AP News, January 14th, 2007
Mike Cook had 18 points and No. 7 Pittsburgh won its sixth in a row, 74-69 over Georgetown on Saturday night.
Aaron Gray and Antonio Graves added 11 points each and Ronald Ramon had 10 for the Panthers, 11-0 at home this season and 75-6 overall at the Petersen Events Center.
The Panthers (16-2, 4-0) are the lone remaining unbeaten team in Big East play and have sole possession of first place in the conference.
Jeff Green and Jessie Sapp each had 15 points and Patrick Ewing added 12 for the Hoyas (11-5, 1-2), losers of their last two after a seven-game winning streak.
The teams combined to shoot 60 percent from the field _ 60.9 percent for Georgetown and 59.6 percent for Pitt.
The Panthers, as they have for most of the season, displayed a balanced offensive attack. Pittsburgh has nine players that average at least 12 1/2 minutes per game and has had five different scoring leaders this season.
Pittsburgh tallied an assist on 22 of its 28 field goals.
Georgetown hit seven of its first eight shots in the contest, and the Hoyas had an 18-17 lead before Pitt went on a 20-8 run midway through the first half to take to take 37-26 lead.
Georgetown never led again. The Panthers led by nine at halftime but opened up the second half on a 8-2 run and the Hoyas only got as close as five with a Sapp 3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Panthers outrebounded the Hoyas 23-18. Georgetown is 11-1 when it holds an edge in rebounding, 0-4 when it does not.
Georgetown came into the game averaging 33.1 rebounds and had collected at least 24 in every game.
Notes@: Green went over 1,000 points for his career. ... The Hoyas had won the previous two meetings between the teams to snap a five-game Pitt series win streak. ... Georgetown had never lost a game under coach John Thompson III when it scored 69 or more in a game. ... Thompson is 5-14 against ranked teams while at Georgetown.
