Pittsburgh rallies past No. 11 Virginia 68-65

how is Doom are doing? Um he's still sedated right now. Um they just want him to have *** better chance of recovering better. So they felt that if he's sedated, his body can heal *** lot faster um that he feels if he was woke and possibly cause other complications. So they got him sedated right now and I mean it's just heartbreaking seeing him like that, right? I mean you know, just we were in Pittsburgh watching it on tv and his little brother was there with us and when he's seen his brother drop like that, and when I tell you I've never seen him craft scream like that. Like we were trying to calm him down like yo it's okay, you know he's gonna get back up, he'll be back in the game, you know, we'll do with the next thing, you know, it's 10 minutes later they're doing chest compressions, it's *** half hour later they're still not playing it, I'm like yo what's going on? What's wrong with my nephew? And then like when I say like now we were all in the room crying man, we were all in tears man and I'm not *** crier, but like I I've never crashed your heart in my life man, just just to know like like my nephew basically died on the field and they brought him back to life. I mean that's just heartbreaking and to see all those grown men crying and all the emotion man. It just it really was *** gut punch man and I would have been crying, no matter who it was before to be my nephew, it just had that much more impact on me man. And I'm just glad he's still alive and able to fight. Um, and trying to get better and recover. You told me off camera your nephew died twice, Can you explain? Well his hard head went out. So um they had to resuscitate him twice. They resuscitate him on the field before they brought him in the hospital and then they resuscitated him *** second time when he got to the hospital. So, um, I just want to show my gratitude for the medical staff that were on hand because not for them, my nephew probably wouldn't even be here. You know, I mean that from the bottom of heart, I really thank them and even the people in Cincinnati man, everyone's been so nice out here. Every person I've gone up to has asked me do I need anything? You know, giving me their their prayers and wishes and you know, it really means *** lot for us and our family and dealing with this because no one expected this to happen but to know that you got that circle, support from everybody to help you get through it. It means *** lot. Talk to me about the power of prayer. What do you think? I'm just gonna silence that? What do you think is next for your nephew? He's still here, He's still here, he's still here. He's just healing right now. He's healing. Um like I said, they sedated him just to give him *** better chance for, you know, him to just continue to heal better and we're just taking it day by day, you know, um seems like he's trending upwards in the *** positive way and you know, thanking God for that. But you know, just continue to have people just continue to send him prayers in because I really believe those are making *** difference for him having *** full recovery that we're all hoping and expecting for any injuries to his lungs from the cpr or anything that you know about. Um he sustained some, some damage to his lungs and they're working to try to um to try to remedy remedy that and they got him on *** ventilator to help with the breathing to just to take some of the strain off his lungs so they can heal and recuperate. So yeah, just it's just *** sad situation all the way around. Please give our thoughts to your family and his mom, I heard she's been by his side the entire time, his mom and his dad, his dad, he's been there the whole time. They go to every single game, every practice, every camp. I mean they've been there like every step of the way. So I mean together like they're heartbroken but like collectively as *** family. I mean this has just been devastating for us. So she was in the ambulance with him. Yeah, she was in an ambulance with him when he went and um my brother drove the car to the hospital and followed them from the stadium. Did he have any heart condition or any health issues as healthy as *** ox health? He's healthy in the weight room, running, you know, *** professional football player, right? So really, really healthy. So this is *** surprise to everybody. I mean, we all seem to hit, it wasn't even that wasn't that big of *** hit. So, you know, for it to to end up in this manner just, it's just shocking everybody, but

Pittsburgh has spent the better part of a decade spinning its wheels near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference.Video above: Damar Hamlin's uncle discusses his nephew's conditionThe Panthers may finally be gaining traction by using a formula that made the program successful during its lengthy stay near the top of the Big East during the 2000s.A whole lot of defense. A little bit of shotmaking. And more than a dash of grit.Blake Hinson and Nike Sibande scored 16 points apiece, Jamarius Burton added 15 and Pitt rallied by No. 11 Virginia 68-65 on Tuesday night to move to 4-0 in the ACC for the first time since the 2013-14 season.The Panthers (11-4) did it behind staggering second half in which they lit up Virginia's normally staunch defense for 45 points, all without committing a turnover.“You have to be tough for 40 minutes, you have to be together and you have to fight (to beat Virginia),” Pitt coach Jeff Capel said. “Once we got into the rhythm of the game in the second half we were able to do some really, really good things.”The Panthers used a 14-0 second-half run to get back in it and then took charge late to keep Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett at 326 career wins at Virginia, still tied with Terry Holland for the most in program history.A layup by Federiko Federiko with 59 seconds left put the Panthers up 62-60 and Pitt forced the Cavaliers (10-3, 2-2) into a shot-clock violation on their ensuing possession. Six straight made free throws in the final seconds helped the Panthers end an eight-game losing streak to Virginia.“This is a blue-collar game,” Bennett said. “It’s a blue-collar town. It’s a blue-collar team. ... We had a lot of breakdowns defensively and it cost us.”Kihei Clark scored 17 points for the Cavaliers. Armaan Franklin added 14 but Virginia's defense crumbled over the final 20 minutes as the Panthers found their footing and kept finding ways to get to the basket for layups or draw contact to go to the foul line.Pitt outrebounded the Cavaliers 32-28, outscored them 15-4 at the free-throw line and shot 52% in the second half to follow up a win over then-No. 25 North Carolina last Friday with another surprise.HONORING HAMLINThe Panthers paid tribute to Buffalo Bills defensive back and former Pitt football player Damar Hamlin a day after Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during Buffalo's game at Cincinnati and had to be resuscitated on the field.The players wore blue and gold T-shirts with “Chasing Millions” emblazoned on the front, the name of Hamlin's foundation. Fans also stood and applauded during a first-half timeout as well-wishes from across the sports world flashed on the video board above the court. Hamlin was in critical condition Tuesday at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.Though he last played football at Pitt in the fall of 2020, Hamlin has a relationship with several Panthers basketball players, one of the reasons they felt it was important to show their support.“(Hamlin) is a real genuine person,” Sibande said. "He really wants to help everybody out. He’s really giving and he wants to help everybody out.”SALUTING VIRGINIAThe Panthers wore a second warm-up T-shirt that read “Pitt stands with UVA” and featured the uniform numbers of the three Cavaliers football players — Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry — who were fatally shot on the Virginia campus in November. Davis, Chandler and Perry were also honored with a moment of silence before the opening tip.BIG PICTUREVirginia: The Cavaliers’ defense appeared on its way to another typical lights-out performance after limiting the Panthers to 14 points over the first 16 minutes. It didn’t happen. Pitt knocked down a handful of 3-pointers to get going and when the Cavaliers extended their defense, the Panthers attacked the rim.Pitt: The starting five began the night having 88 combined starts at Pitt. Clark, by contrast, made his 121st start for the Cavaliers. Yet the Panthers are appearing to jell quickly, building on the optimism Capel had in the preseason that his group would make up for in collective experience what it lacked in familiarity with each other.UP NEXTVirginia: Hosts Syracuse on Saturday.Pitt: Hosts Clemson on Saturday.

Pittsburgh has spent the better part of a decade spinning its wheels near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Video above: Damar Hamlin's uncle discusses his nephew's condition

The Panthers may finally be gaining traction by using a formula that made the program successful during its lengthy stay near the top of the Big East during the 2000s.

A whole lot of defense. A little bit of shotmaking. And more than a dash of grit.

Blake Hinson and Nike Sibande scored 16 points apiece, Jamarius Burton added 15 and Pitt rallied by No. 11 Virginia 68-65 on Tuesday night to move to 4-0 in the ACC for the first time since the 2013-14 season.

The Panthers (11-4) did it behind staggering second half in which they lit up Virginia's normally staunch defense for 45 points, all without committing a turnover.

“You have to be tough for 40 minutes, you have to be together and you have to fight (to beat Virginia),” Pitt coach Jeff Capel said. “Once we got into the rhythm of the game in the second half we were able to do some really, really good things.”

The Panthers used a 14-0 second-half run to get back in it and then took charge late to keep Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett at 326 career wins at Virginia, still tied with Terry Holland for the most in program history.

A layup by Federiko Federiko with 59 seconds left put the Panthers up 62-60 and Pitt forced the Cavaliers (10-3, 2-2) into a shot-clock violation on their ensuing possession. Six straight made free throws in the final seconds helped the Panthers end an eight-game losing streak to Virginia.

“This is a blue-collar game,” Bennett said. “It’s a blue-collar town. It’s a blue-collar team. ... We had a lot of breakdowns defensively and it cost us.”

Kihei Clark scored 17 points for the Cavaliers. Armaan Franklin added 14 but Virginia's defense crumbled over the final 20 minutes as the Panthers found their footing and kept finding ways to get to the basket for layups or draw contact to go to the foul line.

Pitt outrebounded the Cavaliers 32-28, outscored them 15-4 at the free-throw line and shot 52% in the second half to follow up a win over then-No. 25 North Carolina last Friday with another surprise.

HONORING HAMLIN

The Panthers paid tribute to Buffalo Bills defensive back and former Pitt football player Damar Hamlin a day after Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during Buffalo's game at Cincinnati and had to be resuscitated on the field.

Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel, right, pauses during a timeout salute to former University of Pittsburgh football player Damar Hamlin, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Virginia in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

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The players wore blue and gold T-shirts with “Chasing Millions” emblazoned on the front, the name of Hamlin's foundation. Fans also stood and applauded during a first-half timeout as well-wishes from across the sports world flashed on the video board above the court. Hamlin was in critical condition Tuesday at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Though he last played football at Pitt in the fall of 2020, Hamlin has a relationship with several Panthers basketball players, one of the reasons they felt it was important to show their support.

“(Hamlin) is a real genuine person,” Sibande said. "He really wants to help everybody out. He’s really giving and he wants to help everybody out.”

SALUTING VIRGINIA

The Panthers wore a second warm-up T-shirt that read “Pitt stands with UVA” and featured the uniform numbers of the three Cavaliers football players — Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry — who were fatally shot on the Virginia campus in November. Davis, Chandler and Perry were also honored with a moment of silence before the opening tip.

BIG PICTURE

Virginia: The Cavaliers’ defense appeared on its way to another typical lights-out performance after limiting the Panthers to 14 points over the first 16 minutes. It didn’t happen. Pitt knocked down a handful of 3-pointers to get going and when the Cavaliers extended their defense, the Panthers attacked the rim.

Pitt: The starting five began the night having 88 combined starts at Pitt. Clark, by contrast, made his 121st start for the Cavaliers. Yet the Panthers are appearing to jell quickly, building on the optimism Capel had in the preseason that his group would make up for in collective experience what it lacked in familiarity with each other.

UP NEXT

Virginia: Hosts Syracuse on Saturday.

Pitt: Hosts Clemson on Saturday.

Pittsburgh rallies past No. 11 Virginia 68-65

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