PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team fought back from a 59-51 deficit late in regulation to force overtime Saturday against archrival Princeton, but the Tigers were able to make the late plays in the extra session and took a 68-65 decision at Jadwin Gym.
 
The loss was Penn's third in a row, and the second this week that needed overtime. The Quakers are now 10-5 overall. Princeton improved to 8-5. The game was the Ivy League opener for both teams.
 
Notes
*This was the 18th overtime game in this rivalry, which has been played 240 times. Eight of those OT games have come since the 2003-04 season.
 
*The last time Penn went overtime in back-to-back games was early in the 2011-12 season, when the Quakers lost to Temple but beat Rider.
 
*For the first time this season, Penn lost a game in which it shot a better field-goal percentage than its opponent (Penn 41.9, Princeton 37.8); the Quakers were previously 10-0 in such games.
 
*Junior AJ Brodeur had his fourth double-double this season and the 13th of his career on Saturday, going for 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.
 
*Junior Devon Goodman scored 15 points on Saturday, his best output since scoring 16 vs. Miami a month ago.
 
*Senior Antonio Woods and freshman Bryce Washington scored 11 points each; both players reached double digits in scoring for the second straight game.
 
How It Happened
AJ Brodeur and Bryce Washington each canned three-pointers in the first three minutes while Antonio Woods and Devon Goodman sprinkled in buckets to push Penn to a 14-8 lead at the first media timeout. Jake Silpe drained a long ball after a delicate running hook from Brodeur, who poured in 18 points to go with his career-high 15 boards, and the Quaker lead was up to nine, at 19-10, with 13:21 remaining in the opening half.
 
Princeton immediately ripped off an 8-0 run to close within a point, and then a Tiger three from Sebastian Much put Princeton ahead at 23-21. Brodeur answered with a hook on the next possession and then hustled down a pair of loose balls before the ball moved to Washington for his second three of the half. Both teams traded the lead four more times to enter the intermission, resulting in a 33-32 Princeton lead.
 
Washington and Goodman each battled for tough layups to open the second half—Washington completed the old-fashioned three-point play at the line—but Princeton moved out to a five-point lead with 16:30 to play, at 44-39.
 
After two at the line for Washington and another physical layup from Antonio Woods, Penn was within one with 15:41 left. Princeton bounced back and grew the lead to eight, the largest of the evening for the Tigers at 59-51 with 5:06 left. Goodman, one of four Quakers to finish in double figures, bounced home a layup at the 4:20 mark and then twice cut the deficit to four in the final minutes. After back-to-back defensive stops, Woods—who joined Washington with 11 points—bullied his way to the basket and laid one in to cut the deficit to two with less than 90 seconds to play.
 
With 56 seconds left, Goodman rattled in a three-pointer from the corner to put the Quakers up 62-61. A Tiger free throw leveled the score, and neither team could convert on their final possessions, forcing an extra five minutes.
 
Penn snatched the lead at 63-62 after a Brodeur free throw with 2:55 left, but Princeton answered with a pair at the line to pull back ahead. Woods knocked down one free throw to draw level again with just under a minute to play, and Max Rothschild put one through down the stretch, but a timely Tiger bucket and free throws made it a three-point game with six seconds left. Goodman's game-tying pull up bounced out and Penn fell, 68-65.
 
Up Next
Penn and Princeton will be back at it again next Saturday, this time on Macquarie Court at The Palestra. Tipoff time will be 2 p.m.