Pitt’s depth at guard will get another serious test Wednesday after coach Jeff Capel ruled senior guard Ishmael Leggett unavailable with a lower body injury for the game against California.
Senior guard Ishmael Leggett will miss today’s ACC home opener vs. Cal due to a lower body injury.
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Leggett will join Damian Dunn (hand injury) on the sideline for Pitt’s second ACC game of the season. The loss is significant for the short term — it is not considered serious — but the Panthers (10-2, 1-0) must look elsewhere for Leggett’s scoring punch and overall solid floor play. He is one of four players in the nation averaging at least 17 points (17.5), six rebounds (6.1), 2.5 assists (2.7) and 1.5 steals (1.7) per game.
Capel will turn to freshmen Brandin Cummings and Amsal Delalic against the Golden Bears (7-5, 0-1) to compensate for the loss of one his best players in Pitt’s first ACC game at Petersen Events Center.
Cummings (Lincoln Park) is averaging 7.7 points and 16.3 minutes per game after scoring 30 points against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 11. He has scored at least 10 points in four games while shooting 41.7% (15 of 36) from beyond the 3-point arc.
Delalic is averaging 4.2 and 16.2, with an overall 53.6 percentage (15 of 28) beyond the arc.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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