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January 11, 2007

All kinds of numbers after the last night’s game. Among them:

Pitt had made at least nine 3-pointers in each of its past three games, but the Panthers stayed inside the the arc against DePaul. Pitt attempted a season-low eight shots from behind the 3-point line Wednesday night, making three.

That kind of thing will happen when Aaron Gray is getting the ball more. If he gets to the hoop and makes his shots inside then we won’t need to try as many treys.

Levance Fields finished with eight points, snapping his streak of consecutive double-digit scoring games at seven. But the sophomore point guard contributed in other ways, finishing with seven assists, seven rebounds and three steals.

Basically the same thing as above. If he didn’t need to take the shots and could get it into Gray for a higher percentage shot then why not? If he only needs to take seven shots (as opposed to the 15 he took against Syracuse) and Gray is scoring then having Fields score in that 7-10 point range is fine.

Pitt, which has struggled at the free-throw line this season, made them down the stretch. The Panthers converted 9-of-10 free-throw attempts in the final 5 minutes, 24 seconds to seal the win. Pitt entered the game shooting 66.3 percent from the foul-line — 11th in the Big East.

Any time the other team gives us free points we need to convert them.

Other funs stats include:

The Big East season is only a week old, but Pitt (15-2, 3-0) and Providence remain the only unbeaten teams in league play. Providence (12-3, 2-0) plays at Louisville on Saturday. Pitt gets ready for Georgetown, Connecticut and Marquette — all at home — in a nine-day span beginning Saturday.

There were only 10,479 fans in attendance at the Allstate Arena, which seats 18,500.

 




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