Post-Game Notes

Dec. 22, 2006

POST-GAME NOTES

*With his 24 points and 10 rebounds, Aaron Gray registered his eighth double-double of the season. He now has 26 career double-doubles. Gray was named to the All-College Classic All-Tournament team for his efforts. The 24 points were one shy of his career-high of 25 points. Gray surpassed a career-high in minutes played (44) and tied a career-high for field goals made (11). He finished 11-15 from the floor and raised his season shooting percentage to .640.

*Levance Fields finished with a season-high of 15 points on the evening. It marked his 15^th career double figure scoring game.

*Several players notched career-highs in minutes played with the double overtime contest. Aaron Gray (44 minutes played), Antonio Graves (44) and Levance Fields (41) all surpassed career-highs in that category.

*With his 17 points, Antonio Graves reached double figures for the eighth time in 12 games this year. He now has 26 career double figure scoring games. He tied a career-high with four 3-point field goals made (also hit 4 vs. Syracuse on March 11, 2006) and set a career-high with eight 3-point field goal attempts.

*With his 15 points, Mike Cook reached double figures for the ninth time in 12 games. He surpassed season-highs for minutes (42) and rebounds (7).

*With his 10 points, Sam Young reached double figures for the fourth time this year and 16^th time in his career. He tied a career-high with three assists.

*Pitt dropped to 3-4 all-time vs. Oklahoma State. The Panthers have lost three games in a row to Oklahoma State.

*The contest marked Pitt's first double overtime game since it was taken to double overtime vs. Notre Dame on January 4, 2006, a 100-97 win at the Petersen Events Center.

*In No. 15 Oklahoma State and No. 7 Wisconsin, Pitt played back-to-back nationally ranked non-conference opponents since the 1998 season when it played three straight ranked opponents: No. 23 Xavier, No. 4 Kentucky and No. 5 Maryland in the November Puerto Rico Shootout.

*Pitt dropped its second consecutive game for only the fifth time in Head Coach Jamie Dixon's four seasons and 110 games at Pitt. Dixon's teams have only lost three in a row on one occasion.

*Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon dropped his second-ever contest in December. He dropped to 26-2 in December games. Dixon also dropped to 45-3 vs. non-conference competition in his four years as head coach at Pitt.

*Pitt dropped to 2-2 in games when trailing at halftime.

*For the second time this season, an opponent (Oklahoma State, 95) scored over 70 points against Pitt. Prior to its last two consecutive games, Pitt limited an opponent under 70 points in 10 consecutive games and has limited 18 of its last 21 opponents to 70 points or less. Additionally, Pitt has limited 91 of its last 110 opponents under 70 points.

*With its 89 points, Pitt scored the most points this season. It was Pitt's highest scoring game since it scored 89 points vs. Cincinnati on February 12, 2006.

*Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon was earned the Henry Iba Award as the All-College Classic's Most Valuable Player in 1986. Dixon earned MVP honors after he guided TCU to the title with victories over Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.

Players Mentioned

Mike Cook

Levance Fields

Antonio Graves

Aaron Gray

Sam Young

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