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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Breast cancer survivors stand together at 2017’s Pink the Pete game. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Senior Staff Photographer)

Pitt celebrates survivors with Pink the Pete

By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer January 26, 2018

Pitt women’s basketball will play in a tough matchup against No. 18 Duke this Sunday, but unlike a normal game, the focus will be on something much bigger than the sport. The game coincides with Pink...

Forward Yacine Diop (12) scored 10 points during Pitt’s 87-53 loss to Syracuse Thursday night. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

Pitt unlucky against Irish, 87-53

By Adin Link | Staff Writer January 26, 2018

The Pitt women’s basketball team continued its recent streak of blowout losses Thursday night as the Panthers fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 87-53. The Panthers (9-12 overall, 1-7 ACC) came...

First-year guard Parker Stewart scored two points while going 0-4 from three-point range. (Photo by Chiara Rigaud | Staff Photographer)

Pitt loses late to NC State, 72-68

By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer January 25, 2018

Despite playing its best in-conference game of the season, the Pitt men’s basketball team came up short of a crucial victory and let a 15-point lead slip away — dropping its eighth straight ACC game,...

Pitt men’s basketball head coach Kevin Stallings has led the Panthers’ on their worst season this year since 2000. (Photo by John Hamilton | Contributing Editor)

Point-Counterpoint: Stallings should go

By Colin Martin | Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Currently winless in conference play this season and 4-21 overall in the ACC during his time at Pitt, Kevin Stallings has done little to establish Pitt or himself in the ACC. In two years, Stallings...

Alayna Gribble, sophomore, scored a career-high 29 points in Pitt’s 68-62 first ACC victory of the year.  (Photo by Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor)

Pitt tops Georgia Tech, gets first ACC win of the season

By Grant Burgman | Sports Editor January 14, 2018

Pitt sophomore guard Alayna Gribble scored her last point of the day at the free throw line to give the Pitt women’s basketball team a 68-62 lead with one second left in Sunday’s game against Georgia...

First-year forward Shamiel Stevenson scored 9 points during Pitts 69-54 loss to Georgia Tech Saturday. (Photo by Chiara Rigaud | Staff Photographer)

Yellow Jackets sting Panthers, 69-54

By Grant Burgman | Sports Editor January 13, 2018

Coming off of an embarrassing defeat to the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils, the Pitt men’s basketball team was poised for its first ACC win of the season against less daunting competition. But, a stout Georgia...

First-year guard Marcus Carr attempts a layup during Pitt’s 87-52 loss to Duke Wednesday night. (Photo by Chiara Rigaud | Staff Photographer)

Blue Devils dismantle Pitt, 87-52

By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer January 10, 2018

A sizable crowd of Pitt fans were left in the stands watching Wednesday’s game, wondering if they would see their team score even half as much as the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils. The Panthers did, but not...

Junior guard/forward Jared Wilson-Frame has emerged as the Panthers lead scorer, averaging 12.9 points per game. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Team of young men’s basketball players work on rebuilding

By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer January 8, 2018

At the beginning of the season, The Pitt News — along with most other sports media outlets — placed the Pitt men’s basketball team at the bottom of its preseason ACC basketball rankings. The Panthers’...

Pitt guard Marcus Carr scored 12 point during Pitts loss to Navy Friday. (Photo by Thomas Yang / Senior Staff Photographer)

Navy sinks Pitt, 71-62, in season opener

By Kevin Bertha / Staff Writer November 11, 2017

It took the Panthers more than 10 minutes into the second half to score a field goal, a disastrous drought that was too much to overcome as Pitt men’s basketball dropped its season opener to Navy. Pitt...

Pitts first ACC matchup under new head coach Kevin Stallings comes against Notre Dame at the Petersen Events Center on New Years Eve.  Matt Hawley | Staff Photographer

Pitt men’s basketball releases 2016 ACC schedule

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor September 12, 2016

In conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Pitt released dates and times for its 2016 men’s basketball conference schedule on Monday afternoon. All 18 of the Panthers’ ACC contests will...

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