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Game 7-048: Harvard at Pennsylvania
February 7, 2011 8:01 am ET by Kyle Whelliston

Harvard Crimson at Pennsylvania Quakers

February 5, 2011 7:00 pm
The Palestra
BBState Stats/Recap



The last real Palestra soft pretzel, and double overtime.

@midmajority Game Tweets

18:12 RT @gashaheen: Be a NCAA Bkb Comm member - Step 1: make YOUR list of no-brainer teams "in" + a list of those which need help/discussion. Update daily.
18:35 The Red Hot Chili Peppers Classic, apparently. RT @bubbaprog: @midmajority is the Memphis-Gonzaga game part of an exempt tournament?
18:41 Game 7-048: Harvard at Pennsylvania. "Don't ask how." http://img.ly/2W3z
18:41 RT @pretzel_logic: Aw. @midmajority got a special present from Penn's SID. http://twitpic.com/3ww16a
18:45 We are back in the Palestra for the second half of our Big 5 dubl-header. It is as warm in here as this pretzel is cold.
18:46 No matter how cold Philadelphia gets in dead winter, the next sweaty spring is no further away than a gray Palestra radiator.
18:48 Palestra pretzels are supposed to be cold. If they aren't, something's wrong. RT @tmiller2462: @midmajority Dude, it's free food.
18:50 The Penn band is getting the Gaga out. "Bad Romance" > "Poker Face." She's got a lot to live up to with "Born This Way," college band-wise.
18:51 I used them as insulation. RT @Cornell_BB_Blog: @midmajority Palestra pretzels are great for cleaning snow off your car or scraping ice.
18:53 No Southland clarity. RT @midmajority360 Nicholls State 60 Texas State 75 | NICH 11-9 (5-4) TXST 10-12 (5-3) | http://tmm7.me/a94 #Southland
18:53 WKU: redefining "second-half team." RT @midmajority360: Louisiana-Monroe 61 Western Kentucky 81 | ULM 6-19 (1-10) WKU 10-12 (5-5)
18:56 Harvard will need to draw up some winning plays tonight to avoid a two-game losing streak. #sportspicturing http://img.ly/2W3O
18:57 Tommy Amaker's suit jacket tonight, I believe, is vertical corduroy. #TMMfashionwatch
19:00 Anthem. http://img.ly/2W40 http://img.ly/2W3Z
19:03 While "climb the coaching ladder" is redefined with Amaker's coat, Harvard is in white and Penn in blue. #TMMfashionwatch #IvyLaundry
19:04 RT @thehemogoblin: I want one. I want one so bad. RT @midmajority Tommy Amaker's suit jacket tonight, I believe, is vertical corduroy. #TMMfashionwatch
19:04 Tip. http://img.ly/2W45
19:06 Crimson up 3-0 early. Sign in R&BC section: "Hahvad sawks wicked cahk." #IvyDickJokes
19:09 HARV 5-0, Wright with all 5. This comes down to big guys, methinx. We know about the Casey/Wright front line, can Eggleston/Turley contain?
19:09 Eggleston with an #omgivydunx to get Penn on the board. 5-2 at 16:21 1H.
19:09 RT @gmoore21566: @midmajority Your picture makes the Palestra look heavenly with that glow. Enjoy!
19:10 Then Penn's Turley with a strong layup + 1, time out, foul shot coming, 5-4 Harvard. Titans of the Ivy paint!
19:12 RT @craig_burley: If I could be anywhere tonight other than right here, it might be at the Palestra. Sigh. RT @midmajority Tip. http://img.ly/2W45
19:13 Wright with two more. Summon the power of BOOBA!
19:14 Harvard also kinda rhymes with "guards." Brandyn Curry sinks a #superhoop, and the Crimson are up 10-5. #BOOBA
19:16 Froshh Miles Cartwright, who impressed up a lot last night, with a transition layup to cut the lead to 12-7. Whose side is BOOBA on tonight?
19:20 First R&BC rollout! "We are all Rosen's Chosen." I was told these were going to be good.
19:22 Wish you were here. http://img.ly/2W4f
19:24 End of the first quarter from the Cathedral of College Basketball, not Franklin Field: Harvard 17, Penn 7.
19:25 Casey and Wright combining for 13 of Harvard's 19, shooting 6-for-8. Penn shooting 25% as a team.
19:27 19-11 Crimson. Some Penn students holding up Times New Roman-printed sheets, one letter each, HARVARD SUCKS. Better than that rollout.
19:29 Penn president Amy Gutmann, Radcliffe degreeholder, honors the Penn volleyball team at a MTO. 19-11 at 7:53 1H.
19:30 Trail of tears. RT @midmajority360: South Dakota State 102 Centenary 73 | SDST 15-9 (7-6) CENT 0-25 (0-13) | http://tmm7.me/a9c #Badlands
19:33 21-13 Crimson at 5:44 1H. Penn batting a very Greg Dobbs-like .222 from the floor.
19:36 Another Cartwright layup in transition, the frosshhh has 8, leads team. But Wright/Casey with 17, which is how many Penn has. Harvard: 25.
19:38 Rollout 2: "Tommy and Kenny: two wrongs don't make a Wright." Nobody vetted these with anyone with a sense of humor. Sad, really.
19:39 Strange as it is to believe, there is only one more home Palestra weekend for the Quakers. Last weekend of the month, Cornell and Columbia.
19:40 Apt and yes. RT @HarrySmalleyIII: @midmajority Cartwright reminds me of Ibby Jaaber more and more.
19:41 Laurent Rivard with a ridiculously long #superhoop for Harvard, and it's 33-24 with 1:44 to go in 1H.
19:45 David Berman wore a corduroy suit because it had 100 rain gutters. Tommy Amaker wears a sideways corduroy suit to be his own washboard.
19:45 It's halftime at the Palestra! It's 35-24 Harvard.
19:47 [RED PANDA UPSET] http://img.ly/2W4C
19:51 I want the Red Panda music to play whenever I walk in a room.
19:54 Palestra press row is enthralled by Red Panda. http://img.ly/2W4L
19:55 Blood that freezes, blood that burns. @midmajority360: Cornell 91 Brown 79 | CORN 5-15 (1-5) BRWN 8-12 (1-5) | http://tmm7.me/a9f #Ivy
19:59 RT @nucappy: @midmajority Greatest halftime show in basketball, bar none.
20:01 RT @pennathletics: Red Panda has this effect on the future journalists of America @midmajority Palestra pressrow is enthralled by Red Panda. http://img.ly/2W4L
20:01 We're back for a second half of Ivy madness. Tyler Bernardini slapps home a 3, but Penn is down 37-29.
20:03 The Palestra loves Red Panda. http://img.ly/2W4T
20:04 We are only paparazzi in the Lady Gaga song sense. RT @Calsef: It's not really celebrity if @midmajority twitpics you is it?
20:06 44-29 Crimson. Casey/Wright watch: 25 points, combined 11/14 shooting. Penn has an answer for them, but it's "huh?"
20:09 Your gods have forsaken you! You WILL pray to your new lord and master BOOBA! http://img.ly/2W50
20:10 Bernardini harnesses the power of BOOBA and cans another #superhoop for Penn. 47-31 Harvard at 14:51 2H.
20:13 Penn down by 16, band plays "Don't Stop Believin." Really surprised south Detroit hasn't leveraged that song for tourism opportunities.
20:16 Another rollout coming. A nation cringes.
20:16 Recently completed, up the road. RT @midmajority360: Dayton 85 La Salle 81 | UD 17-7 (5-4) LAS 11-13 (3-6) | http://tmm7.me/a9n #A14
20:18 Dubl-rollout coming. A nation prepares itself a potent cocktail of hard drugs and alcohol.
20:19 1: "Bush, Zuckerberg, Amaker..." 2: "Harvard must like guys who lie, steal and CHEAT." Emphasis not added.
20:20 I'm sorry I had to relay that to you. I'm going to lobotomize myself with Tommy Amaker's dry-erase pen now.
20:23 Temple still far and away the rollout kings of the Big 5. Anybody who has a dissenting opinion is invited to show cause.
20:25 End of the third quarter, and Harvard leads 51-39. Would be more if not for sloppy Crimson ballhandling. Wright/Casey: 29 pts, 13-for-18.
20:28 Harvard sophhh Christian Webster heating up from outside. 0 pts in 1H, 8 in 2H including a pair of #superhoops. Crimson up 54-44, 8:22 2H.
20:32 The Quakers' Jack Eggleston with a filthy nasty #OMGDUNX, right after the "Let's! Go! Penn! Exclamation point!" cheer. #dunx!
20:34 Q: Who can pull off a blue horizontal stripe tie with a red and white tablecloth-checker shirt? A: Jerome Allen is who. #TMMfashionwatch
20:35 Penn is within double digits at 6:06 2H (56-48) and has the ball. And an Eggleston #superhoop cuts it to 5! Thrills!
20:37 But the aforementioned Christian Webster knocks home a 3 to push it back to 59-51. Four point five to go.
20:39 A "pump, pump, pump it up!" chant? What year is this, and can it continue to be that year?
20:42 Combined with BCC loss, Hampton alone in first at 8-2. RT @midmajority360: Morgan State 59 Florida A&M 63 | MORG 10-10 (6-3) FAMU 8-14 (3-6)
20:42 RT @Dobber_BtB_SBN: UNF up 57-48 on Belmont with 7:03 left in regulation. cc @midmajority
20:46 Three to go, and Eggleston with a #superhoop to cut the Harvard lead to 60-54. It's in reach for the Quakers, and it isn't.
20:48 Goaltend call on Harvard, and Cartwright is credited with his 11th/12th points. Crimson lead is 4 with two to go.
20:49 Zack Rosen #superhoop, and all. of. a. sudden... it's Harvard 60, Penn 59. 1:34 left in regulation. The Palestra 10,000 sounds like 100,000.
20:51 Cartwright fouls Casey at 1:05, promptly puts face in fists. Free throws: make, make. Harvard up 62-59.
20:52 And Bernardini ties it with a 3! 38 seconds to go, 62-62! Bedlam!
20:53 A Penn win here represents a FedEx overnight express delivery of the Ivy title to Princeton.
20:54 Kyle Casey a cool-as-s___ baseline floater. 16 seconds left. 64-62 Harvard. The scoreboard reads BOOBA. Fate is now.
20:56 Zack Rosen a crazy drive that results in a two-shot foul. 10.1 on the clock. Tension. Free throws: MAKE, MAKE.
20:57 And what just happened.
20:58 No time left, refs call a foul that sends Harvard to the line. OR NOT. Waved off, overtime.
20:58 Amaker eyes the officials observer, one row back, flashes two fingers. "That's twice."
20:59 The foul came after the buzzer.
21:01 So we have an extra period. Wright opens the scoring with a strong layup for Harvard. 66-64.
21:01 Cartwright answers with a layup of his own. 66-up, four to go in overtime between Penn and Harvard.
21:02 Brandyn Curry, barely heard from tonight, nails a corner 3 to make it 69-66 at 3:23 OT.
21:03 You can talk bubble all you want, but this is the first game of the season that has an absolute direct effect on an NCAA Tournament bid.
21:05 Two Webster free throws for Harvard, and at 2:49 OT, Crimson up 71-66.
21:06 Eggleston a 3-pointer to cut the Harvard lead to two. Crimson botch the upcourt drive, step on the line. Two minutes left in OT, Penn ball.
21:08 Cartwright three-point miss for Penn, foul on the Casey rebound, free throws on the other end: miss, make. 72-69 Harvard, two to go in OT.
21:09 Curry tips a long shot, Casey recovers for Harvard, Wright cleans up some trash down low. 74-69 Harvard.
21:09 RT @adamamin: Kendrick Perry nails a jumper for the Penguins at the buzzer to tie it at 71. Valpo and Youngstown in overtime. @midmajority
21:09 RT @Dobber_BtB_SBN: Belmont survives UNF, 69-67 @midmajority
21:11 Rosen an and-one for Penn at :52.4. Make. 74-72 Harvard. As the Crimson called time out, the Palestra was full and silent.
21:13 Harvard burns clock, then gets it inside. That's where the goodies and treets are. Eggleston fouls Wright at :21.3. Shots: make, make.
21:14 It's 76-72 Harvard at :21.3. No time out taken. And Rosen nails a three! 11.6, 76-75.
21:14 RT @boneillhawk: @midmajority Meanwhile, across town in Philly, Saint Joseph's beats Massachusetts 67-64 for their first A-10 win.
21:15 Penn pressure forces a Harvard time out. Still :11.6 to go, 76-75 Crimson.
21:17 Penn win would set up a 4-0 battle between Quakers and Tigers Tuesday. But! 7 of final 10 for Penn are on the road.
21:18 Zack Rosen shot at buzzer good, and there will be a second overtime. Goodness me.
21:20 Penn's Rosen has 19 points and 12 assists. Casey/Wright: 16/24 from floor, 41 points combined.
21:21 Eggleston baseline runner, and Penn goes up 79-77 at the start of 2OT. That's the first Quaker lead of the game.
21:23 Wright a rare missed jumper, and Penn's back on offense. Turley fouled on a drive, and it's Casey's fourth. Foul shots: make, miss. Rebound!
21:23 Penn up 80-77, back on offense after a grab following a FT miss. Annnnd... Rosen no good.
21:26 And there's Bernardini's fifth. Junior Quaker F Rob Belcore falls hard, limps off the floor. Carmina Burana levels of epicitude.
21:27 1:40 to go in 2OT, Penn up 82-79 on an Eggleston backdoor layup.
21:27 Belcore back on court, they'll need him after the Bernardini DQ. Two Casey FT's cut the Penn lead to 82-81. 1:29 left in 2OT.
21:29 Curry reaches in on Rosen's dribble and forces a jump. Harvard gets the ball back on alternating possession. That's a controversial rule!
21:30 On the other end, Christian Webster gets 2 FT's with which to potentially take back the lead for Harvard. MISS, MISS. 82-81 Penn, :50 2OT.
21:32 Curry rebound for Harvard, and the Crimson take the lead back on an Oliver McNally runner. 11 seconds left, 83-82 Penn. Final Quaker TO.
21:33 Here we go. Rosen brings it up, BLOCKED by Casey. It's a final in 2OT. Harvard 83, Penn 82.
21:36 Cartwright pulls his jersey over his head. This was kind of a huge game. Princeton 4-0, Harvard 5-1, Penn 3-1.
21:37 Princeton hosts Penn this week, then has the two soft road weekends. Most advantageous schedule of the contenders.
21:38 But a Harvard loss here would have given the Crimson few roads to the title.
21:42 In glorious 2OT. @midmajority360: Harvard 83 Pennsylvania 82 | HARV 16-4 (5-1) PENN 9-9 (3-1) | http://tmm7.me/aag #Ivy
21:44 10 mins later, debates still raging on the row between ADs, official observers, superfans & journalists. Ivy League basketball: people care.
21:45 And with that, we go. We will be back at you tomorrow from Lehigh before the #LastMan lockdown. Until then, GNHN.

Boxscore

HARVARD 83, at PENNSYLVANIA 82
02/05/2011

HARVARD 16-4 (5-1) -- K. Wright 10-16 5-5 25; O. McNally 2-6 3-3 7; K. Casey 6-9 6-8 18; B. Curry 2-6 2-5 8; C. Webster 5-11 4-6 17; L. Rivard 3-5 0-0 8; M. Brown 0-0 0-0 0; J. Georgatos 0-0 0-0 0; A. Van Nest 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 20-27 83.
PENNSYLVANIA 9-9 (3-1) -- M. Cartwright 7-16 2-2 16; Z. Rosen 5-17 7-7 19; J. Eggleston 10-16 0-0 23; T. Bernardini 4-12 2-2 13; F. Dougherty 2-3 0-0 4; R. Belcore 1-4 1-2 3; C. Turley 1-2 2-3 4; M. Howlett 0-2 0-0 0; C. Gunter 0-0 0-0 0; D. Jok 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-72 14-16 82.

Three-point goals: HARV 7-19 (O. McNally 0-1; A. Van Nest 0-1; K. Casey 0-2; B. Curry 2-4; C. Webster 3-8; L. Rivard 2-3), PENN 8-23 (T. Bernardini 3-8; J. Eggleston 3-4; R. Belcore 0-2; Z. Rosen 2-5; M. Cartwright 0-4); Rebounds: HARV 37 (K. Casey 9), PENN 30 (J. Eggleston 8); Assists: HARV 20 (B. Curry 7), PENN 19 (Z. Rosen 13); Total Fouls -- HARV 16, PENN 24; Fouled Out: HARV-None; PENN-C. Turley.