It was another rough night in what is quickly looking like its going to be a rough season for Pitt and its head coach, Jamie Dixon. As part of yesterday’s action here at the Garden for the Jimmy V Classic, Indiana handled the Panthers on its way to a 74-64 victory.

Ashton Gibbs had 25 points to lead Pitt (7-2), while Brad Wanamaker added 18 and Dante Taylor chipped in 12 off the bench, while Verdell Jones III had 20 points to lead Indiana (4-4), who gave Tom Crean his 200th win as a Division I head coach.

While the Panthers have a 7-2 record, it is a pretty deceiving one. They trailed nearly the entire game before beating lowly Wofford, 63-60, trailed by 16 with less than 10 minutes remaining against Duquesne before the Dukes fell apart down the stretch and scored only 47 points in a win over New Hampshire.

With only softies remaining until Big East play begins, we’ll see what kind of team the Panthers really are in January.

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Dayton nearly had another tough loss early in the season, before hanging on to take down George Mason at UD Arena, 56-55. Chris Johnson had 14 points to lead the Flyers (6-2).

After losing close games to Villanova and Kansas State in Puerto Rico, Dayton nearly suffered the same fate against a game George Mason team. With Old Dominion at home and a trip to New Mexico still on the schedule, the Flyers have some decent games left before A-10 play begins in earnest next month.

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In other action around the local leagues last night, Temple beat Miami (Ohio), 64-42; Xavier became the second A-10 school in Ohi to fall to Kansas State, 71-55; Rhode Island beat local foe Quinnipiac, 83-74; Marquette took down a local rival of its own, beating Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 71-51; and Charlotte blew out Winston-Salem, 94-52.

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