West Virginia Wins 66-48 Over Pittsburgh

Filed under Game Recap on February 17th, 2012

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On February 16th in Pittsburgh the Panthers dropped one to the Mountaineers, 66-48. Pittsburgh played well in the first half, and went into halftime down 26-25. But West Virginia cruised to an easy victory in the second half.

Ultimately, this was an unexpected loss for the Panthers. The Panthers had beaten the Mountaineers earlier this season, 72-66.

West Virginia battled tough and came out ahead in assists and offensive rebounding.

West Virginia created many more second chance opportunities with a total of 12 offensive rebounds to only nine by Pittsburgh. West Virginia led an even offensive effort and put up 15 assists to 11 by Pittsburgh. A big problem for Pittsburgh was its 48 points, which was far below its 69.9 season average.

Tray Woodall was the leading scorer against the Mountaineers with 12 points on 31% shooting in 33 minutes. Woodall also came up with a game-high eight assists.

WVU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Kevin Jones 40 16 13 3 0 2 2 A+ Darryl Bryant 32 15 7 2 4 0 2 A Gary Browne 38 12 3 5 2 0 1 B Jabarie Hinds 36 5 3 3 3 0 0 B Deniz Kilicli 37 14 3 2 0 0 5 - Keaton Miles 9 4 0 0 0 0 2 - Aaron Brown 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 - D. Rutledge 4 0 1 0 0 0 0

PITT Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Tray Woodall 33 12 4 8 2 0 4 B J.J. Moore 21 10 3 0 0 1 1 B- Talib Zanna 21 6 3 0 1 0 0 C Lamar Patterson 31 3 5 2 3 0 2 C John Johnson 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 C Nasir Robinson 26 5 5 0 1 0 2 C- Ashton Gibbs 34 8 1 0 0 0 1 - Dante Taylor 8 0 2 0 0 1 3 - Malcolm Gilbert 9 0 1 0 0 1 2 - Cameron Wright 5 0 0 0 0 0 1

The Panthers now find themselves at 15-12 and still looking for answers. With their record falling to 4-10 in the Big East, they move into 13th place. Their record against RPI Top 50 teams (West Virginia #35) falls to 2-7. They've now reached 3 losses in a row.

Next on the schedule is Panthers on South Florida at home on February 19th.

• Lamar Patterson has led the team in rebounding in 6 out of 27 games this season.
• Tray Woodall has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 27 games this season.
• The Panthers have lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after having a field goal percentage of 37.0% or worse.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 1:50 left to go.
• Pittsburgh has recorded fewer assists than their opponents for the past 5 games.

• Kevin Jones accounted for 39.3% of the team's rebounds.
• Darryl Bryant set a career high with 6 offensive rebounds.
• Deniz Kilicli has 5 straight double-digit point games.
• Kevin Jones set a career high with 13 defensive rebounds.
• Kevin Jones recorded a double-double. It was his 18th this season and 30th of his career.

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