Granted it was against a 7-12, 2-4 Ivy Dartmouth team without its best player at the Palestra, Penn looked great. The Quakers destroyed a sloppy Dartmouth team with pressure defense and a solid inside game for the 73-53 win. It was Penn's first home Ivy game this season, and they looked energized and much more comfortable than they were in John J.
Last night, North Carolina and Duke started a new chapter in their age-old rivalry, with the visiting Tar Heels edging the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium 79-73.
As the replacement for Brian Cusworth, Harvard junior Brad Unger has a large role to fill. Literally. When the 7-foot Cusworth left the team a week and a half ago when his eligibility expired, he was leading the team in points and rebounds with 17.4 and 9.
VILLANOVA, Pa. After his team's clinic on how not to play basketball in Tuesday's loss to Villanova, Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli took the stand and entered his plea for the most severe charges. For the murder of the 116-year-old game of basketball: guilty as charged.
Last night, North Carolina and Duke started a new chapter in their age-old rivalry, with the visiting Tar Heels edging the Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium 79-73.
As the replacement for Brian Cusworth, Harvard junior Brad Unger has a large role to fill. Literally. When the 7-foot Cusworth left the team a week and a half ago when his eligibility expired, he was leading the team in points and rebounds with 17.4 and 9.
What could make a man like Simon Kirke - the famous drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company - stop a tour of the Northeast to pay Penn basketball a visit? None other than one of the Palestra's institutions - the Penn Band. The drummer-turned-music-insructor will perform Free's 1970 hit "All Right Now" along with the Penn Band when the Quakers takee on Harvard this Saturday, the Athletic Department announced this week.
Tri-captain Stephen Danley was an integral part of former coach Fran Dunphy's offense last season, leading the team in assists from the center position. But this season, especially as of late, has been a different story. Danley has averaged 9.5 points per game on the season, but only 2.
Ask any collegiate wrestler what the toughest thing about his sport is, and he'll probably tell you it's making weight. Between crash dieting, workouts and time on the scale, staying under that golden number is enough to keep the most dedicated grappler up at night.
Perry Bromwell, an all-time great for Penn, is back at the Palestra - but his job is a new challenge
Yale was on a mission last weekend to make sure Penn did not remain the only team undefeated in Ivy play. Result? The Elis swept Penn and Princeton at home for the first time since 2001-2002. Yale was on a mission last weekend to make sure Penn did not remain the only team undefeated in Ivy play. Result? The Elis swept Penn and Princeton at home for the first time since 2001-2002. Elis fans will be hoping that is an indication of what's to come.
Since 1956, 51 Ivy League men's basketball championships have been awarded, and Penn and Princeton have combined to take home at least a share of 48 of them. That history, along with geographic proximity, has fueled a great basketball rivalry. But it is about time the Tigers and Quakers had a real rivalry that went past the basketball court.
Three weeks ago, the Quakers thought they had finally found a third offensive threat to complement senior standouts Monica Naltner and Joey Rhoads. Ashley Gray stormed onto the scene in mid-January. She exploded for 21 points and eight rebounds against Columbia in just her second game off of the ineligible list, and three nights later ranked second for the Quakers with 12 points and six rebounds.
By Zachary Levine Senior Staff Writer zlevine@sas.upenn.edu VILLANOVA, Pa., Feb. 7 - Some of them rimmed out. Some of them were solid bricks. One of them hit nothing at all. And for the Wildcats, who made just one of their first 20 three-point attempts, none of it mattered.
The Penn women's basketball team boarded the bus in New Haven, Conn. having hit a new low. The game was theirs. They had a 20-point lead. Then the Elis bullied their way back, clinching the game with 6.9 seconds left. Final score: Yale 53, Penn 52. The Quakers' conference record: 1-4.
It seemed to me Saturday night that Penn thought it was better than Yale and did not have to exert the maximum effort to beat the Elis on the road. That turned out to be false, as Yale gave the Quakers a wake-up call with a 77-68 win. But it was not so far from absurd.
It seemed to me Saturday night that Penn thought it was better than Yale and did not have to exert the maximum effort to beat the Elis on the road. That turned out to be false, as Yale gave the Quakers a wake-up call with a 77-68 win. But it was not so far from absurd.
The date was February 20, 1965. The Philadelphia Big 5 was celebrating its 10th anniversary, and the young association's two NCAA Tournament contenders, Villanova and Saint Joseph's, were set to clash at the Palestra. The rivalry's intensity had already earned the title of the "Holy War" - so named for the universities' Roman-Catholic affiliations.
After a sweeping performance this past weekend at the Palestra, the No. 14 Penn wrestling team finds itself in a comfortable position. The Quakers have remained incredibly consistent this season, beating every team they were supposed to beat. However, they have also lost to every team that they were supposed to lose to.
While the men's tennis team was able to split the singles matches with its opponents, it was doubles that did Penn in this weekend. The Quakers (1-2) fell to both Central Florida on Friday and Maryland yesterday by a margin of 4-3 - with the deciding points coming after the Quakers fell in two of their three doubles matches.
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