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Women's Basketball

10/19/20 8:14pm
The number on the back of Tori Crawford's jersey has always been important to her, but this year its significance is magnified. 
10/18/20 9:06pm
With her dazzling freshman campaign cut short just before the Ivy League Tournament, sophomore guard Kayla Padilla’s focus this offseason has been on taking care of unfinished business.
10/11/20 8:59pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn women's basketball senior Eleah Parker 15 questions about her sport, her time at Penn, and her life overall. Here's what the senior had to say.
09/20/20 7:56pm
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn women's basketball senior Tori Crawford 15 questions about her sport, her time at Penn, and her life overall. Here's what she had to say.
09/18/20 12:47am
Women have been present at the University since the late 1800s, but the first mention of a formalized association of women’s athletics at Penn is found in the 1917 women’s yearbook.
09/07/20 8:30pm
According to Penn Athletics’ statement from Athletics Director M. Grace Calhoun, approximately 30 Black athletes from Penn met with the athletics administration to construct a concrete plan to move forward.
09/07/20 8:25pm
In July, the Ivy League canceled all athletics until at least Jan. 1, putting the status of the basketball season up in the air and leaving athletes scrambling for answers. 
09/02/20 6:54pm
This fall, Aghayere will play for Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, the top flight of Spanish women’s basketball.
08/31/20 9:05pm
While Penn teams won't see any competitive athletics until at least January 1, there are still many moments worth remembering from recent history.
08/20/20 10:12pm
Here's a roundup of what recent graduates are up to since their time on campus, from signing new professional contracts to transferring schools to continue their college careers.
08/17/20 3:22pm
Graduated senior Phoebe Sterba will take her talents to Ireland to play professional basketball and pursue a graduate degree at Trinity College in Dublin.
06/29/20 12:21am
Donahue and McLaughlin were among the 16 Ivy League basketball coaches who joined the coalition, committing to five specific action items to combat racial inequalities. 
06/10/20 11:44pm
Padilla, who dazzled for Penn women's basketball in her freshman season, modeled the platform after MLB legend Derek Jeter's The Players' Trubue.
03/14/20 11:45pm
The Ivy League announced its women's basketball postseason awards on Wednesday, and a pair of Penn players took home two of the three main accolades.
03/11/20 12:31am
Basketball players, coaches, and fans have taken to the internet to express their disappointment and anger with the League's decision, hoping that collective action may result in a reconsideration from the Ancient Eight's governing body.
03/10/20 7:27pm
The teams knew that there was a possibility that the men's and women's tournaments would be played without spectators. Canceling the tournament altogether, though? No one saw it coming.
03/10/20 4:35pm
While the coronavirus is legitimately concerning, the logical jump from wanting to limit the size of large crowds to an outright cancellation of the tournament is not obvious when there were other options on the table. 
03/10/20 11:50am
The decision occurred after Harvard, the host of the tournament, announced it was moving classes online following its spring break. 
03/08/20 12:15am
Here are three of the biggest takeaways from Penn’s weekend sweep as the Quakers look ahead to their semifinal game against No. 3 Yale next weekend.
03/07/20 8:46pm
With a commanding defensive performance against Columbia, Penn women's basketball played like a team that could reach the Ivy League Tournament final this upcoming Saturday night.