Cardiac Hill · Jan 16, 2021
Justin Champagnie returns in Pitt’s 96-76 win over Syracuse
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports For the second time in as many games, the Pitt men’s basketball team faced Syracuse. And for the second time, the Panthers came out on top in a decisive 96-76 win. The 96 points scored by Pitt was, according to the announcers on the broadcast, the most the team has ever scored against the Cuse.
The Panthers (7-2) got a major unexpected boost against the Orange (7-4) with the early return of Justin Champagnie. Champagnie looked to be a candidate to miss much of the conference season but then there was talk he was progressing faster than normal. And when he showed up in the lineup today, safe to say, there were a lot of surprised folks.