Patterson’s Career Day Leads Pitt To Win
Lamar Patterson led the Panthers with 30 points in a 73-56 thrashing of Cal Poly.
Lamar Patterson led the Panthers with 30 points in a 73-56 thrashing of Cal Poly.
Cincinnati outplayed Pitt from the opening whistle and beat the Panthers 44-43 last night at Madison Square Garden.
8 Days A Week. That’s how long since Pitt’s last game.
Its not so easy to find what keeps a well-balanced team basketball team like Pitt performing at a high level night after night. Look a little closer, watch the reserves and you’ll have your answer.
For the first time since 2005, Pitt and Penn State renewed their rivalry on the hardwood. The battle for Pennsylvania was physical, slow and painful to watch.
Duquesne fought hard in the first half and hoped they could win. Pitt looked sluggish but knew they would. Paced by 20 points from Cameron Wright, Pitt cruised to a 84-67 win over cross-town rivals Duquesne at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
Sometimes five-star players out of high school don’t blossom until their senior year in college. Sometimes they fade out altogether. Whether Lamar Patterson has lived up to his high school ranking (he was rated anywhere from 3-5 stars by various services) prior to this season or not, it looks like he is peaking at just the right time.
The paint isn’t even dry on the start of the Pitt Basketball season but the takeaway from tonight’s 76-53 win over Texas Tech in the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, was Pitt is already in mid-season form