National Basketball Association
Pittsburgh 65, Rutgers 62
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 29, 2011
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Bill McCarthy, # Earl Walton
Attendance:
8024
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ashton Gibbs tied a career high with 24 points, and No. 2 Pittsburgh sank its final nine free throws to escape with a 65-62 victory over host Rutgers on Saturday night.
Gibbs scored 19 of the first 33 points for Pitt (20-2, 8-1 Big East) before getting help from Gary McGhee, who also matched a career best with 13 points, and the rest of the Panthers, who finished 28 for 35 from the foul line.
Dane Miller's 3-point attempt to tie it in the closing seconds missed the mark for Rutgers (12-9, 3-6), which was vying for its first win over a top-5 opponent.
Jonathan Mitchell, Mike Coburn and Robert Lumpkins, who averaged 3.3 points coming in, each tallied 12 points for the Scarlet Knights, who were blown out by Pitt 83-54 last season.
Pitt had trailed only 18 total minutes in its eight previous Big East games, but fell behind 10-3, and Rutgers led 18 minutes of the first half en route to a 28-27 halftime edge.
Gibbs had 15 first-half points, but Pitt shot 29.2 percent as it continued to struggle following its 56-51 home loss to Notre Dame on Monday.
Top Game Performances
| Pittsburgh |
|
Rutgers |
|
Ashton Gibbs 24 |
Scoring |
Mike Coburn 12 |
|
Brad Wanamaker 3 |
Assists |
Mike Coburn 7 |
|
Gary McGhee 8 |
Rebounds |
Jonathan Mitchell 7 |
|
Brad Wanamaker 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Mike Coburn 4 |
|
Ashton Gibbs 2 |
Steals |
Mike Coburn 2 |
|
Gary McGhee 2 |
Blocks |
Robert Lumpkins 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Pittsburgh
|
65 |
35.6 |
5-16 |
28-35 |
8 |
36 |
6 |
4 |
|
| Rutgers
|
62 |
38.6 |
5-18 |
13-18 |
11 |
22 |
8 |
5 |
|
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