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PREGAME
Roughly 7 Purdue fans hanging around the Fuel and Fuddle.
— Jim Hammett (@JimHammett) December 1, 2015
Purdue's Basl Smotherman is a top five name in college basketball. Might have to duke it out with Jaron Blossomgame.
— Dan Sostek (@dan_sostek) December 2, 2015
Early Big Ten/ACC Challenge action!
Northwestern has let Va Tech back into it, but in other news Ohio State is giving Virginia all they can handle.
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
Not 100% on fans. Of top 50 programs in CBB, our arena might be the worst. No reason to come if team isn't great. https://t.co/VNh3xwL6A2
— Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) December 2, 2015
"The View From the Zoo"
.@OaklandZoo is full with about 30 minutes till tip pic.twitter.com/Aoqwpmez0I
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
Freshman forward Ryan Seelye is dressed tonight for #Pitt. pic.twitter.com/9DN6iYreTc
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
How did these guys sneak in. Happy 13-9 day anyways! Go Pitt, beat Purdue! pic.twitter.com/lXFxswFlW1
— The Panther Pitt (@ThePantherPitt) December 2, 2015
Impressed with Pitt's Petersen Events Center. Love having the student section right down on the floor. Should be a fun game.
— Nathan Baird (@nbairdjc) December 2, 2015
AJ WAS THE LAST ONE TO GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM, STOOD FOR A SEC AS THE ZOO YELLED, AND DRILLED A THREE IN THEY FACE. . . . AJ GONNA BE WILD.
— Aneesh Ramaswamy (@aneeshswamy) December 2, 2015
#fullzoo @OaklandZoo pic.twitter.com/B88MXoKROh
— Justin Reese (@justinxreese) December 2, 2015
FIRST HALF
Swanigan three is not what we wanted to start... #Purdue
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
Pitt's Young breaks away for a dunk and we get showered with confetti from the student section.
— Nathan Baird (@nbairdjc) December 2, 2015
Pitt's Luther-Jeter frontcourt probably doesn't match up too well with Purdue's AJ Hammons-Caleb Swanigan combo.
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
OKAY NOT AN IDEAL START AND ALSO NOT A GOOD START
— PITT BSKTBL SHOUTING (@N_THEYSTAYTHERE) December 2, 2015
Is Purdue the real deal? They might be geez
— Andrew Wink (@andrewwink) December 2, 2015
Purdue can't miss
— Steel City (@steelcity1977) December 2, 2015
This #Pitt game is less than fun to watch right now.
— Chris Bruno (@BrunoPittsburgh) December 2, 2015
JFC Sixers get it together
— Mike (w/ gravy) (@85mf) December 2, 2015
Pitt is shooting 3-13 from the field. Sorry, but I'm not blaming that on height differential.
— Anson Whaley (@AnsonWhaley) December 2, 2015
Pitt needs to see if they can make it really humid inside The Pete really quickly and get this game stopped at halftime.
— Colin Dunlap (@colin_dunlap) December 2, 2015
Legendary call from the best in the biz, @marczumoff. "The Sixers, my friends, have won a basketball game."
— Corey Cohen (@CoreyECohen) December 2, 2015
A good goal for Pitt would be to cut this to 6-8 by halftime.
— Anson Whaley (@AnsonWhaley) December 2, 2015
Pitt just missed 3 threes in a row badly. Purdue giving them a shot to get back in it
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
Somehow Pitt has gotten within single digits. This is quite an ugly game.
— Corinne Mahaney (@cmcsed9) December 2, 2015
Huge three by PJ Thompson.
— GoldandBlack.com (@GoldandBlackcom) December 2, 2015
Pitt's defense really locked down, if they were shooting even OK they would be winning.
— Jim Hammett (@JimHammett) December 2, 2015
Stop. Shooting. Threes
— Hammer & Rails (@HammerAndRails) December 2, 2015
It is SUPER loud in the Pete right now. Purdue turns it over and Pitt has a chance to cut the lead of five even more
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
The Zoo seems like it's going INSANE.
— Corey Cohen (@CoreyECohen) December 2, 2015
Robinson to Young. Huge dunk. Pete is DEAFENING
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
Stephens....STAWP...
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
James Robinson just made maybe the slickest pass I've seen from him in three years and some change. Young slams it and the Zoo is rocking.
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
HALFTIME: PURDUE 29, PITTSBURGH 26
What a way to close the first half for Pitt, on a 15-3 run. Cuts it to a 29-26 Purdue lead. The 2-3 zone is paying off again defensively.
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
Storm the court at half!
— Justin Reese (@justinxreese) December 2, 2015
AND THE KID MADE A HALF COURT SHOT AT HALFTIME
— Steve (@_dcoot) December 2, 2015
This is where the team is missing Davis. He's the on-court general that can guide this team and right the ship.
— Juan Crespo (@Air_Force_Juan) December 2, 2015
SECOND HALF
Man how I miss the Pete #H2P
— Lamar Patterson (@LP21_) December 2, 2015
These Pitt-Purdue refs have been WEAK all night. Killing Purdue.
— Thomas Beindit (@tbeindit) December 2, 2015
Artis and Young swapping headband/no headband looks is giving me problems
— Mike (@85mf) December 2, 2015
Remember when Jamel Artis used to wear a headband and Mike Young didn't? That did happen, right?
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
Pitt has cut the lead to 3, will be shooting FTs after the media TO
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
If Purdue is B10 Champ quality and Elite 8- FF4 good they win this game..long year but this feels like a big game for them
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) December 2, 2015
Pitt is staying aggressive on offense, and they're drawing a ton of fouls on Purdue
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
Wow Pitt.
— Pugs (@cpugliesi) December 2, 2015
JAMES. ROBINSON. Pitt takes its first lead of the game 44-43! #H2P
— Pitt Basketball (@HailToPittHoops) December 2, 2015
pitt is lit
— Kyle Robbins (@kylerrobbins) December 2, 2015
this is good @JimHammett @HammerAndRails pic.twitter.com/iZjNoDml26
— the bucket haver (@KickSewly) December 2, 2015
Pitt only -1 on the boards to Purdue. Between this and the Zags first half, I think it's safe to say they can play well against bigger teams
— Anson Whaley (@AnsonWhaley) December 2, 2015
Cline again... Lead is 5.
— Purdue Basketball (@BoilerBall) December 2, 2015
This Purdue team is tough man. Feels like Pitt is playing great and they're battling just to keep up.
— Mike (@85mf) December 2, 2015
DAMMIT I REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE SORRY EVERYONE THAT'S ON ME https://t.co/WjKS5T4It5
— Aneesh Ramaswamy (@aneeshswamy) December 2, 2015
Few things are more painful in basketball than missing the front of a one-and-one https://t.co/CLKfghfRAy
— Hammer & Rails (@HammerAndRails) December 2, 2015
Cline's 3rd 3 of the half gives Purdue a 58-50 lead and draws a timeout from Jamie Dixon. 6:12 left in the game.
— Panther Digest (@PantherDigest) December 2, 2015
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
Purdue freshman Ryan Cline entered tonight shooting 42.1 percent from 3. Tonight he's 4 for 6, all four makes in the second half.
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) December 2, 2015
Our backup center is better than your team's starter #Purdue
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
Zoo doing everything they can to help Pitt. They've been awesome tonight
— JD Schroeder (@Sta7ic) December 2, 2015
Purdue is a very good basketball team. Pitt needed to play much better tonight to beat them.
— Gavin Williams (@GavWill13) December 2, 2015
A.J. Hammons ICED IT! With a 3! #Purdue #BTFU
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
FINAL: PURDUE 72, PITTSBURGH 59
Purdue is good. That's not a bad loss.
— Mike (@85mf) December 2, 2015
Purdue is a legitimate contender at the top of the Big Ten. Boilermakers beat Pitt at Pitt by 13 without Rapheal Davis. Very complete team.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) December 2, 2015
Pitt loss because ESPN's video of the squirrel costume Zoo member was at the worst angle possible.
— 3.14 meowmeowbeenz (@wcprice2) December 2, 2015
Tough loss for the fellas. They gon be straight tho #H2P
— Aron PhillipsNwankwo (@ThatNwankwoah15) December 2, 2015
Impressed with Pitt, they fight and scrap like #Purdue fans always love to see from our teams. Top 25 team for sure. @N_THEYSTAYTHERE
— A R Holmes (@ARHolmesBTP) December 2, 2015
Unbeaten teams remaining: 26 (Sorry, Pittsburgh).
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) December 2, 2015
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