PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team continues this busy stretch (three games in six days) by hosting George Mason on Saturday at 2 p.m. This is the second-straight home game for the Quakers, who earned an 81-52 triumph over Lafayette on Wednesday night.

In addition to airing on the subscription-based Ivy League Digital Network, Saturday's game can be seen for free on ESPN3.

• This will be the third meeting in four years between these programs, but the first here at The Palestra.

 

• Mason has won the first two matchups, taking an 80-77 decision on January 2, 2014 and then a 63-44 victory early last season.

• Today's game marks a return to The Palestra for Penn alum Ted Rawlings, a member of the George Mason staff as its director of operations. Rawlings —who spent the last two years at Brown working under former Penn assistant coach Mike Martin—played sprint football and lacrosse for the Quakers as an undergraduate, and also was a team manager for men's basketball as well as a broadcaster for women's basketball.

The Quakers are 92-105 all-time against programs that currently play in the Atlantic 10; they have Big 5 rivals Saint Joseph's (1/21) and La Salle (1/25) still on the horizon this season.

1 • Position of freshman AJ Brodeur among Ivy players in overall field-goal percentage (.554) and senior Matt Howard among Ivy players in offensive rebounds per game (2.4); Howard also is second among Ivy players in FG percentage (.540).

3.17 • Assist/turnover ratio so far this season for junior Matt MacDonald (19/6).

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

6 • Double-figure scoring games so far this season for Brodeur, tops among Penn players.

8.3 • Average steals per game by Penn so far this season, tops among Ivy League teams.

11 • Number of 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.

66.1 • Penn's scoring defense so far this season, tops among Ivy League teams.

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

• The win was Penn's largest over the Leopards since a 105-73 decision on January 16, 2006, and snapped a four-game losing streak in the series.

• Penn hit 33 field goals and shot 55.9 percent from the field (33-59), both highs in the year-plus Steve Donahue coaching era.

• Lafayette set an opponent high for turnovers (19) and lows for foul shots made (4) and attempted (7) in the Donahue era.

• Senior Matt Howard tied a career high for steals (4), while sophomore Max Rothschild set a career high for assists (3).