KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) β Stasha Carey scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds Saturday as Pittsburgh defeated Chattanooga 51-40 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, snapping the Mocs’ 25-game winning streak.
Pittsburgh (20-11), the No. 10 seed in the Spokane Region, will play Monday against the winner of Saturday’s first-round game between No. 2 seed Tennessee and No. 15 seed Boise State.
Chattanooga, which never led, has eight straight NCAA Tournament losses since beating Rutgers in a 2004 first-round game. The seventh-seeded Mocs (29-4) shot a season-low 26.2 percent (17 of 65) to fall for the first time since a 57-52 loss at Arkansas State on Dec. 1.
The victory continued a surprising season for Pittsburgh, which was picked to finish last in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Jasmine Joyner had 10 points and nine rebounds for Chattanooga before fouling out. Brianna Kiesel had 13 points for Pittsburgh.
