Pitt grabs 34-27 overtime win from North Carolina

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Given what I’d seen out of North Carolina tonight, I figured Pitt would need to score points to win. I’d just hoped the number needed would be closer to 24 instead of 34 and when I heard Maurice Ffrench was out for the game, I really thought that even that may be pushing it. But the Panthers ultimately gutted out a 34-27 overtime win on Thursday and, I thought, just played incredibly hard.

Before I get to the game, word on Ffrench is that he has a broken or injured jaw. While some speculation was that he could be out for the rest of the year, head coach Pat Narduzzi apparently dismissed that notion. Ffrench has underachieved this year in my mind but he’s…