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Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics
Amber Brown’s Big Night Leads Panthers Past Coppin State, 67-51
12/7/2021 9:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – Behind a strong second half effort, the Pitt women's basketball team (8-2, 0-0 ACC) won their third straight game Tuesday night inside the Petersen Events Center as they down the Coppin State Eagles, 67-51. With the win, Pitt is off to their best start to a season since 2009-10 when they started 9-1.
"This was obviously not our best performance of the year," said head coach Lance White. But again, I am really pleased that we got the win tonight. As we continue to build this program, to grind it out and figure out a way to win, this is a huge step in our progression."
Junior Amber Brown took over down the stretch for the Panthers for the second straight game as she finished off her huge night with a career-high 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals across 29 minutes of work. She finished the game 7-of-11 from the floor while also getting to the free throw line a career-high 12 times in the win.
Pitt got out to a quick start as Emy Hayford, Jayla Everett and Liatu King all netted buckets before the media timeout in the first to give the Panthers the 6-3 lead midway through the first. After Mary Dunn gave Pitt the 9-3 lead with a wide open triple, the Eagles netted back-to-back threes to end the scoring in the first with the teams heading to the second tied, 9-9.
After the Eagles took their first lead of the game, 14-13, early in the second quarter, the Pitt offense got going as Everett knocked down a triple and Dunn connected on her second deep ball of the game to force a timeout with the Panthers leading 19-14. The Eagles responded with a 10-2 run to take the 24-21 lead but Brown finished the quarter with three straight points to give the Panthers the 26-24 lead at halftime.
The Eagles opened the third quarter with three straight buckets to take the 30-26 lead but after a Pitt timeout, the Panthers were able to settle down as Everett knocked down a jumper and Dayshanette Harris finished off an and one layup to help Pitt regain the lead, 31-30. Coppin State took the lead right back just over two minutes later as they netted six straight but once again, Pitt responded as Everett knocked down a pair of triples and Brown finished the quarter with seven straight points to send the Panthers to the fourth leading 49-43.
The Pitt defense locked in over the final 10 minutes of action as they didn't allow a Coppin State bucket over the final five minutes of action. For the quarter Pitt held the Eagles to just two field goals and eight points. After the Eagles made a driving layup to cut the Pitt lead to six, 57-51, Pitt was able to close out the game on a 10-0 run as five different players contributed buckets including King, Brown, Everett, Harris and Hayford. Pitt notched their third straight with, 67-51.
Everett finished off her night with 15 points, two assists and two steals while connecting on three triples in 27 minutes of work. Off the bench Harris finished with nine points, a team-high four assists and three rebounds while Dunn netted six points and three boards. King had another monster game on the glass as she grabbed 15 rebounds to go along with four points while Rita Igbokwe finished off her night with four points, five rebounds and a season-high five blocks.
As a team, the Panthers won the rebounding battle 47-44 while also controlling the scoring inside the paint 30-16. Pitt shot 40.3% from the floor including 46.9% in the second half while they held the Eagles to just 23.4% shooting for the game.
Coppin State was led offensively by Jaia Alexander who netted 16 points and nine rebounds while Aliyah Lawson posted 14 points, six assists and four rebounds in the losing effort.
Prior to the game, the Panthers recognized senior Jayla Everett with a ball ceremony that signified her 1,000th career point.
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"This was obviously not our best performance of the year," said head coach Lance White. But again, I am really pleased that we got the win tonight. As we continue to build this program, to grind it out and figure out a way to win, this is a huge step in our progression."
Junior Amber Brown took over down the stretch for the Panthers for the second straight game as she finished off her huge night with a career-high 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals across 29 minutes of work. She finished the game 7-of-11 from the floor while also getting to the free throw line a career-high 12 times in the win.
Pitt got out to a quick start as Emy Hayford, Jayla Everett and Liatu King all netted buckets before the media timeout in the first to give the Panthers the 6-3 lead midway through the first. After Mary Dunn gave Pitt the 9-3 lead with a wide open triple, the Eagles netted back-to-back threes to end the scoring in the first with the teams heading to the second tied, 9-9.
After the Eagles took their first lead of the game, 14-13, early in the second quarter, the Pitt offense got going as Everett knocked down a triple and Dunn connected on her second deep ball of the game to force a timeout with the Panthers leading 19-14. The Eagles responded with a 10-2 run to take the 24-21 lead but Brown finished the quarter with three straight points to give the Panthers the 26-24 lead at halftime.
The Eagles opened the third quarter with three straight buckets to take the 30-26 lead but after a Pitt timeout, the Panthers were able to settle down as Everett knocked down a jumper and Dayshanette Harris finished off an and one layup to help Pitt regain the lead, 31-30. Coppin State took the lead right back just over two minutes later as they netted six straight but once again, Pitt responded as Everett knocked down a pair of triples and Brown finished the quarter with seven straight points to send the Panthers to the fourth leading 49-43.
The Pitt defense locked in over the final 10 minutes of action as they didn't allow a Coppin State bucket over the final five minutes of action. For the quarter Pitt held the Eagles to just two field goals and eight points. After the Eagles made a driving layup to cut the Pitt lead to six, 57-51, Pitt was able to close out the game on a 10-0 run as five different players contributed buckets including King, Brown, Everett, Harris and Hayford. Pitt notched their third straight with, 67-51.
Everett finished off her night with 15 points, two assists and two steals while connecting on three triples in 27 minutes of work. Off the bench Harris finished with nine points, a team-high four assists and three rebounds while Dunn netted six points and three boards. King had another monster game on the glass as she grabbed 15 rebounds to go along with four points while Rita Igbokwe finished off her night with four points, five rebounds and a season-high five blocks.
As a team, the Panthers won the rebounding battle 47-44 while also controlling the scoring inside the paint 30-16. Pitt shot 40.3% from the floor including 46.9% in the second half while they held the Eagles to just 23.4% shooting for the game.
Coppin State was led offensively by Jaia Alexander who netted 16 points and nine rebounds while Aliyah Lawson posted 14 points, six assists and four rebounds in the losing effort.
Prior to the game, the Panthers recognized senior Jayla Everett with a ball ceremony that signified her 1,000th career point.
NEXT UP
- Pitt will open up ACC play Friday night at home as they welcome #2 NC State to the Petersen Events Center for a 6:00 pm tip. Friday's game will air on the ACC Network.
Team
- With the win, Pitt improves to 2-1 all-time against the Eagles.
- At 8-2 on the year, Pitt is off to their best start to a season since 2009-10 when they started the year 9-1.
- The Panthers are now 5-0 at home this season, marking the first time they opened a season 5-0 at home since 2016-17.
- Pitt won the rebounding battle for the eighth time this season as they have posted at least 39 rebounds in all 10 games this season.
- Pitt had 17 assists on 25 made field goals on Tuesday, their sixth game this season with double figure assists.
- The Panthers had 10 blocked shots as a team, their second 10+ blocks game this season.
- Brown had another monster game in the win as she netted a career-high 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals in 29 minutes of work.
- She finished off her game going 7-of-11 from the field and 6-of-12 from the free throw line.
- The 20-point effort marked the first of her career as she has now led Pitt in scoring six times in her career.
- The 12 free throw attempts marked a new career-high as she is averaging an ACC-best 6.2 free throw attempts per game this season.
- Over her last three games, Brown is averaging 16.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 60.7% from the floor.
- King continued to rebound the ball at a high rate on Tuesday as she grabbed a team-high 15 rebounds to go along with four points, one assist and one block in 23 minutes of action.
- She has now posted four games this season with 10+ rebounds including three in the last six games.
- The sophomore now ranks second in the ACC in rebounding on the year as she is averaging 10.1 rebounds per game.
- She has started the last six games and has played 20+ minutes in each of those contests.
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Team Stats
Coppin
Pitt
FG%
.234
.403
3FG%
.240
.294
FT%
.750
.632
RB
44
47
TO
13
13
STL
5
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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