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Pitt Basketball to Play Northwestern in 2022 ACC-Big 10 Challenge

The Pitt Panthers will square off with the Wildcats in this event for the second time.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Basketball to Play Northwestern in 2022 ACC-Big 10 Challenge
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will travel to Evanston, Illinois this coming season to play Northwestern as part of the 2022 ACC-Big 10 Challenge. This is the second time that the Panthers will face the Wildcats in this annual event. 

Pitt owns a 4-4 record in ACC-Big 10 Challenge games, including a 2-2 mark under current head coach Jeff Capel. The Panthers fell 54-53 to Minnesota at the Petersen Events Center in the 2021 edition of the Challenge. The Gophers' won on a last-second put-back by Luke Loewe, who scored his only bucket of the evening with mere seconds remaining. 

The Panthers have faced Northwestern in two of the past three seasons. They downed the Wildcats 71-70 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in December 2020 behind 21 points from Xavier Johnson and a furious five-point comeback with just 34 seconds left in the game. They beat Northwestern by double-digits on a neutral court in South Carolina the season prior. 

Pitt is 5-6 vs. the Big 10 overall since joining the ACC prior to the 2013 season. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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