PHILADELPHIA – After a weekend sweep of Columbia and Cornell at home, the University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team still has life as the second-half swing of Ivy League play begins. The Quakers are two games out of fourth place, which is where they need to get in order to play in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament March 11-12 at The Palestra. For the second straight weekend, the Quakers have a Friday-Sunday weekend, as they play at Brown Friday night and at Yale on Sunday afternoon. Friday's game will tip off at 8 p.m. and is the second half of a doubleheader, as the Penn and Brown women start the night at 5:30 p.m.

In addition to being on the subscription-based Ivy League Digital Network, Friday's game at Brown will air for free on ESPN3. Sunday's game is being televised by the American Sports Network; click on the link above to see if the game can be viewed in your local area. If it can't, it will also air live on the ILDN.

FRIDAY: Columbia (4-4) at Harvard (6-2), 7; Cornell (2-6) at Dartmouth (2-6), 7; Princeton (8-0) at Yale (6-2), 8; Penn (2-6) at Brown (2-6), 8

SATURDAY: Princeton at Brown, 6; Columbia at Dartmouth, 7; Cornell at Harvard, 7

SUNDAY: Penn at Yale, 1

• Penn has made this southern New England swing 60 times previously.

• The Quakers have swept this road trip 26 times, most recently in 2011; they split the trip 25 times, most recently in 2013; and they have been swept nine times including each of the last three seasons.

• The Quakers have dominated this series, and hold a 104-27 lead over the Bears.

• That said, Brown has won six of the last seven meetings. That includes an 82-70 victory on January 14 at The Palestra in Philadelphia. In that win, Brandon Anderson had 21 points while Steven Spieth scored 20 for Brown; Matt Howard had 20 for Penn, while Darnell Foreman scored 19.

• Penn has lost three in a row at the Pizzitola Sports Center—including an 89-83 decision last season—after winning five in a row from 2009-13.

• The Quakers hold a 146-79 lead over the Bulldogs in a series that dates back to the first collegiate 5-on-5 game ever played, a 32-10 Yale win on March 20, 1897.

• Yale has dominated the series in recent years, however, winning the last nine meetings (five of them by double digits) and 10 of the last 11 dating back to the 2011-12 season.

• The Bulldogs won the first meeting this season, taking a 68-60 decision on January 13 at The Palestra in Philadelphia. Miye Oni had 18 to lead Yale, while AJ Brodeur and Jackson Donahue had 13 each to lead Penn.

• Penn has lost five in a row at the John J. Lee Amphitheater; the last win came on February 19, 2011 (60-58).

1 • Games lost by Penn when leading at the half under Steve Donahue; the Quakers are 14-1 in such games (8-1 this season), the only loss coming February 3 at Harvard.

7 • Players who have led Penn in scoring in a game so far this season: Ryan Betley—who led with a career-high 22 last Sunday against Cornell—AJ Brodeur, Darnell Foreman, Matt Howard, Jackson Donahue, Caleb Wood, and Sam Jones.

13 • Penn players on the current roster who have had at least one double-figure scoring game during their career, including nine this season.

11.0 • Points-per-game average over the last four games by junior Sam Jones after double-digit performances in games against Dartmouth, Princeton and Columbia; prior to this run, he had scored eight points total across Penn's previous eight games.

+17 • Penn's rebound margin last Friday against Columbia (48-31); the 48 boards were a season high for the Quakers, who held a 30-10 advantage at the half.

22 • Points scored last weekend by freshman guard Devon Goodman (9 vs. Columbia, 13 vs. Cornell); he entered the weekend with 27 for the season.