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The Penn women's basketball team suffered a major loss against Villanova 66-26. Nova #4 Siobhan O'Connor Penn #2 Sarah Bucar Credit: Mustafa Al-ammar , Mustafa Al-ammar

Some coaches use an embarrassing loss as a motivator for a downtrodden squad. Other coaches scrutinize every last detail of the debacle on videotape to help discourage a repeat performance.

Then there's selective amnesia.

Following a thumping 66-26 defeat at Villanova on Saturday, Penn women's basketball seems to be leaning toward the latter option: removing the blowout from its mental filing system altogether.

"I'm not even interested in watching the tape. That day's done," said coach Pat Knapp. "I'd much rather win than pout."

The Quakers shot 24 percent from the floor en route to their lowest point total in over 25 years.

"We didn't talk at all on the bus," point guard Sarah Bucar said. "You just have to let it go and move on."

Excused Absence? Leading scorer Carrie Biemer was conspicuously held out of action for much of Saturday's loss, playing only 13 minutes despite being the Quakers' only consistent offensive threat this season.

"Didn't ask, don't care," Biemer said of her sparse playing time. "I don't try to question [Knapp's] subbing practices."

Knapp attributes the decision to a combination of factors, including Biemer's two early fouls - though starting guard Anca Popovici logged 24 minutes despite her four fouls.

It's also possible that Knapp was desperate to try anything while he was facing such a deficit.

"We couldn't guard anybody," he said, "so we tried many different combinations."

However, Knapp did leave most of his other regulars in the game even once it was out of hand.

"I think at the end of the game, he wanted the offense executed," reasoned Bucar, who was scoreless in 38 minutes. "But I personally didn't do anything for us to win that game."

Speaking of defense. As dreadful as the Penn offense was on Saturday, the team's porous defense is of equal concern.

The Wildcats converted 13 of their 27 three-point attempts, good for a stellar 48 percent clip from beyond the arc.

"They shot amazingly from the three-point line," said Bucar. "You can't lose to a team by 40, though. They're not 40 points better than us."

"We better play defense with a lot more energy than we did the other day," said Knapp.

The team doesn't need video evidence to recognize that.

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