National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisville 73, Pittsburgh 68
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Where: Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Officials: # Michael Stephens, # Kipp Kissinger, # Mike Roberts
Attendance: 9221

No. 11 Louisville made seven of 10 free throws in overtime to escape with a 73-68 win over host Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

The Cardinals (14-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won despite trailing for nearly all of regulation and shooting just 38.3 percent from the field while being outrebounded for just the third time this season.

In a game that saw three technical fouls issued, one on Louisville coach Chris Mack, along with the ejection of a Pitt student for vulgar language, the visitors overcame icy shooting starts to both halves to complete a season sweep of the Panthers (11-6, 2-4) after winning 64-46 at home in December.

Louisville held Pitt to only six free throws in that previous meeting compared to 26 on Tuesday.

Louisville trailed 31-28 at halftime and was down the entire second half until freshman guard David Johnson hit 1 of 2 free throws with 49.5 seconds left to tie it at 61. That foul shot capped a 7-0 run after Pitt took a 61-54 lead with 2:37 to go on a banked 3-pointer by sophomore guard Trey McGowens.

McGowens had a shot to win it for the Panthers in regulation, but his 3-point try with six seconds left was off the mark.

In overtime, Johnson's layup with 4:21 left gave the Cardinals the lead for good. Johnson finished with 11 points while junior forward Jordan Nwora had 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting after going scoreless the first 15:40 of the game. Dwyane Sutton added 13 points and nine rebounds for Louisville.

Cold shooting caused Louisville to fall behind early in both halves. The Cardinals started the game 5 of 20 from the field to trail 24-15 before making five of their next eight shots, fueling a 10-0 run to lead 28-26 with 1:46 left in the first half.

A 2-for-9 start from the field to open the second half saw Louisville go down 41-34 with 13:59 to go.

Pitt, which shot 37.5 percent from the floor, got 24 points from McGowens, but that came on 22 shot attempts. Xavier Johnson and Justin Champagnie each scored 11 points for the Panthers, and Champagnie had 11 rebounds.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Louisville   Pittsburgh
Jordan Nwora 14 Scoring Trey McGowens 24
Lamarr Kimble 6 Assists Xavier Johnson 5
Dwayne Sutton 9 Rebounds Justin Champagnie 11
Malik Williams 5 Free Throws Made Trey McGowens 6
Steven Enoch 1 Steals Xavier Johnson 3
Jordan Nwora 2 Blocks Terrell Brown 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisville 73 38.3 12-25 15-22 14 33 5 2 14
Pittsburgh 68 37.5 7-19 19-26 11 33 8 8 16