No. 25 Pittsburgh 98, No. 5 West Virginia 95

Gilbert Brown and Ashton Gibbs made two free throws in the final 30 seconds and No. 25 Pittsburgh staged a frantic rally to tie it in regulation, then weathered three exhausting overtimes and West Virginia's own comeback to beat the No. 5 Mountaineers 98-95 on Friday night.

Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker scored 24 points each for Pitt (19-6, 8-4), which tied Georgetown and West Virginia for third place in the Big East by avenging a 19-point loss in Morgantown only 10 days before.

Da'Sean Butler had 32 points and 11 rebounds, but couldn't prevent the Mountaineers (19-5, 8-4) from losing their second in a row after they led by double digits for much of a game that featured a successive of momentum swings and missed chances.