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Pitt Looks to Extend Home Win Streak Friday Versus Jacksonville
11/15/2023 2:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Pitt (3-0, 0-0 ACC) vs. Jacksonville (2-1, 0-0 ASUN)
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 • 7:00 PM
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center
ACC Network Extra • 93.7 The Fan
THE OPENING TIP
• Pitt welcomes Jacksonville to the Petersen Events Center Friday, Nov. 17. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. with Jason Earle and Julius Page calling the action on ACC Network Extra.
• The Panthers are averaging 91.7 points per game and have topped the 85-point mark in three consecutive games. Pitt has not scored 85 or more points in four consecutive games since the 1992-93 season.
• Pitt has had four or more double-figure scorers in all three games this season.
• Pitt has compiled a 294-86 (.774) record, including a 171-17 (.910) ledger in non-conference play, in 21 seasons at the Petersen Events Center. The Panthers have won nine consecutive home games.
• Carlton Carrington was named ACC Rookie of the Week Monday. He is averaging 18.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 7.0 assists, while shooting 56.3 percent (16-of-32) from the field through three games.
• Pitt returns its starting frontcourt from a year ago in Blake Hinson (15.3 ppg., 6.0 rpg., 97 3FG) and Federiko Federiko (6.6 ppg., 5.3 rpg., 1.7 bpg.). The tandem is averaging a combined 27.3 points and 14.4 rebounds per game through three contests.
• Ishmael Leggett is stuffing the stat sheet averaging 15.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. He recorded his second consecutive game with at least 15 points, five rebounds, and five assists against FGCU.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Blake Hinson led the Panthers in scoring (15.3 ppg.), rebounds (6.0 rpg.), and three-pointers (97), while posting 30 double-figure scoring games and nine 20+ point games a year ago. He is one of just 24 players (25 times) in the NCAA since the 1992-93 season to average 15.0 or more points and 6.0 or more rebounds per game with 95 or more made threes. Hinson is averaging 19.0 points and 5.7 rebounds per game with nine three-pointers this season.
• Ishmael Leggett has started 72 consecutive games with 46 double figure scoring efforts in that stretch. He has scored 10 or more points in 31 of his past 34 games. Leggett is averaging 17.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game over the past two games.
• Federiko Federiko returns for his junior season after shooting a team-high 66.7 percent (94-of-141) from the field, while also leading the Panthers in offensive rebounds (86), blocks (58), and dunks (39) a year ago. He is averaging 8.3 points, 8.7 rebounds (4.7 orpg.), and 3.3 blocks per game and has seven dunks in the first three contests of the season.
• Zack Austin has made 60 or more threes and blocked 60 or more shots in each of the past two seasons. He and Duke's Shane Battier (2000, 2001) are the only two players to accomplish that feat in multiple seasons.
• Twins Guillermo and Jorge Diaz Graham are averaging a combined 11.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 60 percent (12-of-20) from the field, including 50 percent (6-of-12) from three-point range.
• Carlton Carrington has a 5.25:1 assist-to-turnover ratio (21:4) while playing a team-high 93 minutes through the first three games of the season.
• Federiko Federiko, the leading returning shot blocker in the ACC (14th nationally), has 10 blocks through three games and now has 68 blocks in 38 games at Pitt (1.79 bpg.). He has blocked three or more shots in each of the first three games of the season.
• Monday's contest with Jacksonville is the second of three consecutive games against opponents from the state of Florida. The last time the Panthers faced three or more Florida teams was during the 1948-49 season when they played consecutive doubleheaders against Miami and Florida. Pitt will play Florida in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off Wednesday, Nov. 22.
• The Panthers have four players 6-10 or taller for just the second time in program history. Pitt's starting lineup features four players 6-5 or taller and has an average height of just under 6-7. Pitt is tied for seventh in the NCAA in average roster height (78.8 in.) according to KenPom.
• The Panthers have a +21.3 rebound margin per game and have grabbed 50 or more rebounds twice in three games. Federiko Federiko (8.7 rpg.), Ishmael Leggett (7.7 rpg.), Carlton Carrington (6.3 rpg.), Blake Hinson (5.7 rpg.), and Zack Austin (5.0 rpg.) are each averaging at least 5.0 rebounds per game.
• Pitt is averaging 38.7 points in the paint per game and has a 116-64 edge on interior scoring through three games.
• The Panthers are averaging 10.0 three-point field goals per game with Blake Hinson and Carlton Carrington combining for 18 of the team 30 threes.
PANTHER SPOTLIGHTS
• Ishmael Leggett is 22 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau for his career. He enters Friday's contest with 978 points in 90 career games (10.9 ppg.).
• Blake Hinson has made at least one three-pointer in 16 consecutive games and in 37 of 39 games as a Panther. He is 106-of-280 (.379) from three-point range at Pitt.
• Carlton Carrington is the first Pitt freshman to score 18 or more points in each of his first three games. His 55 points scored through three games is also the most by a Pitt freshman.
