Men: Virginia at Pitt

Tipoff: 7 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh

Records: Virginia (10-12, 3-8 ACC); Pittsburgh (14-7, 5-5 ACC)

TV: ESPN (Dave O’Brien, Cory Alexander and Myron Medcalf)

Notable: Pitt has won just two of its last seven games … Virginia is 1-5 in true road games, winning at Miami last Wednesday … The Cavaliers are coming off a 75-74 loss at home to Virginia Tech on Saturday … Ron Sanchez is the Cavaliers’ interim head coach after Tony Bennett abruptly retired in October … Junior guad Isaac McKneely (13.3 ppg.) and 6-foot-8 junior forward Elijah Saunders (11.8 ppg., 5.5 rpg.) lead the Cavs … After tonight’s game, Pitt is off until Saturday when it travels to Chapel Hill for a rematch with North Carolina.

Mirror prediction: Pitt 78, Virginia 65

Mirror prediction record: 16-5

— Buck Frank

Pitt still winless at Joel Coliseum

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ty-Laur Johnson converted six straight free throws in the final 22 seconds and Wake Forest held off Pittsburgh 76-74 on Saturday for its seventh consecutive home-court win over the Panthers.

Pitt came into the game having beaten the Demon Deacons in three of the last four meetings, including an ACC tournament win that ended Wake Forest’s season. But the Panthers have not won at Lawrence Joel Coliseum since joining the ACC for the 2013-14 season.

Pitt (14-7, 5-5) held a 36-34 lead at the break and Damian Dunn drilled a 3 to start the second half for a 39-34 lead. The Demon Deacons (16-6, 8-3) answered with an 11-0 run that featured two 3-pointers by Johnson and another from Cameron Hildreth off a Johnson feed. Ishmael Leggett’s two free throws at 2:22 pulled Pitt even at 65 but Hunter Sallis drilled a 3 and Johnson found Hildreth for a fastbreak layup for a five-point lead with under a minute left. Johnson then held off the Panthers from the line.

Hildreth hit 7 of 12 shots, was 3 for 3 from deep and made 7 of 7 from the line to lead Wake Forest with 24 points while dishing four assists. Johnson was 8 for 8 from the line and finished with 16 points and Sallis added 13. The Deacons came into the game shooting 28% from behind the arc but hit 8 of 19 (42.1%).

Dunn hit three 3-pointers and finished with 24 points to lead the Panthers, who shot 20 for 20 from the free throw line. Leggett scored had 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Jaland Lowe added 14 points with five boards.

PITTSBURGH (14-7): Austin 1-7 2-2 5, Corhen 4-6 0-0 8, D.Dunn 8-13 5-5 24, Leggett 4-12 8-8 16, Lowe 4-14 5-5 14, G.Diaz Graham 2-3 0-0 5, J.Diaz Graham 0-0 0-0 0, Amadou Kante 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-56 20-20 74.

WAKE FOREST (16-6): Spillers 3-7 2-2 8, Reid 2-4 2-3 6, Hildreth 7-12 7-7 24, Johnson 3-8 8-8 16, Sallis 6-11 0-0 13, Harris 2-3 1-2 7, Friedrichsen 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 24-46 20-22 76.

Halftime–Pittsburgh 36-34. 3-Point Goals–Pittsburgh 6-18 (D.Dunn 3-5, G.Diaz Graham 1-1, Lowe 1-4, Austin 1-7, Leggett 0-1), Wake Forest 8-19 (Hildreth 3-3, Harris 2-3, Johnson 2-6, Sallis 1-5, Reid 0-1, Spillers 0-1). Rebounds–Pittsburgh 23 (Leggett 7), Wake Forest 25 (Reid 6). Assists–Pittsburgh 14 (D.Dunn, Leggett 4), Wake Forest 12 (Johnson 5). Total Fouls–Pittsburgh 20, Wake Forest 16. A–10,787 (14,665).

Fans at Raptors game boo anthem

TORONTO — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game continued an emerging trend Sunday of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.

Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump made his threat of import tariffs on America’s northern neighbor a reality.

After initially cheering for the 15-year-old female singer, fans booed throughout “The Star-Spangled Banner” performance. At the end, mixed boos and cheers could be heard before the crowd erupted in applause for the Canadian anthem, “O Canada.”

Bonner will join the Indiana Fever

DeWanna Bonner is headed to Indiana to join Caitlin Clark and the Fever, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made.

The six-time All-Star played in Connecticut the last five years, helping the Sun reach the WNBA Finals in 2022. She averaged 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists last season and made the All-Star team.

Iowa retires Clark’s number

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark wasn’t back in her home arena to play a game.

Still, the “butterflies,” the former Iowa guard said, were quite similar.

Clark returned to Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to have her number 22 retired in a ceremony after the Hawkeyes’ 76-67 win over No. 4 USC, one season after she completed her historic college career.

“I feel like I already have those butterflies in your stomach when you walk in here,” Clark said during a pregame press conference. “Not so much for a basketball game now, but obviously just to be around everybody and to enjoy this environment. I don’t have to go and compete for 40 minutes, even though I wish maybe I could. I think it will definitely be a little bit more emotional that I don’t have to compete.”

Clark was at center court with her family as the No. 22 went up into the rafters. She was smiling throughout the ceremony.

South Carolina honors Wilson

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s South Carolina No. 22 jersey was hung in the rafters Sunday at Colonial Life Arena, her college home court that already features a statue of the program’s all-time leading scorer outside the main entrance.

Wilson spent the weekend around coach Dawn Staley and the current group of Gamecocks players, who beat Auburn 83-66.

The Associated Press