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While the Quakers certainly expect the same atmosphere that comes with any Big 5 game, when they play the Wildcats’ Saturday night, Penn will be facing an entirely different team than last year’s Villanova squad.
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Penn men’s basketball ended its three-game slide with a late comeback, beating Manhattan 75-72 at the Palestra Tuesday.
ETHAN ALTER: An unsatisfying win, but a necessary one
The Penn basketball team would need near flawless execution to beat a national power like No. 16 Pittsburgh. Friday night at the Palestra, the Quakers failed to play that perfect game.
Hurley played a large role in getting Rosen to transfer to St. Benedict’s after the then-junior broke his elbow in his third and final year at Colonia High School.
Zack Rosen and Tyler Bernardini lead the Quakers in the team’s first home victory this season, beating former Penn basketball star Andy Toole’s Colonials, 66-60.
THE BUZZ: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Robert MorrisKEVIN ESTEVES: Zack Rosen putting it all together
Senior point guard Zack Rosen’s performance last night in a 78-72 overtime win at Rider looked like something out of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
RECAP: Men’s basketball bucks the Broncs in OT
When coach Andrew Toole leads his Robert Morris team into its matchup with Penn on Saturday night, it will mark exactly 10 years to the day since he took to the Palestra floor for the first time as a member of the Red and Blue.
Behind a 27-point burst from Miles Cartwright, the Quakers took down Rider, 78-72, in their second-consecutive overtime game.
ELI COHEN: Zack Rosen takes over in the clutch
Zack Rosen does a lot of things for the Penn basketball program. One thing the Quakers don’t want him to be, however, is their only go-to scorer.
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