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Young Leads Pitt Past West Virginia

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The Associated Press

Published: February 10, 2009

PITTSBURGH - Sam Young scored 20 points as No. 4 Pittsburgh seized the lead with a late first-half run and went on to beat rival West Virginia 70-59 on Monday night.

Young followed up a 22-point game in Pitt's 79-67 win at West Virginia two weeks ago, making seven of 12 shots and adding seven rebounds. Levance Fields had 13 points and seven assists to help the Panthers (22-2, 9-2 Big East) win their fourth in a row and sixth in seven games.

Alex Ruoff scored 17 points and Devin Ebanks 16, but West Virginia (16-8, 5-6) lost its sixth in seven games against ranked Big East teams even though Pitt's DeJuan Blair was in foul trouble most of the game. Blair finished with eight points and nine rebounds in 16 minutes.

Women's Games

N. CAROLINA 75, DUKE 60: Rashanda McCants scored 19 of her 22 points in the second half to help No. 8 North Carolina beat No. 4 Duke.

Jessica Breland added 14 points and a career-high 23 rebounds for the Tar Heels (21-3, 6-2 ACC).

Chante Black scored 13 points to lead Duke (19-3, 7-2) but missed 11 of 15 shots while facing constant double teams inside. The Blue Devils shot just 30 percent for the game.

MARYLAND 85, BC 81: Kristi Toliver scored 19 points with seven assists, picking up a loose ball and hitting a 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down in the final minute to lead No. 11 Maryland (19-4, 7-2 ACC) to a victory over Boston College (17-7, 5-4).

S. DAKOTA ST. 64, IUPUI 48: Maria Boever scored 19 points and Jennifer Warkenthien added 18 to help No. 23 South Dakota State (23-2, 12-1 Summit) beat IUPUI (12-12, 7-6) for its ninth straight win.

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