Pittsburgh Panthers v.s NotreDame Fighting Irish Slide Show 2006
Ramesh C. Reddy
Publisher
Pittsburgh Panthers finished spectacularly to a thrilling finish beating
the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 100-97 in the second overtime! It should
have never come to that if the Panthers had made their free throws and
did not allow a 4-point play. The Panthers missed six free throws down
the stretch with less than 1:00 minute remaining to help Fighting Irish
tie the game at 93. Here is the score box with less than 1:00 minute
remaining in regulation, OT 1, and OT 2.
Pittsburgh
ND
Pittsburgh
ND
Pittsburgh
ND
70
64
1:00
Young
71
64
1:00
Young
72
64
45.5
Gates
73
64
45.5
Gates
73
67
40.1
Quinn
74
67
38.4
Ramon
74
70
33
Quinn
74
71
33
Quinn
75
71
31.5
Fields
75
74
20.3
Falls
77
74
14.2
77
77
3
Falls
OT
OT
OT
OT
90
86
1:00
Quinn
91
86
50.5
Fields
91
88
37.4
92
88
37.4
93
88
21.8
93
91
14.7
Quinn
93
93
6.2
Quinn
OT
OT
OT
OT
96
97
1:00
99
97
16.4
100
97
6.2
With 45.5 seconds remaining in regulation, Panthers had a 9-point lead
but it dissolved slowly as Quinn and Falls combined for 4-three's
including a 4-point play to give them 13 points and tie the game.
Pitt scored only 7 points in the last minute.
If the Panthers had lost, those were the
things that would have been remembered by the Oakland Zoo and all
Panther fans especially that Quinn gave Notre Dame the win.
Instead, Panther fans who attended the game including myself had a heart
pounding edge of the seat thrilling happy experience. My experience was
2-fold since I was able to take pictures from different locations, have
a club house box office seat experience with wonderful catered meals and
deserts, and see the Panthers win in a grueling performance.
It was exciting to
see the Panthers go undefeated to start out the New Year 2006! With the
victory on January 04, 05, the Panthers became only one of three teams
that are undefeated with a 12-0 record and have been ranked 11th
in the nation. Panthers played as a team and it showed in their victory.
