NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Virginia Tech Hokies 72
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Pittsburgh Panthers 83
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PITT315283
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Match Report

Johnson ends slump, Pitt tops No. 16 Virginia Tech 83-72

— Xavier Johnson scored a career-high 32 points and Pittsburgh beat No. 16 Virginia Tech 83-72 on Wednesday night to end a three-game skid.

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Team Stats

VT PITT
25-61
FG
26-52
41
Field Goal %
50
9-30
3PT
9-23
30
Three Point %
39
13-16
FT
22-25
81
Free Throw %
88
31
Rebounds
33
10
Offensive Rebounds
5
21
Defensive Rebounds
28
19
Assists
13
2
Steals
6
5
Blocks
2
8
Turnovers
7
1
Team Turnovers
0
8
Total Turnovers
7
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
12
Points Off Turnovers
10
0
Fast Break Points
10
30
Points in Paint
28
21
Fouls
18
6
Largest Lead
15

Top Performers

VT

  • Keve Aluma F MIN 32 · PTS 30 · FG 10-16
  • Justyn Mutts F MIN 38 · PTS 17 · FG 7-12
  • Hunter Cattoor G MIN 24 · PTS 12 · FG 4-10
  • Nahiem Alleyne G MIN 33 · PTS 4 · FG 1-8

PITT

  • Xavier Johnson G MIN 36 · PTS 32 · FG 11-17
  • Justin Champagnie F MIN 33 · PTS 10 · FG 3-8
  • Au'Diese Toney G MIN 36 · PTS 14 · FG 4-7
  • Ithiel Horton G MIN 31 · PTS 15 · FG 5-11

Play by Play

  1. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 72-83

    Keve Aluma made Free Throw.

    4280120 2nd Half
  2. PersonalFoul 0:12 71-83

    Foul on Terrell Brown.

    4278018 2nd Half
  3. LayUpShot 0:12 71-83

    Keve Aluma made Layup.

    4280120 2nd Half
  4. MadeFreeThrow 0:26 69-83

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  5. MadeFreeThrow 0:26 69-82

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  6. PersonalFoul 0:26 69-81

    Foul on Keve Aluma.

    4280120 2nd Half
  7. MadeFreeThrow 0:38 69-81

    Justyn Mutts made Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  8. PersonalFoul 0:38 68-81

    Foul on Justin Champagnie.

    4432907 2nd Half
  9. MadeFreeThrow 0:50 68-81

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  10. MadeFreeThrow 0:50 68-80

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  11. PersonalFoul 0:50 68-79

    Foul on David N'Guessan.

    4701984 2nd Half
  12. MadeFreeThrow 0:53 68-79

    Nahiem Alleyne made Free Throw.

    4432934 2nd Half
  13. PersonalFoul 0:53 67-79

    Foul on Ithiel Horton.

    4397401 2nd Half
  14. MadeFreeThrow 1:11 67-79

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  15. PersonalFoul 1:11 67-78

    Foul on Hunter Cattoor.

    4432954 2nd Half
  16. MadeFreeThrow 1:19 67-78

    Hunter Cattoor made Free Throw.

    4432954 2nd Half
  17. MadeFreeThrow 1:19 66-78

    Hunter Cattoor made Free Throw.

    4432954 2nd Half
  18. PersonalFoul 1:19 65-78

    Foul on Femi Odukale.

    4701839 2nd Half
  19. LayUpShot 1:31 65-78

    Xavier Johnson made Layup.

    4395669 2nd Half
  20. JumpShot 2:01 65-76

    Hunter Cattoor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nahiem Alleyne.

    4432954 2nd Half
  21. PersonalFoul 2:36 62-76

    Foul on Justin Champagnie.

    4432907 2nd Half
  22. MadeFreeThrow 2:44 62-76

    Au'diese Toney made Free Throw.

    4395671 2nd Half
  23. MadeFreeThrow 2:44 62-75

    Au'diese Toney made Free Throw.

    4395671 2nd Half
  24. PersonalFoul 2:44 62-74

    Foul on Justyn Mutts.

    4278693 2nd Half
  25. MadeFreeThrow 2:54 62-74

    Keve Aluma made Free Throw.

    4280120 2nd Half
  26. MadeFreeThrow 2:54 61-74

    Keve Aluma made Free Throw.

    4280120 2nd Half
  27. PersonalFoul 2:54 60-74

    Foul on Abdoul Karim Coulibaly.

    4432889 2nd Half
  28. DunkShot 3:10 60-74

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Dunk. Assisted by Au'diese Toney.

    4432889 2nd Half
  29. JumpShot 3:28 60-72

    Keve Aluma made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hunter Cattoor.

    4280120 2nd Half
  30. JumpShot 3:47 57-72

    Justin Champagnie made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Johnson.

    4432907 2nd Half
  31. MadeFreeThrow 4:09 57-70

    Justyn Mutts made Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  32. MadeFreeThrow 4:09 56-70

    Justyn Mutts made Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  33. PersonalFoul 4:09 55-70

    Foul on Justin Champagnie.

    4432907 2nd Half
  34. PersonalFoul 4:14 55-70

    Foul on Abdoul Karim Coulibaly.

    4432889 2nd Half
  35. MadeFreeThrow 4:24 55-70

    Justin Champagnie made Free Throw.

    4432907 2nd Half
  36. MadeFreeThrow 4:24 55-69

    Justin Champagnie made Free Throw.

    4432907 2nd Half
  37. PersonalFoul 4:24 55-68

    Foul on Justyn Mutts.

    4278693 2nd Half
  38. JumpShot 5:13 55-68

    Au'diese Toney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Johnson.

    4395671 2nd Half
  39. LayUpShot 5:47 55-65

    Au'diese Toney made Layup. Assisted by Justin Champagnie.

    4395671 2nd Half
  40. JumpShot 6:21 55-63

    Xavier Johnson made Three Point Jumper.

    4395669 2nd Half
  41. JumpShot 7:10 55-60

    Ithiel Horton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Johnson.

    4397401 2nd Half
  42. LayUpShot 7:30 55-57

    Justyn Mutts made Layup. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.

    4278693 2nd Half
  43. PersonalFoul 7:36 53-57

    Foul on Terrell Brown.

    4278018 2nd Half
  44. MadeFreeThrow 7:44 53-57

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  45. MadeFreeThrow 7:44 53-56

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  46. PersonalFoul 7:44 53-55

    Foul on Keve Aluma.

    4280120 2nd Half
  47. JumpShot 8:02 53-55

    Keve Aluma made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Cone.

    4280120 2nd Half
  48. MadeFreeThrow 8:26 50-55

    Au'diese Toney made Free Throw.

    4395671 2nd Half
  49. PersonalFoul 8:26 50-54

    Foul on Hunter Cattoor.

    4432954 2nd Half
  50. LayUpShot 8:26 50-54

    Au'diese Toney made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Johnson.

    4395671 2nd Half
  51. PersonalFoul 8:27 50-52

    Foul on Nahiem Alleyne.

    4432934 2nd Half
  52. MadeFreeThrow 9:01 50-52

    Ithiel Horton made Free Throw.

    4397401 2nd Half
  53. PersonalFoul 9:01 50-51

    Foul on Hunter Cattoor.

    4432954 2nd Half
  54. JumpShot 9:20 50-51

    Hunter Cattoor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nahiem Alleyne.

    4432954 2nd Half
  55. MadeFreeThrow 10:20 47-51

    Femi Odukale made Free Throw.

    4701839 2nd Half
  56. PersonalFoul 10:21 47-50

    Foul on Jalen Cone.

    4431698 2nd Half
  57. JumpShot 10:21 47-50

    Femi Odukale made Jumper.

    4701839 2nd Half
  58. LayUpShot 10:41 47-48

    Keve Aluma made Layup.

    4280120 2nd Half
  59. MadeFreeThrow 11:09 45-48

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  60. PersonalFoul 11:09 45-47

    Foul on Hunter Cattoor.

    4432954 2nd Half
  1. End Game 0:00 72-83

    End of Game

    2nd Half
  2. End Period 0:00 72-83

    End of 2nd half

    2nd Half
  3. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 72-83

    Keve Aluma made Free Throw.

    4280120 2nd Half
  4. PersonalFoul 0:12 71-83

    Foul on Terrell Brown.

    4278018 2nd Half
  5. LayUpShot 0:12 71-83

    Keve Aluma made Layup.

    4280120 2nd Half
  6. Offensive Rebound 0:12 69-83

    Keve Aluma Offensive Rebound.

    4280120 2nd Half
  7. JumpShot 0:16 69-83

    Wabissa Bede missed Three Point Jumper.

    4278038 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 0:26 69-83

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  9. MadeFreeThrow 0:26 69-82

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  10. PersonalFoul 0:26 69-81

    Foul on Keve Aluma.

    4280120 2nd Half
  11. Defensive Rebound 0:37 69-81

    Au'diese Toney Defensive Rebound.

    4395671 2nd Half
  12. MadeFreeThrow 0:38 69-81

    Justyn Mutts missed Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  13. MadeFreeThrow 0:38 69-81

    Justyn Mutts made Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  14. PersonalFoul 0:38 68-81

    Foul on Justin Champagnie.

    4432907 2nd Half
  15. MadeFreeThrow 0:50 68-81

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  16. MadeFreeThrow 0:50 68-80

    Xavier Johnson made Free Throw.

    4395669 2nd Half
  17. PersonalFoul 0:50 68-79

    Foul on David N'Guessan.

    4701984 2nd Half
  18. MadeFreeThrow 0:53 68-79

    Nahiem Alleyne made Free Throw.

    4432934 2nd Half
  19. Dead Ball Rebound 0:53 67-79

    Virginia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.

    2nd Half
  20. MadeFreeThrow 0:53 67-79

    Nahiem Alleyne missed Free Throw.

    4432934 2nd Half
  21. PersonalFoul 0:53 67-79

    Foul on Ithiel Horton.

    4397401 2nd Half
  22. Offensive Rebound 0:53 67-79

    Wabissa Bede Offensive Rebound.

    4278038 2nd Half
  23. JumpShot 0:56 67-79

    Keve Aluma missed Three Point Jumper.

    4280120 2nd Half
  24. MadeFreeThrow 1:11 67-79

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly made Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  25. Dead Ball Rebound 1:11 67-78

    Pittsburgh Deadball Team Rebound.

    2nd Half
  26. MadeFreeThrow 1:11 67-78

    Abdoul Karim Coulibaly missed Free Throw.

    4432889 2nd Half
  27. PersonalFoul 1:11 67-78

    Foul on Hunter Cattoor.

    4432954 2nd Half
  28. MadeFreeThrow 1:19 67-78

    Hunter Cattoor made Free Throw.

    4432954 2nd Half
  29. MadeFreeThrow 1:19 66-78

    Hunter Cattoor made Free Throw.

    4432954 2nd Half
  30. PersonalFoul 1:19 65-78

    Foul on Femi Odukale.

    4701839 2nd Half
  31. LayUpShot 1:31 65-78

    Xavier Johnson made Layup.

    4395669 2nd Half
  32. ShortTimeOut 1:36 65-76

    Pittsburgh Timeout

    2nd Half
  33. ShortTimeOut 1:58 65-76

    Virginia Tech Timeout

    2nd Half
  34. JumpShot 2:01 65-76

    Hunter Cattoor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nahiem Alleyne.

    4432954 2nd Half
  35. Defensive Rebound 2:08 62-76

    Keve Aluma Defensive Rebound.

    4280120 2nd Half
  36. JumpShot 2:11 62-76

    Au'diese Toney missed Three Point Jumper.

    4395671 2nd Half
  37. Defensive Rebound 2:35 62-76

    Justin Champagnie Defensive Rebound.

    4432907 2nd Half
  38. MadeFreeThrow 2:36 62-76

    Justyn Mutts missed Free Throw.

    4278693 2nd Half
  39. PersonalFoul 2:36 62-76

    Foul on Justin Champagnie.

    4432907 2nd Half
  40. MadeFreeThrow 2:44 62-76

    Au'diese Toney made Free Throw.

    4395671 2nd Half

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