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Game 7-063: Columbia at Penn
February 26, 2011 9:23 am ET by Kyle Whelliston

Columbia Lions at Pennsylvania Quakers

February 25, 2011 7:00 pm
The Palestra
BBState Stats/Recap


30fps

Palestra home shopping, #omgivydunx, the Good Drinks, Ben & Ed & William, golden pants, and Bally's greatest TV moment. Ever.

@midmajority Game Tweets

18:35 RT @SethHunt105: @midmajority Ooooo an envelope for me that says "Do not bend." The return address is from a Mr. B. B. Basketball. What could it be?
19:04 Game No. 7-063: Columbia at Penn. By the power of Booba, I smite thee! http://img.ly/35M6
19:09 Penn up 5-4 in the early going here. Good crowd tonight at the old barn on 33rd.
19:14 Nothing like a fresh Palestra Illustrated. #iaminformed
19:15 So. Penn is 11-12 overall, 5-4 in the league; Columbia is 14-10 and an even 5-5. Both holding up the Ivy middle. #youareinformed
19:16 On the court, Penn leads 10-8 at the 12:45 1H mark. Ghost Hunter Zack Rosen has hit a couple of pretty shots.
19:19 Since we saw them last (at Columbia), Penn squeak-swept Yale-Brown road weekend. Put a positive dent in the L4 streak.
19:19 RT @jtannenwald: From far away, Columbia coach Kyle Smith looks a bit like @midmajority.
19:20 If only! Kyle Smith is the unsung hero of last year's St. Mary's run. His Princeton-related knowledge helped dismantle Richmond in the 1R.
19:22 Close to the end of the first quarter, and it's 10-9 Penn. Fun SID fact! Penn has swept 39 of 51 home C/C weekends ever. Splits in 08/10.
19:23 Tonight, Palestra press row smells like stale popcorn and cough drops. As it should.
19:28 While Ed Rendell enjoys a Coke five rows back in his comfy chair, Kreepy Quaker represents a fire hazard. http://img.ly/35Mp
19:28 On the court, Penn drops seven straight points to take a 17-9 lead at 7:47 1H.
19:32 Noruwa Agho, who was a #superhoop genius the first time these teams played stops the Penn streak and brings Columbia within three at 17-14.
19:34 You are here. http://img.ly/35Ms
19:35 RT @Hirsch_in_Media: Ah Palestra... Home!!!! RT @midmajority: Tonight, Palestra press row smells like stale popcorn and cough drops. As it should.
19:37 Press row and bench don't have a real set delineator here. For this reason, I know that Kyle Smith's curse of choice is "gosh-dang it."
19:39 It's 20-16 Penn at the 3:20 1H mark. Meiko Lyles a swooping layup drive for Columbia, Lions driving the baseline and staying close.
19:41 Rejoice! There is now Palestra merchandise. One item: a bottle opener made of wood from the old floor, with a piece of net for the handle.
19:43 BOOBA http://img.ly/35Mz
19:45 Zack Rosen bangs home a three at the buzzer. Penn offense had gone totally anemic for a while. Now, the Quakers take a 23-18 lead into HT.
19:53 In the G!O!T!N!, Fairfield leads Siena 37-28 late in the first half. That game is on #pixelvision, the network of champions.
19:55 Looks like the Palestra merchandise touched a real wish-list nerve out there in Hoops Nation! You thought the bottle opener was good? Well:
19:56 How about some Palestra original hardwood cuff links! I'll bet Ed Rendell has a few pairs of those.
19:58 Or! A 5x7 or 8x10 frame made of the original Palestra floor! Put your favorite picture next to your sleeping bag while you're camping here.
19:58 We don't have that. The power of BOOBA will have to do. RT @ToddF76 @midmajority Need that Buffalo Wild Wings button to send it in overtime.
19:59 Or! A paperweight made out of an authentic Palestra soft pretzel from all the way back in 1927. (OK, I made that one up.)
20:01 That concludes this episode of TMM Home Shopping; we're in the second half now. Columbia pops in a long one to cut the Penn lead to 23-20.
20:01 RT @Hirsch_in_Media: @midmajority Rendell hocks them on the corner. Rizzos shook you down and kept for himself.
20:01 RT @tony_lombardo: @midmajority This sounds fantastic. So buying Palestra gear tomorrow.
20:03 Agho the Lion with a sweet fallaway j, and it's 25-22 Penn. This is the point in the game at Levien when COLU went on a big run.
20:05 But Conor Turley and Jack Eggleston, who will have Senior Night tomorrow, picking it up for Penn. 31-22 Quakers at 16:46, a forced COLU TO.
20:08 I've been corrected! Senior night is the Princeton Tuesday. It's an odd-numbered year, so it's here.
20:08 The bullet point stat lists in Palestra Illustrated have long been known as "Quaker Notemeal." Step it up, other SID's.
20:12 Elsewise: Cornell is down just one at Princeton, 41-40, early in 2H. Couple of MAAC scores: RID 26, MAR 9; FAIR 37 SIE 33 (G!O!T!N!)
20:13 Penn full-court pressing on defense here, trying to snap some necks. Up 34-22 at 14:56 2H.
20:18 Every time I see Ed Rendell he looks more and more like William Penn. That's either my imagination or the best book Oscar Wilde never wrote.
20:18 RT @wawarun: @midmajority @dhm I went to Penn bookstore once & asked for a Palestra poster. Got a look like I asked what floor the time machine was on
20:20 Calm Columbia not giving in at all. They've cut the lead to six with 11:11 to go in regulation.
20:22 S*** just got real at the Palestra. A Ben Franklin impersonator in a blue and gold suit just showed up. #boom
20:24 Ben Franklin is chatting up the crowd on the other side of the court. I really wish I was over there right now.
20:25 But I'd have to kick every legendary Philly basketball columnist in the head and interrupt play to get to Ben Franklin. I'd get arrested.
20:25 RT @Calsef: @Midmajority not gonna lie he kinda looks like Ed Rendell
20:26 Penn's putting on another run here, back up 12 at the end of the third quarter. Didn't know the Columbia band was up in the corner! Welcome!
20:28 #omgIVYDUNX by Columbia's Asenso Ampim. Thanks to Palestra acoustics, there was a thunderclap.
20:30 G-TIME DON'T HURT EM RT @goldengrizzGP @midmajority Gordon Hayward posterized another ex m-m player. #TooBigYo http://youtu.be/vGggGD-l34I
20:31 Ghost Hunter Zack Rosen just broke everybody's ankles in the building with a 720 move and a sweet jumper. 46-36 Penn at 7:47.
20:32 i luv #dunx RT @DailyPennSports: Speaking of #omgIVYDUNX @midmajority how about that monster one-hander by Jack Eggleston?
20:34 Columbia bench. You iz on it. http://img.ly/35Np
20:35 Quaker Jack Eggleston with a teardrop jumper and it's Penn 48, Columbia 39 at 6:26 2H.
20:38 Penn's Conor Turley with a two-handed swinging #omgbaldguyivydunx
20:39 STOP THE INTERNET RT @bubbaprog: BEST SHOT OF @ballybasketball EVER http://30fram.es/1fi @midmajority
20:41 RT @thehemogoblin: @midmajority The coach and Bally have the same expression on their faces! It's so cute. Also, Whelliston, what the heck's with the Sprite?
20:43 I've been outed for drinking Nos on press row in the past, but there is no excuse for the Sprite. Daily Penn crew drank all the good drinks.
20:44 3:28 left to go here, and it's 56-46 Penn.
20:46 First the pretzels, now this. RT @Calsef: @midmajority I would have gone for the diet coke but there's none left. Sprite was a last resort.
20:47 The luxury lounge is getting all the good drinks, and I think they're getting the real pretzels too. Total outrage. Makes me want to vote.
20:48 There are 91 seconds left, and Columbia has an nine-point deficit to overcome. That's tough math.
20:50 For you #ballystalkers, we'll be back here tomorrow night for the Cornell game. Plus! Saint Joe's-Saint Bonaventure. #homeofthebellyfillers
20:52 Forgot to mention Jerome Allen's butterscotch tie, golden pants and chalk-slate jacket. #ivyfashionwatch
20:52 S___. RT @jtannenwald: @midmajority The southwest corner concession stand had them tonight. They're probably closed by now though.
20:52 RT @sevenandsevens: @midmajority @ballybasketball looks like Seth Greenberg. RT BEST SHOT OF ballybasketball EVER http://30fram.es/1fi and http://bit.ly/gu42A9
20:53 Shiver. You're right, and so was Frank Zappa. RT @rhyno86: @midmajority whatever you do, don't ever get the frozen lemonade!
20:54 39 ticks left, and Penn is up 63-54. A dark, heavy workhorse performance offset buy the nimble toes and ankles of Mr. Zack Rosen.
20:55 There will be about 5,700 final scores in Division I this year. Here is one for you: Penn 64, Columbia 54.
20:56 RT @CoachBarney: @midmajority a Palestra night, eh? I am jealous. Have only been there once this year, and that's sad. I miss that place.
20:57 Sneak away! There's that Princeton game on the final Tuesday. Tell the pretzel vendor you know me, they'll charge you double. @CoachBarney
20:59 RT @midmajority360: Columbia 54 Pennsylvania 64 | COLU 14-11 (5-6) PENN 12-12 (6-4) | http://tmm7.me/f28 #Ivy
20:59 DJ Zack. http://img.ly/35NY
21:00 You know when you're sitting next to someone famous from New York who everyone's shaking hands with, and you don't know who they are?
21:01 That was my night. Anyway, big doubleheader day tomorrow, and it's time to eat a bunch of food and sleep up for it. GNHN.

Boxscore

at PENNSYLVANIA 64, COLUMBIA 54
02/25/2011

COLUMBIA 14-11 (5-6) -- F. Cruz 8-15 2-2 21; N. Agho 8-16 3-5 20; B. Barbour 7-15 4-4 19; M. Lyles 1-4 0-0 2; A. Ampim 3-7 4-5 10; Z. Crimmins 0-3 0-0 0; M. Craig 1-2 1-2 3; M. Johnson 0-1 0-0 0; D. Feldmann 0-1 0-0 0; S. Frankoski 0-3 0-0 0; S. Egee 0-0 0-0 0; V. Green 0-0 0-0 0; D. Kowalski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 12-16 54.
PENNSYLVANIA 12-12 (6-4) -- M. Cartwright 2-4 9-10 13; T. Bernardini 4-14 0-0 11; J. Eggleston 4-9 0-0 8; Z. Rosen 7-18 0-1 17; M. Howlett 1-2 3-4 5; C. Turley 3-4 2-2 8; Z. Gordon 1-2 0-2 2; C. Gunter 0-1 0-0 0; A. Schreiber 0-2 0-0 0; F. Dougherty 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 14-19 64.

Three-point goals: COLU 2-13 (A. Ampim 0-1; N. Agho 1-3; M. Johnson 0-1; B. Barbour 1-4; D. Feldmann 0-1; S. Frankoski 0-1; M. Lyles 0-2), PENN 6-17 (T. Bernardini 3-10; J. Eggleston 0-1; Z. Rosen 3-5; Z. Gordon 0-1); Rebounds: COLU 28 (Z. Crimmins 6), PENN 38 (J. Eggleston 11); Assists: COLU 9 (N. Agho 3), PENN 13 (Z. Rosen 9); Total Fouls -- COLU 18, PENN 17; Fouled Out: COLU-None; PENN-None.