Battle of 33rd Street

Battle of 33rd Street
Sport Basketball
First meeting December 14, 1920
Penn 28, Drexel 10
Latest meeting December 22, 2015
Drexel 53, Penn 52
Next meeting TBD
Statistics
Meetings total 25
All-time series Penn leads 15–10
Largest victory Penn, 48–16 (1922)
Longest streak Penn, 7 (1920–1928)
Current streak Drexel, 6 (2007–Present)

The Battle of 33rd Street rivalry refers to the men's college basketball rivalry between Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania. The rivalry is fueled by the proximity of the schools to each other, as the rivalry is known for being the closest geographical rivalry in college sports. The team's home courts are merely blocks away from each other, as Drexel's Daskalakis Athletic Center is located at 33rd and Market Street, and Penn's historic Palestra is located just south of 33rd and Walnut Street. The series was originally played at the Palestra every year until 2015 with the exception of the 2008 game, when Penn played at Drexel University for the first time in team history. Beginning in 2015, the location began alternating between the two schools.

The teams began playing against each other annually during the 1996–97 NCAA basketball season. Previous to this season, the teams faced each other only eight times. Seven of those games were during the 1920s, where Penn won all seven, and the eighth game was in 1988, where Drexel won 70–69.

Results

Drexel victoriesPenn victories
#DateLocationWinnerScore
1 December 14, 1920 Penn 28–10
2 December 7, 1921 Penn 24–10
3 1922 Penn 48–16
4 December 8, 1923 Penn 28–13
5 December 6, 1924 Penn 34–11
6 December 11, 1926 Penn 39–26
7 December 19, 1928 Penn 35–14
8 December 10, 1988 Palestra Drexel 70–69
9 January 15, 1997 Palestra Drexel 58–52
10 January 20, 1998 Palestra Penn 79–65
11 January 21, 1999 Palestra Penn 75–65
12 January 25, 2000 Palestra Penn 54–46
13 January 10, 2001 Palestra Drexel 68–63
14 November 28, 2001 Palestra Penn 89–80
#DateLocationWinnerScore
15 November 25, 2002 Palestra Drexel 71–62
16 November 24, 2003 Palestra Penn 79–73
17 November 23, 2004 Palestra Penn 81–50
18 November 26, 2005 Palestra Penn 68–60
19 November 21, 2006 Palestra Penn 68–49
20 November 9, 2007 Palestra Drexel 67–59OT
21 November 18, 2008 Daskalakis Athletic Center Drexel 66–64
22 November 24, 2009 Palestra Drexel 58–49
23 November 20, 2010 Palestra Drexel 77–56
24 November 17, 2012 Palestra Drexel 61–59
25 December 22, 2015 Daskalakis Athletic Center Drexel 53–52OT
26 TBA Palestra
Series: Penn leads 15–10

Hiatus in 2011, 2013, and 2014

In the 2011–12 season Drexel and Penn did not play against each other, ending a 14-year streak, due to a dispute over where the annual game was to be played. Initially in 1997, the teams agreed to play all of the rivalry games at the Palestra, as this is where the Philadelphia Big 5 and City 6 games are generally played at; however, since then Drexel's basketball has greatly improved and Drexel favored changing the rivalry so that the location is alternated between the schools every season. The teams resumed play in the 2012–13 season at The Palestra, but did not play again the following season. In the 2015–16 season, Penn agreed to resume the series at Drexel after a 2-year hiatus. From that point forward, it appears that the location of the game will alternate between The Palestra and Daskalakis Athletic Center each season.

Other Events

The schools also occasionally face each other in other sports, including lacrosse, women's basketball, and field hockey.

On March 11, 2014, Drexel and Penn faced each other in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. The teams earned automatic bids by winning each of their conference tournaments, and marked Drexel's first invitation to the national championship. The game was played at Franklin Field, and the Dragons defeated the Quakers by score of 16–11 to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.

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