Pitt the 18-12 lead through 10 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER

Amber Brown opened the quarter with a layup and free throw and Strickland netted her second triple of the game to give Pitt the 24-14 just over a minute in.
The Panthers netted back-to-back buckets by Liatu King and Dayshanette Harris as they pushed their lead out to the largest of the half, 32-21.
The Cardinals netted the final five points of the quarter to send the game to halftime with Pitt leading by six, 32-26.
The Panthers held the Cardinals to just 25% shooting in the opening half while also holding the 20-18 lead in rebounds.

THIRD QUARTER

Marley Washenitz opened the scoring in the third with a great drive and finish in traffic, but the Cardinals responded with six straight to force a timeout by Pitt as the Panthers held the 34-32 lead.
The Cardinals gained the 40-38 lead just over three minutes into the quarter, but Washenitz and Strickland responded with back-to-back triples to give the Panthers the 44-43 lead at the media timeout.
Louisville pushed their lead out to five, 53-48, but Brown ended the quarter with a free throw to send the game to the fourth with Pitt trailing 53-49.
The Panthers were outscored 27-17 in the third quarter as Louisville made five triples in the quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

The Cardinals jumped out to a seven-point lead, 58-51, early in the fourth but the Panthers came right back with a King jumper and Washenitz triple to send the game to the media break with Pitt trailing 58-56.
After a layup and free throw by Johnson and a layup by Brown, the Panthers were able to gain a 63-60 lead midway through the quarter.
The Cardinals tied the game with a triple but Brown came right back with a pair of layups to give the Panthers the 67-63 lead with three minutes to go.
Pitt wasn't able to slow the Cardinals down over the final three minutes as they outscored Pitt 9-2 to earn the home victory, downing Pitt 76-69.

TEAM STATS

Pitt shot 42.1% from the floor while they held the Cardinals to 39.1% in the loss.
Pitt held the 40-35 edge in rebounds while the Cardinals grabbed 14 offensive boards in the win.
Pitt outscored Louisville 32-18 in the paint while the Cardinals bench outscored Pitt 21-11.

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