PITTSBURGH — Justin Champagnie had 22 points and 10 rebounds at Pittsburgh hit a season-high 14 3-pointers in the Panthers’ 89-59 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday night.

Ithiel Horton, Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney each scored 15 points for Pitt (2-1). Horton — who made nine 3s in a game for Delaware as a freshman — hit a season-high five 3-pointers, Champagnie added four 3s, and Johnson had seven assists.

Champagnie sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around five points by Johnson in an 11-0 run that gave Pitt an 18-point lead with 39 seconds left in the first half. The Panthers, who made a combined 11 of 43 (25.6%) from behind the arc in their first two games, hit 9-of-20 3s before the break.

Trendon Hankerson hit four 3s and finished with career-high tying 18 points for Northern Illinois (0-3). Darius Beane added 11 points.

Horton hit three 3s in a span of 2 minutes, 38 seconds seconds. Hugley then made a jumper to make it 60-34 with 13:09 to play and an 11-0 run — including a put-back dunk by Champagnie — gave the Panthers their biggest lead at 77-41 with 6:34.

The Panthers tied their season high with nine steals and scored 31 points off 17 NIU turnovers.

N. ILLINOIS (0-3): Kueth 2-3 0-0 4, Makuoi 3-6 3-4 9, Beane 4-8 0-0 11, Crump 2-11 1-3 5, Hankerson 7-13 0-0 18, Okanu 1-4 6-7 8, Thornton 1-4 2-2 4, Cole 0-4 0-0 0, C.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Filippone 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-53 12-16 59.

PITTSBURGH (2-1): Champagnie 8-13 2-4 22, Coulibaly 2-2 0-0 4, Horton 5-12 0-0 15, X.Johnson 4-8 5-7 15, Toney 4-8 5-7 15, Hugley 3-6 0-0 6, Jeffress 0-0 1-2 1, Odukale 1-4 1-2 3, Collier 0-0 0-3 0, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Drumgoole 1-1 0-0 2, Amadasun 1-1 0-0 2, Ezeakudo 1-1 0-0 3, Aiken 0-1 1-2 1, Fisch 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 30-60 15-27 89.

Halftime–Pittsburgh 45-29. 3-Point Goals–N. Illinois 7-18 (Hankerson 4-8, Beane 3-3, Kueth 0-1, Cole 0-2, Crump 0-2, Thornton 0-2), Pittsburgh 14-29 (Horton 5-10, Champagnie 4-6, X.Johnson 2-5, Toney 2-5, Ezeakudo 1-1, Fisch 0-1, Odukale 0-1). Fouled Out–Beane. Rebounds–N. Illinois 29 (Crump 9), Pittsburgh 36 (Champagnie 10). Assists–N. Illinois 14 (Thornton 5), Pittsburgh 26 (X.Johnson 7). Total Fouls–N. Illinois 20, Pittsburgh 19. A–500 (12,508).