Cornell Big Red at Pennsylvania Quakers
· NCAA Men's Basketball
72 - 79
Second-half run propels Penn past Cornell, 79-72
The Quakers won in the final days of coach Jerome Allen's tenure after he posted only one winning season in 5-plus seasons. Allen, a two-time Ivy League player of the year with the Quakers, had yet to duplicate that success on the bench.
He took over after Glen Miller was fired in 2009 and led the Quakers to his only winning season in 2011-12 with a 20-13 record. But the Quakers haven't won more than eight games in a season over the last three years.
Allen was reportedly told this week he's out of a job at the end of the season. Penn has one game left.
"I'll say this, my attempt to be like Marshawn Lynch, I'm just here so I won't get fined," Allen said Saturday night. "If you can read between the lines, then you'll probably save your breath. Questions?"
Jones finished with 13 points, Darien Nelson-Henry scored 12 and Matt Howard 11 for Penn (9-18, 4-9 Ivy League). Tony Hicks and Darnell Foreman added 11 apiece.
Jones hit two 3-pointers, scoring eight, during a 20-2 run that gave the Quakers a 53-33 lead with 12 minutes to play.
Cornell (13-17, 5-9) went more than six minutes without a field goal during that stretch and trailed by double digits until the final seconds.
Shonn Miller led Cornell with 23 points. Wil Bathurst added a career-high 20.
Allen said he was able to tune out the distractions of his shaky job status.
"It hasn't been difficult at all. We've treated this week like any other week," he said. "We just made it about business. It was good to see them come out tonight and duplicate that same level (of Friday's win)."
Penn athletics director Grace Calhoun is now set to make her first major hire and one of the candidates could include former Penn assistant and Cornell and Boston College head coach Steve Donahue.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 72 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Matt Poplawski made Free Throw. | 72 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Matt Poplawski made Free Throw. | 72 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Foul on Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof. | 72 - 77 |
| 2nd 0:05 | JoJo Fallas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof. | 72 - 77 |
Statistics
 COR |
 PENN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-54 | FG | 27-50 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 54 |
| 7-23 | 3PT | 9-19 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 17-21 | FT | 16-24 |
| 81 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 11 | Assists | 20 |
| 3 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 6 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 21 | Fouls | 20 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Attendance: 2,029 | Capacity: