Pittsburgh ? No matter what defense Pitt tried against Chris Quinn, no matter what defender was used against him, he made shots – some from beyond the NBA’s three-point range. But on a night no lead was safe against Notre Dame and its Quinn-led comebacks, what proved the Irish’s undoing was their inability to hold one of their few leads.

Ronald Ramon hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 15 seconds left in the second overtime, and No. 22 Pittsburgh withstood Quinn’s 37 points and frantic Notre Dame rallies at the end of regulation and the first overtime for a 100-97 victory Wednesday night.

“We could have folded a half-dozen times and said it wasn’t our night, but we never did,” said a drained and disappointed Mike Brey, the Notre Dame coach. “I just wish we could have gotten him a win.”

The Irish almost did, improbably, in a game they trailed by nine points in the final 45 seconds of regulation and seven points with a minute left in the first overtime.

“It’s hard to say you played good defense when somebody scores 37 points, but I thought we did,” Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. “I’m sure I’ll see that guy scoring in my head the rest of the night. The guy made some unbelievable shots.”

Pittsburgh's Carl Krauser goes to the basket against Notre Dame's Chris Quinn during the first half of their Big East Conference showdown. No. 22 Pitt pulled out a 100-97, double-overtime victory Wednesday in Pittsburgh.

Aaron Gray scored a career-high 25 points, and Carl Krauser added 21 points before fouling out late in regulation, but it was freshman Sam Young who did much of unbeaten Pitt’s important scoring. He had only two points until late in the second half, but finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds as Pitt opened a season 12-0 for only the fifth time.

Levance Fields, another freshman who took over the offense after Krauser fouled out, scored 11 points.

“It was just a classic college basketball game,” Krauser said. “And our young guys came through.”

Quinn, a senior, scored 30 of his 37 points after halftime, including a remarkable 16 consecutive Irish points late in the second half. Notre Dame, which came in on a seven-game winning streak, rallied to tie it at 77 on two late three-pointers by Colin Falls.

And, if one comeback wasn’t enough, Quinn then hit a three-pointer and a driving layup in the final 18 seconds of the first overtime to force another five minutes in the Big East Conference opener for both teams. The Irish (9-3) took advantage of Pitt’s 8-of-15 free-throw shooting in the first overtime to surge from behind.

Quinn was 6-of-9 from three-point range while going 13-of-23 overall and made all five free throws. He has 62 points in his last two games at Pitt, both losses.

No. 4 Memphis 83, Middle Tennessee 50

Memphis, Tenn. – Joey Dorsey scored 14 points on 7-for-7 shooting and had nine rebounds and six blocks to lead the Tigers to a commanding victory.

Memphis (12-2) rebounded from Monday’s 69-58 loss to No. 15 Texas. The Tigers’ other loss was to No. 1 Duke in the Preseason NIT championship game.

Rodney Carney led Memphis with 19 points, while Antonio Anderson had 13 and Robert Dozier 12.

Marcus Morrison had 11 points for Middle Tennessee (7-5), which shot 32 percent and had 25 turnovers.

Fats Cuyler, the Blue Raiders’ leading scorer with a 14.2 average, was held to three points.

No. 14 Maryland 99, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 73

College Park, Md. – Nik Caner-Medley scored a season-high 23 points, and Chris McCray added 16 to lead the Terrapins to their sixth straight victory.

It was the 29th consecutive non-conference home victory for the Terrapins (11-2), who closed the first half with a 23-5 run to go up 48-30.

Chris Daniels scored 18 points, and Aaron White had 15 for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10-5), which was 10-for-26 from three-point range and committed 24 turnovers.

No. 20 G. Washington 72, Temple 60

Philadelphia – Maureece Rice scored 14 points, and Mike Hall had 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Colonials in the Atlantic 10 Conference opener for both teams.

Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Danilo Pinnock each added 12 points for George Washington (9-1), which has won four in a row over the Owls.

Mardy Collins had 19 points, and Antywane Robinson added 13 for Temple (6-5).