Miles Cartwright lofted a perfect inbounds pass with 1.5 seconds on the clock in overtime to Fran Dougherty under the basket, who got the alley-oop layup to give the Quakers a 61-59 victory over Columbia. SILCOX: Doc, at the buzzer

The last five minutes between Penn and Cornell saw lead change after lead change, with each respective fan group rising and falling with the arc of the basketball. In the end, it was the Quakers fans who had reason to celebrate, seeing the game effectively put away as Zack Rosen and Miles Cartwright hit huge three pointers back to back.

The Quakers went 2-5 in the first cycle of Ivy play, losing by an average of 15 points in those losses.Those games, however, are over and done with — and now it’s time to give the Ivy League another go around.

Penn will compete at the Towson Invitational against Ivy rival Cornell, Ursinis and host Towson, which takes place in Towson, Md.

When the Quakers host Cornell and Columbia this weekend — two teams that Penn defeated on the road five weeks ago — they understand that Round Two will have a much different look. What happened last time has no bearing come Friday.

Despite just missing out on playing in the A Division tournament, the Quakers will be the favorites entering the tournament that consists of the ninth to 16th nationally ranked teams.

It is a shame that strides to increase student attendance at basketball games were trivialized by Eli Cohen in a column yesterday, where he unfairly criticized Penn students and the Red and Blue Crew with many unfounded claims.

Saturday, Penn wrestling will travel to the Garden State to take on Ivy rival Princeton on its Senior Day in the Quakers’ last regular season tune-up before the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships.

Penn’s ticketing and digital products are joining the 21st century. This week, Penn Athletics and its content provider, NeuLion, announced a multi-year contract extension, which will include a bevy of new services.

One area of fandom at Penn has taken a decisive turn for the worse. Heckling, jeering and yelling at opposing teams is at an all-time low in terms of ingenuity and taste.

After suffering a boxing injury while in the Navy, Randy LaMaster turned to fencing as an alternative combat sport. What started as a hobby soon became a career for the current assistant coach of Penn’s fencing team.

While every little league baseball player may dream of someday playing for his favorite team, very few reach that ultimate goal. But Penn baseball alum Paul Cusick is on his way to doing just that.

“Watch me get in.” This mantra has propelled the women’s basketball team’s newest recruit, Rayne Connell, to come to Penn.

In the midst of a rare two-week home stretch, the Penn men’s basketball team will remain at the Palestra this weekend to face Ivy foes Cornell and Columbia.

Five-time Serbian national fencing champion Mickey Zeljkovic was introduced to the wheelchair version of his sport as a coach in his home country and it has become his passion.

Thrust into the starting lineup after senior Jess Knapp went down with a knee injury, Allen has grabbed hold of her opportunity and never let go.

After wrestling almost exclusively at 197 pounds last season, Graziano was called up to heavyweight only after regular starter and last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year Kyle Cowan went down to a season-ending shoulder injury.