SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — No. 5 Syracuse is no longer unbeaten.

Ashton Gibbs scored 24 points and Jermaine Dixon added 21 to lead Pittsburgh to an 82-72 victory over the Orange. The loss dropped the number of major unbeaten teams to four, with other unbeatens scheduled to play later Saturday.

Pittsburgh (12-2, 2-0 Big East) has now beaten Syracuse (13-1, 1-1) the last four times it has visited the Carrier Dome.

After losing most of a nine-point second-half lead, the Panthers seized control with a 14-3 run. Gibbs scored five points and Dante Taylor added four to key the spurt. Two free throws by Taylor put Pitt ahead 60-47 with 8:33 left, and Syracuse couldn't recover.

Pitt has won five straight and five of six against top 5 teams. Coach Jamie Dixon moved past Bob Timmons and into second place in career wins at Pitt with 175.

Wes Johnson led Syracuse with 19 points and Scoop Jardine had 15.

The Panthers, the Big East's top defensive team at 55.9 points per game, held the league's top-scoring team 15 points below its average. Meanwhile, Pitt's highest point total was 74 coming into the game.

Syracuse shot 42.4 percent from the field on 28 of 66 shooting and was just 1 of 13 on 3-pointers. The Orange came into the game hitting 54.7 percent from the field.

Syracuse got into foul trouble in the second half as the Panthers repeatedly crashed the Orange's 2-3 zone defense. Syracuse was called for 19 personal fouls in the final 20 minutes, with Johnson getting his fourth foul with 7:53 remaining. Thirteen seconds later, Rick Jackson got his fourth, taking some of the spunk from two of Syracuse's key players.

Pittsburgh erased a three-point halftime deficit with a 16-4 run to start the second half. While the Orange missed three straight shots and committed three fouls, Brad Wanamaker scored six points and Jermaine Dixon hit a pair of 3s, the second giving the Panthers a 43-34 lead with 15:23 left.

Syracuse used a press to get back into it. Johnson converted two misses by Jardine to key an 8-1 surge that moved the Orange back within 46-44 at 11:18.

The Panthers used the long-range accuracy of Gibbs to stay close in the first half. Gibbs hit three 3-pointers in a span of just over 4 minutes to help lead Pitt back from a 20-10 deficit.

Gibbs and Dixon combined for 23 points in the opening half as Pitt left the floor at the break trailing 30-27.