In its first year in the ACC, SMU has already made NCAA history — but not in a good way. SMU blew a 32-point lead against Pitt in the teams’ first-ever meeting, eventually losing by double digits as the Panthers set a record for the largest Division I women’s basketball comeback in regulation.
SMU was up 46-14 on Pitt with 1:37 to play in the second quarter but fell apart as the Panthers closed out the game on a 58-13 spurt, including pitching a 28-0 shutout in the third quarter. The 32-point comeback is tied for the largest in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history; Texas State came back from a 40-8 deficit against UTSA in 2006, but needed overtime to secure the win.
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The visiting Mustangs got off to a hot start, scoring 32 points on 10-of-20 shooting in the first quarter while limiting the Panthers to one made field goal, ending the period up 32-7. The lead ballooned to 32, and a last-second 3-pointer kept SMU up 31 points heading into halftime.
However, the Panthers held the Mustangs scoreless in the third quarter, the first time an ACC team failed to score in a quarter since Florida State in 2018. SMU missed all 13 of its field-goal attempts in the period while…
