Meta note: In an effort to get game recap posts out more quickly, I will no longer be doing film study segments in each game takeaways post. Instead, I’ll be doing separate film study posts once or twice weekly with analysis of Pitt’s games for the week. This week’s post will include clips from the Robert Morris, West Virginia, and Monmouth games.

Onto the basketball. After another brutal first half, the Panthers buckled down and held off the Monmouth Hawks, ultimately winning by a final score of 63-50 at the Petersen Events Center.

Following their poor shooting effort in the second half of the game against West Virginia on Friday, Pitt’s offense sputtered in the first half against Monmouth, as well. The problems started right at the top, with Xavier Johnson. After he committed three turnovers in the first six minutes of the game, Johnson was replaced by sophomore walk-on Onyebuchi Ezeakudo.

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