Game 27- Dartmouth: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

After some delay (I had quite the trek home and Cal has no internet connection) and even more anticipation, I present the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from Penn's final away game of the 2010-11 season.

The Good: The Quakers' second-half energy. Even two days later, two plays stick out in my head. 1- Miles Cartwright's and-1 layup about two minutes into the second frame. When the foul whistle was called as his basket went in, it was clear that the Red and Blue finally had their groove back. They were happy, energetic and excited. Interestingly, the five guys on the floor were the original starters of the Ivy season — Cartwright, Jack Eggleston, Zack Rosen, Tyler Bernardini and Conor Turley. Speaking of Turley, the second play that sticks out is his monster dunk. A few minutes later, as the Quakers were still chipping away at Dartmouth's lead, Turley grabbed the rim, hung on, pulled up, and hung on a little longer. Questionable call for a senior leader (he was called for a technical), but his team needed to keep that momentum going.

The Bad: Penn's bench production. In total, it only scored 10 points, six of which came from Turley. Ten minutes into the game, coach Allen pulled his starters and cycled through an assortment of eight bench players. Together they tallied 57 minutes. With the exception of Turley, the bench went 2-for-7 from the field.

The Ugly: Starter Mike Howlett's line for the night. After Noah Rosenstein praised Howlett for his roadtrip at Brown and Yale, this weekend's trip wasn't quite as successful for the junior. In 11 minutes, he had zero points (off zero attempts), three fouls and three turnovers Saturday. After Turley's big game, can Howlett hang onto the starting spot Tuesday against Princeton?