Women: SFU at Pitt

Tipoff: 6 p.m., Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh

Records: Saint Francis (0-9); Pittsburgh (6-6)

TV: ESPN+

Notable: Pitt leads the all-time series 7-1. …. The two schools last played on Nov. 23, 2023 when the Panthers came away with an 87-62 win. … Saint Francis’ lone win came on Dec. 1, 2010 — an 85-71 victory at home. … Graduate players Aleah James and Shelby Ricks were named NEC Prime Performers for the week of December 8-14. It was the second time this season both players earned the distinction. … Panthers coach Tory Verdi was inducted into the New Britain Sports Hall of Fame on April 24, 2016. … Pitt suffered a 69-63 defeat to Division III Scranton on Nov. 16. … Fatima Diakhate leads the Panthers with 8.4 rebounds per game and is second with 10.6 points.

Mirror prediction: Pitt 68, Saint Francis 50

Mirror prediction record: 8-1

— Nate Ritchey

Red Flash defeated on the road

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Xaivian Lee scored 18 points, Alex Condon added 14, and No. 23 Florida got a break from one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country with a 102-61 victory against Saint Francis on Wednesday night.

The Gators (7-4) never trailed in the game.

Saint Francis (2-10) lost by at least 25 points for the seventh time this season. The Red Flash entered the game ranked 361st out of 365 Division I teams in KenPom ratings. They are also in their final year at Division I after announcing a little over a year ago that they were dropping down to Division III.

Skylar Wicks, a senior attending his fifth school, led Saint Francis with 22 points. He took 22 of the team’s 63 shots.

The Red Flash entered the game as 45½-point underdogs according to BetMGM Sportsbook and trailed by as many as 25 in the first half. The Gators stretched their lead to 61-31 shortly after the break.

Florida made 15 of its first 20 shots while building a 20-point lead and enjoyed enough of a cushion that coach Todd Golden was able to get his bench extended minutes.

The Red Flash host Robert Morris this Saturday.

ST. FRANCIS (2-10): Liberis 0-3 0-0 0, Payne 0-1 1-2 1, Z.Russell 3-10 4-5 10, Martino 3-5 1-2 7, Wicks 9-22 2-2 22, Tweedy 4-6 0-0 8, Harrison 2-8 0-0 4, Papadatos 4-8 0-0 9, B.Russell 0-0 0-0 0, Swain 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 8-11 61.

FLORIDA (7-4): Haugh 1-5 2-2 5, Condon 5-7 4-4 14, Chinyelu 5-5 2-2 12, Fland 4-7 2-2 11, Lee 7-9 2-2 18, Klavzar 3-7 3-4 11, Handlogten 4-4 2-2 10, I.Brown 3-6 2-4 9, Ingram 1-3 0-0 3, Lloyd 0-2 0-0 0, Kovatchev 1-1 0-0 3, Mikic 1-2 1-2 4, Rioux 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-59 20-24 102.

Halftime–Florida 47-23. 3-Point Goals–St. Francis 3-16 (Wicks 2-6, Papadatos 1-3, Harrison 0-1, Liberis 0-1, Martino 0-1, Payne 0-1, Tweedy 0-1, Z.Russell 0-2), Florida 10-27 (Lee 2-4, Klavzar 2-5, Kovatchev 1-1, Mikic 1-1, Fland 1-2, Ingram 1-2, I.Brown 1-4, Haugh 1-4, Condon 0-2, Lloyd 0-2). Rebounds–St. Francis 18 (Z.Russell 5), Florida 41 (Chinyelu 11). Assists_St. Francis 6 (Z.Russell 3), Florida 21 (Condon 5). Total Fouls–St. Francis 20, Florida 13. A–9,023

Dunning, Cummings lead Pitt to easy win

PITTSBURGH — Barry Dunning Jr. and Brandin Cummings combined for 34 first-half points — each with 17 — to lead Pittsburgh’s 103-63 win over Binghamton on Wednesday.

Dunning was 5 of 7 and Cummings was 3 of 6 from deep. Dunning finished with 23 on 7-of-9 shooting to go with three blocks off the bench. Cummings didn’t score after the opening half.

Nojus Indrusaitis finished with 16 points, going 5 of 9 from the field and 3 of 6 behind the arc. He also had five assists, four rebounds and four steals. Cameron Corhen added 14 points, six rebounds and three steals.

The Panthers (6-6) shot 62% from the field, including 59% from behind the arc.

They opened the game on a 14-2 run and rattled off a 14-0 run later in the half to take a 57-34 lead into the break.

Demetrius Lilley led the Bearcats (3-9) with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jake Blackburn added 12 off the bench, going 4 of 4 from both the field and the free-throw line. Jeremiah Quigley also had 12 points, along with eight turnovers.

The Panthers scored 33 points off 22 Bearcats turnovers.

Pitt plays Penn State this Saturday in Hershey.

BINGHAMTON (3-8): Beverly 3-7 2-3 8, Lilley 4-9 5-6 13, Peterson 2-6 0-0 5, Quigley 2-7 8-10 12, Wilson 2-3 6-8 10, Benigni 1-4 0-0 3, Blackburn 4-4 0-0 12, Snagg 0-1 0-0 0, Ibroci 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-41 21-27 63.

PITTSBURGH (5-6): Corhen 6-10 1-2 14, Siulepa 5-6 2-4 12, Indrusaitis 5-11 3-5 16, Minor 1-2 0-0 3, Dunning 7-9 4-5 23, Cummings 5-9 4-6 17, Witherspoon 4-6 1-2 11, Mullen 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 3-4 0-0 7. Totals 36-58 15-24 103.

Halftime–Pittsburgh 57-34. 3-Point Goals–Binghamton 6-10 (Blackburn 4-4, Peterson 1-1, Benigni 1-3, Quigley 0-1, Wilson 0-1), Pittsburgh 16-27 (Dunning 5-7, Cummings 3-6, Indrusaitis 3-7, Witherspoon 2-2, Corhen 1-1, Moore 1-1, Minor 1-2, Siulepa 0-1). Rebounds–Binghamton 25 (Lilley 11), Pittsburgh 27 (Corhen 6). Assists–Binghamton 9 (Quigley 4), Pittsburgh 20 (Minor 7). Total Fouls–Binghamton 18, Pittsburgh 22.