Penn 72, at Cornell 66

ITHACA, N.Y. (Interstat) — In a gritty Ivy League rematch that required an extra period to decide, the Penn women’s basketball team avenged a narrow loss from two weeks prior by outlasting Cornell 72-66 in overtime on Friday night at Newman Arena. The contest, played before an intimate crowd of 186, was a testament to resilience for the visiting Quakers, who squandered a late fourth-quarter lead but dominated the extra session to improve to 14-8 overall. Cornell, which had defeated Penn 62-58 in Philadelphia on Jan. 30, fell to 8-14 with the hard-fought defeat. The game’s most critical sequence unfolded… Read more...