University of Pittsburgh Athletics

Pitt Prepped for Final Home Contest of 2025
12/17/2025 5:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's basketball game will play their final home game of the 2025 calendar year when Saint Francis comes to the Petersen Events Center Thursday night at 6 p.m. The match-up can be viewed on ACCNX.
NEED TO KNOW – GAME 13
Pitt (6-6, 0-1 ACC) vs. Saint Francis (0-9, 0-0 NEC)
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 – 6:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Petersen Events Center
THE OPENING TIP
- Pitt fell to Clemson, 73-41 in the ACC opener Sunday.
- Theresa Hagans Jr. scored a career-high 23 points. The freshman from Utica, NY added three steals, two assists and two rebounds in the 35-minute effort.
- Fatima Diakhate added eight points, four rebounds and two assists.
SERIES HISTORY
- Pitt leads the series 11-3.
- The Panthers are on a five-game win streak over the Red Flash.
- The last meeting was two years ago at home, an 87-62 Pitt victory on Nov. 29, 2023.
SCOUTING THE RED FLASH
- Saint Francis is 0-9 this season, with all their contests coming in the non-conference.
- The Red Flash are led in scoring by Aleah James (12.4 ppg) and Shelby Ricks (10.5 ppg).
- Ricks leads the Red Flash in rebound with 5.1 rebounds per game, while James averages 3.3 assists per game to lead the team.
- Sonia Sato averages one block per game. Sato has recorded two blocks in each of the past three games.
UP NEXT
Pitt will play close non-conference action in the "City Game" at Duquesne on Dec. 21. Tipoff at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse is set for 1 p.m.
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