Wake Forest Comes Back to Beat Pitt at Home, 63-59

Wake Forest came back from down 19 to Pittsburgh tonight to win in Winston-Salem, 63-59.

Wake controlled the opening tip but Pitt started the game on an 8-0 run on two threes and a pair of free throws. It took three minutes before the Deacs could finally find John Collins in the post to get Wake on the board. Collins hit his first two shots, Bryant Crawford scored in transition, and then Crawford and Collins ran the floor to cap off an 8-0 run of their own.

Out of the first TV timeout, Wake trailed 10-9. Wake scored ten of its first 11 points in the paint, and Pittsburgh scored 12 of its first 16 from outside. John Collins got an early rest, and Pitt switched to a 2-3 zone that gave Wake some…