Post-Game Notes
12/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2007
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PITT-DUQUESNE POST-GAME NOTES
*With his 23 points on the evening, Sam Young registered his fourth 20-point scoring evening of the season. Young has reached double figure scoring in each of Pitt's eight games and in 16 of his last 19 contests.
*Mike Cook scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half. The game marked Cook's 26th career double figure scoring contest and fifth in eight games this year.
*DeJuan Blair finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. He has reached double figure scoring in five of eight games this year.
*Pitt held Duquesne to 38.5 percent (25-65) field goal shooting. Pitt has held seven of its eight opponents to 40.0 percent shooting or less on the year.
*Pitt has outrebounded each of its eight opponents on the season.
*Pitt defeated Duquesne for the seventh consecutive time and for the 26th time in the last 29 meetings between the two schools. The two schools met for the 76th time with Pitt holding a 45-31 advantage in the series which began on Jan. 13, 1932. Pitt also improves to 3-1 in games played at the
*Pitt played its first road game of the season. Pitt will play only one home game in December (
*With the win, Pitt has registered seven consecutive victories against Duquesne by an average margin of 15.3 points (523-416).
*With its win over Duquesne, Pitt's senior class of Ronald Ramon, Mike Cook and Keith Benjamin improved to a perfect 4-0 vs. Duquesne.
*With the win over Duquesne, Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon improves to a perfect 5-0 vs. Duquesne. The five wins tie for
*Pitt improved to 8-0 for the sixth consecutive season since 2001-02.
*Pitt's 8-0 start ranks tied for 10th on Pitt's all-time best season starts list. The school record is a 21-0 record in 1927-28.
*Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon improved to 30-2 in games played in December. He is also 24-0 in games played in November. Combining his November and December records,
*Pitt also won the 32nd of its last 34 games against non-conference opponents.
*Pitt improved to 77-5 in the last seven years against non-conference competition.
*Pitt yielded 68 points to Duquesne on the evening. This season, Pitt has held all eight of its opponents under 70 points. Since Jamie Dixon became head coach, Pitt has held 120 of its 143 opponents under 70 points. Last year Pitt limited 31 of its 37 opponents under 70 points.
*Pitt appeared on ESPN-U for the third time in school history. It first appeared on the network on November 12, 2006 vs. Western Michigan in the Maggie Dixon and at home last year against West Virginia (Feb. 27, 2007). It is now 3-0 in appearances on ESPN-U.
