PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team continues a busy week that has the Quakers playing three road games. Coming off an 81-68 victory Monday night in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday the Red and Blue make a day trip to the Lehigh Valley for its annual meeting with Lafayette and old friend Fran O'Hanlon. The Quakers and Leopards are scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m., following the Lafayette-Princeton women's game which starts at 6 p.m.
 
GAME 11 – PENN (6-4) at LAFAYETTE (1-6)
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 * 8 p.m.
Kirby Sports Center (Easton, Pa.)
 
THE SERIES
• The Quakers hold a sizable 41-9 lead in the series, but have won just once in their last five trips to Easton (2011-12).
 
• Penn snapped a four-game losing streak in emphatic fashion last year, winning 81-52 at The Palestra. AJ Brodeur had 22 points to lead the Red and Blue, while Jackson Donahue had 17.
 
• This will be the third meeting between Penn head coach Steve Donahue and Lafayette head coach Fran O'Hanlon since Donahue returned to University City. The two were assistant coaches at Penn together under current Temple head coach Fran Dunphy for five seasons (1990-91 to 1994-95), helping the Quakers to three-straight undefeated Ivy League championships from 1993-95.
 
PENN vs. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
The Quakers are 164-58 all-time against programs that currently play in the Patriot League, including a 66-45 win over Navy on November 15 at The Palestra.
 
PENN BY THE NUMBERS
5 • Five different players have led Penn in scoring in a game this season: senior Caleb Wood; junior Max Rothschild; sophomores Ryan Betley and AJ Brodeur; and freshman Jarrod Simmons.
 
6 • Overtime periods played this season by Penn, including four two Saturdays ago at Monmouth. It was just the second 4OT game in program history, the first coming on March 13, 1920 (Penn 26, Princeton 23).
 
8 • Penn is in the midst of playing eight-straight games away from The Palestra, The Quakers have not played at home since November 18, and their next home game is not until December 27 when Delaware State comes to town.
 
14 • Players on this year's roster with at least one double-figure scoring game at Penn. That includes seven players who have had at least one 20-point game, and six with at least one double-double. This season alone, 10 different players have reached double digits!
 
21 • Points scored by Wood on Monday night at Howard, a career high. He hit six three-pointers, one shy of his career best.
 
90 • Penn has scored at least 90 points three times already this season; the last time the Quakers had three such games in an entire season was 2006-07.