Pitt Men’s Basketball Postgame Notes Pitt vs. Duke • Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa. Team • Improved to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC … 4-1 start in ACC play matches the best five-game start since joining the conference • Scored the first eight points of the game and used a season-best matching 14-0 run late in the second half to open up a 43-34 halftime lead … Justin Champagnie and Au’Diese Toney combined for 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field to go along with 17 rebounds in the opening half • Recorded 21 assists on 25 made field goals … recorded 20 or more assists in a game for the third time and assisted on over 80 percent of its made field goals for the second time • Shot a season-high 37 free throws … finished 24-of-37 from the line • Jeff Capel becomes the second former Duke assistant coach to notch a victory over Mike Krzyzewski … Capel also becomes the first former Duke player to post a win over Krzyzewski Justin Champagnie • Scored in double figures for his eighth consecutive game … has scored 10 or more points in all eight games played this season with five games with 20+ points … has scored in double figures in 31 of 41 career games • Matched a career-high with 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the field, including 4-of-7 from three-point range • Recorded the 28th 30+point and 10+rebound game in program history … Sam Young was the last Panther to accomplish the feat with 31 points and 10 rebounds against Connecticut March 7, 2009 • First player to score 30 or more points against Duke since Luke Maye Feb. 20, 2019 • Added a career-high five blocked shots • Recorded his fifth double-double of the season … entered play Saturday as the only player in the NCAA averaging better than 17 points and 12 rebounds per game • Posted his fifth 20-10 game • Delivered 17 points and 10 rebounds in the first half … went 7-of-9 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range Au’Diese Toney • Finished with 22 points for his eighth double-figure scoring game … added 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season • Topped the 20-point mark for the third time this season and sixth time in his career … had a career-best 27 points last season against the Blue Devils • Set career-high for free throws made (13) and free throw attempts (17) … went 8-of-11 from the line in the opening half Xavier Johnson • Dished out a career-high 11 assists for his sixth game with seven or more assists … has had seven or more assists in each of the past three games • Posted his second double-digit assist game of the season the fifth of his career • Went 4-of-5 from the free throw line seeing his consecutive made free throws streak end at 20 .