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Penn sophomore center Katie Kilker scored four points against Yale in twenty minutes of action Saturday night at the Palestra. [Dara Nikolova/The Daily Pennsylvanian]

Penn needed a win over Brown on Friday night at the Palestra to keep its Ivy League title hopes alive. The Quakers crushed the Bears, 82-58, after having lost at Brown earlier in the season. Even with the victory, however, Penn (12-12, 6-5 Ivy League) had its title dreams dashed that very same evening. Harvard clinched the Ivy League championship Friday night with a 61-47 win over Cornell. The Crimson have won 24 straight Ivy League games, the second longest streak in Ivy women's basketball history. "The goal right now is to be second," Penn coach Kelly Greenberg said. "Obviously, you go into the season wanting to be No. 1. But now [that Harvard has clinched the Ivy title], we're trying to get the next No. 1." The Red and Blue (12-12, 6-5 Ivy) hoped to extend their win streak to three against Yale (6-19, 3-9) Saturday night. However, Penn lost to the last-place Elis, 75-63. After four Penn players scored in double figures against Brown (14-11, 8-4) -- including a double-double by Katie Kilker who had 17 points and 14 rebounds -- Penn's offense suffered against Yale. The Quakers made 34-percent of their field goal attempts and shot 1-of-11 from behind the arc in the first half. Jewel Clark shot a combined 14-for-35 from the field this weekend, scoring 17 and 15 points against Brown and Yale, respectively -- the junior averages 19.8 points per game. "No one had a big offensive game for us," Greenberg said. "But sometimes that's going to happen." Still, the Quakers were upset with the loss. "It was such an emotional win against Brown," Greenberg said. "We didn't match that energy against Yale and that was very disappointing." After out-rebounding Brown's tall frontline, 52-39, Penn allowed Yale to control the boards, 47-40, Saturday. The Elis' Bonnie Smith led all scorers with 23 points. Several of her baskets came from offensive rebounds -- many of which resulted from her following her own missed shots. For the majority of the Yale game, Penn lacked an inside presence. Kilker finished the game with just one rebound. But for 15 minutes, Penn freshman Jennifer Fleischer made her presence felt in the key. The 6-foot-3 forward shot 6-for-10 en route to a career-high 14 points to go along with six rebounds and three blocks. "Everyone had an off-night against Yale -- except for Jenn Fleischer," Greenberg said. The New Hartford, N.Y., native also collected a career-high 10 rebounds against Brown in just 14 minutes of action. "I'm just trying to do whatever I can to help the team," Fleischer said. "Fleisch[er] was huge for us in both games this weekend," Greenberg said. "When she's healthy, she's going to be a big part of this team." This weekend was the first significant playing time Fleischer has gotten this season. "We love her intensity," Greenberg added. In the final minutes of the Brown game Friday night, Penn freshmen Rachel Wilson and Henley Hansen entered the game. The Quakers' bench erupted as Wilson hit a fadeaway jumpshot and Hansen made both of her free throw attempts. "In the next few games, Fleischer [and the other freshmen] will get some experience," Greenberg said. "Next weekend's games cannot come quick enough for us."

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