National Basketball Association
Virginia 48, Pittsburgh 45
When: 12:30 PM ET, Sunday, February 2, 2014
Where: Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Les Jones, # Mike Roberts, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
12508
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Virginia 48, No. 17 Pittsburgh 45: Malcolm Brogdon sank a 3-pointer with three-tenths of a second left and the Cavaliers upset the host Panthers for their fifth straight win.
Brogdon finished with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists for Virginia (17-5, 8-1 ACC). Akil Mitchell added 10 points and 12 rebounds and Joe Harris finished with 11 points.
Freshman forward Jamel Artis scored a season-high 11 points off the bench for Pittsburgh and matched his season best with seven rebounds but missed an open putback with 10 seconds left that preceded Virginia’s winning basket. Lamar Patterson finished with 10 points but shot 3-for-14 for the Panthers (18-4, 6-3).
Neither team closed well as Pittsburgh made its last field goal with just under seven minutes remaining - a 3-pointer by Cameron Wright that gave the Panthers a 44-41 lead - and they shot 1-for-4 from the free-throw line down the stretch. The Cavaliers went more than eight minutes without a field goal before Brogdon’s winner and missed four free throws in the meantime.
The Panthers went 6 ½ minutes without a basket early in first half but still managed to take a 23-21 lead into the break on Wright’s fast-break layup at the buzzer. Pittsburgh took its biggest lead of the game on two free throws by Patterson to start the second half, but the contest would quickly settle back into a one-possession game for rest of the half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Pittsburgh came in 16-0 when leading at the half. … The Cavaliers came in allowing an average of 56 points, which led the nation heading into the weekend, and haven’t surrendered more than 69 points in conference play. … Patterson has scored in double figures in 20 consecutive games despite shooting 7-for-28 over the last two games.
Top Game Performances
Virginia |
|
Pittsburgh |
Malcolm Brogdon 16 |
Scoring |
Jamel Artis 11 |
Malcolm Brogdon 4 |
Assists |
Lamar Patterson 3 |
Akil Mitchell 12 |
Rebounds |
Jamel Artis 7 |
Malcolm Brogdon 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Jamel Artis 5 |
Anthony Gill 1 |
Steals |
Cameron Wright 2 |
Mike Tobey 2 |
Blocks |
James Robinson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Virginia
|
48 |
40.4 |
4-12 |
6-12 |
13 |
32 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
Pittsburgh
|
45 |
31.9 |
4-11 |
11-19 |
10 |
28 |
2 |
4 |
8 |