Post-Game Notes
12/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 3, 2006
POST-GAME NOTES
*With his 16 points and 12 rebounds, Aaron Gray registered his fifth double-double in eight games this season. It also marked his 23rd double-double of his career. Gray also registered his 36th double figure scoring game of his career and 25th 10-plus rebound contest.
*Levance Fields finished with a career-high eight rebounds. His previous career-high was six against
*Levon Kendall tied career-highs in assists (five) and offensive rebounds (seven). He also notched five assists vs. Northeastern on November 17, 2006 and had seven offensive rebounds at
*With its victory and 8-0 start to the 2006-07 season, Pitt is off to its fifth consecutive 8-0 start to a season dating back to the 2002-03 campaign.
*The two teams committed a total of 42 fouls.
*Pitt hit 60.7 percent (17-28) of its field goals in the first half.
*For the sixth time in seven games, Pitt's bench outscored its opponent. Sparked by Ronald Ramon's 13 points and Keith Benjamin's seven points, Pitt's bench outscored
*Pitt improves to 2-0 all-time against
*Pitt won its fifth consecutive non-conference road game dating back to a Dec. 31, 2002 loss at
*Pitt won its sixth straight game against a Southeastern Conference opponent is now 22-24 all-time vs. Southeastern Conference opponents.
*Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon improved to 24-0 in December contests.
*Pitt won its 19th consecutive non-conference game dating back to the 2004-05 season. It finished 11-0 vs. non-conference opponents last season and is 8-0 this year.
*Pitt improved to 64-3 vs. non-conference opponents over the last six seasons.
*For only the second time this season, Pitt failed to shoot over 50 percent from the floor. The Panthers converted 28-59 shots for 47.5 percent shooting.
*As the nation's No. 2 ranked team, Pitt represented