No. 16 Pittsburgh beats No. 15 Connecticut 67-57
Published 6:20 pm Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. — Brad Wanamaker and Ashton Gibbs each scored 19 points and No. 16 Pittsburgh won another Big East road game Wednesday night, beating No. 15 Connecticut 67-57.
The Panthers (14-2) have now won seven straight games and are 4-0 in the conference, with consecutive road wins at No. 5 Syracuse, Cincinnati, and now UConn.
Gilbert Brown added 11 points for the Panthers, who were not ranked at the start of the season.
Stanley Robinson had 19 points for the Huskies (11-5, 2-3), who lost their second in a row, after blowing a 19-point lead at Georgetown on Saturday. Jerome Dyson had 14 and Kemba Walker added 10 points. UConn has yet to beat a ranked opponent this season.
Pittsburgh has won three straight from the Huskies, after winning twice last season while UConn was ranked No. 1.
