PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team will play six of its last eight Ivy League games on Macquarie Court at The Palestra, after starting conference with five of its first six games on the road. The home stretch begins this weekend when the Quakers host Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday.
 
Both of this weekend's games will air on ESPN+, and fans in the Philadelphia viewing area will be able to watch Saturday's game with the Crimson on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
 
GAME 23 – PENN (14-8, 2-4 Ivy League) vs. DARTMOUTH (11-11, 2-4)
Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Macquarie Court at The Palestra (Philadelphia)
Watch (ESPN+) | Listen (WNTP 990 AM) | Live Stats | Penn Game Notes | Dartmouth Game Notes
 
GAME 24 – PENN vs. HARVARD (11-8, 4-2)
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Macquarie Court at The Palestra (Philadelphia)
Watch (ESPN+/NBC Sports Philadelphia) | Listen (WFIL 560 AM) | Live Stats | Harvard Game Notes
 
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Ivy Weekend 3 – Friday
  Dartmouth (2-4) at Penn (2-4), 7 p.m.
  Harvard (4-2) at Princeton (4-2), 7 p.m.
  Yale (5-1) at Columbia (1-5), 7 p.m.
  Brown (2-4) at Cornell (4-2), 7 p.m.
Ivy Weekend 3 - Saturday
  Harvard at Penn, 7 p.m.
  Dartmouth at Princeton, 7 p.m.
  Brown at Columbia, 7 p.m.
  Yale at Cornell, 7 p.m.
 
The Dartmouth-Harvard Home Weekend
• This marks the 62nd time Penn has hosted the Big Green and the Crimson on the same weekend at The Palestra. The Quakers have swept this weekend 45 times, split it 15 times, and been swept once (in 2009).
 
• Penn has swept this weekend two of the last three years, including last season when the Quakers beat Dartmouth 74-46 and edged Harvard 74-71. Penn split the weekend seven times from 2010-17, the loss coming to Harvard five times and to Dartmouth twice (including 2017).
 
The Dartmouth Series
• The Quakers and Big Green have met 215 times previously, with Penn holding a 153-62 lead in the series.
 
• Penn swept the season series last year, taking a 64-61 win in Hanover and then rolling to a 74-46 win here at The Palestra two weeks later. Prior to that, Dartmouth had won three in a row, four of five, and six of nine in the series.
 
The Harvard Series
• The Quakers and Crimson have met 175 times previously, with Penn holding a 133-42 lead in the series.
 
• These two teams tied for the regular-season title last year and held serve at home, Harvard winning 76-67 in Cambridge and Penn responding two weeks later with a 74-71 win here at The Palestra. The rubber match came in the Ivy League Tournament final here at The Palestra, Penn taking a 68-65 decision to earn the Ivy's NCAA Tournament bid.
 
• While Penn has won four in a row over Harvard here at The Palestra, including that ILT final, the Crimson have had recent success here with six wins since 2009.
 
Fun Stuff to Know
• Penn finished 12-4 in non-conference games this season; the last time the Quakers had a better record was the 2001-02 season when they went 13-3.
 
• Penn went 4-0 in Philadelphia Big 5 play and won the city series for the first time since 2001-02 (also 4-0); prior to that, the last time the Quakers went 4-0 in Big 5 play was 1973-74.
 
• Junior AJ Brodeur has a streak of 16 straight double-figure scoring games—averaging 18.1 ppg over the last 14 contests—with four double-doubles during that stretch.
 
• Freshman Bryce Washington has been the Ivy League Rookie of the Week each of the last three weeks and four of the last six weeks.
 
• Nine different players have scored in double figures in a game this year; four have reached 20 points in a game; and three have had double-doubles.
 
Penn by the Numbers
25.0 • Penn's win percentage in its first 20 regular-season Ivy League games under Steve Donahue (5-15).
 
71.4 • Penn's win percentage in its last 28 regular-season Ivy League games under Donahue (20-8).
 
0 • Two-point baskets scored so far this season by senior Jackson Donahue (no relation to Coach Donahue); all 16 of his made field goals have come from beyond the arc.
 
1 • Ivy League home games played by Penn prior to this weekend; the Quakers have played five of their first six Ivy games on the road but end the season with six of eight here at The Palestra.
 
1.78 • Penn's assist/turnover ratio last weekend at Brown (18 assists/11 turnovers) and Yale (14/7).
 
5 • Penn players with at least 30 assists this season: seniors Antonio Woods (61), Max Rothschild (36) and Jake Silpe (30), and juniors Brodeur (team-high 81) and Devon Goodman (56); freshman Michael Wang has 25 assists.
 
8:32 • Amount of time Wang needed to score his 16 points during the second half of Penn's Feb. 1 game at Cornell; the freshman had 19 last weekend at Brown (11) and Yale (8).
 
10 • Games this season in which Penn has hit more than 10 three-point shots; the Quakers have reached double figures in this category four of the last six games and averaged 10.8 treys per game during that span.
 
12.6 • Average points per game by freshman Bryce Washington over Penn's last nine contests; he had scored at least eight points in eight straight games before being held to two last Saturday at Yale.
 
16 • Consecutive double-figure scoring games by Brodeur entering the weekend; he has 274 points during the streak (17.1 ppg) including 253 points over the last 14 games (18.1 ppg).
 
26 • Points scored by senior Max Rothschild over Penn's last three games (nine each against Columbia and Brown and then eight at Yale); including three DNPs, he had only scored 22 combined across the Quakers' previous 12 games.
 
27 • Days since Penn last played a "home game" here at The Palestra; the Quakers' January 26 game with Saint Joseph's was officially a home game for the Hawks.
 
68 • Points scored by Goodman over Penn's last four games (12 at Cornell, 19 and Columbia, 21 at Brown, 16 at Yale).
 
41 • Penn players who have scored 1,000 career points all-time, after Brodeur reached the mark at Toledo on December 29; the junior is currently 28th on Penn's all-time scoring list with 1,166 points.
 
52.1 • Penn's field-goal percentage in its 14 wins this season; on the flip side, the Quakers' field-goal percentage in their eight losses is 35.4.
 
136 • Career blocked shots by Brodeur; the junior needs four more to move into second place on Penn's all-time list in the category.