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The Quakers look to build off last week's narrow victory against Brown and head to Hanover, N.H., to face the seventh-place Dartmouth Big Green Saturday at 2 p.m.
With just three games remaining in their season and only a half-game out of the top half of the conference, the Quakers' game against Cornell on Wednesday will be one of their most crucial ones all season.
Despite a valiant effort in the last three quarters, the Quakers could not overcome their first-quarter struggles to snap their three-game winning streak.
With just four games remaining until the Ivy Tournament, Penn students should start rallying around this team that looks to have a shot at making March Madness.
The Bulldogs are currently riding an extended win streak of their own, but if recent history is any indication, the Quakers will have a fighting chance to pull off the win.
After suffering a freak injury during last year's canceled season, Clark Slajchert rallied back to become a focal point for the Quakers as they make a run at the Ivy title.
In addition to two players that are currently on the roster, Northfield Mount Hermon has produced several other Quakers, including Red and Blue legend AJ Brodeur.
The Quakers have now won back-to-back Ivy League games for the first time this season, and they continue to right the ship following a mid-season five-game losing streak that threatened their Ivy Tournament hopes.
In Penn women’s basketball's first matchup against Cornell since before the pandemic, it picked up a critical Ivy League victory and moved past the Big Red in the Ancient Eight standings.
Not even Cornell’s barrage of heckling could stop the Quakers. On Saturday, Penn men’s basketball survived a late surge by Cornell to secure their second win of the weekend, 73-68.
In what was arguably the team’s best defensive performance of the season, the Red and Blue – which came in as a 2.5-point underdog – beat Cornell by a 73-68 margin.
Current statistics show Penn having an 87.4% chance of making the Ivy playoffs, a 14.2% chance of finishing as the top seed, a 24.7% chance at second seed, and a 29.6% shot at third.