PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Brodeur scored 23 points and Jake Silpe added a career-high 16 as Penn won its second straight game to start the season, knocking off Rice, 92-76 on Friday night.
The game was a homecoming both for Rice coach Scott Pera, a former assistant coach with the Quakers, and graduate transfer Dylan Jones, a four-year player at Penn before transferring to Rice.
Bryce Washington hit his second 3-pointer of the first five minutes to put Penn in front for good and Brodeur added two layups and a trey to push the Quakers lead to 22-11 eight minutes into the contest.