A quick Julius Page layin gave Pitt a 2-0 lead. Donatas Zavackas followed with a three-pointer… A quick Julius Page layin gave Pitt a 2-0 lead. Donatas Zavackas followed with a three-pointer and Pitt looked like it was off to a great start. They were ahead 5-4.

That first minute of the game was the first and last optimistic moment of the night for Pitt as Notre Dame trashed the Panthers in the first half, en route to an 89-76 victory. The game was not nearly as close as the score indicated.

Pitt was slow, sloppy and off with its shooting in the first half, while it seemed as though Notre Dame was shooting through hula hoops as everything dropped for the Irish.

It was a game of runs; unfortunately for Pitt, none of them included the guys from Western Pennsylvania.

The Irish had the inside-outside game working to perfection as the Pitt defense couldn