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Sugar Rodgers scored 28 points to lead No. 19 Georgetown over Pittsburgh 82-54 on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.
The Hoyas (8-2, 1-0) used aggressive defense to run away from the Panthers (4-5, 0-1) early. Georgetown went on a 19-1 spurt to take a 26-7 lead with 8:38 left in the first half. The Panthers' only point in that span of 8:43 came on Leeza Burdgess' free throw.
Pitt shot just 6 of 34 in the first half and 26.7 percent for the game.
Taylor Brown and Tia Magee each added 12 points for the Hoyas, with Magee pulling down seven rebounds.
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Asia Logan led Pitt with 15 points, while Brianna Kiesel had 11 and Burdgess scored 10.
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