Good evening folks, sorry for the delay--blame Air PennNet. We're picking up here with about three and a half minutes to go in the first half with Columbia leading, 23-20. What you've missed: a couple of K.J. Matsui threes for Columbia in transition, a couple of Bernardini buckets for the Quakers, and a couple of Egees--Penn's Kevin and the Lions' Steven (his younger brother) have faced off head to head for the first time ever.

Penn 52, Columbia 55, 5:35 Second Half

Scott makes a nice feed to Jason Miller on the baseline for a score, but Miller will foul Eggleston on the other end. The sophomore forward can't connect on the first, but drains the second.

Penn 51, Columbia 53, 7:25 Second Half

Consecutive Jack Eggleston scores spurs Joe Jones to call a 30-second timeout.

Penn 47, Columbia 52, 7:25 Second Half

Just as it was slipping away a little bit (thanks to a pair of jumpers from Noruwa Agho), Votel gives another little boost. He converts an and-1, and cuts the lead to five.

Penn 37, Columbia 43, 11:36 Second Half

Talk about instant offense. Conor Turley, just seconds into his first appearance of the game, finishes a nice lefty hook in the lane, and the foul. He converts the three-point play, giving Penn a much-needed spark. Egee is slammed to the floor near the basket, and he gets ready to shoot two.

Penn 37, Columbia 43, 13:00 Second Half

A three-pointer by Scott and a three-point play by Bernardini was the only offense for the first four-plus minutes of the half, but Columbia has turned it on, and the Quakers are in danger of letting this one slip out of grasp.

Rosen, however, brings the Red and Blue back within six with a bucket.

Halftime Stats

Penn

Brennan Votel: 8 points, 2 rebounds, one steal. Tyler Bernardini: 8 points, two rebounds, one steal. Zack Rosen: 2 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals.

Columbia

KJ Matsui: 9 points, one rebounds. Jason Miller: 8 points, 6 rebounds, one block.

Battle of the Egees

Steve: 4 points, one assist, no turnovers. Kevin: 6 points, no assists, no turnovers.

Penn 30, Columbia 33, Halftime

Niko Scott drained another three from the corner to put Columbia up, and that's how it's going to stay going into halftime (although Steven Egee almost hit a shot from beyond halfcourt at the buzzer). We'll get you some stats as soon as they're available.

Penn 30, Columbia 30, :57.8 First Half

In your face, little bro! Kevin hits a three over Steven after a Lions bucket on the first possession. But Niko Scott answers with a three-pointer of his own.

On the next time down, Belcore finds Votel for a nice little jumper in the paint. The Lions' Jason Miller was sent to the line, and he converts on both.

Penn 25, Columbia 23, 2:14 First Half

Belcore missed the front end, and on their next possession the Quakers turn it over after a botched Rosen drive. He makes up for it on the next possession, however, notching a steal which will turn into a Brennan Votel bucket down low.

A Rob Belcore trifecta on the next Penn possession (on a Rosen assist) gives the team some much-needed life--Columbia coach Joe Jones has called for time. It also looks like Steven Egee will head back into the game, much to the delight of Section 110, which is home to the Egee extended family.

Penn 20, Columbia 23, 3:41 First Half

The Quakers' execution offensively has been subpar up to this point. There have been several errant passes (by Zack Rosen and Harrison Gaines), and Penn has missed a ton of open jumpers. The Red and Blue should be able to take this Columbia team easily, but they're going to have to execute better if they want to take a lead into halftime. Rob Belcore will shoot one-and-one in the meantime.

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