Saturday, March 8
Pittsburgh, PA
6 PM
Pitt
vs
Boston College
Panthers Conclude Regular Season at Home Saturday Against Boston College
3/7/2025 9:05:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Pitt (16-14, 7-12 ACC) vs. Boston College (12-18, 4-15 ACC)
Saturday, March 8, 2025 • 6:00 PM
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Petersen Events Center
ACC Network • 93.7 The Fan
THE OPENING TIP
- Pitt (16-14, 7-12 ACC) concludes regular season play Saturday, March 8 at the Petersen Events Center against Boston College (12-18, 4-15 ACC). Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m. with Doug Sherman and Randolph Childress calling the action on ACC Network.
- Pitt will honor Ishmael Leggett, Zack Austin, and Vason Stevenson along with senior managers George D'Atri, Steven Eiben, and Jacob Riben as part of Senior Day activities prior to the game.
- Saturday's contest is also a Hoops4ALS game as both programs join the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In 2017, Jeff Capel Jr., the father of head coach Jeff Capel and assistant coach Jason Capel, passed away due to complications related to ALS at the age of 64.
- Ishmael Leggett is six points shy of reaching the 1,800-point mark for his career. He scored 862 points (14.1 ppg.) in two seasons at Pitt, while also contributing 345 rebounds (5.7 rpg.) and 92 steals (1.5 spg).
- Zack Austin leads the Panthers in blocks (50) and three-pointers (53) and is just the fifth player in ACC history (sixth time) with at least 50 blocks and 50 three-point field goals in a season. Austin has totaled 498 points, 275 rebounds, 81 three-pointers, and 94 blocks in two season at Pitt.
- Jaland Lowe (488) and Ishmael Leggett (468) are looking to become the first Pitt guard tandem to each score 500 or more points in a season. They would become just the sixth Pitt duo to accomplish that feat in a season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Jaland Lowe has topped the 20-point mark 10 times and ranked ninth in the ACC in scoring at 16.8 points per game. Six of his 20+ point scoring games have come in ACC play.
- Ishmael Leggett has scored 15 or more points 21 times this season. He leads the team in rebounds (5.8 rpg.), while also ranking second in scoring (16.1 ppg.), assists (76), steals (51), three-point field goals (44), and free throws (92).
- Zack Austin leads the Panthers in three-point field goals (53) and blocked shots (50). He is the only player in the NCAA in the 50-50 club (three-pointers and blocks) this season. Mouhamdou Gueye (2021-22) is the only other Panther to lead the team in blocks and three-pointers in a season.
- Pitt is one of two teams in the NCAA (along with UMBC) with two players 6-3 or under averaging 16.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game or better. Jaland Lowe (16.8 ppg., 4.3 rpg.) and Ishmael Leggett (16.1 ppg., 5.8 rpg.) are looking to become the first pair of Pitt guards to each average at least 16.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in the same season.
- Cameron Corhen has scored in double figures 19 times and is averaging 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He leads the Panthers in dunks (45) and field goal percentage (.630), while ranking second in offensive rebounds (54) and blocks (23).
- Jaland Lowe (16.8 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 5.3 apg.) is one of 10 players in the NCAA averaging at least 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game. Vonteego Cummings (1997-98) was the last Pitt player to reach those averages in a season.
- Ishmael Leggett is one of 11 players in the NCAA averaging at least 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. He is looking to join Ricardo Greer (1999-2000) as the only Panthers to achieve those averages in a season.
- Cameron Corhen is averaging 12.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, while going 21-of-28 (.750) from the field over the past four games.
- Guillermo Diaz Graham leads the Panthers with 56 offensive rebounds. He is averaging 2.0 offensive rebounds per game, while shooting 38.2 percent (26-of-68) from three-point range in ACC play.
- Ishmael Leggett is averaging a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game and is attempting to become the first Pitt guard to lead the team in rebounds in back-to-back seasons. He leads all high-major players 6-3 and under in rebounding.
- Jaland Lowe is 12 points shy of joining Brandin Knight (2001-02) and Vonteego Cummings (1997-98) as the only players in program history to record 500+ points and 150+ assists in a season.
- The Panthers have been outscored by 90 points from the three-point line in ACC play. Pitt is averaging 7.7 threes per game on 33.7 (147-of-436) shooting from long range. In contrast, ACC opponents are averaging 9.3 threes per game, while shooting 38.8 percent (177-of-456) from distance against the Panthers.
- The Panthers are 11-0 on the season and 49-2 under Jeff Capel all-time when scoring 80 or more points in a game.
- Pitt has a school-record seven wins when trailing at halftime this season. The Panthers have also won four games in which they have trailed by double-figures at some point in the contest.
- Pitt is 13-2 on the season when posting a better field goal percentage then its opponent. The Panthers have only shot better from the field then the opposition six times in ACC play.
- The Panthers are averaging 82.5 points per game, while shooting 49.2 percent (451-of-916) from the field, in 16 games at the Petersen Events Center.
PANTHER SPOTLIGHTS
- Ishmael Leggett is averaging 18.3 points per game, while shooting 55.4 percent (97-of-175) from the field and 48.3 percent (29-of-60) from three-point range, in his 15 games played at the Petersen Events Center this season.
- Zack Austin leads the ACC in blocks (50) and is attempting to join Charles Smith (Big East - 1987) as the only Panthers to lead the conference in blocks in a season.
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