Pennsylvania Quakers NCAA Basketball News

Jerome Allen is short on coaching experience and has not even coached his first college game.

When Jerome Allen was hired as Penn's interim head basketball coach last week, he thought about all the people who have helped to shape him as a player and a person.

Junior Dan Monckton attempts a layup as Travis Taylor guards him. Monckton scored five from the bench for Penn in its seventh straight loss of the season.

Coach Glen Miller has struggled with the physicality and talent of his squad. He has shown an inability to find solutions for his teams early woes.

The Penn men's basketball team does not have a win yet this season, but the Quakers' new interim coach, former two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and Penn alumnus Jerome Allen, does have the support of sophomore point guard and co-captain Zack Rosen as he replaces Glen Miller, who was fired Monday after three seasons.

Penn athletics director Steve Bilsky made an intriguing move Monday when he fired men's basketball coach Glen Miller seven games into the 2009-10 season.

Pennsylvania has fired men's basketball coach Glen Miller after a winless start to the season.

Monmouth defeats Penn 80-75 Eds: APNewsNow. Monmouth, N.J. 80, Penn 75. MINOR edits.

While listening to Penn basketball coach Glen Miller speak, it was pretty easy to figure out what the fourth-year head-man thought had gone wrong in his team's embarrassing 78-60 loss to Albany at home last night.

The UAlbany men's basketball team set season highs for points and shooting percentage in a 78-60 victory over the University of Pennsylvania tonight that snapped a three-game losing streak.

Tim Ambrose scored 20 points and Will Harris added 19 as Albany kept Penn winless with a 78-60 victory on Tuesday night.Leading 39-36 with 18:49 left, the Great Danes used a 20-7 run to pull away.

Down 63-60 with just under three minutes to go in Friday's contest with Navy, the Quakers had the ball with the opportunity to tie the game or at least cut the score to one.

Behind 21 points and 12 rebounds from sophomore guard Jordan Sugars, Navy fought out a rugged 73-67 win over Penn tonight at the US Naval Academy's Alumni Hall.

Penn's men's college basketball team has not won yet this season. It has not played before a national television audience yet this season, either.

Freshman point guard Malcolm Washington has already made an early impact for the Quakers this season, scoring five points in 11 minutes.

The game was dubbed the "Battle for the 33d Street Trophy." In reality, it was the battle to avoid becoming Philadelphia's last winless Division I men's basketball team.

Guard Zack Rosen leads the Penn Quakers this college basketball season in scoring, assists, steals, and minutes played.

Drexel downs Penn 58-49 Eds: APNewsNow. Drexel 58, Penn 49. PHILADELPHIA Jamie Harris scored 22 points to lead Drexel to its first win, beating still-winless Penn 58-49 on Tuesday night.

Delaware's Jawan Carter was sent to the line 26 times Saturday night, where he converted on 19 of his shots.

Penn guard Tyler Bernardini, a 6'6" junior, was sitll listed Sunday as questionable for Tuesday's home college basketball game against Drexel.