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Tony | Time to plan beyond Fran
Dougherty is averaging 20.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game in the first five games of this season. He’s playing all the roles for a team that still has plenty of casting to do. From beyond the arc, he’s nailed four three-pointers.
Penn basketball last-minute losers again
As the buzzer called the end of the game, Miles Cartwright’s last-second three-point heave fell short and Fordham handed Penn a 70-68 defeat in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament.Too soon to judge young Penn basketball team
It’s hard to make any generalizations about the Quakers four games into the season — no one can know how the young players are going to develop or how the team will gel.
Penn basketball falls to Drexel in Battle for 33rd Street
Penn fell to the Dragons, 61-59, in a game that the Quakers let slip out of their grasps as the clock wound down.
Penn basketball to face Drexel in 'Battle for 33rd Street'
The two geographic rivals will face each other at the Palestra after a one-year hiatus. Drexel took the contest in 2010, 77-56.
Wisniewski | Dougherty was the only bright spot in Penn loss
While it’s understandable for coach Jerome Allen to be frustrated by two losses in as many day, the improvement Fran Dougherty has made since last season is something the coach has to be pleased with, if he’ll admit to it or not.
Penn basketball falls again in second round of NIT Tip-Off Tournament
Penn fell to Fairfield 62-53 in a game in which the Quakers again failed to spread the wealth offensively. Fran Dougherty led the way for Penn with 31 points.
Red and Blue too sloppy in Tip-Off Tourney loss
It’s hard to land a punch when every swing is aimless. That’s what the Penn men’s basketball team found out Monday night in its 84-69 loss to Delaware as the Quakers hacked, hacked, hacked away to the tune of 31 fouls. If there was a triple bonus, Delaware would have been in it.
Delaware tops Penn basketball in NIT opener, 84-69
Fouls were the theme in Penn basketball’s dismal loss to Delaware in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Kasper | Cartwright leads Quakers’ ascent up learning curve
An entire season was wasting away before the eyes of the Palestra crowd Friday night, and it was a moment of truth for the Quakers. Would they accept defeat and admit they had lost too much talent to their last graduating class? Would their season end before it had even started?
Penn basketball storms back to win season debut
After a rough first half against UMBC, the young Penn team rallied back from a 22-point deficit to secure their first win of the season, 80-75.
Penn basketball tips off season vs. UMBC
For the second straight season, the Quakers will open their season against UMBC. Last year they took the contest, 59-45, in Catonsville, Md.Hoops Supplement | Ivy teams at a glance
Predicted to finish fifth in the Ancient Eight in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll, the Quakers will face challenges in every league matchup.Hoops Supplement | Where are they now?
It’s no surprise graduated Quakers have continued their professional playing careers abroad, where they are all doing what they love to do the most.Hoops Supplement | Big five preview
Per usual, the Quakers will take on the other four teams of the historic Philadelphia Big Five this season and the competition will be tough.Hoops Supplement | Penn's new faces
Jerome Allen and his staff bring in a talented four-man recruiting class this season and also return sophomore Greg Louis. With the loss of key seniors, these five players will have plenty of opportunity this season to show what they can do.
Hoops Supplement | Soisson: No top-level opponents? This season, no problem
Penn needs to be challenged, sure, but the young squad also needs confidence. A softer schedule gives the Quakers a shot at both.Hoops Supplement | Polykoff left alma mater for Penn
Polykoff, entering his first year as the volunteer assistant coach, comes to the Quakers following a highly successful five-year stint as head coach of local Friends’ Central School.
Hoops Supplement | New assistant coach Ira Bowman emerges a leader
On a team without any seniors, Bowman is in many ways a leader that his players can look up to not just as a source of authority, but also as a role model.