Penn’s loss to Princeton on Friday marks 12 straight in the rivalry, a losing streaking spanning back to 2019. An entire class of recruits has come and gone since Penn’s last victory in the series. Friday’s contest would suggest anything but a lopsided recent history,

After being fouled with 0.6 seconds left to play, Princeton guard Jackson Hicke sank two free throws to break a 59-59 tie, extending Penn’s (6-14, 2-5 Ivy) losing streak in the rivalry to 12 games — the longest in the series’ history.

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Friday’s matchup will be a critical one for the Quakers’ Ivy Madness hopes — Penn currently sits one game behind fourth-place Dartmouth and will need every win it can get to keep pace with Brown and Harvard, both of which also trail the Big Green by one game.

On a weekend road trip, Harvard Wrestling fell in back-to-back dual meets to Penn and Princeton. The team will look to rebound from the disappointing losses against Columbia on Feb. 15.

Mitch Henderson only lost six Ivy League games in four years as a player at Princeton, but he remembers vividly who four of those defeats came against. The Penn Quakers. “This