National Basketball Association
Pittsburgh 72, West Virginia 66
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, January 30, 2012
Where: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
Officials:
# Ed Corbett, #0 Sean Corbin, # Pat Driscoll
Attendance:
13032
By SportsDirect Inc.
Tray Woodall continues to be the spark for suddenly red-hot Pittsburgh. Woodall scored a game-high 24 points as the Panthers defeated West Virginia 72-66 Monday at WVU Coliseum for their third straight Big East victory.
Playing in his fourth game since returning from a groin and abdominal strain, Woodall scored 16 of his points in the first half for the Panthers (14-9, 3-7 Big East), who started 0-7 in conference.
Ashton Gibbs finished with 15 points and Nasir Robinson added nine on 4-of-4 from the field.
Pittsburgh led by as many as 10 points early in the second half, but the Mountaineers (16-7, 5-5 Big East) pulled within 56-54 on Kevin Jones’ layup with 7:30 remaining. Jones, a senior forward, finished with a team-high 21 points and 13 rebounds.
The Panthers, however, responded with a basket on the next possession and maintained a two-possession lead the rest of the way. West Virginia, which shot 40 percent, went four minutes without a basket late and never drew closer than four over the final five minutes.
Darryl Bryant finished with 14 points and seven assists and Deniz Kilicli added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Mountaineers, who who lost their third straight Big East game. They also suffered their fourth straight defeat against the Panthers.
Top Game Performances
| Pittsburgh |
|
West Virginia |
|
Tray Woodall 24 |
Scoring |
Kevin Jones 21 |
|
Lamar Patterson 4 |
Assists |
Darryl Bryant 7 |
|
Dante Taylor 7 |
Rebounds |
Kevin Jones 13 |
|
Ashton Gibbs 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Darryl Bryant 8 |
|
Lamar Patterson 2 |
Steals |
Gary Browne 1 |
|
Dante Taylor 1 |
Blocks |
Kevin Jones 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Pittsburgh
|
72 |
46.2 |
3-10 |
21-26 |
10 |
28 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
| West Virginia
|
66 |
40.4 |
4-19 |
20-24 |
13 |
32 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
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