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WASHINGTON (AP) Cameron Johnson scored a career-high 24 points off the bench as Pittsburgh strengthened its NCAA resume by fending off a late run to beat Syracuse 72-71 in the second round of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday.
Johnson and Ryan Luther helped Pitt's bench outscore Syracuse's 39-10 to finish a season sweep and deal a significant blow to the Orange's NCAA Tournament hopes.
After the game was delayed 13 minutes because of shot-clock malfunctions, Pitt (21-10) came back from a cold-shooting start and took over. Syracuse cut its deficit to one point, but Trevor Cooney missed a 3 just before the buzzer.
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Michael Gbinije led Syracuse (19-13) with 24 points.
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