Champs and madness: Quaker basketball teams win big and advance

Members of the women's basketball team pose as a team with a banner that reads The Ivy League 2019 Champions on the court

A 75-53 win against Brown for the women’s basketball team topped a 12-2 Ivy League regular season, with the Quakers earning their sixth Ivy title in program history and fourth in the last six years. The March 10 win brings the record to 50-35 all-time wins against Brown with its 16th-straight victory in the series. They will face Harvard in their semifinal game of the Ivy League Tournament.

Stakes were high on Saturday night at the Palestra, when the men’s basketball team took on Brown for a spot in #IvyMadness, the fourth spot in the Ivy League Tournament alongside Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. With a 58-51 win, the Quakers punched their ticket there, with a third straight win overall, and the fifth straight over Brown. Next up is #IvyMadness, when the Quakers will take the court against Harvard in their semifinal game of the Ivy League Tournament.

members of the Penn Quakers basketball team stand and cheer from the sideline

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