After a hot start to his tenure in Pittsburgh, Panthers guard Ryan Murphy struggled with his shot for the majority of Pitt’s non-conference slate. But over the last three games, the former JUCO star has rediscovered his stroke, once again becoming a reliable shooter for Pitt.
Murphy went cold from beyond the arc from Nov. 15 to Dec. 16. In that eight-game span, he made just eight out of 40 three-point shots. But since Dec. 20, when Pitt beat Binghamton 79-53, Murphy has gone 11-of-20 from distance, improving his three-point shooting percentage from 20 percent over the eight-game slump to 55 percent in Pitt’s last three matchups.