PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team enters arguably its toughest three-game stretch of the season this week. The Quakers will play two Big 5 games in the span of three days, one at home and one on the road. However, before that comes an appetizer as the University of Miami comes to Macquarie Court at The Palestra to tip off with the Red and Blue Tuesday at 7 p.m.
 
GAME 9 – PENN (6-2) vs. MIAMI (5-3)
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 * 7 p.m.
Macquarie Court at The Palestra (Philadelphia)
Penn Game Notes | Miami Game Notes
 
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The Series with Miami
• This is the tenth meeting between the Quakers and the Hurricanes in men's basketball, but the first here at The Palestra. The previous nine meetings have all taken place in Coral Gables.
 
• Miami leads the series, 6-3, and has won four in a row dating back to the 1966-67 season. Penn's last win was a 67-54 decision way back on December 28, 1953.
 
• The most recent meeting took place two seasons ago, on November 19, 2016. Miami defeated Penn, 74-62. The last meeting before that took place on January 2, 2008, an 88-62 Canes win.
 
• Penn is 53-93 all-time against programs currently in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Quakers' last win over an ACC team came November 19, 2001, a 79-74 decision at Georgia Tech.
 
Fast Out of the Gate
• At 6-2, Penn is off to its best start since the 2001-02 went 6-1 before losing back-to-back games to Saint Joseph's and Davidson.
 
• Penn started 4-0 for the first time since the 1978-79 season, which coincidentally was the year that the Quakers made it to arguably the most famous Final Four of all time with Magic Johnson's Michigan State, Larry Bird's Indiana State, and Mark Aguirre's DePaul teams.
 
Penn by the Numbers
0 • Two-point baskets scored so far this season by senior Jackson Donahue; all nine of his field goals this season have come from beyond the arc.
 
2.05 • Penn's assist/turnover ratio over the last two games (43/21).
 
3 • Points scored by junior Ryan Betley in Penn's season opener, when he drained a three-pointer on Penn's first possession of 2018-19; less than five minutes later he ruptured his patellar tendon, and so last year's leading scorer will miss the remainder of the season.
 
4 • Three-point baskets made by freshman Bryce Washington in the second half of Penn win over Northern Iowa on November 16. They came on four attempts and were hit in a span of 9:06 of game time.
 
5 • NCAA Division 1 players this year from China, including freshman Michael Wang. He shares the distinction with Michael Ou (Cal State Northridge), Johnny Wang (Cal State Fullerton), Kevin Zhang (Tulane) and James Zhao (California).
 
11 • The number of times Penn has hit 90 points in the 97-game Donahue era after wins over Rice (92-76), Lafayette (91-61) and Stockton (112-63). The last time the Quakers hit 90 points against consecutive Division I opponents was 2002-03, when they scored 99 points at USC and then scored 98 vs. Monmouth.
 
12 • Kansas State's AP national ranking when Penn played the Wildcats in a Paradise Jam semifinal on November 18. K-State beat the Quakers, 64-48.
 
18.0 • Average points per game by junior Devon Goodman during a five-game stretch earlier this season; he led Penn in scoring in all five contests.
 
23.8 • Delaware State's field-goal percentage last Tuesday (15-63), a low for a Division 1 team against Penn in the Donahue coaching era.
 
29 • Assists on Penn's 42 field goals vs. Stockton on November 24, a 69.0 ratio.
 
55.6 • Washington's three-point percentage this season (15-27); he leads the Quakers with his 15 treys.
 
58 • Points scored by all-tournament pick Goodman at the Paradise Jam (27 vs. Northern Iowa, 18 vs. K-State, 13 vs. Oregon State).
 
80 • Three-point baskets by Penn this season, a 10.0 per-game average; the Quakers have hit double figures in that category four times in eight games.
 
87 • Points needed by Brodeur to reach 1,000 for his career; he would become the 41st player in program history to achieve the milestone.
 
112 • Penn's point total against Stockton on Nov. 24, the fourth-highest total in program history and most since scoring 114 vs. Haverford on December 18, 1993.
 
291 • Three-point baskets by Penn last year, a program record. The Quakers have also set program marks each of the last two years in trey attempts (690 in 2016-17, 830 last season).
 
39.6 • Penn's win percentage in its first 48 games under head coach Steve Donahue (19-29).
 
71.4 • Penn's win percentage in its last 49 games under Donahue (35-14).