Pitt faced Minnesota in an ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchup at the Petersen Events Center on Tuesday night looking to right the ship after a 2-4 start. However, the Golden Gophers proved too tough an out for the Panthers, and they escaped with a 54-53 victory on a last-second putback.
Neither of the two teams asserted its dominance to any great effect in the opening half, and the contest would be just under four minutes old before Minnesota opened the scoring with a made layup by Payton Willis. Prior to that, the two teams combined for 10 missed shots, four fouls and one turnover.