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After four consecutive Ivy League losses, Penn has gone from a team poised to make noise atop the League to one trying to move in the “right direction.”
Penn found itself in overtime again, and it was the Big Red who dealt a knockout blow, outscoring the Quakers, 19-8, in the extra session to take the 82-71 victory.
After a win against St. Joe's helped land prospect Xavier Harris, coach Jerome Allen received another commitment Tuesday from a recruit who attended that weekend’s festivities.
Very little of what conspired this weekend matters at all, as Penn and Princeton square off tonight for the first time this season. But so as not to make everyone else feel unimportant, here’s the word on Ivy basketball from the weekend.
It’s been said many times that winning will bring the fans back to the Palestra. So here we are, with a Big 5 win followed by three consecutive Ivy wins.
In a 78-47 drubbing of Dartmouth Friday night, Penn showcased what it is capable of when firing on all cylinders with an excitement and intensity that has not been seen in several years.