BORGOMANERO, Italy – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team got off to a bit of a slow start in the third and final game of its Italian tour, but no worries as the Quakers eventually rolled to a 101-55 win over Novara Borgomanero club's second team in front of another standing-room only crowd on Sunday night.
Unlike the first two games, where Penn used the fast start, it was Borgomanero who shot out of the gate on Sunday as the hosts held an 11-4 lead after nearly four minutes of play. However, the Red and Blue scored nine points in 90 seconds to gain a lead it would never relinquish, and powered its way to an 18-3 run that set the tone for the rest of the night.
Penn ends its tour with a 2-1 record, and will fly from Milan back to the United States on Tuesday following a day of relaxing and sightseeing around Lake Como.
Notes
*Penn finished with 14 three-pointers in Sunday's game, giving the Quakers 37 in the three games over here.
*The Quakers also had 44 rebounds, 22 assists and 14 steals in the contest.
*Jelani Williams was Penn's leading scorer on Sunday, as he finished with 18 points to go with two assists and two steals. Seeing his first action wearing the Red and Blue—he missed all of last season due to injury—the rising sophomore had 35 points in three games here in Italy.
*Jarrod Simmons showed a nice game on Sunday, finishing with 15 points and nine rebounds as well as three assists.
*Devon Goodman and Eddie Scott both had 10 points in the final game on this tour; Scott also had eight boards, while Goodman had three steals.
*Jakub Mijakowski knocked down a trio of treys to give him nine points on the night, and he also had four boards.
*Collin McManus had eight points and five rebounds on Sunday.
*Jake Silpe led Penn with five assists and also scored four points.
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