Panthers Host #10 Notre Dame On Senior Day At The Pete Sunday Afternoon

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women’s basketball team (10-16, 3-12 ACC) will be looking for their third straight ACC victory Sunday afternoon as they play host to #10 Notre Dame at the Petersen Events Center. Sunday’s game will tip at 2:00 pm and air live on ACC Network Extra.
 
GAME PROMOTIONS

• Sunday is a busy day at the Pete as the Panthers will be hosting a variety of different events. Pitt will be celebrating the 50^th anniversary of Title IX with a day full of programming called “Hail to Her”. There will be pregame, in-game and postgame programming focused on celebrating women.
• Sunday will also be Senior Day for six Panthers. Pregame, Pitt will honor Channise Lewis, Destiny Strother, Cynthia Ezeja, Dayshanette Harris, Emy Hayford and Amber Brown.
• At halftime, the Panthers will honor one of the best to ever wear the Pitt basketball jersey. The athletic department will be retiring the #12 jersey of Jennifer Bruce with a halftime ceremony to honor one of the greats in Pitt WBB history. She will become just the second female to have her Pitt jersey retired.
• It will also be Chancellor’s Day at the Pete as our friends from around campus will be in attendance to cheer us on.
• We will also be welcoming back our amazing alums for Alumni Day at the Pete. 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Sunday’s game will air live on ACC Network Extra and can be viewed HERE.
• Live stats of the game can be found by clicking HERE.
• The game will also air live on the radio on 1320 AM WJAS and can be listened to by clicking HERE. The voice of the Panthers Josh Rowntree will get things started with the pregame show at 1:45 pm from the Pete.
• Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt women’s basketball account @Pitt_WBB.

STORYLINES

• Senior captain Dayshanette Harris is finding her groove over the past seven games as she has led Pitt in scoring in five of those games. Harris netted 13 points, three assists and three steals in Thursday’s win over Boston College. Over her past seven games, she is averaging 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.7 steals while shooting 50.0% from the floor.
• Junior Liatu King is enjoying the best season of her career as she is averaging a career-high 10.0 points and 7.7 rebounds while shooting 41.1% from the floor. King ranks 4th in the ACC in blocks (1.4…