Monmouth Hawks at Pittsburgh Panthers
· Gotham Classic - Campus Game
Papas, Reynolds help Monmouth beat Pitt 56-52
Marcus McClary added 10 points for Monmouth.
Papas scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, in the first half. He made back-to-back 3s to take the lead for good and spark a 17-2 run that he capped with a layup and then a 3-pointer that gave the Hawks a 13-point lead midway through the first half.
Monmouth led by as many as 19 points in the second half and Reynolds made a short basket that made it 46-28 with 13:42 remaining but the Hawks went scoreless for the next nearly-6 minutes as Pitt scored the first nine points in a 20-7 run that trimmed its deficit to 53-48 when Jamarius Burton hit a 3-pointer with 3:12 to play. His basket in the lane with 28 seconds to go pulled the Panthers within three but Papas made 1 of 2 from the free-throw line to cap the scoring with 7 seconds left.
Burton scored 13 of 15 points in the second half for Pitt (3-7). John Hugley and Femi Odukale added 14 points apiece.
The Hawks (8-2) are off to their best start since winning 8 of 10 games to start the 2015-16 season.
The Panthers scored 19 points on 6-of-27 (22.2%) shooting, including 0 for 7 from 3-point range, before the break — Pitt's lowest-scoring half of the season.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 56 - 52 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 56 - 52 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Monmouth Defensive Rebound. | 56 - 52 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Onyebuchi Ezeakudo missed Three Point Jumper. | 56 - 52 |
| 2nd 0:05 | John Hugley Defensive Rebound. | 56 - 52 |
Statistics
 MONM |
 PITT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-53 | FG | 17-50 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 34 |
| 6-25 | 3PT | 2-13 |
| 24 | Three Point % | 15 |
| 8-12 | FT | 16-23 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 70 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 9 | Assists | 6 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 16 | Fouls | 15 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 2 |
Game Information
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 7,579 | Capacity:
2025-26 Coastal Athletic Association Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Wilmington | 15-3 | - | 26-6 |
| Charleston | 14-4 | 1 | 21-11 |
| Hofstra | 12-6 | 3 | 24-10 |
| Monmouth | 11-7 | 4 | 19-15 |
| William & Mary | 10-8 | 5 | 20-12 |
| Drexel | 10-8 | 5 | 17-16 |
| Towson | 9-9 | 6 | 19-15 |
| Stony Brook | 9-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Campbell | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| Hampton | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
| Elon | 6-12 | 9 | 14-18 |
| North Carolina A&T | 4-14 | 11 | 11-19 |
| Northeastern | 2-16 | 13 | 7-24 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 29-2 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 27-4 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 24-7 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-7 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 23-9 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 23-9 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-12 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-14 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 21-11 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-12 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 17-16 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |