Gamecenter: Penn 64, Princeton 48

	1st	2nd	Final
Penn (22-8, 13-1 Ivy)	28	36	64
Princeton (11-17, 2-12 Ivy)	17	31	48


Jadwin Gym – Princeton, NJ	Boxscore

Postgame audio Penn: Glen Miller, Ibby Jaaber, and Mark Zoller Princeton: Joe Scott \| Justin Conway & Luke Owings

Keys to the Game
Key sequence	Mike Strittmatter’s bucket pulled Princeton to within 17-15 at the 7:19 mark of the first half, but Ibby Jaaber answered almost immediately by knifing through the Tiger defense for a layup. After a media timeout, Jaaber swiped the ball from Strittmatter and took it the other way for a dunk. Lincoln Gunn was Jaaber’s next victim on the following Princeton possession, leading to a fastbreak layup by Brian Grandieri. Jaaber then blocked a Marcus Schroeder layup attempt, and after an exchange of turnovers, the 2005-06 Ivy Player of the Year found Darren Smith for a layup that extended the Quaker lead to double digits at 25-15.
Key sign it was over	After a three-pointer by Gunn opened the second-half scoring with 20 seconds gone and cut Penn’s lead to eight points, the Quakers mounted a 22-8 run over the next 8:12 to make it a 50-28 lead with 11:28 left. Following layups on their first four possessions after halftime and two Mark Zoller free throws, Grandieri hit two more back-to-back lay-ins. The run concluded with six straight made free throws from Zoller, Jaaber, and Justin Reilly.
Key performance	Zoller led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting — all from two-point range — and made 5 of 7 free throws to go with seven rebounds, an assist, and a steal.
Key statistic	Penn scored on an incredible 13 of its first 14 possessions in the second half.

Notes

– Jaaber and Grandieri backed Zoller’s big scoring night with 10 points each.

– Freshman Zach Finley led the Tigers in scoring with 12 points on 6-of-12 shooting.

– Steve Danley started for Penn, but only played two minutes due to a back injury.

– Princeton turned the ball over 17 times, with many forced by Penn’s defense. The Quakers turned those opportunities into 22 points. Penn committed 12 turnovers, but Princeton only recorded five points from them.

– The Quakers attempted only four three-point attempts, and made just one of them.

– Princeton did not attempt any free throws in the first half, but made 5 of 8 attempts in the second half. Penn shot 17-for-21 (81.0 percent) from the charity stripe, including 14 of 17 (82.4 percent) in the second half.

– The game was witnessed by a subdued crowd of just 2,952.

– Princeton honored seniors Edwin Buffmire, Justin Conway, and Luke Owings in their final collegiate game. Owings started and scored six points, while Buffmire and Conway overcame injuries to log 12 and four minutes, respectively.

– Penn will find out its NCAA Tournament seeding, opponent, and location on Sunday’s Selection Show on CBS at 6:00 pm ET.

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Gamecenter: Penn 64, Princeton 48

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