Pitt (9-5, 5-4 ACC) vs. [14/15] Virginia (12-3, 8-1 ACC) SSaturday,aturday, FFeb.eb. 66,, 22021021 • 44:00:00 PPMM EESPNSPN • 993.73.7 TThehe FFanan CCharlottesville,harlottesville, VVa.a. • JJohnohn PPaulaul JJonesones AArenarena THE MATCHUP Pitt Virginia Panthers Cavaliers 2020-21 SCHEDULE 2020-21 Record (ACC) 9-5 (5-4) 2020-21 Record (ACC) 12-3 (8-1) Date Opponent (TV) Time AP / Coaches Polls nr / nr AP / Coaches Polls 14 / 15 N. 25 SAINT FRANCIS (RSN) L, 80-70 Last Game W, 83-72 vs. [16/16] Virginia Tech (2/3) Last Game W, 64-57 at NC State (2/3) N. 28 DREXEL (ACCNX) W, 83-74 D. 5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (ACCNX) W, 89-59 Head Coach Jeff Capel (Duke, ‘97) Head Coach Tony Bennett (Green Bay, ‘92) Pitt Record 39-41 (Third Season) Virginia Record 299-99 (12th Season) ACC / Big Ten Challenge Career Record 201-151 (12th Season) Career Record 358-132 (15th Season) D. 9 at Northwestern (ESPN2) W, 71-70 BROADCAST INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY D. 12 GARDNER-WEBB (RSN) W, 67-50 D. 16 at Miami * (ACCN) W, 70-55 ESPN Dave O’Brien (PxP) All-Time Series Pitt trails 16-4 D. 22 LOUISVILLE * (RSN) L, 64-54 Corey Alexander (analyst) In Charlottesville Pitt trails 6-1 D. 29 at [-/20] Duke * (ACCN) PPD WatchESPN https://es.pn/2YMaY15 At John Paul Jones Arena Pitt trails 3-0 J. 2 NOTRE DAME * (ACCN) PPD ESPN Radio Sean Kelley (PxP) Under Jeff Capel Pitt trails 2-0 J. 6 at Syracuse * (ACCN) W, 63-60 Bob Valvano (analyst) First Meeting Pitt 73, Virginia 49 (12/27/51) J. 10 [-/25] FLORIDA STATE * (RSN) PPD Pitt Radio Network (93.7 The Fan) Bill Hillgrove (PxP) Last Meeting Virginia 59, Pitt 56 (2/22/20) J. 13 at Georgia Tech * (ACCN) PPD Curtis Aiken (analyst) Current Streak Pitt L, 5 J. 16 SYRACUSE * (RSN) W, 96-76 Sirius / XM (internet) 84 / 193 (955) In ACC Regular Season Play Pitt trails 7-1 J. 19 DUKE * (ESPN) W, 79-73 J. 23 at Boston College * (ACCN) PPD THE OPENING TIP J. 23 at Wake Forest * (ACCN) L, 76-75 • Pitt faces [14/15] Virginia at John Paul Jones • The Panthers are facing a ranked opponent for J. 26 NORTH CAROLINA * (ACCN) L, 75-65 Arena Saturday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. on ESPN. The the second consecutive contest. Pitt last played J. 30 NOTRE DAME * (ACCN) L, 84-58 Panthers were originally scheduled to make the back-to-back games against ranked foes during F. 3 [-/16] VIRGINIA TECH * (RSN) W, 83-72 trip to Virginia Feb. 24 before COVID-19 issues at the 2018-19 season. F. 6 [-/20] FLORIDA STATE * (RSN) PPD Florida State and Louisville prompted a series of • Justin Champagnie, Xavier Johnson and F. 6 at [-/14] Virginia (ESPN) 4 pm scheduling changes by the league offi ce. Au’Diese Toney combine to average 48.4 points, F. 10 at Louisville * (ACCN) 9 pm • The Panthers have dropped 11 consecutive 22.0 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game. The trio F. 14 at Georgia Tech * (ACCN) 4 pm meetings and are 2-16 all-time against teams has registered 31 double-fi gure scoring games, F. 17 NC STATE * (ACCN) 4:30 PM ranked 14th in the AP Poll. Pitt’s last win over the including 13 games with 20 or more points scored, F. 21 CLEMSON * (ACCN) 6 PM No. 14 team in the poll was Feb. 19, 1983 against and 10 double-doubles. F. 24 at Virginia * (ACCN) 6:30 pm Georgetown, 65-63, at Fitzgerald Field House. • Justin Champagnie leads the ACC with eight F. 28 at NC State * (ACCN) 4 pm • Pitt is 3-1 on the road with wins over double-doubles, including six games with 20+ M. 2 WAKE FOREST * (ACCN) 8 PM Northwestern, Miami and Syracuse. The Panthers points and 10+ rebounds. He is tied for eighth in M. 6 at Clemson * (RSN) 12 pm have had three other road contests postponed the NCAA in rebounds (12.2 rpg.) and eighth in due to COVID-19 issues. double-doubles (8). ACC Tournament M. 9-13 ACC Tournament (ESPN/ACCN) TBD 2020-21 PITT PANTHERS AVERAGES [-/-] Pitt / Opponent AP Rank No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables * ACC Contest 0 • Ithiel Horton (6-3, 200, R-So.) G 9.1 2.5 1.6 team-high 29 3pt fi eld goals • Overtime 1 • Xavier Johnson (6-3, 200, Jr.) G 14.6 3.8 6.1 leads the ACC in assists All Game Times are Eastern Time Zone 2 Femi Odukale (6-5, 185, Fr.) G 4.7 2.2 1.9 6.3 ppg. in ACC play HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS 3 Noah Collier (6-8, 210, Fr.) F 0.9 1.2 0.4 season-high 4 rebounds at Miami (12/16) Postponed game that has been rescheduled 4 Gerald Drumgoole, Jr. (6-5, 200, So.) G/F 1.4 0.7 0.2 5 points vs. Notre Dame (1/30) 5 • Au’Diese Toney (6-6, 210, Jr.) G/F 14.6 6.0 2.5 10 double-fi gure scoring games MEDIA RELATIONS 11 • Justin Champagnie (6-6, 200, So.) G/F 19.3 12.2 1.8 leads the ACC with 8 double-doubles 12 • Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (6-8, 215, So.) F 5.3 4.0 0.9 7.8 ppg. & 4.4 rpg. over the past 5 games Matt Plizga, Assistant AD (MBB) 13 Aidan Fisch (6-5, 200, Jr.) F 0.0 0.7 0.0 has appeared in 3 games [email protected] (email) 14 Curtis Aiken, Jr. (6-1, 200, R-Fr.) G 1.0 0.0 0.0 has played in 7 career games (412) 648-8240 (offi ce) 21 Terrell Brown (6-10, 235, Jr.) F/C 2.2 1.8 0.0 4th all-time at Pitt with 164 career blocks (919) 812-0882 (cell) 22 Nike Sibande (6-4, 185, Sr.) G 2.7 1.4 0.9 4-of-11 from three-point range Nick Macdonald, Assistant Director (MSOC, 2MBB, SB) 23 John Hugley (6-9, 240, Fr.) F 5.1 4.3 0.4 7 points & 7 rebounds vs. Louisville (12/22) [email protected] (email) 24 William Jeffress (6-7, 205, Fr.) G/F 2.2 2.7 0.8 season-high 8 rebounds at Syracuse (1/6) (412) 648-8240 (offi ce) 31 Onyebuchi Ezeakudo (6-0, 180, So.) G 1.2 0.4 0.4 2-of-2 from three-point range (412) 523-4199 (cell) 35 Max Amadasun (6-10, 230, Fr.) C 1.0 0.0 0.0 1st career points vs. Northern Illinois (12/5) Website PittsburghPanthers.com 42 Chayce Smith (6-3, 185, So.) G 0.0 0.5 0.0 2 rebounds vs. Northern Illinois (12/5) Stats bit.ly/3nyppzR Twitter / Instagram @Pitt_MBB / @pitt_mbb Hashtags #ZooEra, #H2P • - projected starter BY THE NUMBERS 2020-21 STATS COMPARISON Pitt UVA • Saturday’s contest is the middle game of • Abdoul Karim Coulibaly is averaging 7.8 points Points 73.1 71.3 a three-game stretch against teams with a and 4.4 rebounds per game, while going 13-of-24 Opp. Points 69.1 59.7 combined conference record of 21-7. Pitt is slated (.542) from the fi eld and 12-of-16 (.750) from the Rebounds 40.5 31.8 to play three of the top four teams in the ACC foul line over the past fi ve games. Opp. Rebounds 35.3 28.6 standings in that stretch. • Xavier Johnson is 36-of-42 (.857) from the Off. Rebounds 13.0 6.3 • The Panthers have dropped six consecutive foul line in conference play. He ranks sixth in the Opp. Off. Rebounds 10.3 6.8 games against teams ranked in the top 15 of the ACC in free throw percentage (.797 - 59-of-74) for Field Goal Pct. .428 .493 AP Poll. Pitt’s last victory over a top-15 foe was a the season. Opp. Field Goal Pct. .418 .414 75-62 win over No. 11 Florida State Jan. 14, 2019. • Justin Champagnie is attempting to become Three-Point Pct. .326 .391 • Pitt is tied for 17th in the NCAA rebounds per the fi rst Panther to average a double-double Opp. Three-Point Pct. .302 .342 game (40.5 rpg.) and has outrebounded 10 of its for the season since DeJuan Blair (2008-09). Three-Point FGs 6.8 8.8 14 opponents. The Panthers are 7-3 on the season Pitt has not had a player average better than Opp. Three-Point FGs 7.5 7.1 and 21-10 under Jeff Capel when outrebounding 18 points and 10 rebounds per game since Billy Free Throw Pct. .675 .817 the opposition. Knight (1973-74). Opp. Free Throw Pct. .671 .754 • Pitt ranks second in the ACC (22nd nationally) • Au’Diese Toney is averaging a career-best Free Throws Made 14.9 9.5 in offensive rebounds (13.0 orpg.) and third 14.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He is Opp. Free Throws Made 11.8 9.2 in offensive rebound percentage (.342). The tied for 10th in the ACC in offensive rebounds Personal Fouls 17.5 12.7 Panthers have a +72 scoring margin in second (2.46 orpg.) and leads the conference in free Opp. Personal Fouls 18.6 12.6 chance points for the season.