PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team closes out a five-game Ivy League road trip this Friday and Saturday, making the annual New York swing to Columbia and then Cornell. The Quakers are scheduled to tip off with the Lions Friday at 7 p.m., and with the Big Red Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Both games are the back ends of doubleheaders, following the Penn women.
 
Both of this weekend's games will air worldwide on the Ivy League Network (ILN), now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app for Android and Apple devices. Friday's game at Columbia can be seen locally in New York City on SportsNet New York (SNY), and locally in Philly on NBC Sports Philadelphia+.
 
THE COLUMBIA-CORNELL TRIP
Penn has made the New York swing 58 times previously. The Quakers have swept this trip 22 times, most recently in 2011-12; split it 26 times, including each of the last five years—all five times winning at Cornell but losing at Columbia—and been swept 10 times, most recently 2010-11.
 
GAME 25 – PENN (17-7, 7-1 Ivy League) at COLUMBIA (6-15, 3-5)
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 * 7 p.m.
Levien Gym (New York, N.Y.)
 
THE SERIES WITH COLUMBIA
• The Quakers and the Lions will be meeting for the 233rd time, with Penn leading the series 141-91.
 
• That said, Columbia has held the upper hand in recent years. The Lions have won six of the last ten matchups, after Penn had won four in a row from 2011-13.
 
• Penn took a 77-71 win at The Palestra back on January 13. Sophomore AJ Brodeur scored 30 points in the win, while classmate Ryan Betley scored 20.
 
• Penn has particularly struggled at Levien Gym in recent years. Columbia has won the last five in a row and seven of the last eight meetings here in New York.
 
GAME 26 – PENN at CORNELL (9-12, 3-5)
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 * 6:30 p.m.
Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.)
 
THE SERIES WITH CORNELL
• The Quakers and the Big Red will meet for the 230th time when they play on Saturday; Penn leads the series, 155-74, and has more wins over Cornell than any other opponent.
 
• Penn has won 10 in a row and 12 of the last 13 matchups with Cornell.
 
• The Quakers defeated the Big Red earlier this year at The Palestra, taking a 69-61 victory on January 12. AJ Brodeur had 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the win. Cornell lost despite a 20-point, 17-rebound performance by Stone Gettings.
 
• Penn has won six in a row at Cornell's Newman Arena, including a 69-66 decision last year and a 92-84 victory two years ago.
 
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW...
• Penn has won five of its last six, eight of ten, 12 of 15, and is 17-5 since dropping its first two games this season.
 
• Penn started 7-0 in the Ivy League for the 14th time in program history—all of them occuring since the 1969-70 season—but the first time since 2005-06.
 
• Penn is tops among Ivy League teams in four overall categories: scoring margin (+6.9), FG percentage defense (.409), 3FG percentage defense (.299), and rebound margin (+1.8).
 
• In Ivy League play, Penn leads all programs in field-goal percentage (.461) and 3FG percentage defense (.267).