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Article: Pitt crushes South Florida in Big East action
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- January 21, 2007
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The Pitt women's basketball team held South Florida to 14 first-
half points on its way to a dominating Big East Conference victory
Saturday.
Pitt scored off the opening tip and never trailed in a 73-48 win
over South Florida before 5,414 fans at Petersen Events Center.
South Florida's 14 first-half points and 16.1 percent first-half
shooting were the lowest of any Pitt opponent this season. The 14
points in a half are the Panthers' best defensive half in at least 10
seasons, and South Florida's worst first half since January 1997.
"We really came out prepared," Pitt coach Agnus Berenato said. "We
were able to exploit some of their weaknesses. We jumped on them from
the opening tip, ...