By any conventional metric, the matchup between Penn women's basketball and Princeton on Saturday was anything but aesthetically pleasing.

It was that very defense that held Princeton coach Courtney Banghart’s squad to 48 points as Penn women’s basketball downed the Tigers to open Ivy play, 50-48, at the Palestra on Saturday.

Penn basketball guard Antonio Woods has been declared ineligible for the remainder of the season.

On Tuesday, The Daily Pennsylvanian confirmed that Hicks had elected to play his final season at Louisville in 2016-17. We spoke to Hicks by phone Wednesday afternoon.

Tony Hicks, the former Penn basketball star who was slated to serve as a team captain in his final season with the Quakers before leaving the program in October, will transfer to Louisville.

For Penn women’s basketball, getting to Hawaii was more than just making sure they’ve got 35 tickets to paradise.

The Quakers used a solid defensive performance to grab a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter before holding off a late Rainbow Warriors' run in a 64-54 win.

The 80-45 win was the largest margin of victory for the Red and Blue since the 2005-06 season, when the then-Fran Dunphy-led Quakers demolished Cornell by 40

There was no trouble in paradise for Penn women’s basketball. Traveling to Laie, Hawaii, to take on BYU-Hawaii in the first of two contests on in the Aloha State, the Quakers led from start to finish on Thursday, downing the Seasiders, 73-41. Although both teams got off to a slow start offensively, the Red and Blue’s defense was absolutely stifling, holding BYU-Hawaii (4-5) to a paltry three points in the first quarter.

Against No. 17 Villanova, Penn was overwhelmed in the first half of a 77-57 loss and never fully recovered.

In the world of Philadelphia basketball, 33rd Street has belonged to Drexel since 2006. Following Tuesday evening, by the slimmest of margins, the road will remain Dragon territory.

It was business as usual for what is looking like a title-challenging team. Penn women’s basketball demolished a one-woman Wagner show Monday night, winning 78-50.

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In the wise words of Dorothy, there’s no place like home. And while Philadelphia may be not Kansas, no words have been truer in the crosstown matchup between Penn and Drexel women's basketball. Coming into Saturday’s edition of the Battle for 33rd Street, the home team had won the past five games.

Time for an encore. In its first Big 5 game of the season against La Salle, Penn basketball snapped out of a funk to capture its biggest win in several years.

Huge milestones do not come easily. Following a devastating loss to Saint Joseph’s last night, Penn women’s basketball is looking forward to a strong winter surge in preparation for a monumental game in January. After a very tight game, the Quakers (5-2) had their five game win streak snapped when the Hawks hit a go-ahead basket in the final minute and win the game 50-46. “We came up a little short,” head coach Mike McLaughlin said.

Philadelphia is known for a lot of things.