Pitt Returns Home to Play Missouri in ACC-SEC Challenge

Tuesday, November 28

Pittsburgh, PA

7:30 PM

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Pitt Returns Home to Play Missouri in ACC-SEC Challenge

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GAME 7

Pitt (5-1, 0-0 ACC) vs. Missouri (5-2, 0-0 SEC)

ACC-SEC Challenge
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 • 7:30 PM
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center
ESPNU • 93.7 The Fan

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PITTSBURGH – Pitt returns home to play Missouri Tuesday, Nov. 28 in an ACC-SEC Challenge matchup. Opening tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with Doug Sherman and Randolph Childress calling the action on ESPNU.

THE OPENING TIP

Pitt returns home to play Missouri Tuesday, Nov. 28 in an ACC-SEC Challenge matchup. Opening tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with Doug Sherman and Randolph Childress calling the action on ESPNU.
Tuesday’s game marks the third of five consecutive contests against Power Six conference teams for the Panthers. Pitt opens ACC play Sunday, Dec. 3 against Clemson before concluding the stretch with a road game in the Backyard Brawl at West Virginia (Dec. 6).
Pitt has outrebounded the opposition in all six games this season, including a double-digit advantage in five of the six games. The Panthers rank third in the NCAA with +17.5 rebound margin.
Blake Hinson ranks thid in the ACC in scoring (19.2 ppg.) and three-point field goals (3.2 3PG) for the season. He has scored 17 or more points and made three or more three-pointers in each of the past five contests.
Ishmael Leggett has scored 15 or more points in four of the past five games and grabbed seven or more rebounds in five consecutive contests. He is averaging 16.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.0 steals per game in that span.
Carlton Carrington, a two-time ACC Rookie of the Week honoree, has scored in double figures five times and is averaging 15.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists with shooting splits of .484/.432/.789 through six games.

PANTHER SPOTLIGHTS

Zack Austin averaged 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the NIT Season Tip-Off. He is coming off a season-best 19-point, 8-rebound effort in the win over Oregon State.
Ishmael Leggett leads ACC guards (tied for sixth overall) in rebounding at 8.0 rpg. He has grabbed seven or more boards in each of the past five contests.
Blake Hinson has made at least one three-pointer in 19 consecutive games and in 40 of 42 games as a Panther. He is 116-of-309 (.375) from three-point range at Pitt.

BY THE NUMBERS

Blake Hinson is expected to make his 100th career start Tuesday night against Missouri. He has started 41 of 42 games at Pitt and scored in double-figures 36 times as a Panther.
Ishmael Leggett has started 75 consecutive games with 49 double figure scoring efforts in that stretch. He has scored 10 or more points in 34 of his past 37 games and is averaging 15.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game this season.
Carlton Carrington leads the ACC in assists (6.2 apg.) while also ranking among the league leaders in three-point field goals (T-5th - 2.67 3PG), field goal percentage (14th - .484), three-point field goal percentage (3rd - .432), and assist-to-turnover ratio (5th - 3.70:1).
Federiko Federiko has blocked two or more shots in each of the first six games of the season. He is tied for first in the ACC (T-8th in the NCAA) in blocks (2.8 bpg.), while also averaging 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. He ranks 15th in the ACC in rebounds and is second in offensive boards (3.33 orpg.).
Zack Austin has made 60 or more threes and blocked 60 or more shots in each of the past two seasons. He and Duke’s Shane Battier (2000, 2001) are the only two players to accomplish that feat in multiple seasons. Austin is currently averaging 8.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game.
Twins Guillermo Diaz Graham and Jorge Diaz Graham combine to average 13.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 26-of-48 (.542) from the field, including 10-of-25 (.400) from three-point range.
Carlton Carrington is averaging 18.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game in four home games. He is 14-of-27 (.519) from three-point range at the Petersen Events Center this season.

TEAM SUCCESS

Pitt has scored 70 or more points in each of the first six games of the season, the longest season-opening stretch since topping the 70-point mark in the first 10 games of the 2013-14 campaign.
Pitt has won 10 consecutive home games at the Petersen Events Center, including a 4-0 mark this season. The Panthers enter Tuesday’s contest against Missouri having won nine consecutive non-conference games at the Pete.
The Panthers rank second in the NCAA in rebounds per game (49.4 rpg.) and third in rebound margin (+17.5). Ishmael Leggett (8.0 rpg.), Federiko Federiko (6.7 rpg.), Zack Austin (6.5 rpg.), Guillermo Diaz Graham (5.3 rpg.), Carlton Carrington (5.3 rpg.), are each averaging at least 5.0 rebounds per game.
Pitt is averaging 10.5 three-point field goals per game (2nd in the ACC; 18th in the NCAA) with Blake Hinson and Carlton Carrington combining for 35 of the team’s 63 threes. The Panthers have outscored the opposition 189-102 from beyond the arc on the season.
The Panthers lead the ACC and rank ninth in the NCAA in three-point percentage defense (.238). Pitt has held two opponents below 10 percent shooting and four of its six opponents below 30 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
Pitt has a 101-33 advantage in second chance points on the season. The Panthers have scored 15 or more second chance points four times, while allowing the opposition to scored 10 or more second chance points just once.