PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Yale's winning streak has reached double digits. Four Bulldogs scored in double figures as Yale rolled to a 76-62 win over Penn at The Palestra to extend its winning streak to 10.
The Bulldogs (17-6) are 8-0 in Ivy League play.
The Quakers fell to 9-14 overall and 1-7 in Ivy games.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
John Poulakidas scored a team-high 17 points to lead a balanced attack. He was 6-of-13 from the field.
Bez Mbeng added 16 points and six assists, and
Danny Wolf posted another double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
August Mahoney was 4-of-4 from the field, including hitting three from long range, to finish with 11 points.
Casey Simmons and
Nick Townsend each scored six points, and
Yassine Gharram contributed four points and three assists.
Clark Slajchert was Penn's leading scorer with 12 points. He was 5-of-15 from the field. Tyler Perkins and Sam Brown each had 11 points.
TURNING POINT
Yale trailed 15-7 after six minutes but outscored the Quakers 38-15 over the rest of the first half to lead 45-30 at halftime. Penn never got closer than 12 in the second half. The Bulldogs' largest lead was 21, 57-36, with 13 minutes remaining.
KEY STATS
Yale shot 53 percent from the field and limited the Quakers to 39 percent. Penn finished 9-of-32 from three-point range.
QUOTING JONES
"We were able to get out in transition and score that way and that was really good for us," said
James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of the Bulldogs. "Defensively, our guys really communicated and worked hard. Our entire team does a great job of making [the opponents] work for what they get. We did a great job of switching and they had to work hard to get shots."
NOTES
• The 8-0 start in Ivy play is the best for the Bulldogs since the 2015-16 team also won its first eight league games.
• The victory was Yale's first at The Palestra over Penn since 2017. The Bulldogs did beat Harvard in the historic arena later that season in the Ivy League Tournament.
• Yale remains one of two teams in the nation unbeaten in conference play joining Saint Mary's of the WCC.
• The two teams combined for just 11 turnovers in the game
• Wolf's double-double was his 11th of the season. He has posted a double-double in every Ivy game but one.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bulldogs play at Princeton on Saturday night at 8 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN2. The Tigers beat Brown 72-63 on Friday night.
