Pitt
Wake Forest
Panthers Travel to Face Wake Forest in Regular Season Finale
3/1/2025 12:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's basketball team will travel to square off with Wake Forest in the 2024-25 regular season finale Sunday afternoon at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Tipoff is slated for 2:00 p.m., and the game can be streamed via ACCNX.
Need to Know - Game 31
Pitt (12-18, 4-13 ACC) at Wake Forest (9-19, 2-15 ACC)
Sunday, March 2, 2025 – 2:00 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C. – Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Opening Tip
Tournament Bid on the Line
The Panthers would clinch a spot in the 2025 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament with a win Sunday and a Miami loss to Cal.
Historic Season Thus Far
In the second year under head coach Tory Verdi, Pitt has already recorded its highest win total (12) since the 2016-17 campaign and tied its second-most ACC wins (4) since joining the league.
Faye's Continues to Dominate
One of the premier post players in the conference, graduate center Khadija Faye tallied her ACC-leading 16th double-double of the year with 25 points and 10 rebounds in the loss to Syracuse. Of note, it marked her seventh-straight double-double. She has also scored 20+ points in six-straight games.
Johnson Finds Her Role
Redshirt sophomore guard Mikayla Johnson is growing into her role as the second option behind Faye.
Despite struggling from the field against Syracuse, Johnson has played her best basketball of the season lately - averaging 16.6 points per game, while shooting 13-of-29 (44.8 percent) from 3-point range over the last five games.
Additionally, over the last seven games, Johnson is shooting 18-for-18 from the free throw line. Her last miss from the charity stripe came against then-No. 19 Cal on Feb. 2.
Series History
- Sunday will mark the 15th meeting between Pitt and Wake Forest, as the Demon Deacons lead the all-time series, 9-5.
- The Panthers have dropped consecutive games to Wake Forest and are looking for their first win in the series since Jan. 16, 2022.
Scouting the Demon Deacons
- Wake Forest has compiled a 9-19 record this season, including a 2-15 mark in ACC play.
- The Demon Deacons are coming off a 78-57 loss to No. 9 NC State on Thursday.
- Wake Forest is led by the guard tandem of Rylie Theuerkauf (11.6 PPG) and Elise Williams (11.2 PPG).
- Forward Raegyn Conley is the leading 3-point threat with 47 triples this season.
- As a unit, the Deacs force 16.4 turnovers per game.
Last Time Out - at Syracuse
Pitt fell to Syracuse, 83-65, Thursday evening at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
Syracuse jumped out to a 9-2 lead, holding Pitt to 1-of-7 shooting from the field over the first five minutes of action. After a pair of Washenitz free throws, Syracuse scored five unanswered to take a 10-point lead at 14-4. The two teams traded baskets for the remainder of the period as Syracuse led, 19-10, after 10 minutes of play.
The Orange outscored Pitt, 17-6, to start the second quarter – going up, 36-16, at the 4:59 mark. The Panthers then went on a dominant 13-0 run to pull within seven with less than one minute remaining in the first half. During the Panthers' burst, Elmore logged five points – including a key triple with 56 seconds left in frame.
Pitt faced a 38-29 deficit at the halftime break. Individually, Faye led the way with 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field, to go along with four boards.
Syracuse outscored Pitt, 8-5, over the first four minutes of the third period, before an 8-4 Panther burst cut Pitt's deficit to eight. After a pair of Syracuse free throws, Elmore and Johnson drilled consecutive jumpers to close the third quarter as Pitt trailed, 54-48, entering the final period.
The Panthers continued to battle down the stretch, but hot shooting from Syracuse proved to be the difference as Pitt ultimately fell, 83-65.
