With a few hitches, the Penn men's basketball team keeps rolling along. The Quakers (5-1) extended their impressive early-season run Saturday with a less-than-stellar 61-51 victory over American University (2-3) at Bender Arena.
Everything ran smoothly for the Quakers for much of the game - they held a 12-point halftime lead which they extended to 17 with 10:13 left in the second half. Instead of delivering a knockout blow, the Quakers failed to score for almost a full six minutes. The Red and Blue scoring drought allowed the Eagles to make a game of it, as they went on a 17-4 run that left them trailing 52-48 with only 1:22 to go. But after that the Quakers hit ten of their 12 free throw attempts - while allowing just one Eagles three-pointer -ÿto seal up the win.
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