WASHINGTON, D.C. – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team used a familiar formula to beat Howard on Monday night at the Bison's Burr Gymnasium. The Quakers dialed up long-distance (14 three-point baskets) and shared the wealth (21 assists on 31 baskets) as they improved to 7-4 overall.
 
Notes
*Penn improved to 5-0 when leading at halftime, and 5-0 when shooting a better field-goal percentage than its opponent (Penn 47.7, Howard 34.4).
 
*For the second straight game, Penn took 40 three-point shots which is a school record.
 
*Penn made 14 treys on Monday night, the seventh time in the last eight games the Quakers have reached double figures in that category.
 
*Penn had 21 assists, the fifth straight game the Quakers have dished off 20 or more assists (22.0 apg in that span).
 
*Freshman Max Martz hit his season/career high in points for the third time in four games, draining 22 points on Monday night.
 
*Martz also hit six three-pointers, going 6-of-8 from beyond the arc. In the last four games, he is 16-of-22 (72.7 percent) from the three-point line.
 
*Senior Devon Goodman scored 17 points, his sixth straight game in double figures (14.8 ppg in that span).
 
*Goodman also had six assists, giving him 23 over the last four games.
 
*Senior Ryan Betley scored 13 points, his third straight game in double digits and his ninth this season.
 
*Senior AJ Brodeur extended his streak of double-figure scoring games against Division 1 opponents to 35 games with 11 points, and snared 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double this season and his 26th at Penn.
 
*Brodeur also had four assists, giving the Ivy League leader 34 over the last five games against just eight turnovers (a 4.25 ratio).
 
How It Happened
Penn scored the game's first five points and never looked back after that. It was 10-7 when Max Martz hit back-to-back three-pointers, spurring a 12-2 run that pushed the Quakers lead to 22-9. Howard got within seven at one point, causing head coach Steve Donahue to take a timeout, but an 8-2 run at the end of the period had Penn up at the break, 39-23.
 
The lead grew to as many as 20 points, at 53-33, before Howard (2-12) made a run. The Bison scored seven in a row, the start of a 13-2 run that cut the Quakers' lead to 55-46. At that point, Donahue took his second timeout and that settled the Red and Blue. Out of the break, Devon Goodman knocked down a three-pointer from the right corner and then hit a mid-range jumper, and then after a Howard bucket Ryan Betley made another trey. That pushed the lead back up to 63-48 and that proved to be the knockout blow.