ANAHEIM, Calif. – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team finished the Wooden Legacy with a 2-1 record and a third-place finish as the Quakers knocked off Long Beach State, 95-79, on Sunday at the Anaheim Arena.
 
With the win, Penn—which defeated UCF on Thanksgiving Day before falling to No. 14 Arizona on Friday—improved to 5-3 overall with Big 5 rival Villanova coming up on Wednesday night out on the Main Line. The Beach fell to 3-6 overall.

Senior forward AJ Brodeur was named to the All-Tournament Team along with Dylan Smith (Arizona), Chase Jeter (Arizona) and Olivier Sarr (Wake Forest). Arizona's Nico Mannion was named Tournament MVP and also earned an All-Tournament spot.
 
Notes
*Penn shot above 50 percent from the field and above 40 percent on three-point shooting for the third time in the last four games.
 
*Penn had 15 three-point baskets on Sunday, giving the Quakers 39 over the three games in Anaheim.
 
*Penn has had a double-figure total of three-point baskets in each of the last five games.
 
*The 15 treys are the most against a Division 1 opponent in the Donahue era and most by any Penn team against a D1 team since Feb. 21, 2003 (16 vs. Harvard).
 
*Penn had 27 assists on its 36 baskets on Sunday, giving the Quakers 65 assists on 87 buckets at the Wooden Legacy.
 
*Penn's 27 assists were a high against a Division 1 opponent in the Donahue coaching era (the Quakers had 29 last year vs. Stockton) and the most against a D1 team since Nov. 20, 2007 (30 vs. The Citadel).
 
*Penn also set season highs in points (95), second-half points (52), field goals (36), steals (9) and tied the season best for blocked shots (6); Penn's 36 field goals were a high against a Division 1 opponent in the Donahue era.
 
*Senior AJ Brodeur extended his double-figure scoring streak to 33 games with a late dunk and also dished off nine assists, giving him 19 over Penn's last two games.
 
*Brodeur also tied his season high with three blocked shots and tied his career best with four steals.
 
*Freshman Jordan Dingle had 21 points to lead Penn in scoring; he had 48 points in Penn's last two games in Anaheim and now has five double-figure games and four 20-point games in his eight-game Penn career.
 
*Senior Devon Goodman scored 16 points and tied his career highs with six rebounds and seven assists.
 
*Freshman Max Martz had his second double-figure scoring game with 17 points and knocked down five three-pointers; both were season/career highs.

*Martz went 5-of-6 beyond the arc on Sunday, tied for the best performance by a Penn player in the Donahue era (Michael Wang last year vs. Miami; Sam Jones in 2017-18 at Dayton).
 
*Senior Ryan Betley had a string of double-figure scoring games snapped at five games, but he set a season high with four assists.

How It Happened
Penn's first eight field goals came from eight different players as the Quakers moved the ball all over the floor. The formula was a success as Penn's lead was 20-11 after Bryce Washington finished a feed from Devon Goodman underneath. At that point, LBSU's Chance Hunter hit a pair of three-point shots which was the start of a 10-2 Beach run that woke up the 49ers, specifically Hunter and Colin Slater. The duo combined for 28 of Long Beach's next 32 points as the teams went back and forth en route to a 43-43 tie at halftime.
 
Penn came out hot in the second half. Jordan Dingle knocked down a trey, AJ Brodeur found Goodman underneath, and then a block led to a breakout layup for Dingle. Just like that it was 50-43, and Long Beach called timeout. That temporarily settled the 49ers, who scored the first four points after the stoppage, but the senior captains Goodman, Brodeur and Ryan Betley combined for nine of the game's next 11 points, Goodman's triple pushing the Quakers in front by double digits, 59-49. Jordan Roberts briefly got The Beach back within single digits, but Dingle hit a trey and then Lucas Monroe scored in the paint and the lead was 64-51.
 
LBSU got the lead down to 10 just one more time, when Jordan Griffin hit a three and then Michael Carter III scored in the paint to make the score 74-64 with 7:05 left. That forced a timeout from Penn coach Steve Donahue, and out of the break Brodeur found Betley for a corner three. That set Penn off on a 9-0 run, Max Martz punctuating it with his fifth three-pointer of the game to make it 83-64 with 5:26 left.
 
The Beach had nothing left. Penn's lead grew as large as 21 just a minute later, and the closest the 49ers got was 13 points in the final seconds before Alex Imegwu closed the scoring with Penn's 15th trey of the day.