PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team concludes a three-games-in-six-days stretch Monday night with its second trip to Florida already this season. This time the Quakers head to Orlando to face a red-hot University of Central Florida (UCF) squad, which has won four in a row under first-year head coach Johnny Dawkins. Monday's game will be televised live on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.

• This will be just the second meeting between the Quakers and the Knights in men's basketball, and the second to take place here at CFE Arena.

 

• The first matchup took place on December 29, 2008, in the opening round of the UCF Holiday Classic. The Knights earned an 81-64 win. Penn rebounded the next day to defeat Campbell University in the tournament consolation, 78-67.

Penn vs. The American

• Following a 60-52 loss at Temple nine days ago, the Quakers enter tonight's game against UCF 22-52 all-time against programs that currently make up the American Athletic Conference. (Cincinnati 0-1, Memphis 0-1, SMU 3-2, Temple 19-47, UCF 0-1)

1 • Position of senior Matt Howard among Ivy League players in steals per game (1.6) and offensive rebounds per game (2.4), and freshman AJ Brodeur among Ivy players in blocked shots per game (2.0).

2/3 • Positions of Howard (.549) and Brodeur (.543) among Ivy players in overall field-goal percentage; they are behind only Brown sophomore Travis Fuller (.600).

10.0 • Assist/turnover ratio over the last two games for junior Matt MacDonald (10/1); for the season he has 24 assists and seven turnovers, a 3.42 ratio.

4 • Steals last Wednesday by Howard—matching a career high—and MacDonald against Lafayette.

7 • Consecutive double-figure scoring games for Brodeur, who has seven overall this season.

11 • Penn players on the current roster who have had at least one double-figure scoring game during their career; six different players have reached double digits in a game this season.

78.8 • Percentage of points from a year ago that returned to Penn's lineup for the 2016-17 season (1,506 out of 1,911).

• For the first time this season, Penn finished with a single-digit turnover total; the Quakers committed nine.

• All of freshman AJ Brodeur's season-high four blocked shots came in the second half.

• Sophomore Max Rothschild finished with a season-best six rebounds.

• The Patriots' Marquise Morris finished with a triple-double (17 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists).