National Basketball Association
Pittsburgh 70, Georgia Tech 65
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 17, 2015
Where: Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Officials:
# Tony Chiazza, # Tim Nestor, # Ray Perone
Attendance:
12508
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pittsburgh 70, Georgia Tech 65: Jamel Artis and Cameron Wright each tied a career high with 20 points as the host Panthers won for the ninth time in 11 games.
Michael Young added 16 points for Pittsburgh (13-5, 3-2 ACC), which finished just 2-of-11 from 3-point range but forced 15 turnovers. Wright finished 7-of-11 from the field and Artis went 7-of-14, and the Panthers sealed it by hitting 7-of-8 free throws in the final minute.
Robert Sampson led Georgia Tech (9-8, 0-5) with a season-best 16 points off the bench, and Quinton Stephens added 10 points in a reserve role. Marcus Georges-Hunt finished with 13 points and Charles Mitchell scored 10 points with nine rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, who have lost their first five conference contests by a total of 23 points.
Pittsburgh led by as many as nine in the first half before the Yellow Jackets rallied, forging a tie at 31 on Stephens’ tip-in with 16 seconds left before intermission. Stephens’ 3-pointer with 11:41 remaining gave Georgia Tech a 49-45 lead before Pittsburgh rallied, moving ahead 56-53 on Artis’ three-point play with 6:23 to go.
Wright’s jumper established a 58-55 Pittsburgh lead with 5:14 to go, and after Georgia Tech missed its next four shots from the field and committed two turnovers, Young’s basket pushed the lead to 60-55 with 1:40 remaining. Sampson’s 3-pointer from the left corner brought the Yellow Jackets within 63-60 with 60 seconds remaining, but the Panthers were nearly perfect from the foul line in the final minute.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Sparked by Sampson and Stephens, Georgia Tech’s bench outscored the Panthers 34-6. … Georges-Hunt finished 2-of-9 from the field but hit all nine of his free-throw attempts. … Wright added four steals and James Robinson added nine assists and two steals.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia Tech |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Robert Sampson 16 |
Scoring |
Jamel Artis 20 |
|
Travis Jorgenson 5 |
Assists |
James Robinson 9 |
|
Charles Mitchell 9 |
Rebounds |
Michael Young 6 |
|
Marcus Georges-Hunt 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Michael Young 6 |
|
Josh Heath 2 |
Steals |
Cameron Wright 4 |
|
Robert Sampson 2 |
Blocks |
Jamel Artis 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia Tech
|
65 |
39.6 |
6-14 |
17-20 |
14 |
36 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
| Pittsburgh
|
70 |
43.6 |
2-11 |
20-26 |
17 |
25 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
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