Pitt basketball played the kind of ugly game Jeff Capel has preached all season, and this time got John Hugley IV playing at the level he'd shown in spurts with his eighth double-double of the season as the Panthers beat N.C. State 71-69 Saturday at the Petersen Events Center.
Hugley has been Pitt's best player for most of the season and the driving force for most of the team's ten wins this year. But after back-to-back poor showings with only two points in each of the team's losses to Virginia Tech and only scoring seven against Florida State, questions continued to mount if he could overcome teams consistently double-teaming him throughout games.