Big game ,this picture is from Palestra tonite.
Thanks for sharing the photo. Not going to make it down tomorrow to see it.
Any idea what the respective aggregate point totals are?
I’ve been traveling this last week. The old Ivy board is having issues again?
No. It’s been fine all week. Lots of traffic today
Streak over! All-time series tied up. Standings tied up.
Today, the oldest sports cliche applied: Penn wanted it more.
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Victory at long last. This game was an absolute rockfight. For us to win with Roberts getting shut out and minimal contribution from Zanoni was a surprise. The guys in the paint, between Power, Gerhart and Scantlebury, plus Levine’s playmaking, won it.
I thought our pressure defense also made a difference.
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Okay weird I couldn’t get in since last weekend. I do browse with VPN fo security and ad blocking. Interesting, now I turned it off I can access the site.
Ugly win but totally fine with that to break the brutal streak! Well done gutting this one out (even though they could have made it easier on themselves).
Anyone else feel like Ethan Roberts has not been himself this weekend and last?
It was refreshing to win a game with defense for a change. Penn is the #2 defense in the Ivy in conference play, and they’ve clearly raised their level. Our defensive intensity—especially in the first half—was outstanding. We eased up a bit after halftime, but we came through with timely stops late when it mattered.
That said, I have two major issues.
First, Davis re-entered the game with four fouls and 10 minutes left, and we never once tried to put him in a switch or attack him the rest of the way. That’s poor strategy. He was either going to give up easy points or foul out, and we didn’t force either outcome. Instead, he hit a huge three in the final minute and was in position to beat us on the last possession (if not for AJ’s defense). He never should’ve been able to impact the game that way if we’d gone at him earlier.
Second is TJ Power. He was dominant in the first half—12 points and playing with confidence—but far less aggressive in the second half, scoring just six. This has been a season-long issue: the dominance comes in flashes, not consistently. One possession summed it up perfectly. With Penn up four, TJ caught the ball on the baseline in a one-on-one against Davis, a smaller guard with four fouls. He hesitated, dribbled late, got into scoring position, then waited too long and allowed a double team. The possession ended with a late kick-out and a desperation shot that didn’t fall. He had a clear size advantage against a foul-troubled guard and played tentative. That can’t happen.
Ad blockers won’t matter but VPN will if it looks like it’s coming on from outside the country. DM me the ip address and I can whitelist it.
I was sure they would attack Davis when he came back in. Notice they didn’t put him on AJ who was getting to the hoop his absence. The real story here was that both teams weren’t hitting open 3s except Lueth of all people
They could have easily put Davis into pick and roll situations and forced a switch onto AJ. We never even tried it and Davis was the on ball defender maybe 2x in the last 10 min. Really bad miss IMO.
I just can’t believe we won a game with 0 points from the guy who was in the hunt for the Ivy scoring title and next to nothing from Zanoni.
AJ dominated Davis for most of the contest as well as his freshman sub. The only guy who seemed to be able to slow him down was Clark, who Henderson finally decided to use against him in the last couple of minutes in the game.
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