Philadelphia – The University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team, in its final warm-up before Ivy League play began, defeated the Gwynedd Mercy 95-38 at The Palestra on Friday.
The Penns extended their winning streak to six games, the final five being at Palestra, improving to 7-5 overall. Gwynedd, an NCAA Division 3 program, fell 7-6.
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*Penn faced 17 players on Friday, scoring 16 of them.
*The Quakers shot 54.2% from the floor (39 vs. 72) and scored at least 25 points in 3 of their 4 frames.
*Four different players scored in double digits in the afternoon scoring, mostly juniors jordan belt 12. She added a game-high seven rebounds.
* Obi also participates in the second grade Stina Almqvist (11) and Yanna Rogers (10) and Senior Sydney Caldwell (10) in two digits. Rodgers, who missed his freshman season due to injury, recorded his first 10 college points in the game, going 5-for-8 off the floor.
* Senior Captain in just 19 minutes of play Kayla Padilla He was on triple-double pace, scoring 9 points on 3-on, and had six rebounds and a game-high six assists.
*Penn forced the Griffins into 18 turnovers and converted them into 22 points.
*Quaker did a lot of work on the paint, scoring 58 points including 25 off transitions.
how it happened
Penn was out quickly on Friday, with Padilla hitting a three-pointer on the Quakers’ first possession and the Tooders turning Gwynedd’s turnover into another basket. GMU’s Kelly Owens said shortly after that he boarded his Griffins at Trey.
It was 8 to 5 that the Quakers blew it. Sawyer trey set him off the pen with a 12-0 run and the score made him 20-5 with 3:21 still to play in the first quarter. GMU scored his next six with triples from Owens and Kayla Sharkey, but Penn’s lead was one after he was 27-13.
Penn then scored 9 of their first 11 points in the second quarter to lift their lead to 36–15, with Gwynedd Mercy double the rest of the half by a margin of under 20. Red and Blue took his 45-22 lead into his locker room.
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Sydney Caldwell connect with sanaia caldwell For a tough rim finish!#FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/zMC9uG0yUM
— Pen WBB (@PennWBB) December 30, 2022
It took a while for things to get back on track in the third quarter, but once Penn joined the board, the Quakers never looked back. It was 46-24 when the red and blue started a fast break, scoring 10 points within two minutes to force a timeout for Gwynedd. The lead continued to balloon to 40 (68-28), with the Quakers in front at 70-33 in the third quarter. In the frame, Rogers secured her first college points.
Long time no see! Yanna Rogers He missed last season due to injury, but he got his first college score today!
Oh, and she scored in the next series too!#FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/rHh9kxz4Br
— Pen WBB (@PennWBB) December 30, 2022
Penn started the fourth quarter with the first nine points and cruised the rest of the way, getting production from six different players off the bench, including seven from Almqvist and six from Rodgers.
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Penn continues homestand, attends Ivy League play on Monday and hosts Brown at 2 p.m.
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