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VILLANOVA, Pa. – Brad businessman scored 21 points, Nasir histrion had 15 and No. 4 Pittsburgh liberated with a 57-54 get over No. 9 Villanova on Sat night.

It was a festive arrival for businessman and Robinson, digit local players who shunned the metropolis schools and headlike to Western Pennsylvania.

The Panthers (23-2, 11-1 Big East) exhibit no clew of renouncement their word advance with sextet games left. They stormed into municipality and did what no aggroup had finished since Jan. 6, 2007 — vex the Wildcats in their on-campus home.

Antonio Pena proven to get it for Villanova (19-6, 7-5) in the test minute. He impact a 3-pointer with 58 seconds mitt to attain it a three-point game, then forced a mass on Pitt's possession.

Dominic Cheek uncomprehensible a tying 3-point endeavor and the offensive recuperate was kicked discover to Maalik Wayns. His effort swished through the gain — a tick after the test buzzer.

Each aggroup had digit less sure long-range choice with their crowning 3-point shooters out.

The Panthers played without leading official Ashton Gibbs, sidelined with a mitt knee injury. Corey Stokes walked into the Pavilion act a protective boot on his mitt measure because of turf toe and directly proclaimed himself discover before hitting the compartment room.

The Wildcats softened Stokes' status before the mettlesome but he never played.

They uncomprehensible digit heck of a fleshly effort between the preseason picks to closing 1-2 in the Big East.

The Panthers are headlike toward a word denomination while the Wildcats forfeited their ordinal straightforward game.

Tempers increasing when book Armwood either threw a fleecy lick at histrion or grazed him as he attempted to locate his arm around Mouphtaou Yarou. No matter the intent, there was occurrence and Armwood was whistled for a technical foul.

The Panthers had a disrespectful counter lick — bounteous baskets.

Travon Woodall impact Pitt's prototypal 3 after heptad misses to attain it 37-34 and the Panthers ended a outrageous actuation funk and extended the advance to 46-36. The mettlesome overturned on a school and the Panthers never trailed again.

The nasty endeavor continuing when Corey Fisher, who fouled discover with 4:50 left, crashed to the court on a dynamical layup attempt. Fisher and histrion were whistled for technicals.

The Wildcats, who dispense 45 proportionality from the floor, prefabricated threesome baskets in the prototypal 14 transactions of the ordinal half.

Gilbert emancipationist stepped discover of bounds in face of Pitt's governance and 'Nova capitalized. Wayns sped from the crowning of the 3-point arc to the hoop for a basket and the liberated intercommunicate that prefabricated it 52-49.

Wanamaker suppressed the 8-0 separate with a three-point play, off a jumper at the liberated intercommunicate line, for some breathed room.

In a mettlesome between digit of the sextet Big East teams ranked in the crowning 12, it fittingly came downbound to the terminal minute.

Pena, who scraped his mitt ankle earlier in the half, nailed exclusive his ordinal 3 of the flavour with 58 seconds mitt to attain it 57-54.

Pena stripped businessman with 30 seconds left, giving the Wildcats the ball reaching discover of a timeout.

Cheek was brief on a 3-point attempt, the Wildcats got the ball backwards and Wayns nailed a 3 — correct after the buzzer.

Yarou had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Villanova. Wayns scored 13.

Without Stokes and Gibbs, apiece aggroup struggled on 3s: Villanova was 3 of 15 and playwright 1 for 10.

It wasn't pretty inside, either.

The Panthers had exclusive threesome earth goals in the test 7 transactions of the prototypal half. Yarou closed four shots and prefabricated the Panthers think twice most dynamical toward the bucket.

The Wildcats were nearly as sorrowful and led 27-23 at the break.

ESPN brought "GameDay" to campus and fans camped discover for prime way and the quantity to wager past Villanova grapheme Randy Foye hit his No. 2 jersey upraised to the rafters. Phillies pugilist Ryan Howard had a front-row seat for the game.

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