Penn stuns Yale
In one of the weekend's wildest finishes, Penn trailed by four with 12 seconds left, drilled two late 3s to force overtime and then upset top-seeded Yale 88-84 to clinch the Ivy League automatic NCAA bid. It’s an improbable run that punched Penn’s ticket to March Madness and flipped the Ivy bracket on its head. Yahoo Sports Penn Athletics.
TJ Power poured in 44 points espn.com and hauled in 14 rebounds, a line that earned him Most Outstanding Player honors for the tournament. pennathletics.com Power’s 44 is tied for the third-highest single-game scoring mark in Penn program history, and he buried seven 3-pointers on 14 attempts while going a perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line. pennathletics.com Penn became the first No. 3 seed to win the eight-year-old Ivy League Tournament, and the win secured the program’s 25th NCAA Tournament berth — its first since 2018. pennathletics.com Yale finished the season 24-6, and Trevor Mullin paced the Bulldogs with 22 points in the title game. pennathletics.com The Ivy Tournament was staged at Cornell’s Newman Arena in Ithaca across March 14–15, where Penn needed consecutive overtime victories to take the crown. en.wikipedia.org On Selection Sunday Penn drew a No. 14 seed in the South Region and is scheduled to face No. 3 Illinois in Greenville on March 19 at 9:25 p.m. ET. ncaa.com
