Hobbie Leads Brown Past Penn 71-55
Sunday, February 15, 2015
The Brown Bears men's basketball team (11-14, 2-6 Ivy League) defeated (7-14, 2-5 Ivy League) Penn 71-58 on Saturday night in Penn. After losing five games in a row to start conference play, Brown has now won two of their last three games.
See the five takeaways slideshow below
Brown trailed 30-29 at the half but opened the second on fire, going on a 15-4 run to go up 44-34 with 14 minutes left in the game after J.R. Hobbie nailed three-pointers on back to back possessions.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTPenn would get within four, 48-44, with nine minutes left but Brown would use an 8-2 run to push the lead backup to ten, 56-46, and Penn would not get closer then five points the rest of the way.
J.R. Hobbie led the Brown Bears with a career high 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field, including 5-of-7 from three point land. Steven Spieth followed up with 19 points of his own in the game.
Penn was led by Matt Howard who poured in 19 points. No other Penn player reached double figures.
The Brown Bears return to action on Friday February 19 when they host Columbia at the Pizzitola Center. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.
For a further look at the Brown win, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From Brown’s 71-58 Win Over Penn
The Brown Bears men's basketball team (11-14, 2-6 Ivy League) defeated (7-14, 2-5 Ivy League) Penn 71-58 on Saturday night in Penn.
Here are five takeaways from the game.
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