“Eighteen is not a number of turnovers we can normally create,” Dunphy said.
By the end of the game, the Quakers were toying with the Crimson. Up 58-37 with 5:30 left in the game, Tim Begley hooked up with Ugonna Onyekwe for a monster alley-oop, electrifying the crowd of 4,152 at the Palestra. On the game, the Quakers speed and turnovers resulted in five alley-oops. Onyekwe finished the game with 19 points, and a game high 10 rebounds.
PRINCETON 70, M. HOOPS 59
at Jadwin Gymnasium
PRINCETON (12-9, 7-2) Bechtold 7-11 5-8 21, Persia 2-6 2-3 11, Martin 3-6 0-0 10, Wente 2-3 1-1 9, Venable 4-4 1-1 9, El-Nokali 1-4 1-4 5, Wysocki 1-3 1-2 3, Robins 2-5 0-2 2, Wallace 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 21-43 11-22 70.
HARVARD (12-10, 5-5) Harvey 8-19 5-11 23, Merchant 3-6 1-3 9, Sigafoos 3-4 0-0 8, Gellert 2-5 1-1 5, Winter 3-7 0-2 6, Coleman 1-4 0-0 3, Prasse-Freeman 1-5 1-3 3, Norman 1-1 0-0 2, Beatty 0-0 0-0 0, Rogus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 8-20 59.
Halftime: Harvard 30-23. 3-pt. goals: P 11-22 (Bechtold 5-8, Persia 2-3, Wente 1-1, El-Nokali 1-4, Venable 1-1, Wysocki 1-2, Wallace 0-1, Robins 0-2), H 8-20 (Harvey 5-11, Merchant 1-3, Gellert 1-1, Prasse-Freeman 1-3, Winter 0-2). Fouled out: Harvey, Sigafoos. Rebounds: P 24 (Martin 10), H 27 (Gellert, Prasse-Freeman 5). Assists: P 14 (Wente 4), H 12 (Prasse-Freeman 5). Fouls: P 15, H 20. A: 6,123.
PENN 78, M. HOOPS 51
at The Palestra
PENN (18-6, 5-3) Onyekwe 8-11 0-0 19, Toole 5-10 5-8 17, Schiffner 7-11 3-5 17, Archibong 2-5 0-1 10, King 3-4 0-1 6, Begley 2-6 1-4 5, Chubb 1-1 0-0 2, Tross 1-1 0-0 2, Klatsky 0-3 0-2 0, Copp 0-1 0-1 0, Fikiel 0-2 0-0 0, Solomito 0-0, 0-0 0, Coates 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-55 9-22 78.
HARVARD (12-9, 5-4) Harvey 6-11 5-8 19, Prasse-Freeman 1-6 1-5 6, Merchant 3-7 0-2 6, Coleman 3-9 0-1 6, Norman 2-2 0-0 4, Gellert 1-5 1-2 3, Rogus 1-1 1-1 3, Giovacchini 0-0 0-0 0, Beatty 1-3 0-1 2, Sigafoos 1-6 0-0 2, Winter 0-7 0-1 0. Totals 19-57 8-21 51.
Halftime: Penn 25-18. 3-pt. goals: P 9-22 (Toole 5-8, Schiffner 3-5, Begley 1-4, Archibong 0-1, Klatsky 0-2, Copp 0-1), H 8-21 (Harvey 5-8, Rogus 1-1, Gellert 1-2, Prasse-Freeman 1-5, Merchant 0-2). Fouled out: Sigafoos. Rebounds: P 37 (Oneykwe 10), H 33 (Harvey 6). Assists: P 20 (Toole 4), H 14 (Prasse-Freeman 5). Fouls: P 14, H 19. A: 4,152.