The Crimson and Tigers will be participating in two relatively unknown college hoops tournaments.
A slow start that was capped by a 23-point Princeton run forced the Quakers to play catchup all night. But solid free-throw shooting kept the Tigers in the lead en route to a 68-56 victory.
The Quakers closed their home schedule on a high note, downing Dartmouth 78-68 last night.
With under five minutes remaining, Penn committed five of its season-high 21 turnovers and blew a 7-point lead in loss to Harvard.
Coming off a draining one-point loss to Columbia and a blowout at the hands of Cornell, some might say most of the Penn men’s basketball team’s significant contests are behind them.
Yesterday, seniors Darren Smith and Andreas Schreiber confirmed their decisions to return to the men’s basketball team next year.
After losing to Cornell by just three points earlier in the season, Princeton entered its second matchup with the Big Red convinced that they could leave in contention for the Ivy League title.
Although Penn men's basketball lost both of its games this weekend, they walked away with new motivation — witnessing the celebration of an Ivy title for the second consecutive season.
In a 20-point drubbing of the Quakers Saturday, Cornell clinched at least a share of the Ivy title.
Penn gave the Lions a window with 2.7 seconds left and Columbia junior Brian Grimes nailed a desperation shot from just inside the arc for the win.