PITTSBURGH — After dropping games to Saint Mary’s College-California and the University of California-Davis on a west coast trip earlier this month, the men’s basketball team headed east to face the University of Pittsburgh in hopes of snapping its two-game losing streak.
The Huskies looked good late in the second half as they held a 50-44 lead with just under seven minutes remaining. They didn’t score from that point on, and the Panthers closed the game on a 15-0 run to finish off a 59-50 win at the Petersen Events Center.
Similar to the non-conference loss to Iowa State University in the team’s second game of the season, the Huskies went toe-to-toe with their Atlantic Coast Conference opponent for the first half, spending most of the first 20 minutes in the lead and owning a 30-29 advantage at the break.