We know, we know: We’ve been a bit lax in updating the site in the past week or so. Stuff happens. But with our next series of posts, we’re gonna do our best to get you caught up on the city’s six teams. ‘Cause that’s how we do. Next up: Saint Joe’s. But you knew that already, didn’t you?

The big news was the Quakers got a win — their first after 10 season-opening losses — and Jerome Allen’s first as the team’s interim coach. On Jan. 6, Penn went down to Catonsville, Md., and defeated Maryland-Baltimore County, 82-71. Zack Rosen scored 28 points and made eight free throws in the final minute. But this one was all about balance: Jack Eggleston had 11 rebounds and five assists. Darren Smith knocked down five 3s and finished with 15 points. Conor Turley had 13 points. Dan Monckton had 11 in just 21 minutes. And Rob Belcore had six assists to go with his nine points and four rebounds.

The victory was sandwiched between a 77-62 loss to Lafayette (11-6 overall) and Wednesday’s 60-45 loss to Temple — a game that matched Allen against Fran Dunphy, his former Penn mentor, which is something we wrote about that night for Our Real Job. Penn did play very hard against the Owls, but Temple is ranked for a reason and simply had too much. Philly.com has video of Allen’s post-game remarks, and you can watch it below.

Penn (1-11) hosts La Salle on Wednesday night at the P.

Link: Teacher (Dunphy) defeats student-teacher (Allen) [phillyBurbs.com]
Video: [Philly.com]