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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 10
Pittsburgh, Pa.
6:00 PM
Providence College
68
at
74
Pittsburgh
No. 7 Pittsburgh Just Slips By Providence, 74-68
2/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2007
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Aaron Gray took control inside to finish with 22 points after sitting out much of the first half in foul trouble, and No. 7 Pittsburgh rallied in the second half to shake off stubborn Providence's upset bid and win 74-68 Saturday.
Pitt (22-3, 10-1 Big East) won its fifth in a row and 12th in 13 games despite playing sluggishly most of the game against a conference opponent it has dominated of late, winning seven in a row and nine of 11 against the Friars.
Gray didn't play in the final 8 1/2 minutes of the first half after drawing his second foul, and Providence (15-8, 5-5) took advantage to take a 34-33 halftime lead. The Friars, winless in Pittsburgh since December 1998 and 3-17 there in Big East play, built their lead to 42-36 early in the second half.
The 7-foot Gray scored inside on Pitt's next two possessions, starting an 11-1 run that gave the Panthers the lead for good at 47-43 following Gray's tap-in with 13:25 remaining. Gray, scoring more than 20 points for the first time in six games, made 10 of 17 shots and added seven rebounds - even though Providence held a 41-33 rebounding edge.
All but eight of Gray's points came in the second half.
Providence, 2-3 against Top 25 teams this season, got 20 points each from Herbert Hill and Sharaud Curry but couldn't quite pull off the upset. The Friars got to 61-59 with slightly more than four minutes remaining, but Gray scored the next time down for Pitt and Antonio Graves hit an important 3-pointer with a minute and a half left that made it 69-61.
Even after that, Curry could have cut Pitt's lead to three if he had made two free throws with 18 seconds remaining, but he missed the first. Graves, who scored 13 points, then made a pair of free throws to seal it for Pitt. Mike Cook added 11 points and Levon Kendall had 10 rebounds despite being held to two points.
Pitt's 10-1 conference record is its best through 11 games since joining the Big East in 1982. The Panthers lead Georgetown by 1 1/2 games and Marquette by two games following the No. 22 Hoyas' 76-58 win over No. 11 Marquette on Saturday.
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