Get schooled.
Key sequence: After a Mike Lang four-point play finished off a 10-2 Dartmouth run that trimmed Penn’s lead to 32-29, the Quakers rolled off seven straight points on a pair of Ibby Jaaber fastbreak baskets — his first points of the game — bookended around an Eric Osmundson three-pointer. The Big Green never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Penn coach Fran Dunphy disclosed on the WXPN broadcast last night that freshman Tommy McMahon will miss the rest of the season with a herniated disc in his back. McMahon hadn’t played since February 10 at Dartmouth due to the back injury. The freshman appeared in 17 games this year for the Quakers, averaging 2.9 points and 10.1 minutes per contest.
Key sequence: Keenan Jeppesen cut the Columbia lead to six with a layup at the 14:42 mark of the second half. The Lions responded with an 11-2 run to open up a 15-point lead. Four different Columbia players scored during the run, with four of the five buckets coming off assists.
Key sequence: Dartmouth led 57-51 with just over two minutes left, when Justin Conway scored his 16th and 17th points of the night on a layup to make it a four-point game. Cal Arnold missed a three-pointer and John Ball grabbed the rebound, but Luke Owings stole the ball from him. At the other end, Scott Greenman found Owings for a three-pointer to cut the Big Green lead to one. After another Dartmouth turnover, Edwin Buffmire posted up Leon Pattman and got the bucket and a foul, hitting the free throw to put Princeton up two with 33.9 seconds left. Pattman tried to tie the game at the other end, but Buffmire got a hand on the shot and Owings collected the rebound.
Key sequence: Trailing by four with under 14:00 left, reserves Jason Hartford and David Lisle keyed a 15-2 Cornell run that gave the Big Red a 54-45 lead with 8:16 remaning. Cornell repeatedly gouged the Yale defense, getting five layups during the spurt. Hartford capped the run with a three-pointer from in front of the Cornell bench to push the lead to nine, and the Bulldogs would get now closer than three the rest of the way.