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First-year guard Trey McGowens (2) completes a dunk during Pitt’s 89-86 victory of Louisville Wednesday evening.

Pitt ends ACC losing streak with 89-86 overtime win over Louisville

By Tessa Sayers, Assistant Sports Editor January 10, 2019
Pitt guard Trey McGowen broke a 39-year record and Pitt ended a 690 day losing streak on Wednesday night in its 89-86 win over Louisville.
Sophomore guard Jasmine Whitney (3) scored 16 points during Pitt’s 81-49 loss to Louisville Sunday. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

No. 4 Cardinals clobber Panthers, 81-49

By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer February 25, 2018

The Pitt women’s basketball team dropped its sixth straight — and final — regular season game, 81-49, at No. 4 Louisville Sunday, finishing with a 2-14 ACC record heading into the postseason conference...

Pitt suffered a 56-28 loss at the 2014 homecoming game against Georgia Tech. (TPN File Photo)

Panther plunders: Pitt’s worst homecoming games

By Brandon Glass | Staff Writer October 12, 2017

While the homecoming court trots out onto the field at halftime this Saturday — and two lucky students are crowned king and queen — the Panthers will be in the locker room discussing strategy, diagramming...

The Pitt track and field team traveled to Kentucky last weekend for the Louisville Invitational. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Glick, Newkirk, Palmer win at Louisville Invitational

By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer April 16, 2017

The Pitt track and field team traveled to the Bluegrass State this weekend for Louisville Invitational. In the city famous for the Kentucky Derby, first-year Drew Glick, junior Quadaisha Newkirk and...

Men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon prepares the team for the matchup against Louisville this Thursday.  Nikki Moriello  | Visual Editor

Preview: No. 20 Panthers prep to take on No. 21 Louisville Cardinals

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor January 14, 2016

PREDICTION: PITT 88 LOUISVILLE 81 Pitt has surrendered 80-plus points to opponents in its last two contests, and after Louisville suffered through a poor shooting performance in its loss to Clemson Sunday,...

The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will be one of Pitt's toughest opponents this season. Pitt News File Photo

Fearsome foes: Pitt men’s basketball’s five toughest teams

By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer November 2, 2015

After a difficult season one year ago, the Pitt men’s basketball team’s road to rebounding won’t get any easier. With the 2015-16 college basketball season imminent, the Panthers will return to...

Sophomore Taylor Pryce dribbles the ball down the field. Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Pitt women’s soccer defeats Louisville 1-0, extends winning streak to eight games

By Jeff Carpenter / Staff Writer September 27, 2015

Pitt women’s soccer has never had more than eight wins in a season. Now, it has an eight-game winning streak. Coming off a 2-1 overtime victory against Wake Forest, which Pitt head coach Greg Miller...

Heather Tennant / Staff Photographer

Pitt football schedule looks winnable but tough

By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer September 3, 2015

On paper, everything looks easy. And on paper, Pitt’s schedule seems deceptively easy. But it’s easy to forget that Pitt has lost at least once to each of this year’s opponents in the past three...

Maria Nicholas

Maria Nicholas

By Courtesy of Pitt Athletics September 18, 2013

Senior Maria Nicholas will play a key role this weekend. 

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