Saturday, December 24, 2011

NCAA Hoops: Wagner Stuns No. 13 Pitt

Latif Rivers scored all 18 of his points in the second half and Wagner stunned No. 13 Pittsburgh 59-54 on Friday to snap the Panthers? nine-game winning streak and hand the hosts their first loss against the Northeast Conference in 71 games.Pittsburgh (11-2), which lost to Long Beach State 86-76 at home on Nov. 16, fell to 91-3 in non-conference games at the Petersen Events Center. It is 156-44 all-time there, including 62-4 in its last 66 games.Wagner (8-3), which had lost 13 straight to the Big East Conference, went up by as many as 12 midway through the second half as a four-point lead ballooned to 44-32 when Kenneth Ortiz had three of his seven assists, feeding Rivers for a pair of baskets and Chris Martin for a long 3-pointer.Ashton Gibbs (team-high 14 points), who didn?t score in the first 31 minutes, tried to keep the Panthers in it with eight straight team points to cut the deficit to 48-44 with 6:16 left.Gibbs? had two free throws and Dante Taylor a tip-in to get the Panthers to within three points on two occasions, but Rivers scored the Seahawks? final eight points, including 6-for-6 at the free throw line.In the first half, Pittsburgh went 8:22 without registering a field goal, while Tyler Murray knocked down a 3-pointer to cap a 12-2 run and allow Wagner to grab the lead for good.Pittsburgh finally ended its field goal drought when Talib Zanna had a layup to get to it within 25-23, but Murray answered with another 3-pointer, and his free throw put the Seahawks back up six with two minutes left until halftime.

Source: http://www.wdsu.com/sports/30067984/detail.html

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