Gamecenter: Harvard 53, Penn 67

	1st	2nd	Final
Harvard (10-12, 3-5 Ivy)	26	27	53
Penn (14-8, 5-1 Ivy)	32	35	67


The Palestra – Philadelphia, PA	Boxscore

Postgame audio Harvard: Frank Sullivan Penn: Glen Miller, Brennan Votel, and Mark Zoller

Keys to the Game
Key sequence	After a layup by Evan Harris cut Penn’s lead to 39-35 with 12:34 remaining in the game, the Quakers went on a 9-2 run to push their lead to double digits for the first time all night. The run was punctuated by a fastbreak in which Brian Grandieri grabbed a loose ball and passed it to Ibby Jaaber, who ran up the floor and dished to Michael Kach, who passed to Mark Zoller for a trailing layup. Zoller was fouled by Jim Goffredo on the way up and completed the conventional three-point play to put Penn up 48-37 with 8:58 to play.
Key sign it was over	After two Goffredo free throws drew Harvard to within 50-44 with 7:11 remaining in the game, Penn launched a 12-2 run over the next 3:41 to push its lead to 16 points — the largest margin of the night at the time. The spurt was capped off by a Steve Danley layup, on which he was fouled by Harris. That brought about a media timeout with 3:30 remaining, and a rendition of “Rock and Roll Part 2.”
Key performance	Penn reserve Brennan Votel stepped up from the bench with 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including the Quakers’ only made three-pointer of the night.
Key statistic	On a night when Penn shot only 1 of 10 from three-point range — including only one attempt at all in the second half, a miss by Mark Zoller — the Quakers scored 42 of their 67 points in the paint, After the game, Glen Miller admitted that because of this, he was not concerned about the lack of accuracy from the perimeter.

Notes

– Zoller was the game’s leading scorer, finishing with 17 points on 5-for-8 shooting. The senior pulled down eight rebounds and handed out five assists in 32 minutes.

– Goffredo led Harvard with 14 points, but shot just 1 of 8 from three and 5 of 19 overall.

– The Crimson is accustomed to making more free throws than the other team attempts, but Penn went 18 of 21 (85.7 percent) from the line, while Harvard was 8 of 9 (88.9 percent).

– Harvard wasn’t much better than Penn’s 1-for-10 shooting from beyond the arc, making only three of 15 three-point attempts.

– Both teams had trouble holding on to the basketball. Harvard committed 16 turnovers, while Penn committed 17; on defense, the Crimson recorded 14 steals and the Quakers recorded 11.

– Harvard rebounded at 36.6 percent offensively and Penn grabbed 34.5 percent of the rebounds at its offensive end, though the visitors owned a 16-9 edge in second-chance points.

– Penn’s next game will be against perennial rival Princeton (10-10, 1-5 Ivy) on Tuesday, February 13, at 7:00 pm ET and will be televised on CN8. Harvard will face Brown (7-16, 2-6 Ivy) next on Friday, February 16 at 7:00 pm ET.

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