For Penn, none of its star players established a rhythm Friday night. Sophomore Ugonna Onyekwe, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, only mustered ten points and nearly had more turnovers individually (seven) than the Crimson squad had collectively (ten). Senior guard Lamar Plummer was also relatively quiet, only scoring 12 points on 4-for-13 shooting.
The win also kept alive another interesting and important streak for the Crimson. With Friday's upset over Penn, Harvard has not lost two games in a row all season. The last Crimson team to accomplish this feat this far into the season was the 1945-46 squad that made it to the NCAA Tournament.
"From the outset, our team was focused on not losing two in a row, and it was very important to our guys not to lose two in a row tonight," Sullivan said.
With the win against the Quakers, the Crimson now has twelve wins, which equals last year's total and is the highest number of wins at this point in the schedule since the banner 1996-97 season.