No. 16 Pittsburgh beats Louisville 82-77 in overtime

By Dale Grdnic

PITTSBURGH -- It's been said that this year's Pitt men's basketball team certainly is better than the sum of its parts, but a different one of those individual parts was instrumental in keeping the Panthers' unblemished in the Big East.

Sophomore Nasir Robinson tallied a career-high 26 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 16 Pittsburgh to a heart-stopping 82-77 overtime win against Louisville in a Big East Conference matchup Saturday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.

"Outside of a game against Duke with Christian Laetner (a 104-103 Duke win against Kentucky in the NCAA East Regional, March 28, 1992), this was the worst loss that I've experienced from a team playing so well and putting itself in a position to win,'' Louisville coach Rick Pitino said.

"I thought we executed terrific, but in overtime we did things we didn't do the entire game. We needed to go to Samardo more, and it cost us. ... It's tough to win on the road, especially (at Pitt), but we put ourselves in a position to win. So, that's why this is a very, very disheartening loss.''