PITTSBURGH (AP)—Jamie Dixon is closing in on his 200th coaching victory at Pitt. Perhaps by the time he gets to No. 300, the Panthers will have lost another non-conference home game.
Brad Wanamaker had 16 points and 11 assists and No. 3 Pittsburgh used its man-to-man defense and patient offense to slow down Rider’s 3-point shooters during an 87-68 victory on Dec. 4.
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| IN THE PAINT—Pitt’s Brad Wanamaker drives into the paint as Rider’s Mike Ringgold defends during the Panthers 87-68 win at the Petersen Events Center on Dec. 4. Wanamaker finished the game with 16 points and 11 assists. (Photo by Chris Lopez)
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Ashton Gibbs also scored 16 points and Dante Taylor added 12 to help the Panthers win their 53rd consecutive non-conference home game and their 102nd in 103 games.
They are 81-1 against non-Big East opponents at the Petersen Events Center, where they are 138-11 overall—a statistic that remained on the scoreboard 40 minutes after the game ended.
Pitt, outscoring its home-court opponents by nearly 27 points per game, is 9-0 for the eighth time in nine seasons.
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