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Basketball
Dingle named Big 5 Player of the Week
Dingle named Big 5 Player of the Week
The third-year guard led the Quakers to their fourth straight win over the weekend and averaged 26 points across two games.
Penn sports teams win the weekend in places near and far
Penn sports teams win the weekend in places near and far
Quaker athletes were victorious across the winter sports spectrum, kicked off by the men’s tennis team’s triumph over Navy on Friday.
Quakers crush Crimson
Quakers crush Crimson
The men’s basketball team beat Harvard 83-68 on Saturday at the Palestra. Four Quakers scored in double figures.
Pottruck Center powerlifts 20 years
Pottruck Center powerlifts 20 years
On Jan. 20, the Penn community celebrated the 20th anniversary of the David S. Pottruck Health & Fitness Center. To much fanfare, the facility officially opened on Jan. 17, 2003.
Double trouble: Dingle, Padilla pick up weekly awards
Double trouble: Dingle, Padilla pick up weekly awards
Jordan Dingle of the men’s basketball team has been named Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Week and Kayla Padilla of the women’s basketball team has been selected Ivy League Player of the Week.
Quakers clip Columbia, extend winning streak to nine
Quakers clip Columbia, extend winning streak to nine
The women’s basketball team defeated Columbia 71-67 on Saturday at the Palestra, notching their ninth straight win, tied for the second-longest streak in school history.
Gift from 1992 alum John Di Paolo creates women’s basketball assistant coach endowment
Gift from 1992 alum John Di Paolo creates women’s basketball assistant coach endowment
This gift marks the first assistant coach endowment to be made since the public launch of Power the Next 100.
Big 5 big-ups Padilla with Player of the Week award
Big 5 big-ups Padilla with Player of the Week award
The fourth-year guard averaged 21 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in Penn’s wins over Bucknell, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Temple.
Dingle three-peats as Ivy League Player of the Week
Dingle three-peats as Ivy League Player of the Week
The third-year guard averaged 27.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.5 steals in Penn’s Big 5 contests against Villanova and Temple.
Dingle, Padilla captain Quakers past Temple
Dingle, Padilla captain Quakers past Temple
Jordan Dingle scored 30 points in the men’s basketball team’s 77-57 win on Saturday and Kayla Padilla dropped 28 points in the women’s basketball team’s 62-61 victory on Sunday.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s Kayla Padilla credits a WNBA coach with helping her rise to stardom
Point guard Kayla Padilla played for the Seattle Storm's Noelle Quinn in high school. “She’s a big reason I’m the player I am today,” she says. Padilla has started for the Quakers for three seasons but will play elsewhere next season as a graduate student.
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The Washington Post
U.S. owners of Italian team chose basketball over soccer
The Wharton School’s Connor Barwin and fellow MBA students are investing in Italian soccer team Pallacanestro Trieste to get an early stake in the European basketball trend.
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Fox 29 (Philadelphia)
‘Doubleheaders were sacred’: A tradition reborn as the Palestra hosts a college hoops doubleheader
A Big 5 doubleheader took place last night at the Palestra, with Penn hosting St. Joe’s and Temple taking on LaSalle.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn victorious in inaugural Cathedral Classic with 86-73 win over Delaware
Penn won its third game in as many days in the inaugural Cathedral Classic at the Palestra after defeating Delaware on Sunday.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn downs Hartford 75-55 in the first game of the inaugural Cathedral Classic at the Palestra
Jordan Dingle led the Quakers with 20 points and scored his 1000th in the Quakers’ win over Hartford in the inaugural Cathedral Classic three-day tournament at the Palestra.
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CBC Radio (Canada)
Appeal or wait? Brittney Griner’s legal team faces tough decision post-sentencing, says expert
Ph.D. candidate Kimberly St. Julian Varnon of the School of Arts & Sciences, who advised the WNBA Players’ Association on Brittney Griner’s case, outlines the post-sentencing path for Griner and her legal team.
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