The game, once more, was never truly in doubt. Pitt cruised to a 65-41 win over St. Francis – PA. The big game went to Chevon Troutman who had 22 points and 13 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Pitt started with 3 guards — Krauser, Graves and Demetrius. Demetrius shot only twice in the game, but made them both (3-pointers). Graves had a decent game with 8 points, but only 1 assist. Krauser didn’t shoot well (4-12) but did have 5 assists to go with 10 points. Mark McCarroll and Robert Ramon had the biggest minutes off the bench. Ramon shot poorly coming off the bench, going only 1-7. He hasn’t shot well coming off the bench. He seems to respond better as a starter. Could be a sticky issue down the road. McCarroll only took 2 shots in 16 minutes.

Overall, this was Pitt’s worst performance so far on the patsy slate. They shot only 46% and couldn’t even crack 65 points. The positive, was that the defense was solid throughout and only Troutman cracked 30 minutes of playing time amongst the starters.

Hard to judge these games, and harder to care when they are against such bad opponents.

Technically the Duquesne game is a bit of a rivalry. City game and all. And they did give WVU a hard time, but really. Pitt should win easily.

I hate this non-con schedule. Pat, how much were they trying to unload the entire non-con home schedule in a ticket package again?