TJ Power electric as Penn tops Yale to win Ivy tournament

TJ Power scored 44 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final seven seconds of regulation, as Penn advanced to the NCAA Tournament with an 88-84 victory over Yale in the Ivy League championship game Sunday at Ithaca, N.Y.

Power added 14 rebounds and went 14 of 26 from the floor (7 of 14 from 3-point range) in the first game of at least 40 points in the history of the Ivy League tournament. Cam Thrower added 19 points for the Quakers (18-11).

Trevor Mullin scored 22 points for the Bulldogs (24-6), while Casey Simmons, Nick Townsend and Isaac Celiscar each added 17. Celiscar had 11 rebounds.

Yale led 73-69 on two free throws from Mullin with 12 seconds remaining before Power answered with a contested 3-pointer to get Penn within 73-72. Mullin made two more free throws with five seconds remaining before Power answered again on a 3-pointer with a second left for a 75-75 tie.

Power added four more points in overtime, all on free throws, as Penn advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018 while under first-year head coach Fran McCaffery, and just the second time since 2008.