MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Kevin Pittsnogle received a surprise start when D'or Fischer came down with the flu. He left Pittsburgh with a sick feeling before the night was over. Pittsnogle scored a career-high 27 points, including eight in overtime, as West Virginia knocked off Big East Conference arch-rival No. 15 Pittsburgh, 83-78 in overtime, for the first time in four years.

After the Panthers' Chris Taft scored the first hoop of the extra session, Tyrone Sally hit a 3-pointer for the Mountaineers before Pittsnogle converted a three-point play and a shot from the arc to build a 73-66 lead with two minutes left.

West Virginia's last win against Pittsburgh was a 69-68 victory at the WVU Coliseum in the 2000-01 season. The Mountaineers leads the series, which dates back to 1905, 89-77.

The Mountaineers (13-7, 3-6 Big East) won this game at the 3-point line. After missing 15 of 17 in the first half, they went 9-of-20 after intermission.

In regulation, West Virginia took a 64-62 lead with 22 seconds left when Johannes Herber scored on a six-footer in the lane. But Pittsburgh's Chevy Troutman tipped in a miss by Antonio Graves, who missed a lefthanded layup with 3.7 seconds left, to send the game into overtime. Pittsnogle made 10-of-17 from the floor and Sally scored 19 points for the Mountaineers, who had lost six of their last seven games. Troutman scored 25 points and Carl Krauser added 14, a career-high 15 assists and eight rebounds for Pittsburgh (15-4, 5-3), which had won its last three games and had its five-game winning streak against West Virginia snapped.

Troutman scored nine points and the Panthers held the Mountaineers to 29 percent shooting (9-of-31) in the first half as Pittsburgh opened up a 30-23 lead.

GAME NOTES

*Carl Krauser finished with a near triple-double with 14 points, a career-high 15 assists and eight rebounds. His 15 assists ranked as the second-best game assists total in school history. The record is 16 held by Bob Shrewsbury vs. South Carolina on Feb. 14, 1976. He was the only player on the floor to play the entire 45 minutes. With his 14 points on the evening, Krauser now has scored 988 career points at Pittsburgh and needs just 12 points to become the 33rd player in school history to surpass 1,000-career points.

*West Virginia became the first Big East team to score 70-plus points vs. Pittsburgh. Previously, Pitt held eachof its first seven Big East opponents under 70 points.

*The contest was Pittsburgh's second overtime game. Pitt dropped to 1-1 in overtime contests after winning in overtime 66-63 at Rutgers.

*The loss snapped Pittsburgh's five game win streak in its series against West Virginia. It also snapped Pitt's three game win streak vs. West Virginia in the WVU Coliseum. Pitt also dropped to 6-21 all-time at WVU Coliseum.

*The loss ended Pitt's three-game win streak.

*Chevon Troutman scored 25 points. It was his ninth career 20-plus point game.

*West Virginia hit 13 three-pointers. The 13 threes were the most converted against Pitt this season. Both Georgetown and Penn State each hit 11 vs. the Panthers in their respective games.

*Kevin Pittsnogle's 27 points were the most scored by an opposing player against Pitt this season.

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