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Orange top Pitt, now 20-0

By WKTV Sports/AP

Story Created: Jan 16, 2012 at 9:47 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jan 16, 2012 at 11:06 PM EDT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Dion Waiters had 16 points and Scoop Jardine had 12 points and 10 assists as No. 1 Syracuse beat Pittsburgh 71-63 on Monday night to open the season with 20 straight wins.

The Orange (20-0, 7-0 Big East) set a school record for most consecutive victories to start a season and it was win No. 876 for  coach Jim Boeheim, tying him with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky for
fourth place all-time in Division I.  Boeheim extended his Division I record for most 20-win seasons
to 34.

It was the seventh straight loss for Pittsburgh (11-8, 0-6). The Panthers were coming off a stunning 62-39 home loss to Rutgers last Wednesday, the fewest points they scored in a regulation game since a 53-30 loss to Temple in 1969.

Ashton Gibbs, Cameron Wright and Lamar Patterson all scored 10
points for Pitt, which had beaten Syracuse five straight times and
had won 13 of the past 16 meetings.
      

     

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