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Jeff Schiffner buried seven three-pointers in Friday's win over Harvard. [Will Burhop/The Daily Pennsylvanian]

BOSTON -- Penn did all they needed to do on what had been, in recent years, a dangerous roadtrip to New England. Survive -- and make a little history along the way. The Quakers held off both Harvard and Dartmouth by deceptively lopsided final scores of 82-66 and 67-52, respectively. Penn remained undefeated in the Ivy League, one game ahead of Brown. The Bears host Penn on Friday night. Penn (17-5, 9-0 Ivy League) won each game in polar opposite fashions, burying the Crimson (11-12, 3-7) with a historic barrage of three-pointers, while pounding the ball inside to forward Ugonna Onyekwe against Dartmouth (6-17, 2-8). Against the Big Green, Onyekwe scored 25 points -- a season-high -- which gave him 1,650 career points. That put him in front of Kevin McDonald and in second place on Penn's all-time scoring list. He needs 177 points in his final five games to catch Ernie Beck for the top spot. In sharp contrast, Penn's inside play was virtually absent at Harvard -- a road game the Quakers had lost the past two seasons -- as Penn tied a school record with 16 three pointers on only 31 attempts. Leading that effort was guard Jeff Schiffner, who shot 7-for-10 from three point range. Schiffner scored 21 points on the game. "That's part of our offense," Schiffner said of the three-point shooting. "It's my responsibility to step up and hit those." Despite Penn's shooting and Harvard missing its best player in Patrick Harvey -- who was ruled academically ineligible for the rest of the season -- the Crimson's timely shooting kept the game close throughout.

Harvard point guard Elliot Prasse-Freeman's 13 points and 10 assists on the game made up for the absence of his heralded backcourt mate. Penn jumped out to an 18-7 lead behind two threes apiece from guard Tim Begley and Schiffner. However, helped along by Penn's sloppy play, Harvard crept to within 23-22 after a long jumper by Prasse-Freeman. Penn responded with a 7-0 run, capped by a Schiffner three and Harvard never again got within six points. Despite keeping the Crimson at arms-length, the game was not truly decided until Penn went on a 10-2 run to push a tenuous seven point lead to 71-56 with seven minutes, 42 seconds remaining. Koko Archibong put the final nail in Harvard's coffin with a three that pushed Penn's lead to 74-61 with less than five minutes to play. Archibong finished with 14 points. Penn beat Harvard without the benefit of a great performance by Onyekwe. "Ugonna did not have one of his better games," Penn coach Fran Dunphy said of his star's nine-point performance. "I think getting in the early foul trouble threw him off." The lack of an inside force was not a handicap Penn needed to overcome against Dartmouth. The Big Green held their own against the Quakers despite Onyekwe's 11-for-15 shooting and 25 points. Dartmouth -- which was never in the game in its loss to Penn at the Palestra earlier this season -- found itself tied with the heavily favored Quakers at 32 going into halftime in front of only 1,332 fans who braved the New Hampshire snow. Onyekwe opened the second stanza with a personal 6-0 run, but Dartmouth responded and took a 40-38 lead with 15:50 remaining. However, Begley hit a three and Penn never relinquished that lead. Dartmouth went seven minutes between baskets at one point in the second half. Penn took advantage to go on a 16-1 run, with guard David Klatsky hitting a three to give Penn a 54-41 lead. The three came with seven and a half minutes to play and ensured that the Quakers' Friday night showdown with Brown would come with Penn in the driver's seat in the Ivy League.

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