Senior guard Devon Goodman tallied 18 points, five rebounds and two steals against Cornell.
Credit: Son NguyenThe Quakers are officially fighting for their tournament lives.
After a disappointing loss to Columbia last night, there is a chance that Penn men’s basketball will need to win all of its remaining games if it hopes to return to the Ivy League tournament. Like most other conference games this season, Saturday night has been challenging for the Quakers. At halftime, they trail Cornell, 32-30.
Against Columbia, the Quakers’ usual starting five was unable to get much going, which may have affected coach Steve Donahue’s personnel decisions against the Big Red. Freshman forward Michael Wang and senior guard Jake Silpe replaced senior forward Max Rothschild and freshman guard Bryce Washington to begin the game.
After relying heavily on the bench for scoring in last night’s defeat, the Quakers turned to their veteran leaders to provide the points in the first half. Junior guard Devon Goodman had the hot hand, knocking down his first three attempts from beyond the arc. Junior forward AJ Brodeur got back to what he does best, scoring in the post against the smaller Cornell frontcourt.
The Quakers jumped out to a quick 12 point lead, but saw it quickly melt away as Cornell’s standout senior guard Matt Morgan got going. Morgan did most of his damage near the rim and at the free throw line in the first meeting between these two teams in a 25-point outing. In the first half, Morgan showed that he’s a threat from the outside too, hitting four contested threes.
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