VILLANOVA, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team fell to No. 4 Villanova on Wednesday night, 90-62. The game was played at the Jake Nevin Fieldhouse on the Villanova campus, the Quakers' first-ever game in the venue.
 
Penn fell to 5-4 with the loss, 0-2 in Big 5 play, while Villanova remained unbeaten at 7-0.
 
Up Next
Penn continues this eight-game stretch of road contests on Monday at Howard. The Quakers and Bison will tip off at the Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. at 7 p.m.
 
Notes
*Penn took exactly as many shots from the field as Villanova and outrebounded the Wildcats, 33-32. 'Nova had just one offensive rebound in the game, and the 32 boards were an opponent low for this season.
 
*Penn finished with season lows in points (62), field goals made (24), and rebounds (33).
 
*Sophomore AJ Brodeur led Penn in scoring on Wednesday night, scoring 15 points and going 6-of-8 from the field. It was Brodeur's sixth double-figure scoring game this season, and it marked the first time he led the team in scoring in a game this season.
 
*Senior Darnell Foreman also reached double digits for the sixth time this season, as he scored 13 points. He also had five rebounds and three assists.
 
*Sophomore Ryan Betley had his team-leading seventh double-figure scoring game, notching 11 points including a trio of treys. He also led all players in the game with eight rebounds, while Brodeur had seven.
 
*Junior Antonio Woods was hampered by foul trouble but still managed to match a season high with four assists in the game.
 
How It Happened
Penn matched Villanova point for point through the first five minutes of Wednesday night's game, and held an 11-9 lead after Brodeur tipped in a rebound. However, the Wildcats scored the next seven points, five of them coming on an Omari Spellman trey followed by a steal and dunk. That sent the Wildcats on what eventually became a 20-5 run. Villanova started the game shooting 12 of 16 from the floor and knocked down its first three treys of the game.
 
The 'Cats cooled off eventually, but Penn was unable to threaten the rest of the half. By the break, Villanova's lead was 46-28.
 
Penn matched points with Villanova through the first 10 minutes of the second half, but an 11-2 burst that took a little more than three minutes was the knockout blow. It put the Wildcats up by 74-47 and forced the Quakers to take a timeout. Penn never got closer than 24 points after that.