South Carolina-Pitt Post-Game Notes
12/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 28, 2005
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GAME NOTES
*Pitt improved to 10-0 for the third consecutive season. The 10-0 start ranks tied for fifth among all-time season starts at Pitt. The record is 21 straight wins in 1927-28.
*Pitt held its ninth consecutive opponent to 60 points or less. The last time Pitt held at least nine straight opponents to 60 points or less was during the 1948-49 season when it limited 11 consecutive teams to 60 points or less between Jan. 28-March 5.
*Head Coach Jamie Dixon is now 26-0 in games played in December. Pitt has also won 26 straight games in December dating back to a Dec. 31, 2002 loss at
*Pitt won its fourth straight road game dating back to last season.
*Pitt won its 10th consecutive game. The 10-game win streak ranks eighth all-time in Pitt history.
*Pitt won its second contest against
*Freshman Sam Young scored a career-high 16 points and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds. His six offensive rebounds were also a career-high.
*Aaron Gray pulled down 13 rebounds. It was his fourth double-figure rebounding total in each of the last five games.
*Pitt hit 16 of its 18 free throw attempts in the second half. The Panthers finished the evening with a mark of 81 percent (17-21), its second consective 80.0-plus percent shooting game.
*Pitt's 20 first half points were its fewest since it scored just 19 points vs. Villanova last year in the Big East Championship.
*Carl Krauser registered his seventh straight double-figure scoring game.
