PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team used a dominant performance on Tuesday night, briefly giving Lafayette life before running the Leopards out of the gym. The final score was 91-61 at Macquarie Court at The Palestra.
 
Penn is now 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16, which was head coach Steve Donahue's first season with the Quakers. This also was the Red and Blue's third-straight win over the Leopards after losing four in a row. Penn's combined margin of victory in the last two games at The Palestra is 59 points.
 
Notes
*The win was Penn's largest over Lafayette since a 105-73 victory during the 2005-06 season.
 
*Penn reached the 90-point mark for the second straight game, the eighth time in the last two seasons, and the tenth time in the Donahue coaching era.
 
*Penn went 8-of-9 at the foul line and is 31-of-37 (83.8 percent) over the last two games after going 6-of-18 (33.3 percent) in the opener at George Mason.
 
*Penn is 20-0 over the last two seasons when taking more foul shots than its opponent, and 16-0 in that span when making more free throws than its opponent.
 
*Penn tied a team high in the Donahue era with 35 made field goals; the Quakers did it twice last year, against Northern Illinois and Delaware State.
 
*Penn is 25-2 over the last two seasons when shooting a better field-goal percentage than its opponent; the Quakers shot 57.4 percent on Tuesday, while Lafayette shot 50.0 percent.
 
*Penn improved to 38-6 in the Donahue era when leading at the half.
 
*Penn shot 22-of-32 (68.8 percent) on two-point shots Tuesday night.
 
*Penn's 13 treys were a season high, and they came from seven different players.
 
*Lafayette had opponent lows in the Donahue era in rebounds (25), free throws made (1) and free throws attempted (3).
                                                                                                                
How It Happened
Penn jumped out to a double-digit lead early on, as buckets from five different players spurred a 12-2 run that gave the Quakers a 17-6 advantage. Lafayette fought back with 11 straight points to get back level at 17-17, but after the teams traded points the Quakers were back off and running. Out of a timeout, AJ Brodeur's activity under the boards gave Penn three chances at the basket, all from beyond the arc, and after Devon Goodman and Jake Silpe missed theirs Antonio Woods finally hit his to make it 22-19.
 
Goodman made the next play, stealing it at one end and throwing down a two-handed slam at the other. Lafayette's Dylan Hastings stopped Penn's 7-0 run, but back-to-back treys by Jarrod Simmons and Goodman were the impetus to another 9-0 run, and then a Myles Cherry three for the Pards was answered by seven more Quakers points en route to a 44-27 halftime lead.
 
Any thoughts that Lafayette might rally in the second half were quickly squashed. Woods hit a three-pointer to open the second-half scoring and Penn scored 16 of the first 19 points in the period. At that point the Quakers had doubled up the Leopards, 60-30, and the lead blew up to as much as 35 (84-49) before settling on the final margin of 30 points..
 
Up Next
Penn will leave Thursday for the Paradise Jam, which takes place November 16-19 at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The Quakers will open on Friday with the University of Northern Iowa at 6:30 p.m. (5:30 Eastern).