Oh, boy.
That new team smell wore off real fast.
83-78 in OT. In front of a home crowd just north of 3,000.
The backcourt of Montana — their admitted strength — just destroyed Pitt. All game long. On offense. Forcing turnovers.
And those turnovers. They flashed a graphic showing that Montana had scored 30 points off of turnovers to Pitt’s 6. That’s in no small part because the turnovers by Montana often led to easier baskets. Easy transitions. Steals in the backcourt with no one able to recover. It was painful.
The Panthers (0-2) allowed their opponent to operate offensively with little resistance, as 28 of Montana’s 66 shot attempts were layups and exactly half of its 30 made shots came at the rim.