Panther of the Week: Mike Young

All in all, this was a rough week for the Pitt basketball team. Despite that pesky eight game losing streak early in the year, Pitt was being talked about as the last four in or the first four out. Those talks hit a brick wall after the Panthers lost a 19=point lead at Wake Forest and then were walloped by North Carolina on Saturday. Through it all, senior Mike Young takes home our Panther of the Week honors.

Young was dominating against Wake Forest until he had to sit for a long stretch with foul trouble. Young only played 28 of the 40 minutes due to the foul trouble. Despite missing 30% of the game, the senior still came away with 24 points to go along with two rebounds and one assist.…