Pitt Set For Big Road Test At #10 Notre Dame Thursday Night On ACC Network

PITTSBURGH – Looking for their second straight ACC win, the Pitt women's basketball team (8-15, 1-11 ACC) hits the road Thursday night for a big test as they head to South Bend, IN to battle #10 Notre Dame. Thursday's game at Purcell Pavilion will tip at 6:00 pm and air live on the ACC Network with Debbie Antonelli (play-by-play) and Jenn Hildreth (analyst) on the call.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Thursday's game will air live on ACC Network and can be viewed HERE.
Live stats of the game can be found by clicking HERE.
The game will also air live on the radio on 1320 AM WJAS and can be listened to by clicking HERE. The voice of the Panthers Josh Rowntree will get things started with the pregame show at 5:45 pm from South Bend, IN.
Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt women's basketball account @Pitt_WBB.

STORYLINES

Senior captain Dayshanette Harris is finding her groove over the past four games for the Panthers as she is averaging 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals while shooting 50% from the floor. Last week, she became the 20th member of the Panthers' 1,000-point club and first since Yacine Diop in 2018.
Junior Liatu King is enjoying the best season of her career as she is averaging a career-high 10.0 points and 7.7 rebounds while shooting 40.9% from the floor. King ranks 4th in the ACC in blocks (1.6 bpg) and 5th in rebounds (7.7 rpg).

THE OPENING TIP

The Panthers hit the road Thursday for an ACC showdown with #10 Notre Dame at 6pm on the ACC Network.
Senior Amber Brown is on a roll for Pitt as she has scored in double figures in nine of her past 12 games. Over that stretch, Brown is averaging a team-high 12.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 49.5% from the floor. Brown is closing in on 1,000 career points as she currently has 931 points.
Sophomore Maliyah Johnson is one of the most improved players in the ACC as she went from 1.9 ppg a season ago to 8.3 ppg this season. She has a career-high 10 double figure scoring games after posting none as a freshman.

THE SERIES WITH NOTRE DAME

This meeting marks the 37th between the two programs with Notre Dame owning the 32-4 lead in the series.
The Fighting Irish have won three straight in the series with Pitt's last win coming in the ACC Tournament first round in 2020.
Notre Dame is 15-0 all-time against Pitt in South Bend.

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish enter Thursday's game with a 18-4 overall record and a 9-3 ACC mark after falling to #16 Duke Sunday, 57-52. The Irish are ranked #10 in the latest AP Top-25 poll released Monday.
Notre Dame is led in nearly every statistical category by dynamic sophomore guard Olivia Miles who is averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.1 steals while shooting 50.6% from the floor. She ranks 2nd in the ACC and 9th in the NCAA in assists.
Fellow sophomore Sonia Citron is enjoying a career season as she is averaging 14.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 51.1% frm the floor and 45.6% from behind the arc.
As a team, Notre Dame is averaging 77.0 points per game while allowing just 58.0 points against per game.

BROWN MOVING UP THE REBOUNDING CHARTS

Senior captain Amber Brown has been the Panthers' best rebounder since stepping foot on campus in 2019.
She currently ranks second on the team in rebounds per game this season (5.0 rpg), marking the third straight season ranking second on the squad. She led Pitt in rebounding as a freshman, averaging a career-high 7.7 rebounds per game.
For her career, Brown has grabbed 647 rebounds including 214 on the offensive end of the court. She currently ranks 11th in program history but sits just 17 shy of 10th place on the all-time charts.

CAREER REBOUNDS TOP-10 CHART
# Name                                        Years                                    Rebounds
1. Marcedes Walker                   2004-08                                     1,162
2. Wanda Randolph                    1976-79                                     1,107
3. Gail Aughburns                       1978-82                                     1,007
4. Chelsea Cole                           2007-11                                     1,003
5. Jennifer Bruce                        1981-85                                      998
6. Pam Miklasevich                     1979-83                                      968
7. Jonna Huemrich                     1990-94                                      954
8. Lorri Johnson                          1987-91                                      908
9. Shavonte Zellous                    2005-09                                      753
10. Latia Howard                        1994-97                                      664
11. Amber Brown                     2019-Pres.                                    647

HEY DAY DAY

Senior guard Dayshanette Harris has been a great player over her career for Pitt. With the additions to the squad, Harris has moved to the two guard spot this season.
On the year, Harris is averaging 21.4 minutes, 8.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting a career-high 40.7% from the floor.
Last time out, Harris led the Panthers in scoring for the sixth time this season as she came off the bench and netted 14 points, 12 in the third quarter, to go along with five rebounds, two assists and two steals in 27 minutes of work in the win over Virginia. She finished the game going 5-for-9 from the floor and 3-for-5 from the charity stripe in the win.
Harris has now scored in double figures 12 times on the year inlcuding in three of her past four games. She has racked up a team-high 52 games with 10+ points over her career.
Last week at Boston College, Harris became the 20th member of the Panthers' 1,000 point club as she nailed a pulled up jumper from the free throw line. She is the first member of the club for Pitt since Yacine Diop in 2018.
Earlier this season in the win over Bryant as she netted a season-high 17 points, three rebounds and three steals in 23 minutes of work. She finished her afternoon going 6-for-10 from the floor and 4-for-7 from deep, a new career-high for three-pointers made in a game.
She has nine career games with 20+ points including two against Virginia Tech.
She is the first Panther since Brianna Kiesel (2011-15) to net 1000+ points, 300+ rebounds and 250+ assists in a career.
Harris is the fastest Pitt player to 800 career points (69 games) since assistant coach Brianna Kiesel netted her 800th career point in her 57th career game.