Cold Shooting Fourth Quarter Proves Costly In Loss To Georgetown

Saturday, November 16

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Cold Shooting Fourth Quarter Proves Costly In Loss To Georgetown

11/16/2019 5:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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PITTSBURGH – Despite holding the lead through the third quarter of action on Saturday afternoon, the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team (1-2, 0-0 ACC) fell at home to Georgetown at the Petersen Events Center, 66-56. The loss marked the seventh straight in the all-time series to the Hoyas who improved to 1-2 overall on the season.

"I thought at times we played like we needed to today, you rebound the ball and then you have a chance to go make plays on offense," said second-year head coach Lance White. "But when we got the lead, we don't understand that next piece of how you keep a lead and how hard you have to play through that consistently. That part we will get, we are still trying to find our identity, who we are and what we are about and rebounding has to be a big part of that. Whenever you don't rebound the ball, you lose. That for me is our biggest takeaway. I'm disappointed, but at the same time I want growth from this team and I see growth."

Pitt was led offensively by captain Aysia Bugg who netted a team-high 17 points, two rebounds and a steal across 35 minutes of work. Appearing in the 100^th game of her Pitt career, Bugg connected on four triples for the Panthers and now has an ACC-high 13 three-pointers made on the season. Off the bench Emy Hayford had a big game for Pitt as she netted 13 points and four rebounds while fellow freshman Amber Brown finished off her second straight double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

The Panthers were able to get out to a great start on Saturday as they connected on three straight three-pointers, two from Bugg and one from Dayshanette Harris, to open up the 9-4 lead just over two minutes into action. After the Hoyas took over an 11-9 lead midway through the quarter, Rita Igbokwe and Brown each netted layups down the stretch of the quarter to send the Panthers to the second quarter leading 20-16.

Pitt used a 10-0 run midway through the second quarter to gain their biggest lead of the game, 34-23, as Bugg finished off a layup and free throw and Emy Hayford knocked down a corner three-pointer to force Georgetown into a timeout. Out of the timeout, the Hoyas responded with a 12-0 run of their own to regain the lead and take the 38-36 advantage into the locker room.

Both teams struggled to find an offensive rhythm in the third quarter as the Panthers outscored the Hoyas 11-8 to take the 47-46 lead into the final quarter. Hayford closed out the scoring in the quarter for the Panthers with a fast break layup as Pitt held a five-point lead in the quarter.

After Brown gave Pitt the 51-46 lead early on in the fourth quarter, the Hoyas controlled the tempo of the quarter and outscored the Panthers 20-5 across the final eight minutes of play to earn the road win on Saturday.

Igbokwe was a monster on the glass for the Panthers all afternoon off the bench as she closed out her impressive game with six points and a career-high 11 rebounds, four offensive, across 22 minutes of work. Harris closed out her game with seven points and a team-high three assists across 27 minutes of action.

Georgetown was led offensively by Taylor Barnes who netted 18 points and four assists while Anita Kelava finished off her strong performance with six points, a game-high 14 rebounds and five blocks.

UP NEXT

The Panthers will return to the Petersen Events Center on Tuesday, Nov. 19 as they welcome Fairleigh Dickinson for the annual School Day game. Tip is set for 11 am.
Pitt will then close out their four-game homestand on Saturday, Nov. 23 as they welcome the Duquesne Dukes to the Pete at 2 pm for the City Game.

PITT NOTES
Team

With the loss, Pitt falls to 27-26 all-time against the Hoyas with Georgetown winning seven straight in the all-time series.
For the game, Pitt only shot 32.2% from the floor while the Hoyas shot 42.6% as a team in the road win.

Aysia Bugg

Bugg led the Panthers in scoring for the second straight game as she netted 17 points on 5-for-16 from the floor and 4-for-8 from behind the arc.
Bugg has now connected on at least three triples in each of the Panthers three games this season. She leads the ACC with 13 made three-pointers.
She logged a team-high 35 minutes, playing in 30+ minutes for the 46^th time in her career.
The game marked her 100^th career game for the Panthers and 95^th career start.
The graduate student is just 227 points shy of becoming the 20^th member of the Panthers 1,000 point club.
She is also just 24 assists away from 10th place on the Panthers all-time assists charts as she has 316 career helpers.

Amber Brown

Brown had another strong game down low for Pitt as she netted 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds across 34 minutes of action.
The freshman has now posted back-to-back double-doubles. Her two double-doubles are the most in a season by a Pitt freshman since Brenna Wise had five double-doubles in 2016-17.
Brown snagged three offensive rebounds and seven defensive boards while going 4-for-12 from the floor.

Emy Hayford

Hayford had a career afternoon for Pitt on Saturday as she netted a career-high 13 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal off the bench across 21 minutes of work.
She finished off her game going 5-for-10 from the floor while connecting on a triple.

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