Pitt to Play Duquesne in City Game Friday at PPG Paints Arena

Pitt (3-4, 0-0 ACC) vs. Duquesne (2-2, 0-0 A10)
Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 • 7:00 p.m. • Stadium / Facebook
Pittsburgh, Pa. • PPG Paints Arena

The Opening Tip

Pitt squares off with Duquesne in the annual City Game presented by GNC at PPG Paints Arena Friday, Dec. 1. The game will be broadcast live on Facebook through Stadium College Basketball.
Ryan Luther has recorded three double-doubles in seven games this season. He enters Friday night's contest averaging 13.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
Jared Wilson-Frame is averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game and ranks among the ACC leaders in three-point field goals per game and three-point field goal percentage.
Pitt enters the contest with a two-game win streak following victories over Lehigh and High Point.

Last Time Out

Pitt shot a season-high 55.0 percent (22-of-40) from the field en route to a 71-63 win over High Point Tuesday evening at Petersen Events Center.
Marcus Carr posted season-highs in points (19) and rebounds (five) in the win. He went 5-of-5 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three-point range, and 6-of-6 from the foul line.
Ryan Luther delivered 15 points, eight rebounds, a career-high five assists and three blocks for the Panthers.
Jonathan Milligan went 8-of-8 from the foul line and finished with 12 points, while Jared Wilson-Frame added 11 points and four rebounds.
Pitt went 16-of-16 from the foul line over the final 2:22 of play and shot 86.4 percent (19-of-22) from the charity stripe in the game.
Pitt was plagued by a season-high 22 turnovers that were converted into 22 points by High Point.

By The Numbers

Pitt and Duquesne played the first basketball game at PPG Paints Arena (formerly CONSOL Energy Center) Dec. 1, 2001. The Panthers came away with an 80-66 victory as Ashton Gibbs scored a team-high 22 points.
The Panthers are 121-67 all-time against teams currently in the Atlantic 10 Conference, including a 53-32 mark against Duquesne.
Pitt, one of six ACC programs with 1,600 wins, is 1,602-1,131 in its 111th season of play.
Pitt is one of 12 NCAA Division I programs to post more than 400 wins since the start of the 2001-02 season. The Panthers' 404 wins are the fifth most in the ACC in that span.
The Panthers are shooting 52.7 percent (48-of-91) from the field, including 60.0 percent (24-of-40) from the field in the second half of play, during their current two-game win streak.
Jared Wilson-Frame has made two or more three-point field goals in five contests and is tied for fifth in the ACC with 2.57 three-point field goals per game. He is also ninth in three-point percentage (.409) and 24th in scoring (14.0 ppg.).
Ryan Luther has led the team in rebounding in each of the past six contests. Luther has three double-doubles and has scored in double figures six times this season. Luther enters Friday's game averaging 13.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
Marcus Carr is averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game over the past three contests. He is 13-of-22 (.591) from the field and 9-of-10 (.900) from the foul line in that span.
The Panthers' Canadian tandem of Marcus Carr and Shamiel Stevenson combines to average 19.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. Stevenson is shooting 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the field, while Carr is 20-of-21 (.952) from the foul line on the year.
Jonathan Milligan is averaging 11.2 points and 2.2 assists per game over the past five contests. He has three double-figure scoring efforts and is shooting 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the field and 86.4 percent (19-of-22) from the foul line in that span.
The Panthers have started five different lineups with nine players starting a game. Ryan Luther and Jared Wilson-Frame are the lone players to start all seven games for the Panthers. The duo combines to average 27.4 points and 12.2 rebounds per game.
Pitt's top three scorers - Jared Wilson-Frame (14.0 ppg.), Ryan Luther (13.4 ppg.) and Marcus Carr (10.0 ppg.) - combine for 37.4 points per game. The trio accounts for 55.2 percent (227-of-411) of Pitt's scoring and has combined for 15 of the teams 23 double-figure scoring games.
Shamiel Stevenson has scored in double figures three times and is averaging 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the field, on the season. Stevenson had made two starts and been the first player off the bench in five contests.
The Panthers have had five different players lead the team in scoring over the first seven games of the season. Jared Wilson-Frame has led the team or shared the team lead in scoring three times, while Shamiel Stevenson has done so twice.
Pitt is averaging 19.3 free throws made, while shooting 85.3 percent (58-of-68) from the foul line in its three wins this season. The Panthers shot a season-high 86.4 percent (19-of-22) from the charity stripe and made 16 consecutive free throws to close out the High Point game.
The Panthers are shooting 53.9 percent (111-of-206) from inside the three-point arc on the season. Pitt is just 53-of-158 (.335) from beyond the arc through seven games.
Pitt is playing the third contest of a nine-game stretch of games in Pittsburgh. The Panthers do not leave the city until a Jan. 2 road contest against Louisville.
Duquesne and Pitt have the two longest tenured radio play-by-play men in the country with Ray Goss and Bill Hillgrove now in their 50th and 49th seasons, respectively. Pitt's crew of Hillgrove and Dick Groat, now in their 39th season together, is the longest tenured tandem in the country.

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Pitt to Play Duquesne in City Game Friday at PPG Paints Arena

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Carr

Ryan Luther

Jonathan Milligan

Shamiel Stevenson

Jared Wilson-Frame

Pitt to Play Duquesne in City Game Friday at PPG Paints Arena

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Carr

Ryan Luther

Jonathan Milligan

Shamiel Stevenson

Jared Wilson-Frame

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