Penn men's basketball secures No. 4 seed in Ivy Tournament with thrilling 75-72 win over Harvard
The NCAA Tournament may not start for more than a week, but the madness has already begun.
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The NCAA Tournament may not start for more than a week, but the madness has already begun.
This one was tough.
Penn sprint football may still be celebrating its 2016 undefeated championship season, but defending its title will be a little different due to recent changes made by the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL).
“The first time I played her was when we were both nine years old,” sophomore Reeham Salah recalled. “We both just started getting into squash, so I won that match in three games, but it was tight from the beginning.”
Coming into the season, Penn’s starting front court of Michelle Nwokedi and Sydney Stipanovich got most of the attention. And rightfully so — the pair led the Ivy League in rebounding and were both near the top in scoring. And while both have been been brilliant once again this season, it was actually their back up who did the most damage this weekend.
Coming in as the Ivy League’s only remaining undefeated team, Penn certainly looked the part on Friday night, as the Quakers led for all but two minutes of the game in their 64-54 victory over Columbia. The star of the night was certainly Princess Aghayere, but several other players also stepped up with solid outings. Check out the stars of the game and other takeaways below.
On Tuesday, Penn men’s basketball will face off against rival Princeton in the Palestra for the first time during Penn’s school year since 2012. The game will celebrate the Palestra’s 90th anniversary, as it will be the schools’ 236th meeting with each other. But before the Quakers and Tigers tip off in Tuesday’s crazily anticipated matchup, take a look back at the last time the teams met during the school year in the rivalry’s 225th edition.
As we get deeper into the second semester, we’ve started to get a firm grasp on the true makeup of Penn’s winter sports teams. Though there unquestionably is still time for certain teams to flip the script, we’ve already seen enough from most squads to judge whether they’re contenders or pretenders at this point. With that said, our sports editors take to the roundtable to debate: which Penn winter team has exceeded expectations the most so far:
Penn men’s basketball showed up big tonight, leading for all but a few seconds in its 77-74 victory over Big 5 rival La Salle. The Explorers gave the Quakers a scare in the game’s final minutes, but the Red and Blue made just enough plays to escape Tom Gola Arena with a win and end their four-game losing streak.
Both Penn men’s and women’s basketball are 0-3 in Big 5 play thus far, with the men’s matchup at La Salle tonight and the women’s hosting of Temple representing each team’s final chance at snagging a Big 5 win.
Seeking its first win over Villanova since the 2001-2002 season, this was a game Penn women's basketball wanted badly.
Penn women's basketball knows the road to an Ivy League championship goes through Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. After all, it was in that very building that the Quakers won the Ivy title last year and officially punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament.
Trust The Process.”
With leads late in both the fourth quarter and overtime, it was the Quakers’ game for the taking. Unfortunately for Penn women’s basketball, La Salle had other plans.
Penn places a heavy emphasis on diversity in admissions, but according to a newly released study, undergraduates are far from socioeconomically diverse.
When Penn and Villanova face off on Tuesday, most eyes will be watching the scoreboard to see if the Quakers can somehow compete with the defending national champions.
Counting the three games this year, Penn women’s basketball has played 62 games in the past three seasons. Only one player from Penn has started each and every one of those 62 games. And no, it isn’t reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Sydney Stipanovich or reigning first team All-Ivy selection Michelle Nwokedi. Well who can it be then? The correct answer is actually 5-foot-9 junior guard Anna Ross.
With just two games left this season against Columbia and Cornell, Penn’s season is almost over. But in many ways, these last two games are just the end of a beginning for a very young and talented team.
And then there was one.
The season might not be over, but one thing is clear. Up until this point, Penn has been the best team in the Collegiate Sprint Football League.