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Featured Image: @GabFoligno /  Neal Simpson / Allstar / Getty Images https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/maghnes-akliouche-monacos-in-house-solution-paving-his-way-in-ligue-1/ December 18, 2023  By: Liam Scahill / @LiamScahill Player Analysis AS Monaco have one of the youngest squads in Ligue 1 and amongst their budding star power is a gifted youngster in the form of Maghnes Akliouche . Already this season he boasts three goals in the books, most notably a brace he bagged in an electric encounter back in September when AS Monaco ran out 3-2 winners against Marseille . The exciting talent has exhibited in cameos so far this season acts of audacity, that take a deceptive amount of skill and nerve with relative ease. Against Marseille his goals were unleashed with both feet, the first with his right when he sashayed into a vacuum he created inside the box and the other with his left, a thunderous first-time volley . The 21-year-old at the time of writing is level on Li...

During the 1970-1971 season, the Quakers were a perfect 26-0 in the regular season,  reaching all the way to No.3 in the country. Credit:  DP Archives https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/10/penn-mens-basketball-ivy-league-title-look-back-1971 The Quakers reached the Elite Eight and finished 28-1 overall By Andrea Mendoza   The Daily Pennsylvanian - 10/26/20 9:12pm In Dick Harter's last year as coach of Penn men's basketball, he produced perhaps his finest season . Many key players were returning, including Bob Morse, Dave Wohl, Steve Bilsky, Corky Calhoun, and Jim Wolf. The squad was getting ready for a season to be remembered for decades to come. For the Quakers' season opener, Harter ordered new sneakers to start the season off right, but they didn’t arrive on time, and the team was forced to play in their old sneakers against Rutgers. Nevertheless, Penn still won by a score of 85-71 at the Palestra. “There are a lot of things we can do better,” Harter said. “Move to the...