Notes
– Grandieri tied with Calathes for top-scoring honors with 23 points of his own. Grandieri shot 9 of 13 from the field, 2 of 3 from 3, and 3 of 6 from the free throw line, while pulling down five rebounds.
– Jaaber had a boxscore-filling night with 15 points, eight assists, three steals, and four rebounds — all on the offensive end. But he only shot 6-for-16 from the field and 0 for 4 from three-point range, and committed five turnovers — including four in the first half.
– Steve Danley broke out of his recent slump with 11 points, seven rebounds, and five assists in 32 minutes.
– Penn recorded 22 assists on its 29 made field goals.
– Zoller (13), Jaaber (16), and Grandieri (13) accounted for 42 of the Quakers’ 60 field goal attempts. At the other end of the floor, Saint Joseph’s got 49 of its 58 field goal attempts from four players: Calathes (13), Ferguson (14), Nivins (12) and Darrin Govens (10).
– The loss halted a five-game winning streak for Penn and dropped the Quakers to 2-2 in Big 5 games.
– Penn owned a 10-2 edge in fastbreak points.
– The Quakers here hurt by 2-for-12 three-point shooting in the first half and led by just one at halftime.
– Penn travels up to Providence for Glen Miller’s homecoming at Brown (6-13, 1-3 Ivy) on Friday, February 2 at 7:00 pm ET.
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