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Men's Basketball
at Pitt (Exhibition)
2:00 p.m.
Providence College Athletics
Wednesday, February 15
Providence, R.I.
7:30 PM EST
Providence College
77
vs
85
Pittsburgh *
No. 9 Panthers Top Friars, 85-77
2/15/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 15, 2006
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Aaron Gray had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 9 Pittsburgh to its third straight victory, 85-77 over Providence on Wednesday night.
The Panthers (20-3, 9-3 Big East) reached the 20-win mark for a school-record fifth consecutive season and extended their winning streak over the Friars to five games.
Senior guard Donnie McGrath matched his career high with 28 points for Providence (11-11, 4-7), which had won its last two games. McGrath was 6-for-10 from 3-point range for the Friars.
John DeGroat's 3-pointer 4 minutes into the second half gave Pittsburgh its first lead of the game, 45-44. The Panthers then went on a 7-0 run with Gray scoring two baskets, one part of a three-point play, and another from Carl Krauser.
Pittsburgh took its largest lead of the game midway through the second half at 62-50 on a basket by Levon Kendall. The Friars cut the deficit to six points on Geoff McDermott's alley-oop dunk on a pass from Sharaud Curry with 5:48 remaining.
Keith Benjamin responded with a 3-pointer with 5:26 left that pushed the Panthers' lead back to nine.
Benjamin added 15 points and Krauser had 12 for Pittsburgh, which snapped a three-game road losing streak.
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