Pennsylvania Quakers @ Villanova Wildcats

Big 5 Classic - Championship

5-4, 1-3 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Penn PENN	29	34	63
Villanova VILL	44	46	90

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Villanova routs Pennsylvania 90-63 in championship game of Big 5 Classic for 7th straight victory

Updated: Dec 7, 2025, 02:37 pm

PHILADELPHIA -- — Bryce Lindsay hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 to help Villanova roll to a 90-63 victory over Pennsylvania on Saturday to win the Big 5 Classic and up its win streak to seven.

Lindsay missed only one 3-pointer and made 3 of 4 free throws for the Wildcats (7-1). Devin Askew made three 3-pointers and scored 17. points, Duke Brennan had 15 points on 7-for-10 shooting.

TJ Power, Michael Zanoni and Cam Thrower all scored 11 for the Quakers (5-4).

Villanova took the lead with 5:27 remaining in the first half and did not trail again. Brennan led the team with 12 points for a 44-29 advantage at the break.

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Game Information

Philadelphia, PA

Referee:Nathan Farrell

Referee:Nathan Hall

Referee:Michael Palau

NCAA Division I

Ivy League	CONF	GB	OVR
Yale	11-3	-	24-7
Harvard	10-4	1	17-12
Pennsylvania	9-5	2	18-12
Cornell	8-6	3	15-13
Columbia	5-9	6	16-12
Dartmouth	5-9	6	11-16
Princeton	5-9	6	9-20
Brown	3-11	8	9-18

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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