NCAAB

Radford Highlanders at Pittsburgh Panthers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
56 - 96
1-0, 1-0 Home

Lowe, Leggett pace Pitt in 40-point win over Radford

Leggett scored 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds.

TJ Nesmith made a pair of free throws with 6:02 left before halftime to reduce the Panthers' lead to 28-24. From there, Pitt used the rest of the half to distance itself and secure the win.

Pitt outscored the Highlanders 17-3 in the final 5 1/2 minutes before intermission and led 45-27 at halftime. Guillermo Diaz Graham started the scoring outburst with a pair of free throws then converted a three-point play on a lob dunk off a pass from Lowe. The Panthers reached their first double-digit lead when Damain Dunn made two free throws to make it 35-25 with 2:46 remaining.

The lead reached 20 points, 51-31, early in the second half when Guillermo Diaz made a 3-pointer. Pitt expanded the margin to 63-33 a little more than three minutes later on a 3 by Leggett.

The Panthers never trailed.

Brandon Maclin, Nesmith and Zion Walker led Radford with nine points each.

It was the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Radford’s record fell to 3-30 against current ACC teams.

Pitt returns this season with its sights set on nothing less than an NCAA Tournament berth. The Panthers won 12 of their last 16 games and were ousted in an ACC Tournament semifinal loss to North Carolina.

The NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed that Pitt was among the “First Four Out,” and the Panthers immediately declined an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament (NIT).

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Matchup Prediction

Pittsburgh: 96.5%
Radford: 3.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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18-58 FG 36-65
31.0 Field Goal % 55.4
5-19 3PT 8-23
26.3 Three Point % 34.8
15-20 FT 16-21
75.0 Free Throw % 76.2
34 Rebounds 42
12 Offensive Rebounds 11
22 Defensive Rebounds 31
7 Assists 18
4 Steals 11
3 Blocks 8
14 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 20
1 Fast Break Points 24
16 Points in Paint 50
21 Fouls 18
0 Largest Lead 40

Game Information

Petersen Events Center

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 6,579 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
High Point 0-0 - 5-0
Longwood 0-0 - 5-0
Radford 0-0 - 4-1
Winthrop 0-0 - 4-2
Gardner-Webb 0-0 - 2-3
Presbyterian 0-0 - 2-3
South Carolina Upstate 0-0 - 2-4
UNC Asheville 0-0 - 1-2
Charleston Southern 0-0 - 1-5

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Pittsburgh 0-0 - 5-0
Stanford 0-0 - 5-0
NC State 0-0 - 4-0
Notre Dame 0-0 - 4-0
Syracuse 0-0 - 3-0
Virginia 0-0 - 3-0
Wake Forest 0-0 - 5-1
Florida State 0-0 - 4-1
SMU 0-0 - 4-1
Boston College 0-0 - 3-1
California 0-0 - 3-1
Clemson 0-0 - 3-1
Duke 0-0 - 3-1
Miami 0-0 - 3-1
Louisville 0-0 - 2-1
North Carolina 0-0 - 2-1
Virginia Tech 0-0 - 3-2
Georgia Tech 0-0 - 2-2
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