Malik Reneau's 28 help Miami rally past Pitt

Field Level Media|published: Tue 30th December, 21:57 2025

NCAA Basketball: ESPN Events Invitational Consolation game-Miami (FL) at Georgetown

Nov 28, 2025; Kissimmee, FL, USA; Miami (FL) Hurricanes forward Malik Reneau (5) reacts to the beach after being subbed out against the Georgetown Hoyas in the second half during the ESPN Events Invitational at State Farm Field House. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Malik Reneau scored a season-high 28 points to lead host Miami to a 76-69 victory over Pitt in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Tuesday.

Reneau, who sat out the final 7:32 of the first half because of foul trouble, shot 8 of 13 from the field and made all 10 of his free-throw attempts for his 10th 20-point game this season.

Tre Donaldson scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and Tru Washington added 11 points for the Hurricanes (12-2, 1-0), who won their seventh straight game and improved to 10-0 at home.

The Hurricanes didn't claim their first ACC win last season until Feb. 1, when they defeated Notre Dame 63-57 to snap a 10-game losing streak.

Cameron Corhen scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead a balanced effort for Pittsburgh (7-7, 0-1), which owned a 10-point lead two minutes into the second half. Barry Dunning Jr. added 16 points and Damarco Minor contributed 14.

Shelton Henderson's layup gave Miami a 25-15 lead at the 9:31 mark of the first half, but the Panthers ran off 20 unanswered points over a 6:09 span to seize control. Dunning's 3-pointer with 3:14 remaining gave Pitt a 35-25 lead.

Corhen's free throw with 1:42 left gave the Panthers their largest lead of the half at 40-27. Minor's 3-pointer with 27 seconds made it 43-31 before the Hurricanes got to 43-33 at the break on Washington's layup at the buzzer.

Miami opened the second half on a 13-2 spurt that erased its 10-point halftime deficit. Donaldson's layup gave the Hurricanes a 48-45 lead with 13:23 to play.

The teams kept trading the lead and neither could build more than a 4-point edge until Donaldson's 3-pointer with 3:19 remaining increased Miami's lead to 69-63.

Minor answered with two free throws, but Donaldson cashed a jumper and Reneau sank a 3-pointer with 38 seconds to go.

The Hurricanes overcame 4-of-22 shooting from 3-point range by making 20 of 26 free throws. They also outrebounded the Panthers 43-28.

After making 5 of 12 3-point attempts in the first half, the Panthers shot 1 of 13 from behind the arc in the second half.

--Field Level Media

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