PITTSBURGH -- The ball went up. Then it went in. And in the Pittsburgh huddle there was an all-too-familiar feeling, the kind that comes when you let a ranked team off the deck and back in the game.
Only this time, the Panthers responded. Emphatically.
Pitt shook off a deep 3-pointer by Virginia's London Perrantes that forced overtime on Wednesday night, overwhelming the 11th-ranked Cavaliers in the extra session for an 88-76 victory.
Four days after losing on a last-second 3 to Notre Dame , the Panthers avoided an 0-2 start in ACC play by recovering from Perrantes' 25-footer with 2.