A highly reputable source has told the Daily Pennsylvanian that Miles Cartwright, Henry Brooks, Tony Hicks, Darien Nelson-Henry and Steve Rennard were all suspended for Penn basketball’s game at Delaware on Dec. 21 after failing random drug tests.

After suspending five players at least a week ago, and with games against Butler and La Salle on the schedule in the next few weeks, this struggling 2-8 squad is going nowhere fast.

Like any good drama story, Penn men’s hoops leaves us with more questions than they do answers after falling to Delaware for the second time this season, 83-60.

The adrenaline the new guys brought was enough to afford the Quakers an early 10-point lead, but their energy faded down the stretch as the Blue Hens rolled to a 83-60 victory.

The Quakers were blitzed by Drexel’s high-powered offense from the outset, and the Dragons carried their first-half lead to a blowout victory, 77-50, Penn’s first loss since Nov. 18.

The Quakers coasted to a 54-40 win over LIU-Brooklyn on Sunday. The win was Penn’s fourth straight after beginning the season 0-3, marking the first time the Quakers have reeled off four consecutive victories since February 2005.

The Quakers showed off their depth in what amounted to a season preview for the Ivy League Champs in the Red vs. Blue Intrasquad Meet.

The men’s and women’s squads combined to post a total of 10 event victories at Friday’s Lehigh Invitational, with winning performances from both old and new faces.

Over winter break, the Quakers will leave the confines of the Palestra for four consecutive road games and try to remedy a winless record in away contests.

During the break, the Quakers will hope to improve their winning ways on the road and adjust to life playing back-to-backs.

After sustaining a season-ending LCL strain only eight bouts into a promising college career a season ago, Cobb was in an unfamiliar spot. Undeterred, he launched into preparations for this season with gusto.

On Friday, the women took on Columbia in each team’s third Ivy matchup of the year. Despite an energetic performance from Penn (2-2, 1-2 Ivy), Columbia (1-2, 1-2) pulled away at the end and handed the Quakers a 159-140 loss.

Instead of trying to save the day with big plays, Penn needs to slow it down and buy into the system. Nine games into the season, there’s no other choice.

Penn was never able to come back from an eight-point gap set by the Wildcats in the final seconds of the first frame, falling to Villanova, 68-55, in the Quakers’ first Big 5 matchup of the season.

The Quakers will host the Lions Friday afternoon at Sheerr Pool in their third Ivy League dual meet this season, after competing against Cornell and Princeton last month

Penn may be taking on LIU-Brooklyn this Sunday for the first time in school history, but for junior Alyssa Baron, the meeting will bring back some high school nostalgia.

After a close loss to Williams last Friday, the Quakers reverted back to their winning ways, resoundingly defeating Navy at the Ringe Squash Courts, 8-1.