PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team sees out the 2019 portion of the schedule on Monday night, traveling to our nation's capital to face Howard University for the second time in three years.
 
GAME 11 – PENN (6-4) at HOWARD (2-11)
Monday, Dec. 30 | 7 p.m.
Burr Gymnasium | Washington, D.C.
Watch | Listen (QAN) | Live Stats | Penn Game Notes | Howard Game Notes
 
Quaker Audio Network (QAN)
New this season, Penn fans can listen to every men's basketball game through the Quaker Audio Network, a free Internet-based audio streaming service. On Monday, Matt Leon will be on the call while Stan Pawlak provides analysis. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.
 
The Penn-Howard Series
• The Quakers and the Bison are meeting for the third time all-time, looking to break a 1-1 tie. The road team has won each of the first two meetings.
  11/17/2007 - Howard 80, at Penn 65
  12/4/2017 - Penn 81, at Howard 68
 
• In Penn's win two years ago, current senior Ryan Betley had a double-double (11 points, 12 rebounds); AJ Brodeur nearly had a double-double (9 points, 10 rebounds); and Jarrod Simmons finished the night with nine points and eight boards.
 
Penn vs. The MEAC
Penn is 4-2 against programs currently in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, going 3-1 against Delaware State and 1-1 vs. Howard; the four wins have come in the Quakers' four most recent games against the Hornets and Bison.
 
Records Set
Penn set a pair of records last Saturday when it knocked down 17 three-point shots (in 40 attempts) against Widener; the Quakers have hit 16 treys twice against Division 1 teams, Drexel (1/28/2001) and Harvard (2/21/2003).
 
A Bit About AJ Brodeur
• The senior enters the Howard game with 34 straight double-figure scoring games against Division 1 competition. Below, a list of the longest double-figure scoring streaks in program history...
  Ernie Beck, 74 from 1951-53
  Stan Pawlak, 60 from 1964-66
  Ron Haigler, 41 from 1974-75
  Keven McDonald, 38 from 1977-78
  AJ Brodeur, 34 in 2019
 
• AJ has started all 102 games played during his career; his streak of starts is currently tied for ninth-longest at the NCAA Division 1 level.
 
• AJ is seventh on Penn's all-time scoring list with 1,526 points; he needs 27 points to move past Ron Haigler (1973-75) into sixth place.
 
• AJ is on the cusp of becoming the first player in Ivy League history to reach all of the following five milestones...
  *1,500 points (AJ at 1,526)
  *750 rebounds (773)
  *300 assists (303)
  *150 blocked shots (168)
  *100 steals (98)
 
Penn by the Numbers
1 • Among the program's 1,796 all-time wins, the number that have taken place on an SEC opponent's home court; that happened in the season opener, when Penn won at Alabama 81-80.
 
1.94 • Penn's assist/turnover ratio in its last three Division 1 games: Arizona, Long Beach State and Villanova (68/35); the Quakers' overall assist/turnover ratio (1.20) is best among Ivy League teams.
 
3 • All-Ivy players in Penn's lineup: senior captains AJ Brodeur (two-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy), Ryan Betley (second-team in 2017-18) and Devon Goodman (second in 2018-19).
 
4 • Consecutive games in which Penn has dished out at least 20 assists; the Quakers are averaging 22.3 assists per game across that span and lead the Ivy League with 17.1 assists per game.
 
5 • Consecutive double-figure scoring games by Goodman (14.4 ppg during that span).
 
6 • Double-doubles by Brodeur through ten games this season; that includes his first-ever points (11)/assists (10) double-double, which occured against Arizona on November 29.
 
11 • Penn players who have recorded at least one double-figure scoring game during their career; that includes six players with at least one game of 20 or more points and five with double-doubles (Brodeur, Betley, Eddie Scott, Bryce Washington, Lucas Monroe).
 
10 • The number of NCAA Division 1 players who finished the 2018-19 season with at least 500 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists. That list included guys like R.J. Barrett (Duke), Grant Williams (Tennessee) and Ethan Happ (Wisconsin). It also included Brodeur, who led Penn with 547 points, 257 rebounds and 113 assists.
 
10.3 • Three-point baskets per game by Penn so far this season, tops among Ivy League teams; the Quakers have reached double figures in treys in six of their last seven games.
 
14 • Three-point baskets by freshman Jordan Dingle over Penn's last three Division 1 games (7 vs. Arizona, 3 vs. Long Beach, 4 at Villanova).
 
15.8 • Betley's points-per-game average over Penn's last eight contests (126 points in that span).
 
17 • Assists by Goodman over Penn's last three games (7 vs. Long Beach State, 5 each vs. Villanova and Widener); his assist/turnover ratio over that span is 3.40 (17/5).
 
27 • Assists by Penn on December 1 against The Beach, most by the Quakers against a D1 opponent since Nov. 20, 2007 (30 vs. The Citadel).
 
30 • Assists by Brodeur over the last four games, against just seven turnovers (4.28 ratio); Brodeur leads the Ivy League with 5.3 assists per game and is second in assist/turnover ratio (1.89).
 
35/104 • First-half/second-half points by Dingle this season; of his 66 points over the Quakers' last four games, 53 of them have come in the second half.
 
43 • Overall wins by Penn during the previous two seasons, 24 in 2017-18 and 19 in 2018-19; that is the most since the Quakers had 47 wins across the 2001-02 (25) and 2002-03 (22) seasons.
 
50.7 • Penn's field-goal percentage over the last five games (183-361); the Quakers have shot above 50 percent overall and above 40 percent beyond the arc four times over the last six games, and they lead the Ivy League in overall field-goal percentage (47.0).
 
79.2 • Penn's scoring average so far this season, tops among Ivy League teams.
 
83.3 • Freshman Max Martz's three-point field-goal percentage against Long Beach State on December 1 (5-6); he scored a career-high 17 points in the win over the 49ers, then bested that with 19 against Widener.
 
102 • Games started and played by Brodeur at Penn; he is the first player in program history to start the first 100 games he played for the Red and Blue.