Pitt’s women’s basketball game Thursday against Boston College at Petersen Events Center has been postponed following a positive test, and subsequent quarantining and contact tracing, within the Panthers’ team.
In accordance with COVID-19 protocols, the Panthers’ next three games — North Carolina on Jan. 3, at Louisville on Jan. 7 and Clemson on Jan. 10 — have also been postponed.
The ACC’s announcement came just five minutes before the contest between Pitt and Boston College was set to tip off, with the teams taken off the court during warmups once the development arose.
In the meantime, the Panthers will be adhering to the conference’s COVID-19 protocols, which were outlined by the ACC’s medical advisory group. Players and those in close contact with the team in high-risk sports such as basketball are tested three times a week. Those involved in indoor high-risk sports must be tested on nonconsecutive days. Those individuals have to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen test within 48 hours of the conclusion of a game and are administered a PCR test within three calendar days prior to a game. While in-season, any member of the team must quarantine for 24 hours after returning to campus following a break of three days or more.
Thursday’s postponement is Pitt’s first of the season and comes three days after the school’s men’s basketball team had a Tuesday matchup at Duke postponed, marking its first interruption of the season. That postponement came following a positive test within the program.
The Panthers’ women’s team, in its third season under head coach Lance White, is 3-3 overall and 1-2 in ACC play.
Craig Meyer: cmeyer@post-gazette.com and Twitter @CraigMeyerPG
First Published: December 31, 2020, 8:22 p.m.
