PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team fell to Princeton on Friday night in the season finale, 69-43.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Jordan Obi registered her seventh double-double of the season, dropping 15 points and 11 rebounds.
 
*Kayla Padilla added 12 points, three assists, three rebounds, and two steals.
 
*Mia Lakstigala had 10 points in her final game as a Quaker.
 
*Kennedy Suttle led the team in steals with three to go with six rebounds and an assist.
 
*Penn went 4-for-7 from beyond the arc in the first quarter, with Obi and Padilla each dropping in two and Lakstigala hitting the last right before the break.
 
How It Happened
The lead swayed nine times in the first half, as the Quakers battled neck-and-neck with the Tigers. Obi scored the opening five points for Penn before Padilla continued with back-to-back three pointers to give the Quakers an 11-8 lead midway through the first quarter.
 

Back-to-back threes by Kayla Padilla! Quakers out to an early 11-8 lead!#FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/rtfPam82E0

— Penn WBB (@PennWBB) March 5, 2022

 
By the end of the quarter, the Tigers took a slim two-point lead, but it was after Lakstigala drilled her first three of the game from the right wing.
 
Trailing 18-16 at the start of the second quarter, four-straight free throws by Lakstigala and Obi put Penn back out in front 2:30 minutes in. Lakstigala later muscled her way into an offensive rebound and follow back up for the layup to give Penn its final lead of the game at 22-20 with 6:03 remaining in the half.
 
For the remainder of the quarter, the Tigers went on a 13-0 run to close out the final six minutes to carry a 33-22 advantage into the locker room.
 
Princeton extended its lead at the start of the third quarter, getting to 18 point by the 7:24 mark, but Padilla and Lakstigala cut the stretch and clipped the deficit down to 16 with a jumper and a three, in that order.
 

3Q 3:28 | Princeton 48, Penn 30

Quakers trying to cut the deficit, including this three by Lakstigala, but the TIgers are shooting 54.5 percent in the quarter to keep their distance. Big minutes coming up for Penn!#FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/kBGYUghZdd

— Penn WBB (@PennWBB) March 5, 2022

 
As the quarter came to a close, Sydnei Caldwell scored the first bucket for the Quakers outside of Obi, Padilla, and Lakstigala with 1:08 remaining in the quarter followed by back-to-back free throws by Padilla. It trimmed the deficit to 13 with 35 seconds left in the period, 49-36, but that's as close as Penn would get the rest of the way.
 
The 2021-22 season concludes with a 12-14 record, 7-7 in Ivy League play.