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Major college roundup: Pitt snaps 13-game losing streak with win over Notre Dame
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In two of the first four games of the 2019 ACC season, Pitt guard Trey McGowens scored 30 points and looked like a budding superstar.
Since then, the freshman has downright struggled, averaging just over eight points per game as the Panthers went on a 13-game losing streak.
Saturday, McGowens broke out of that slump for 16 points and helped snap the streak, as Pitt earned 56-53 victory over Notre Dame in a battle to stay out of last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Pitt (3-15, 13-18) sent its three seniors off with a Senior Day win, while the Fighting Irish (3-15, 13-18) finished their regular-season on a seven-game losing streak.
“It was big for us, for this team and for what we’re trying to do going forward as we build the program to put a period on the end of it,” Pitt coach Jeff Capel said.
The Panthers trailed by 12 in the first half, but a 10-0 run, including a thunderous dunk by McGowens over Notre Dame’s John Mooney, put Pitt back into position to win.
“We kind of had some momentum,” McGowens said. “With the dunk, it was a little bit more, then the three right before the half. . We really just had to take it up an extra notch.”
McGowens’ 16 points was the most for him since he scored 30 against Florida State on Jan. 14. Pitt is 7-1 in the eight games McGowens scored more than 15 points.
“The reality is that we haven’t won since he hasn’t played well” Capel said. “When he started to struggle, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it coincided with us struggling.”
Pitt senior Jared Wilson-Frame scored 12 points, all from 3-point range, where he was 4 for 10.
Oklahoma State 85, West Virginia 77: Lindy Waters scored 19 points to lead Oklahoma State to an 85-77 victory over West Virginia.
Waters was one of five players to score in double figures as OSU pushed its record to 12-19 on the season and 5-13 in the Big 12 Conference. Yor Anei scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds while Thomas Dziagwa added 15 points
The Mountaineers were led by Derek Culver, Lamont West and Jermaine Haley, all with 16 points as WVU dropped to 12-19 and 4-14 in conference action.
West drained a 30-footer to cut Oklahoma State’s lead down to 76-74 late in the game. But Waters came right back and hit his own 3-pointer from in front of the Cowboys bench.