Pitt Looks For To Extend Exhibition Win Streak To 43 Monday Night

Monday, October 27

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Pitt Looks For To Extend Exhibition Win Streak To 43 Monday Night

10/23/2025 9:03:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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Pitt plays final tune-up for regular season against UPJ at home

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt men's basketball team welcomes Pitt-Johnstown to the Petersen Events Center Monday night as the Panthers close out exhibition play. The game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff and live updates from the game will be available on X (@Pitt_MBB). The Panthers have won 42 consecutive exhibition games heading into Monday night's contest and are 36-0 all-time in exhibition games inside Peterson Events Center.

SERIES HISTORY

While the two programs have never played in the regular season, Pitt is 5-0 all-time against Pitt-Johnstown in exhibition games.
The most recent matchup was a 96-60 Panther win on Nov. 1, 2023 in which the Panthers dominated on the boards, 53-28, including 18 on the offensive glass.
No current Pitt players saw action in that exhibition game just two years ago. Current UPJ players Nick Watts and Will Kromka started in the 2023 exhibition, combining for 50 minutes. One other current player, Vinnie Cugini, came off the bench to see 12 minutes of action.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Pitt extended its exhibition win streak to 42 games with an 81-74 win over Providence Sunday. In total, Pitt is 67-5 all-time in exhibition contests with no result in four other such games.
The Panthers are 36-0 inside the Petersen Events Center in exhibition games.
The program's largest margin of victory in an exhibition is 68 points in a 101-33 win over LaRoche in 2011 and the team scored an exhibition program record 108 points in a 108-89 win over the Soviet Union in 1989.
Jeff Capel is 8-0 at Pitt in exhibition games following the win over Providence.

LAST TIME OUT

Pitt opened the 2025-26 season with an 81-74 exhibition win over former Big East rival Providence.
Providence jumped out to an 18-6 lead but Pitt outscored the Friars 35-13 over the final 13 minutes to take a 41-31 lead into the break.
In the second half, Providence trimmed the lead to two points with five minutes to go, but Damarco Minor completed a three-point play and Barry Dunning, Jr. followed with a tip-in dunk to give Pitt some breathing room to close out the contest.
Pitt had five players score in double figures, led by Minor's 15 points. The Panthers also got 34 points off the bench and held Providence to 38 percent shooting from the field. After making 4-of-5 three-pointers to open the contest, the Friars were held to just 4-of-21 (19.0 percent) from long range the rest of the way.

2025-26 ROSTER

The Panthers return just four scholarship players from last season, including just two players with starting experience in Cameron Corhen and Brandin Cummings.
Corhen averaged 11.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, starting all 32 games last season. He finished third on the team in scoring and posted a 63.5 field goal percentage, which ranked second in the ACC among players with 4.0+ makes per game.
Pitt signed top Australian prospect Roman Siulepa in July and he began practicing with the team in late August. Siulepa has the strength, athleticism, and skill set to be an impact player for the Panthers. He is coming off an impressive showing at the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup (June 28-July 6), where he earned second team all-tournament honors.
The Panthers signed four players out of the transfer portal in Barry Dunning, Jr. (South Alabama), Nojus Indrusaitis (Iowa State), Dishon Jackson (Iowa State) and Damarco Minor (Oregon State). In addition to Siulepa, the Panthers have four signees without collegiate experience in Omari Witherspoon (St. John's College), Henry Lau (Sydney Boys High/Sydney Kings), Macari Moore (Ann Arbor Huron), and Kieran Mullen (St. Thomas More).

TICKETS

Fans can purchase single-game tickets for both exhibition and non-conference games HERE or by contacting the Panther Ticket Office at (800) 643-7488 or tickets@athletics.pitt.edu. The Panther Ticket Office offers a variety of options for fans to support the Panthers all season long. Ticket packages include six-game mini plans, the Panther Pack (a new mobile season ticket option), and full season tickets.