Second-straight Player of the Week honor For M. Hoops
For his performances against Brown and Yale, Penn forward Ugonna Onyekwe has been named Player of the Week by the Ivy League.
Last week Penn guard Andrew Toole took home the Ivy's top honors.
Onyekwe scored 24 and 18 points against Brown and Yale last weekend. It is the second time he has received the award this season.
Against the Bears, the London, England, native hit 11 of 14 shots from the field en route to a 24-point performance. Onyekwe also pulled down nine boards in the Quakers' 82-63 victory at the Palestra.
In the Red and Blue's win over Yale, Onyekwe knocked down 9 of 16 shots from the floor, scoring 18 poitns in the Quakers' 72-63 comeback win.
The junior is averaging 17.4 points per game this season, third in the Ivy League. He also hauls in 5.9 rebounds and dishes out 2.0 assists per game, and blocks an average of 1.4 shots per game.
The Quakers, who are 21-6 overall and 8-3 in the Ivy League, return to the hardwood this weekend in New York when they take on Columbia and Cornell.
-- Dan McQuade
M. Club Ice Hockey claims league title The Penn men's club ice hockey team has made its climb to the top of its region.
Last weekend, the Red and Blue catapulted into first-place in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association with wins over Princeton and Rider.
The Quakers headed into the playoff games with the regular-season league title in hand, after blowing out Seton Hall, 12-3, just one weekend before.
Although the squad started off the season with a series of losses, Penn bounced back in the latter part of the schedule.
The team finished off league play on a seven-game winning streak that warranted the league title.
Heading into the MACHA playoffs, the Quakers were ranked No. 1, which allowed them a bye through the first round of play.
Against their Ivy League archrivals, the Quakers pulled through, demonstrating the extreme poise and cohesive offensive effort that lead the team to its league title. Penn ultimately defeated the Tigers, 4-2.
In the championship game of the MACHA playoffs -- also the Quakers' final game of the 2001-02 season -- Penn obliterated MACHA rival Rider, 9-5.
Earlier this season, the Broncs defeated the Quakers, 5-1.
Penn finished the season 20-12-1 overall, and are 12th in ACHA Northeast rankings.
-- Amy Potter
-- Maite Amorebieta
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