* Wagner's win was its first over a ranked opponent since besting #15 Alabama 86-74 on November 24, 1978 and the first over a BIG EAST team since beating Rutgers 80-78 on December 16, 1995.

* The victory also was the first-ever win by a Northeast Conference (NEC) opponent against Pitt, snapping a 70-game Panther winning streak against the NEC and the first by a league member since Fairleigh Dickinson defeated Seton Hall 76-71 on November 18, 2006.

* The Seahawks are now 3-24, all-time against the BIG EAST, and had lost 13-straight to the BCS conference since the aforementioned victory over the Scarlet Knights.

* Wagner is now 1-1, all-time, against Pitt while avenging an 87-61 loss to the Panthers in the First Round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

* The Seahawks, however, are 3-0, all-time, in the Peterson Events Center having previously won games against Georgetown (KY) and Chicago State in the 2003 Pittsburgh Holiday Hoops Classic.

* The win is just the third-ever by a non-conference team over Pitt in the Peterson Events Center since it opened in the 2002-2003 season. All-time, the Panthers are now 156-14 overall and 91-3 against non-conference opponents in the venue. Additionally, it was just the third loss for Pitt in their past 115 non-league home games.

* Wagner head coach Dan Hurley improved to 8-7, all-time, against Pitt – spanning his days as a player at Seton Hall (3-4), an assistant at Rutgers (4-3) and as a head coach for the Seahawks (1-0).

* The win is the first by the NEC against a BCS conference this year after the league dropped its first 25 games this year.

* The Wagner defense clamped down on Pitt, limiting the Panthers to a season-low 54 points. It is also the lowest scoring output since recording just 51 in a five-point loss to Notre Dame on January 23, 2011.

* Adam Amin provided play-by-play in tonight's ESPNU broadcast and will also bring the action of Seahawks next ESPNU broadcast on Saturday, January 21 at 7:00 pm when Wagner hosts defending NEC Champion Long Island.

* The Seahawks improved to 6-1 in televised games.

* The victory also gives the Green & White a 7-2 non-conference record, matching the best non-conference record (7-2) since joining the NEC in the 1981-1982 season.

* Wagner forced Pitt into a season-low 39.6 percent shooting from the floor, marking the sixth-straight game the Seahawks have held the opposition to under 40 percent shooting from the floor.

* Wagner has not lost back-to-back games all year and improved to 8-1 when leading at the half and with five minutes to play. The Seahawks also did not trail after taking the lead with 5:57 to play in the opening stanza.

* Pitt committed 18 turnovers and had 10 assists. It was Panthers lowest assist:turnover ratio (minus-8) in a game since it committed 22 turnovers on 10 assists (minus-12)  in a 65-64 overtime win against Duke on Dec. 20, 2007.

* Sophomore Latif Rivers (Elizabeth, NJ / Avon Old Farms (CT)) scored all of his game-high 18 points in the second half. Additionally, he converted all six of his free throws in the game's final minute. He is now 17-for-18 (.944) in the final minute of games this year.

* Rivers also scored 10 of the Seahawks' first 12 points after halftime.

* Sophomore Kenneth Ortiz (Newark, NJ / Science Park / Southern Mississippi) was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor in the first half and finished with 12 points and a career-best seven assists, against just three turnovers, in 35 minutes.

* Senior Tyler Murray (Toronto, Canada / Eastern Commerce) was 3-of-5 from long range while recording double-figures for the 45th time in 48 games.

* Junior Jonathon Williams (Richmond, CA / Kennedy / CC of San Francisco) led all rebounders with nine caroms.

* Wagner has now won the turnover battle for the ninth-straight game and 10th time overall over the first 11 games of the year. The Seahawks entered the game ranked 16th nationally.

* The Green & White held Pitt leading scorer Ashton Gibbs to 14 points on just 5-of-16 shooting, including forcing the senior guard to misfire on all seven first-half attempts.

* For the game, the Panthers went just 2-of-15 (.133) from beyond the arc, including 1-of-10 (.100) in the second half.

* Wagner has forced each one of its last nine opponents into less than 40 percent shooting from long range after failing to do so once in the first three games. Addtionally, over the last six games the opposition is shooting just 27.6 percent (24-87) from long range.

* The game was the first for the Seahawks in the last 13 days. The Green & White will next participate in the Cable Car Classic (Santa Clara, CA) on December 29-30. It is Wagner's first in-season tournament ... since the Pittsburgh Hoops Classic in December of 2003.