Overview
- Nojus Indrusaitis and Cameron Corhen scored 16 each for Pittsburgh, with Barry Dunning Jr. adding 15 points and 12 rebounds and Damarco Minor contributing 13.
- The Panthers never trailed, led 34-26 at halftime after forcing 12 first-half turnovers, and pulled away with an Indrusaitis-led 18-7 surge after Cal closed to 47-44.
- Cal shot 5-for-22 from three and finished with a season-low point total, including nearly five scoreless minutes in the second half.
- The defeat goes down as Cal’s first Quad 3 loss and damages an at-large profile that was hovering near a NET ranking of 58 entering the game.
- Pitt improved to 11-18 (4-12 ACC), and a report noted a head-to-head tiebreaker could place the Panthers 15th in the ACC, the cutoff for tournament qualification.