Basketball
Penn men's basketball sees off late Lafayette surge to win, 73-68
Playing away from the Palestra for the seventh straight game, Penn survived a streaky shooting night to defeat Lafayette 73-68 and earn its second victory in three nights.
Facing stiffest test yet, Penn women's basketball welcomes No. 3 Notre Dame to Palestra
On December 9, Penn women’s basketball is set to take on No. 3 Notre Dame, which may prove to be a difficult matchup for the Quakers. Coming off of a tough Big 5 loss against La Salle (4-3) on November 29, the Quakers (2-3) are looking to rebound after a shaky start to the season.
Penn men's basketball overcomes slow start to take down Howard, 81-68
Penn used an absolutely dominant stretch at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half to erase a slow start and build an insurmountable lead en route to an 81-68 victory over Howard.
Penn men's basketball finds itself ranked high, far ahead of Ivy foes in latest RPI update
Penn men's basketball sits at No. 92 in the latest national Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings, which came out on Monday. RPI seeks to compare the nation's many teams by taking into account the massive variety in strength of schedule when looking at wins and losses.
Penn men's basketball tied for the most games played in November in the NCAA. Here's why.
Most major basketball programs play somewhere between 28 and 31 games. Historically, Penn and the rest of the Ivy League play fewer to allow the players time off for winter break and finals. This year, Penn will play 30 games, which means they have to fit the same amount of games as major programs in a smaller amount of time. The result: a packed first month before the break.
From the court to the bench — Ira Bowman hopes to return Penn men's basketball to glory
Now in his sixth season as an assistant, Bowman is men’s basketball’s longest tenured coach. Originally an assistant under Jerome Allen, the former player’s main task is to coach defensive schemes and rotations for the Quakers.
Penn women's basketball can't hold on to early lead, takes tough 66-59 loss at La Salle
It's not how you start that counts, it's how you finish. Penn women's basketball learned that the hard way tonight.
Penn men's basketball shines early, can't hang with No. 4 Villanova late in 90-62 loss
Penn men’s basketball came ready to play, but in the end, the nation's No. 4 team was just too good.
Its biggest game of the season ahead, Penn men's basketball preps for No. 4 Villanova
After five games in eight days, including an epic four-overtime win over Monmouth on Saturday night, Penn men’s basketball hits the road again. This time the ride will be easier, but the opponent will be anything but.
Penn women's basketball returns from Bahamas to face La Salle in Big 5 showdown
This contest follows last week’s two-game trip to the Bahamas, where the Quakers (2-2) lost to Georgia Tech but responded the next day with an 18-point comeback win versus Missouri State.
Ryan Betley explodes for 71 points in a single week to earn DP Sports' Player of the Week
Betley's 71 points over four games were more than any other Quaker and enough to earn him DP Sports' Player of the Week. The guard has been a go-to scorer for Penn in tough situations, especially when opponents focus on classmate AJ Brodeur.
Four takeaways from Penn women's basketball's Thanksgiving trip to the Bahamas
A trip to the Bahamas taught us a lot about Penn women's basketball, ranging from the return of an injured star to the breakout of a freshman guard to watch.
Snow | Penn men's basketball's quadruple-overtime victory was the game of a lifetime
The Quakers’ epic 101-96 victory was by every stretch of the imagination an instant classic. It was the most Penn had scored in over a decade, and its first time in quadruple overtime since 1920.
Penn men's basketball survives quadruple-overtime thriller at Monmouth, 101-96
Such a spectacle hasn't happened to Penn since 1920, making this the second time ever the Quakers made it so far into a contest. The thriller was Penn's second overtime game of the team's young season, with a heartbreaking double-overtime loss to La Salle being the other.
Penn women's basketball comes from 18 points back to take incredible win in the Bahamas
The incredible comeback had shades of last year’s season-ending loss in the NCAA Tournament to Texas A&M. Up 21 with eight minutes to go, the Quakers fell victim to the largest comeback in tournament history. The Aggies led for just one minute and 39 seconds.
Penn women's basketball runs out of steam in defeat to Georgia Tech in the Bahamas
Penn (1-2) kept the game within five or six points for almost the entire game, and even led for a few minutes, but the Yellow Jackets (6-0) went on two crucial runs in the second half that ultimately forced the Quakers out of the game.
Penn men's basketball powers past UMKC to take third place in Thanksgiving tournament
Penn men’s basketball limped across the finish line of its third game in as many days at the Gulf Coast Showcase to beat the University of Missouri, Kansas City, 68-65.
Towson outlasts Penn men's basketball in semifinal of Gulf Coast Showcase
Despite another blistering start, Penn men’s basketball fell to Towson, 79-71, on Tuesday night in the semifinal of the Gulf Coast Showcase, ending its streak of three dominant wins.
A Philly Six basketball tournament? 'I don't think it's gonna happen,' Penn's Donahue says
The competition would be a six-team tournament on the first weekend of the season every year — hosted at the Palestra, in an ideal world — that compacts the entire Big 5 schedule into just three days.