CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Damarco Minor followed his own miss to score with 0.7 seconds left and give 15th-seeded Pittsburgh a 64-63 win over 10-seed Stanford in the opening game of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday.

Minor finished just 2-of-10 shooting, missing all seven of his 3-point attempts, but sent the Panthers (13-19) into the second round against seventh-seeded North Carolina State today.

After Ebuka Okorie gave Stanford the lead on a three-point play with 26.2 seconds remaining, Minor missed a 3-pointer but the Panthers came up with the ball after a scramble. Minor missed a short jumper in the paint but put in the game-winner.

Okorie, coming in as the nation’s second-leading freshman scorer at 23.1 points per game, finished with 14 for Stanford (20-12). Benny Gealer scored 11 points and AJ Rohosy had 10 points and a team-leading seven rebounds.

“I’m really, really proud of our team. It was a heck of a win, heck of a fight by our guys for 40 minutes. I thought our defense in the first half was outstanding, especially on Okorie. I thought our defense for the game was outstanding on Okorie,” Pitt coach Jeff Capel said. “Our objective was to try to get the ball out of his hands, to make him play in a crowd, and I thought our guys did a heck of a job of executing that. I can’t say enough about these guys, man. They’ve continued to show up. They’ve continued to fight. They’ve continued to battle.”

There were in 11 lead changes and four ties with Pitt prevailing on the strength of 20-7 advantage on the offensive boards, outscoring Stanford 25-7 in second-chance points and by 12 in the paint.

Pitt broke a tie by scoring the final eight points of the first half for a 31-23 lead. Stanford rallied to take a lead five times in the second half.

“Our season is a testament to who we are and how we play. We’ve just got to stay together. One thing I do say a lot is, ‘Man, I just want to get one more team win with these guys.’ There’s still hope. There’s still life, and there’s still opportunity to fight,” Pitt’s Barry Dunning Jr. said.

Dunning finished with 16 points to go with 14 points from Roman Siulepa, 12 from Cam Corhen and 11 from Omari Witherspoon.

The Cardinal had beaten the Panthers 75-67 on Feb. 25 at home to start a four-game win streak heading into the tournament.

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Pitt: The Panthers lost 81-72 at home to NC State on Jan. 24 in their only regular-season meeting.

PITTSBURGH (13-19): Corhen 5-13 2-2 12, Siulepa 6-14 2-5 14, Minor 2-10 0-0 4, Witherspoon 5-11 1-2 11, Dunning 7-10 0-0 16, Moore 1-5 0-0 2, Indrusaitis 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 28-66 5-9 64.

STANFORD (20-12): Rohosy 4-8 2-3 10, Thompson 2-6 0-0 5, Cammann 1-2 0-0 2, Gealer 4-8 0-0 11, Okorie 5-10 3-3 14, Young 2-6 0-0 4, Giltay 3-3 0-0 6, Agarwal 3-4 0-0 9, Dent-Smith 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 25-52 5-6 63.

Halftime–Pittsburgh 31-23. 3-Point Goals–Pittsburgh 3-17 (Dunning 2-4, Indrusaitis 1-2, Witherspoon 0-1, Siulepa 0-3, Minor 0-7), Stanford 8-20 (Agarwal 3-4, Gealer 3-6, Okorie 1-3, Thompson 1-3, Young 0-1, Dent-Smith 0-3). Fouled Out–Corhen. Rebounds–Pittsburgh 37 (Dunning 8), Stanford 27 (Rohosy 7). Assists–Pittsburgh 9 (Corhen, Minor, Witherspoon 2), Stanford 9 (Rohosy, Cammann, Okorie, Young 2). Total Fouls–Pittsburgh 11, Stanford 14.