PITTSBURGH (WTVD) -- Pitt freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel set a freshman school record by passing for 423 yards as the Panthers routed N.C. State, 53-34, on Saturday afternoon.

Heintschel completed 28 of 48 for three scores, including an 84-yard strike to Blue Hicks in the third quarter that blew it open.

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"Mason's making plays and guys are going to rally around those guys that make them look good," Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said.

Hicks finished with four receptions for 120 yards. Kenny Johnson added seven catches for 112 yards and a 10-yard score late in the second quarter, in which he shook off a tackle, spun, and then fended off a Wolfpack defender while diving across the pylon. Johnson, who absorbed a hit to his right shoulder as he scored, did not play in the second

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