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Pitt wins sixth straight and is alone in first place in ACC

Pitt wins sixth straight and is alone in first place in ACC
I thought it before the season. I thought it is. We, you know, got together, we, we all got together, we had our whole team together at the end of august and as I just started watching us when we started workouts practices, you started seeing the camaraderie, just how it organically happened. Start seeing some things on the court, seeing how they wanted to share the basketball, how we wanted to move the ball. Um, but just seeing the connections and you know, we did *** few things, you know, some team building things, team bonding things and just seeing how it organically happened. That's what I thought we had. You know, I thought it probably even more after we got punched in the mouth and we lost those three games and how we came back from that, how we still, that's, that's *** time where it could really become disjointed and in that moment when that didn't happen and we just kind of hunkered down and believed in each other more and worked *** little bit harder. That's when I thought, okay, you know, we we have something and then I, I probably say *** win would be when we went to Northwestern and one, You know, I think northwestern is *** really, really good basketball team and you know, they're in the top half think they're second place in the big 10 had an unbelievable win last night. And when we went there was our first true road game and you started to see just how close you started to see that and it's maybe the best game we've played all year, That's when I knew, okay, this is this is different and we have something here. We have to really, really fight to protect it.
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Pitt wins sixth straight and is alone in first place in ACC
Blake Hinson made six 3-pointers in scoring 21 points and Pittsburgh left Boston College behind in the second half to win 77-58 on Tuesday night and take a half-game lead in the ACC.The Panthers (19-7, 12-3) won their sixth straight game, set a program record for most ACC wins in a season, and gave themselves at least a 24-hour perch alone atop the conference standings. No. 7 Virginia (11-3) plays at last-place Louisville on Wednesday.Hinson was 6 of 11 on 3-pointers, Greg Elliott added four more and the Panthers finished 11 of 25 from the arc. Elliott scored 14 points, Nelly Cummings added 11 and Jamarius Burton and Federiko Federiko had 10 each. Mason Madsen made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Eagles (12-15, 6-10). Jaeden Zackery added 11 points. Quinten Post, averaging nearly 17 points per game, finished with seven and fouled out.Hinson's 3-pointer gave Pitt the first double-digit lead of the night and that bucket plus his four-point play were part of a 21-2 run that put the Panthers ahead by 24 with nine minutes left. Meanwhile, Boston College was missing 13 consecutive shots.Pitt trailed by seven before outscoring Boston College 23-7 over the final eight minutes of the first half to lead by nine, capped by Hinson's fourth 3-pointer. He had 14 first-half points.Boston College is at Florida State and Pitt is at Virginia Tech in Saturday games.

Blake Hinson made six 3-pointers in scoring 21 points and Pittsburgh left Boston College behind in the second half to win 77-58 on Tuesday night and take a half-game lead in the ACC.

The Panthers (19-7, 12-3) won their sixth straight game, set a program record for most ACC wins in a season, and gave themselves at least a 24-hour perch alone atop the conference standings. No. 7 Virginia (11-3) plays at last-place Louisville on Wednesday.

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Hinson was 6 of 11 on 3-pointers, Greg Elliott added four more and the Panthers finished 11 of 25 from the arc. Elliott scored 14 points, Nelly Cummings added 11 and Jamarius Burton and Federiko Federiko had 10 each.

Mason Madsen made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Eagles (12-15, 6-10). Jaeden Zackery added 11 points. Quinten Post, averaging nearly 17 points per game, finished with seven and fouled out.

Hinson's 3-pointer gave Pitt the first double-digit lead of the night and that bucket plus his four-point play were part of a 21-2 run that put the Panthers ahead by 24 with nine minutes left. Meanwhile, Boston College was missing 13 consecutive shots.

Pitt trailed by seven before outscoring Boston College 23-7 over the final eight minutes of the first half to lead by nine, capped by Hinson's fourth 3-pointer. He had 14 first-half points.

Boston College is at Florida State and Pitt is at Virginia Tech in Saturday games.