Pitt set to welcome Pitt-Johnstown to the Pete for exhibition game
With coach Jeff Capel entering his sixth season at Pitt, the Panthers will welcome Pitt-Johnstown to the Petersen Events Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday for an exhibition game that signals the unofficial opening of the basketball season.
It’s basically a tuneup for the first game that counts Monday against North Carolina A&T, also at the Pete.
Pitt is 63-5 all-time in exhibition games, with a 33-0 record at the Pete and a winning streak of 39 games dating to the start of the 1999-2000 season.
Pitt-Johnstown has been Pitt’s exhibition opponent in three previous seasons. Pitt won 97-56 in 2007, 95-65 in 2016, and 78-59 in 2018.
Pitt is looking to build on the momentum from its 24-12 overall record (14-6 in the ACC) last season that included two victories in the NCAA Tournament. A media panel of reporters who cover the ACC picked Pitt to finish ninth in the conference this season.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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