PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team went toe-to-toe with archrival Princeton for the second time in as many Saturdays, but the Tigers made plays down the stretch and took advantage of a late Quakers offensive drought to win 62-53 on Macquarie Court at The Palestra.
 
Penn was within 50-47 with a little more than six minutes left in regulation but did not score for a period of 4:45 before Bryce Washington nailed a three-pointer. Amazingly the Quakers were still in the game at that point thanks to their defense, down just 54-50 after Washington's trey, but Princeton finally unlocked itself offensively to win going away.
 
With the win, Princeton swept the season series from Penn. The Quakers have now lost four in a row and are 10-6 overall, 0-2 in Ivy League play. Princeton improved to 9-5, 2-0.
 
Notes
*Penn lost despite committing just eight turnovers, a season low.
 
*Junior AJ Brodeur had his second double-double in as many outings against Princeton, going for a team-high 16 points and 12 rebounds. In two games against the Tigers this season, Brodeur had 34 points and 27 rebounds.
 
*Brodeur has had back-to-back double-doubles twice this season (also against Stockton and Delaware State), has five double-doubles this season, and 14 for his career.
 
*Brodeur has hit double figures in scoring in 10 straight games (16.5 ppg in that span).
 
*Brodeur also set a season high with five blocked shots, one shy of his career high.
 
*Senior Antonio Woods scored 12 points, his third straight game scoring in double figures.
 
*Junior Devon Goodman matched his career high with six rebounds and tied his season best with four assists (without a turnover).

*Senior Jackson Donahue had a season-high three assists without a turnover.
 
How It Happened
Both teams started slow offensively, much like last Saturday's initial meeting between the familiar Ivy foes, and through seven minutes neither team was shooting better than 25 percent from the field.
 
Princeton inched out to a three-point lead at 9-6, but the Quakers countered with a layup from Max Rothschild, a corner three from Jackson Donahue, and a slicing backdoor cut and layup by Jake Silpe thanks to a Rothschild dime to put Penn up 13-9. The Quakers were off and running and the spurt wouldn't end there as Antonio Woods bullied his way to the basket for a bucket and then Bryce Washington drilled a long ball to push the advantage to 18-9 before an AJ Brodeur right-handed hook. The 12-1 Quaker run was ignited by stifling pressure on the opposite end, however, holding the Tigers without a field goal for 7:29.
 
Penn moved out to a 10-point lead with 6:55 to play, doubling up Princeton 20-10, but the Tigers answered with a 12-1 run of their own to punch back and regain the lead at 22-21 with under three to play. Washington promptly canned a three to rip the lead back, but the contest reached the intermission level at 27-27.
 
Nearing the midway point of the second half Penn trailed 41-38 but a pair of transition drives from Woods—who ended with 12 points after fighting through early foul trouble—led to a bucket and a trip to the line that tied the game again at 41. Another Princeton mini-run moved the Tigers lead to five with 6:32 remaining, and each Penn attempt was rebuffed and answered seemingly every time by a crucial Myles Stephens bucket.
 
Desperate for a basket, Washington nailed an important three to close to 54-50 with 1:36 left—snapping an offensive drought of 4:45 by the Quakers—but a strong layup from Princeton Richmond Aririguzoh quelled a bit of the tension and then the Tigers' Devin Cannady, who finished with a game-high 20 points, put the game on ice with two sets of late free throws, clinching a 62-53 Princeton victory.
 
Up Next
Penn will be out of conference the next two Saturdays, starting next week when the Quakers are at Temple. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m