PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team is finally back at home for one final weekend of Ivy League play. The Quakers host Dartmouth on Friday night at 7 p.m., before meeting Harvard in a battle of the two teams tied atop the Ivy League standings. That game takes place Saturday night at 7 p.m., and depending on how things play out on Friday an Ivy title could be grabbed.
 
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. Saturday's showdown with Harvard also will air for free on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. In the Philadelphia region, fans can listen on the radio at WNPT 990 AM.
 
Prior to Saturday's game, the men's basketball program will honor five seniors who will be playing their final regular-season home game at The Palestra. They are Dan Dwyer, Darnell Foreman, Sam Jones, Matt MacDonald, and Caleb Wood. The senior ceremony will begin at approximately 6:50 p.m.
 
THE DARTMOUTH-HARVARD HOME WEEKEND
Penn has hosted the Big Green and the Crimson the same weekend 60 times previously. The Quakers have swept it 44 times, most recently two years ago; split it 15 times, including last year and seven of the last eight seasons; and been swept once, in 2009.
 
GAME 27 – PENN (19-7, 9-1 Ivy League) vs. DARTMOUTH (6-17, 2-8)
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 * 7 p.m.
The Palestra (Philadelphia)
 
THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
• The Quakers and the Big Green have met 214 times previously, with Penn holding a 152-62 lead in the series.
 
• That said, Dartmouth had won three in a row—including a season sweep last year—and six of the last nine before Penn earned a 64-61 win two weeks ago in Hanover. It was the Quakers' first victory at Leede Arena since 2013.
 
• In that last win, AJ Brodeur had a double-double (20 points, 10 rebounds). Darnell Foreman had 15 points, while Ryan Betley added 12. Nick Wright led Dartmouth with 16 points and Will Emery had a double-double (14 pts, 12 rbs).
 
GAME 28 – PENN vs. HARVARD (14-11, 9-1)
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 * 7 p.m.
The Palestra (Philadelphia)
 
THE SERIES WITH HARVARD
• The Quakers and Crimson have met 173 times previously, with Penn holding a 132-41 lead in the series.
 
• These two teams have split the season series each of the last two years, the home team winning all four games. That trend continued two weeks ago when Harvard beat Penn in Cambridge, 76-67.
 
• In that game, Chris Lewis led all scorers with 25 points while Seth Towns had 17 to lead the Crimson. For Penn, Betley had 16 points and Brodeur had 14 to lead four Penn players in double figures.
 
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW...
• Penn has won two in a row, seven of its last eight, ten of 12, 14 of 17, and is 19-5 since dropping its first two games this season.
 
• With 9-1 Ivy League records, Penn and Harvard (Saturday's opponent) are tied atop the Ivy standings and have already clinched bids into the 2018 Ivy League Tournament, which will take place March 10-11 here at The Palestra.
 
• Penn started 7-0 in the Ivy League for the 14th time in program history—all of them occurring since the 1969-70 season—but the first time since 2005-06.
 
• Sophomore AJ Brodeur was named Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday, his second time earning the honor this season.
 
• Penn enters the weekend as Ivy League leader in five overall categories: scoring margin (+7.2), FG percentage defense (.413), 3FG percentage defense (.296), rebound margin (+1.7), and assist/turnover ratio (1.28).
 
• In Ivy League play, Penn entered the weekend leading all programs in 3FG percentage defense (.271) and assist/turnover ratio (1.25).
 
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