Game 21: at Yale — The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Penn suffered its first Ivy loss of the season to Yale, 60-53, Friday night. With that, the Quakers ended their four-game winning streak and are now forced to get back on track in the Ancient Eight at Brown tomorrow.

As Alyssa waits the projected 2,346 minutes (not an exaggeration) for video of Jerome Allen’s press conference to load and as Jennifer continues (losing) her game of Hanging with Friends, we decided to make productive use of our time.

THE GOOD: Capitalizing on Turnovers. Granted, this was a little difficult for us to list as a positive for the Quakers. But we are optimistic people—and we settled on Penn’s ability to convert their turnovers into points. Yale had 17 turnovers and the Quakers were able to net 17 points as a result.

THE BAD: Shooting Percentage. While Allen harped on defensive play, it’s no secret that the Quakers struggled to sink their shots. Penn had a 37.9 shooting percentage and shot an astoundingly low 23.8 percent from behind the three-point line.

THE UGLY: The Final Minutes. Yale netted 10 unanswered points in the last five minutes of the game. At 4:57, the Quakers were up 53-50, but fell victim to some big momentum shifts in favor of Yale. Miles Cartwright’s missed a three pointer at 2:36, which set Greg Mangano up for his game-tying tres. With 1:23 remaining, Reggie Willhite stole the ball from Zack Rosen and teammate Michael Grace put the Bulldogs ahead for good, 55-53.