It was not the way Penn's three seniors wanted to remember their final regular season game.
Despite a Tim Begley buzzer-beating tip-in to send the game into overtime, the Quakers (17-10, 10-4 Ivy) fell to Princeton (20-7, 13-1) in the extra frame, 76-70, in front of 8,722 fans at the Palestra.
"We didn't trust in our teammates enough and we panicked a little bit," Penn coach Fran Dunphy said.
Penn led 31-29 heading into half-time thanks to another last-second Begley shot -- this time a three-pointer with five seconds left.
But the Tigers battled back in the second half and took a 58-56 lead with 3:19 remaining off a Scott Greenman three. Princeton maintained this lead until the very end of regulation.
Penn had the ball and called a timeout with 15 seconds left in regulation, trailing 61-59.
The Quakers ran a set play in which freshman guard Ibby Jaaber set up junior guard Eric Osmundson for a baseline jumper to tie the game. Osmundson's shot was no good, as was senior center Adam Chubb's put-back layup. However, Begley was able to tip in the Chubb miss with .6 seconds left, tying the game at 61.
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