Men's Basketball
HALFTIME: Penn men's basketball trails Yale, 37-32
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. At halftime, Penn men’s basketball trails Ivy-League leading Yale by only five points as the Eli lead, 37-32.
Penn men's basketball takes down Brown in well-rounded effort, 79-74
They say basketball is a team sport. Penn basketball proved that axiom true on Friday, as they downed Brown, 79-74, in a well-rounded effort that featured five different players scoring in double figures.
Penn basketball looks to maintain hot streak against Yale, Brown
They say that the second time’s the charm.
McGinnis | Growth and adaptation on display for Penn basketball
Penn isn’t going to win the Ivy title. It was fairly apparent from before the season even started, and halfway through the Ivy slate it’s even more apparent.
Penn basketball splits weekend after win in Donahue homecoming at Cornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — Steve Donahue went back to Newman Arena on Saturday and walked away with another win — this time for a different team. The first-year Penn basketball coach returned to his old stomping grounds at Cornell as the Quakers handed the Big Red a 92-84 defeat just a day after falling at Columbia, 63-53.
Penn basketball outruns Cornell, 92-84 in Donahue's return
In the first-year Penn coach’s return to Cornell, where he coached for a decade, Penn defeated Cornell, 92-84, to give Donahue his first win against his former program.
Columbia's second-half run dooms Penn basketball
NEW YORK – Midway through the second half on Friday, despite having gone down by 11 after halftime, Penn basketball managed to whittle its deficit against Columbia down to a single point. That’s as close as the Quakers would get.
Steve Donahue returns to Ithaca as Penn basketball takes on Cornell
There’s nothing quite like catching up with old friends. This weekend, Penn basketball coach Steve Donahue will face off against Cornell — a team he coached for a decade — part of a back-to-back road set also featuring a trip to Columbia, which will be the Quakers’ third Ivy weekend of the season.
Roundtable | Which Penn team has the most important weekend ahead?
As the winter sports start to head down the final stretch, we discussed which Penn Athletics team has the most critical games this upcoming weekend.
How Penn basketball pulled off the sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth
Penn basketball swept Dartmouth and Harvard over the weekend at the Palestra. How did the Quakers manage to secure their first two Ivy wins of the season?
Penn basketball assistant Mihalich Jr. blazes his own trail
The mystique of Philadelphia college basketball has been well-documented – with the Palestra being named the nation’s most “Hallowed Hall” in a December 2014 NCAA.com feature – and that allure makes it quite difficult for local figures to stay away. For Penn men’s basketball, consider Joe Mihalich Jr. the latest victim.
Penn basketball takes down Harvard for first time in three years
Penn basketball, playing with newfound confidence, continued to move in the right direction by recording its second straight Ivy League win in a 67-57 thrashing of Harvard.
Penn Basketball picks up first Ivy win in triumph over Dartmouth
It took awhile, but the Quakers are on the board in the 14-game tournament. Penn defeated Dartmouth 71-64 at the Palestra on Friday night to notch their first Ivy League win of the season.
Harvard basketball looks at life without Siyani Chambers and Wesley Saunders
When Wesley Saunders’ final three-point attempt clanked out last March in the first round of the NCAA tournament the Crimson spotlight immediately shifted to Siyani Chambers.
Penn basketball craves first Ivy League win
It may not be a triumphant return of a beloved tradition, but the Red and Blue could sure use a triumph or two this weekend.
Jake Silpe makes his mark on Penn basketball
It was early March when Jake Silpe, in the midst of his second semester as a senior in high school, received some very unexpected news. Jerome Allen, the University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball head coach, had just been fired, with several games still left to play on the Quakers’ schedule. Allen had recruited Silpe to Penn, and once he signed his letter of intent, Silpe was fully under the assumption Allen would be his coach for his college basketball career.
Transfer athletes adjust to new life at Penn
Better late than never. For Penn Athletics, the timeless idiom has never been more true, as several transfer students have found their respective ways to 33rd Street and quickly made an impact on the Quakers’ athletic program.
Buchta | Penn basketball's youth movement is worth being excited for
Penn basketball was handed 23- and 6-point losses by Yale and Brown this weekend. And I was still excited by what I saw.
Quakers drop a tough one in Providence as freshmen step up
Behind 26 points, eight rebounds and five blocks from the 6-foot-9 superstar, the Bears held off a feisty Penn squad in a battle of the final two winless Ancient Eight squads, taking an early lead and holding on for a wild 89-83 win.