North Carolina vs. Texas

December 19, 2009 by Justin Shulman

In the first ever basketball game at Cowboys stadium and forty-thousand people in attendance, Dexter Pittman was hard to miss.  His massive 290 pound frame standing close to seven feet tall recorded it's first double double of the season.  Pittman was a man among boys this afternoon.  In only 26 minutes of action against the big bodied front court from UNC, Dexter grabbed 15 rebounds and 12 on the offensive end.  An obvious habit of the big man is that he likes to bring the ball down after grabbing an offensive rebound.  This gives his defenders time to adjust and better position themselves.  In this game it didnt matter as Pittman connected on 9-16 fg attempts. Pittman has made great improvements with respect to establishing position on the blocks.  Dexter sealed off his man and got the ball in close so that he could make a quick power move or go to his patented right handed hook shot.  Almost all of Dexter's points come from inside five feet.  Some expanded range will make life in the paint a lot easier.

26 MINS, 9-16 FG, 15 REB, 2 BLK, 23 PTS