US EditionTJ Power Stats Today: How Ex Duke Forward Poured in 44, Forced OT with Buzzer Beater and Led Penn to Ivy League Title
TJ Power set an Ivy League tournament record with 44 points and 14 rebounds, leading Penn to an 88-84 overtime victory and an NCAA Tournament berth.
- On Sunday, March 15, 2026, Penn upset Yale 88-84 in overtime to win the Ivy League championship, securing an NCAA Tournament bid.
- With the Quakers down six with less than three minutes remaining in regulation, Power scored Penn's final 10 points, including two three-pointers that forced overtime at 75-all.
- Senior guard Cam Thrower provided crucial offensive support with 19 points, while first-year coach Fran McCaffery guided Penn to its first tournament berth since 2018.
- Power's 44-point performance set an Ivy Madness record, while McCaffery became the sixth coach in history to lead five different programs—Lehigh, UNC Greensboro, Siena, Iowa, and Penn—to the NCAA Tournament.
- Penn will learn its seeding and opponent during the tournament selection show today at 6 p.m., with the team remaining in Ithaca while awaiting placement.
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Shrewsbury native scores 44, leads Penn to NCAA men’s basketball tournament
Shrewsbury native and former Saint John’s Shrewsbury star TJ Power willed the University of Pennsylvania to a win over top-seeded Yale in the Ivy League men’s basketball championship, 88-84, in overtime on Sunday.
Penn wins Ivy League tourney and punches ticket to NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018
TJ Power scored a record-breaking 44 points and hit two clutch three-pointers in the last seven seconds of regulation to send the game to overtime, where the Quakers secured an 88-84 win over Yale.
TJ Power Becomes Penn, Ivy League Legend With Ridiculous Performance Against Yale
The top-seeded Yale Bulldogs entered Sunday's Ivy League Tournament championship as favorites over third-seeded Pennsylvania, but that didn't take into account that Quakers forward TJ Power was about to play the game of his life. Power wrote his name in the Ivy League record books with a game-tying three-pointer with less than 2 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime. That shot gave Power 40 points in the game, breaking the Ivy League ch…
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