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Pitt snaps losing streak, edges Wake Forest 101-96 in 2 OTs

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:01 a.m. ET

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PITTSBURGH (AP) James Robinson scored 22 points, including five free throws in the final minute to seal it as Pittsburgh escaped with an ugly 101-96 double-overtime win over Wake Forest on Tuesday night.

Chris Jones scored a career-high 23 points for the Panthers before fouling out in the second overtime. Jamel Artis and Michael Young added 19 points apiece as Pitt (18-7, 7-6 ACC) ended a three-game losing streak and narrowly avoided a loss that would have put a severe blow into its hopes of making the NCAA tournament.

Cornelius Hudson led the Demon Deacons (10-16, 1-13) with 22 points and Bryant Crawford had 20 but Wake Forest dropped its 11th straight conference game and has now lost 23 consecutive road games in the ACC.

This was no classic. The teams slogged through the end of regulation and the first extra period before Pitt eventually pulled away.

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