Call it a knack for winning, a productive chemistry, or, as Penn coach Fran Dunphy did, "a certain something." Whatever it is, the Penn men's basketball team had it tonight, just as it has all season. The Quakers (6-1, 1-0 Big 5) won yet another close game, this time 75-74 in overtime against Philadelphia rival Villanova (3-2, 0-2) at the Palestra. Penn is now 5-1 in games decided by 10 or fewer points. Adversity hit Penn like a prize fighter's uppercut tonight. Andrew Toole played with a stress fracture that could have turned into a full break at any second and will sit for the next month-and-a-half after he has surgery tomorrow. Adam Chubb, returning from a stress fracture of his own, looked lost on the court, committing three turnovers and three fouls in just four minutes. And with six minutes and 45 seconds remaining in regulation, three Quakers starters had four fouls.
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