Lowe scores 22 as Pitt wins at Syracuse
Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jaland Lowe scored 22 points and Ishmael Leggett scored 16 points and Pitt ended a four-game losing streak by beating Syracuse 77-73 Saturday.
Cameron Corhen scored 12 points and Zack Austin and reserve Damian Dunn each scored 10 for the Panthers (4-4 ACC, 13-6). Pitt finished shooting 45.9% (28 of 61).
J.J. Starling scored 16 points for Syracuse (3-6, 9-11). Lucas Taylor and reserve Chris Bell scored 12 points apiece, Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 10 and grabbed a career high 23 rebounds — eight on the offensive end — and reserve Petar Majstorovic added 10 for the Orange.
Syracuse shot 40.3 percent (27 of 67).
Austin made two foul shots with six seconds left to seal it for Pitt, making it 77-73. Majstorovic’s layup with nine seconds to go brought the Orange within 75-73. Lowe made a pair with 16 seconds left after Syracuse’s Bell made a 3 with 23 seconds left to reduce the deficit to 73-71.
Dunn’s jumper with 5:51 remaining gave Pitt its largest lead at 63-55. The Orange led 33-32 at halftime.
Pitt hosts North Caroloina on Tuesday. The Orange travel to Stanford to face the Cardinal on Wednesday.