PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Senior Shonn Miller was a one-man wrecking crew in his final game in a Cornell uniform, but Penn used six players in double figures on a red-hot shooting night to top the Big Red 79-72 on Saturday evening at The Palestra. The Quakers improved to 9-18 (4-9 Ivy), while Cornell ended its season with a 13-17 mark (5-9 Ivy).

Despite the loss, Cornell still posted a school record 11-win improvement over last season, just two games shy of the Ivy League record of a 13-game increase.

Miller scored 23 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked two shots and stole two passes for the Big Red, while freshman Wil Bathurst posted career highs of 20 points and eight rebounds in just 21 minutes of action in extended playing time. Sparked by Bathurst, Cornell made a late run that cut a 20-point Penn lead to five in the final minute before time ran out on the Big Red. Miller surpassed the 500-point mark with his 23-point effort and became the first Big Red player to surpass 500 points and 250 rebounds in a single season.

Senior Galal Cancer had 10 points and classmate Devin Cherry notched six points and three assists in their final games in a Cornell uniform.

Antonio Woods had 15 points and 11 assists to lead six double figure scorers. The Quakers shot 54 percent from the floor in the win, just the second time this season an opponent hit better than half its shots from the floor this year. Sam Jones had 13 points, Darien Nelson-Henry had 12 points and six rebounds, Matt Howard posted 11 points and both Tony Hicks and Darnell Foreman had 10 apiece.

After trading runs in the first half, Penn took a slim 29-27 lead into the break. The Big Red tied the game almost immediately on a well-designed play that got a duck-in basket for Miller to knot the game at 29-29, but that triggered the game-changing run for the Quakers. Penn went on a 24-4 spurt over 7:08 that gave the home team a 20-point lead with 12 minutes to play. Still trailing by 16 (73-57 with 1:56 remaining, Cornell started chipping away. Even after Galal Cancer fouled out and head coach Bill Courtney removed classmates Devin Cherry and Shonn Miller at the same time for one final time with 57 ticks left, the Big Red wouldn't say die. Bathurst scored 10 points in the final two minutes and JoJo Fallas added five over that span to help Cornell back within 77-72 with six seconds left. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late for the Big Red.

Cornell turned the ball over just six times, but could force Penn into just nine of their own. Penn assisted on 20 of its 27 baskets on the night and hit 9-of-19 3-pointers to ru nawa with the season sweep of the Big Red.