TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Pitt women’s basketball team (7-12, 0-8 ACC) fell on the road Sunday afternoon to the Florida State Seminoles by the score of 74-37.
Avery Strickland and Dayshanette Harris led the Panthers with nine points each in the road loss while Cynthia Ezeja grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds.
ESSENTIAL GAME INFO
Pitt starting lineup: Marley Washenitz, Maliyah Johnson, Avery Strickland, Liatu King, Amber Brown
Florida State starting lineup: Ta’Niya Latson, Sara Bejedi, Erin Howard, Makayla Timpson, Jazmine Massengill
Records: Pitt (7-12, 0-8 ACC) | Florida State (18-4, 7-2 ACC)
Location: Donald L. Tucker Center | Tallahassee, FL
GAME FLOW
Largest lead: Pitt – 2, Florida State – 44
Lead changes: 3
Times tied: 0
Time with lead: Pitt – 2:08 | Florida State – 36:09
Points off turnovers: Pitt – 8 | Florida State – 9
Points in paint: Pitt – 12 | Florida State – 22
Second chance points: Pitt – 8 | Florida State – 8
Fast break points: Pitt – 4 | Florida State – 24
Bench points: Pitt – 23 | Florida State – 23
FIRST QUARTER
- Amber Brown opened the scoring for Pitt with a contested layup through contact and Avery Strickland knocked down to give Pitt the early 5-3 lead.
- The Seminoles responded with a 7-0 run to send the game to the media timeout with the home side leading 10-5.
- Dayshanette Harris came off the bench and scored three straight for the Panthers as they went to the second quarter trailing the Seminoles 14-8.
SECOND QUARTER
- The Seminoles opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run to force the Panthers into a timeout as they fell behind 21-8 three minutes into the second frame.
- Out of the timeout, Harris netted four points for the Panthers but Florida State netted the final six of the half to take the 29-14 lead into the locker room.
- Pitt shot just 14.3% from the floor in the opening half while grabbing 28 rebounds.
THIRD QUARTER
- The Seminoles scored the first six of the third quarter before Strickland knocked down her second triple of the game to cut the Florida State lead to 35-17 early in the quarter.
- The Pitt offense went cold in the middle of the quarter as the Seminoles went on a 7-0 run to push their lead out to 47-20 midway through the quarter.
- Harris made a contested jumper to close out the scoring in the quarter for Pitt as they entered the fourth trailing 59-23.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Florida State opened the fourth with six straight before Taisha Exanor had a pair of free throws and Channise Lewis knocked down a jumper.
- The Seminoles went on to secure the home win, downing Pitt 74-35.
TEAM STATS
- Pitt shot 15.8% from the floor while the Seminoles finished the game shooting 37.9% in the win.
- Pitt grabbed 49 rebounds including 22 offensive boards in the loss while the Seminoles had 55 rebounds.
UP NEXT
- Pitt returns home Thursday night as they welcome No. 17 North Carolina to the Petersen Events Center for a 6:00 pm tip. Thursday’s game will air on ACC Network Extra.
PITT NOTES
Team
- With the loss, Pitt falls to 0-10 all-time against Florida State including a 0-5 mark in Tallahassee.
