Peterson rescinds his commitment to Tigers
Jeff Peterson, a 6-foot point guard out of Hyattsville, Md., has withdrawn his commitment to play basketball at Princeton next year and reopened his recruitment, according to the highly regarded recruiting Web site scout.com.
Now that Peterson, who attended the same high school as Penn senior Stephen Danley, may be out of the picture, the only remaining members of Joe Scott's Class of 2011 are 6-6 forward Kareem Maddox of Oak Park, Calif. and 6-5 wing Jason Liberman from Rosyln Heights, N.Y.
No details are known about where Peterson may end up.
- Andrew Scurria
Boston's effort in N.Y. earns qualifying mark
After competing alone in Cornell's Upstate Challenge on Saturday, Penn senior captain Shani Boston earned a provisional NCAA qualifying mark in the pentathlon.
Boston set personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles, the high jump and the shot put.
The Quakers' next competition will take place next weekend at the Penn State Open.
- A.S.
Jaaber's 27 earn Ivy League weekly honors
Penn senior Ibrahim Jaaber garnered Ivy League Player of the Week honors for the eighth time in his career yesterday on the strength of his performance against La Salle on Thursday.
He shared the award with Mark McAndrew of Brown, who dropped 27 points in the second half of the Bears' weekend win over Yale.
Jaaber played all 40 minutes against the Explorers, scoring 27 points and nearly notching a double-double with nine assists. He also grabbed four rebounds and a pair of steals. Jaaber leads the Ivies in steals per game and assists. - A.S.
