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Winter Break Preview | More blue than red to come
If Penn can't get a win on New Year's Eve against Duke or Dec. 28 against Davidson, the team will have recorded its longest losing streak ever to begin a season.
Seifter | Time ticking away for Miller
After the Quakers’ seventh consecutive loss this season, there’s no more room for excuses and sugar-coating.
Seventh loss Taylor-made
In Saturday night’s 80-75 loss to Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J., Hawks sophomore Travis Taylor torched the Quakers for a game-high 28 points as Penn fell to 0-7 on the year.
Knee-deep into fifth year
After a career junior year, nine minutes is all it took for Monmouth senior guard Whitney Coleman’s 2008-09 season to be over.
Killing two birds with one win
While Monmouth's 2-7 record is better than winless Penn’s, both teams will be desperate for a win Saturday as Penn travels to West Long Branch, N.J.Cohen | Yet another sober Miller time
It was pretty easy to figure out what Glen Miller thought had gone wrong in his team’s embarrassing 78-60 loss to Albany. In a word, defense.
Second half surge dooms Penn
Rob Belcore's coast-to-coast layup after halftime was a glimmer of hope that Penn might finally obtain its elusive first win of the season. Not so fast.
Penn still winless after sixth loss
Albany came into its first ever game at the Palestra on a three-game losing streak, but the Great Danes snapped their skid with an easy 78-60 win over the Quakers.
Evading the dog house
The men’s basketball team is in danger of ending the fall semester without a victory for the first time since 2000. The Quakers have only two more opportunities before they take a two-week break .
Cohen | Miller's time to adjust
During the postgame press conference after a loss at Navy, Penn basketball coach Glen Miller was the picture of civility.Fanaroff | No crutch to count on in clutch
The story of the Navy game — and in large part the season — was Penn's inability to take control of the game when the margin gets close.
No sunk free throws sinks Penn
Behind 21 points and 12 rebounds from sophomore guard Jordan Sugars, Navy fought out a rugged 73-67 win over Penn tonight at the US Naval Academy's Alumni Hall.Opponent spotlight | From Nigeria to the U.S. Navy
O.J. Avworo lived in Warri, Nigeria until age six, when his parents decided that Nigeria, with its conflict and political instability, did not offer the best opportunity for their children to get an education.
Penn ships off in search of first win
Hoping to break out of their early-season funk, the Quakers will travel to Annapolis, Md., tomorrow to take on Navy (3-4).Milne | Great Scot: first exposure to hoops at Philly Classic
Stuart Milne headed to the Palestra this weekend for his first taste of college hoops.Ivy Hoops Notebook | Lin lights up Boston University
The Crimson were looking to beat Boston University Saturday for the first time in eight years and the first time in Case Gym since 1975 (though they’ve only played 10 games in Boston since then).Seifter | Drexel boosts Bruised ego
To get his program the respect it craves, Drexel coach Bruiser Flint has taken to making his statements on the court to force people to pay attention.
Drexel defeats Penn for 3rd straight year
Drexel pulled away in the second half to defeat Penn for its first victory, 58-49.
Battle missing bite
After dropping a double-overtime heartbreaker to Delaware Saturday, the Quakers (0-3) will set out for redemption tonight against Drexel (0-3).