COL BKB: Pittsburgh 57, Washington St. 53 PITTSBURGH, March 28 (UPI) -- Lamar Patterson put Pittsburgh ahead with 1:22 left Wednesday and the Panthers held on to down Washington State 57-53 in the College Basketball Invitational. Pittsburgh deadlocked the best-of-three championship series at 1-1 and will host the deciding game Friday. Washington State won the opener on its home floor 67-66. The Panthers took a nine-point halftime lead, but the Cougars came back to tie it at 49-49 on a pair of foul shots from Reggie Moore with 1:41 remaining. Patterson then put Pittsburgh back in the lead with a jump shot and the Panthers stayed in front with a combined five free throws down the stretch from Patterson and Talib Zanna. Zanna came off the bench to lead Pittsburgh with 14 points while hitting all four of his field goal attempts. Patterson added 12 points for the Panthers (21-7), who finished 13th in the 16-team Big East Conference. Moore was the only player in double figures for Washington State with 18. The Cougars (19-17) wound up eighth in the Pacific-12 Conference.