Thursday, January 4
Pittsburgh, Pa.
7 P.M.
Pitt
(8-7, 0-2ACC)
49
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Wake Forest
(9-6, 1-1ACC)
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Wake Forest Outlasts Pitt, 58-49
1/4/2018 9:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Diop Ties Career High Points, Posts Fourth Double-Double of Season
PITTSBURGH – Redshirt junior forward Yacine Diop tied her career high with 26 points, however, Pitt women's basketball (8-7, 0-2 ACC) dropped its first ACC home contest of the season, 58-49, to Wake Forest (9-6, 1-1 ACC), Thursday at Petersen Events Center.
She led all scorers and added 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year and the 11th of her career. Wake Forest had three double-figure scorers in Ariel Stephenson (16), Alex Sharp (13), and Elisa Penna (12).
Neither team led by more than nine points, with the Demon Deacons ending the game on an 8-0 run to defeat the Panthers by nine. Pitt led for 30:17 of the contest, finally surrendering the lead with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter (40-39) and could not make a comeback. Wake Forest out-scored the Panthers 23-10 in the final 10 minutes. Stephenson went 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final 1:19 to seal the Panthers' fate.
Following three lead changes in the first three minutes, the Panthers used a 9-3 run to reach a 14-7 run with 1:29 left in the first quarter. Diop scored Pitt's first 11 points of the game. Freshman Kyla Nelson hit a triple to give Pitt it largest margin of the half, up 17-8 with 00:58 left before the second. Wake Forest's Alex Sharp hit a jumper to make the score 17-10 at the first break.
After Diop hit a free throw at the 8:53 mark (18-10), the Panthers were held scoreless until junior Cassidy Walsh nailed a 3-pointer with 00:28 seconds remaining in the half to make it 21-17 for Pitt at halftime. Wake Forest out-scored the Panthers 7-4 for the quarter.
The Panthers tied their largest lead with 6:35 remaining in the third quarter following a Diop jumper (31-22), but the Deacs outscored the Panthers 13-6 to make it a two-point game at 1:21 in the third (37-35).
Diop scored again with nine seconds left to give Pitt a four-point margin.
The Demon Deacons ended the contest with their largest lead of nine points (58-49).
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She led all scorers and added 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the year and the 11th of her career. Wake Forest had three double-figure scorers in Ariel Stephenson (16), Alex Sharp (13), and Elisa Penna (12).
Neither team led by more than nine points, with the Demon Deacons ending the game on an 8-0 run to defeat the Panthers by nine. Pitt led for 30:17 of the contest, finally surrendering the lead with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter (40-39) and could not make a comeback. Wake Forest out-scored the Panthers 23-10 in the final 10 minutes. Stephenson went 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final 1:19 to seal the Panthers' fate.
Following three lead changes in the first three minutes, the Panthers used a 9-3 run to reach a 14-7 run with 1:29 left in the first quarter. Diop scored Pitt's first 11 points of the game. Freshman Kyla Nelson hit a triple to give Pitt it largest margin of the half, up 17-8 with 00:58 left before the second. Wake Forest's Alex Sharp hit a jumper to make the score 17-10 at the first break.
After Diop hit a free throw at the 8:53 mark (18-10), the Panthers were held scoreless until junior Cassidy Walsh nailed a 3-pointer with 00:28 seconds remaining in the half to make it 21-17 for Pitt at halftime. Wake Forest out-scored the Panthers 7-4 for the quarter.
The Panthers tied their largest lead with 6:35 remaining in the third quarter following a Diop jumper (31-22), but the Deacs outscored the Panthers 13-6 to make it a two-point game at 1:21 in the third (37-35).
Diop scored again with nine seconds left to give Pitt a four-point margin.
The Demon Deacons ended the contest with their largest lead of nine points (58-49).
UP NEXT
- Pitt will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to face North Carolina Sunday at 2 p.m. at Carmichael Arena. The game will be streamed on ACC Network Extra, available on the WatchESPN app.
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Team Stats
WF
UP
FG%
.367
.339
3FG%
.467
.190
FT%
.682
.714
RB
37
35
TO
17
18
STL
4
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
11
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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