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Pitt holds early, but sustains blowout loss to No. 20 Michigan

NEW YORK -- When a team turns the ball over just once in 30 minutes, it's going to be difficult to stop that team.

It's doubly difficult to do so when that team's best player didn't need to be its best player, in that same game.

After holding tight in the first half, Pitt eventually succumbed to No. 20 Michigan's length and depth in the second half, as the Wolverines pulled away to blow out the Panthers 91-60 on Wednesday inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the opener of the Legends Classic.

"We have to get better, especially on the defensive side of the ball," Jeff Capel said after the game.