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KANSAS CITY – Texas guard Varez Ward will miss tonight’s game with Pitt (4-0) in the CBE Classic after suffering a right knee injury during pre-game warm-ups. Ward, a 6-2 sophomore guard, had started all three games for the No. 3-ranked Longhorns (3-0). He was averaging 6.7 points and 3.0 rebounds, with a team-high seven [...]

· It wasn’t the cleanest game, as the two teams combined for more turnovers (41) than field goals (38). There were seven turnovers in the final three minutes with Pitt holding a 12-point lead. “We were too sloppy tonight,” Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. Pitt had more turnovers (17) than assists (14), a rarity [...]

Travon Woodall scored a career-high 19 points and Pitt held off a second-half rally to beat Wichita State, 68-55, in the semifinals of the CBE Classic at Sprint Center. Pitt (4-0) overcame a seven-minute field-goal drought midway through the second half. Woodall added six rebounds, five assists and four steals, Ashton Gibbs scored 18 points [...]

Coach Dave Wannstedt said he is “optimistic” that injured cornerback Aaron Berry will return in time for the Nov. 27 game at West Virginia. Berry was injured during the second half of the Panthers’ 27-22 victory over Notre Dame. “He was fine yesterday,” Wannstedt said Monday during his weekly Big East press conference. “He is [...]

No. 8 Pitt held on to defeat Notre Dame, 27-22, on Saturday at Heinz Field. In front of a sell-out crowd of 65,374, Pitt (9-1) withstood a wild fourth quarter comeback by the Irish to win its sixth game in a row and set the stage for its Big Eastgames with West Virginia and Cincinnati [...]

Pitt’s Dan Hutchins kicked his Big East-leading 15th field goal of the season to give Pitt a 13-3 lead over Notre Dame with 9:15 to play in the third quarter. A 51-yard reception to Jonathan Baldwin — who leapt over defender Darrin Walls and plucked the ball away — set up the 38-yard field goal.

Pitt leads Notre Dame, 10-3, at halftime at Heinz Field on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd of 66,000-plus. Senior quarterback Bill Stull gave Pitt the lead when he connected with Jonathan Baldwin for a 36-yard touchdown pass with 2:31 to play in the first half. The two teams had traded field goals [...]

Pitt is tied with Notre Dame, 3-3, after a 42-yard field goal by David Ruffer with 5:40 to play in the second quarter. The big play of the scoring drive was Jimmy Clausen’s 14-yard pass to Duval Kamara on a third-and-13 to the Pitt 30.

Pitt leads Notre Dame, 3-0, after one quarter on a 34-yard field goal by Dan Hutchins about five minutes into the game. Jimmy Clausen is 1 for 2 for 22 yards, while Bill Stull is 5 of 10 for 49 yards. The Panthers’ scoring drive was extended when Notre Dame sophomore linebacker Darius Fleming ran [...]

Here are some pre-game thoughts from the Notre Dame-Pitt game at Heinz Field. — The game is a sell-out and could challenge the biggest crowd to ever witness a modern-era sporting event in Pittsburgh (66,731 against West Virginia at Heinz Field in 2002). Based on the traffic, tailgaters and early crowd, there will be a [...]