Penn adds to La Salle’s misery in blowout win

PHILADELPHIA >> Freshman reserve Michael Wang tossed in 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor and Pennsylvania continued its best start since the

1994-95 season with an

83-65 victory over winless La Salle Saturday.

Wang, who led the Quakers (8-2) in scoring for a second straight game, helped Penn shoot 57 percent (31 of

54) from the floor. Antonio Woods hit three 3-pointers and scored 17 with five assists, while AJ Brodeur pitched in with 17 points, six rebounds and five assists. Devon Goodman totaled 14 points and four assists for the Quakers, who beat Miami their last time out.

Sophomore reserve David Beatty paced the Explorers (0-10) with

14 points. Jared Kimbrough returned from a two-game absence due to a lower-body injury and scored nine with five rebounds.

La Salle was playing its third straight game without leading scorer Pookie Powell, who is also out with a lowerbody injury.

Penn, which raced to a 39-21 advantage at halftime, never let La Salle cut the lead to single digits in the second half. Penn leads the alltime series 41-31.

UMBC 91, DREXEL 76 >> K.J. Jackson scored 21 of his season-high 31 points in the second half as UMBC came from eight points down at the half to cruise past Drexel.

The Retrievers shot

60 percent from the field in their last game, a win at Coppin State. Against the Dragons they shot 60.3 percent from the field for the game (35 of 58). Jackson got to the basket for eight layups in the second half.

Troy Harper dunked with three seconds left to send the Dragons to intermission with a

43-35 advantage, but UMBC’s Max Curran hit back-to-back 3s to open the second half.

Jackson was 13 of 17 from the field, including 2 of 5 from beyond the 3-point arc. Joe Sherburne and Ricky Council II each added

11 points. Harper had 22 points for the Dragons. Trevor John and James Butler added 14 and

13 points, respectively, and the team collectively shot 50 percent from the field (29 of

58) for the game.