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.

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