National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 90, Boston College 65
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 2, 2024
Where: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # AJ Desai, # Matt Potter
Attendance: 7536

Carlton Carrington established career highs of 27 points and seven 3-pointers and Pitt improved its NCAA Tournament resume by earning a 90-65 victory at Boston College on Saturday night.

Pitt made 16 of its 30 3-point attempts. The Panthers entered the game leading the ACC in made 3-pointers per game (9.4). Pitt (19-10, 10-8 ACC) received 19 points from Blake Hinson, and 12 points and nine assists from Jaland Lowe.

The victory ended Pitt's two-game road losing streak.

Senior center Quinten Post had 30 points -- one point shy of his career high -- and 12 rebounds for the Eagles, who have lost four in a row. Post made 14 of 22 field-goal attempts.

Devin McGlockton added 10 points for BC (15-14, 6-12), which never led in the game. Jaeden Zackery finished with nine.

Hinson made three 3-pointers. Lowe, Zack Austin and Guillermo Diaz Graham each made two shots from behind the 3-point arc.

Pitt, which never trailed, led 69-45 after Hinson capped an 8-0 run by making a 3-pointer with 9:12 to play. The Panthers led by 32 -- their largest lead of the game -- following a Carrington jump shot that made it 90-58 with 1:51 to play.

BC attempted four free throws in the loss, which dropped its home record to 10-6. The Eagles shot 43.5 percent from the field (27 of 62).

Six of Pitt's first seven field goals were 3-pointers, which helped the Panthers take an early 23-12 lead. BC used a 9-0 run to make it a two-point game, 23-21, but Pitt had a 43-37 advantage following an Ishmael Leggett layup with 2:40 remaining in the first half.

The Panthers made 8 of their 16 3-point attempts in the half and had a 47-32 halftime lead. Post had 17 points at halftime.

Pitt raised its record to 15-2 in games when it has the lead at halftime.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Pittsburgh   Boston College
Carlton Carrington 27 Scoring Quinten Post 30
Jaland Lowe 9 Assists Claudell Harris Jr. 3
Ishmael Leggett 7 Rebounds Quinten Post 12
Zack Austin 2 Free Throws Made Donald Hand Jr. 1
Guillermo Diaz Graham 2 Steals Quinten Post 2
Federiko Federiko 2 Blocks Quinten Post 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Pittsburgh 90 54.1 16-30 8-10 20 27 4 7 5
Boston College 65 43.5 9-20 2-4 13 32 1 4 9