FORT MYERS, FL – Behind a 30-point fourth quarter, the Pitt women’s basketball team (5-0, 0-0 ACC) secured their fifth straight win in the opening game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Fort Myers, FL against the Towson Tigers, 72-62. Pitt trailed by as many as nine as they improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2016-17.
Dayshanette Harris led the Panthers in scoring in the win as she netted 14 points, five rebounds and three assists while netting a pair of triples. Maliyah Johnson finished off her game with 13 points, three rebounds and two steals while Marley Washenitz came off the bench and provided Pitt with 11 points, five rebounds and four assists in 16 minutes.
The Panthers got out to a slow start offensively as the Tigers raced out to the 11-2 lead before Avery Strickland finished off a fast break layup thanks to a great pass by Emy Hayford. Out of the media timeout, the Panthers offense woke up as Maliyah Johnson finished off a layup and free throw and another contested layup to send the game to the second quarter with Towson leading 12-11.
The offense early in the second quarter came from freshman Aislin Malcolm who netted back-to-back triples to send the Panthers to the media timeout in the second trailing 22-17 as the Tigers knocked down two triples of their own. Down the stretch of the quarter Washenitz came in off the bench and drilled a triple and Harris had a steal and layup to send the game to halftime with Pitt trailing 29-24.
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