PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team will look to avenge last Saturday's loss when they make the short trip North to face Princeton on Friday evening. The Tigers took the first meeting between these Ivy League travel partners and archrivals in dominating fashion at The Palestra, but the Quakers will look to snap a three-game losing streak in the series in the rematch.
 
A reminder that Friday's game will air nationally on ESPNU.
 
GAME 13 – PENN (7-5, 0-1 Ivy League) at PRINCETON (5-8, 1-0)
Friday, Jan. 10 | 5 p.m.
Jadwin Gym | Princeton, N.J.
Watch (ESPNU) | Listen (QAN) | Live Stats | Penn Game Notes | Princeton 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 Friday night, 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-Princeton Series
• This is the 243rd meeting between the Quakers and the Tigers in men's basketball, with Penn leading the series 126-116. Penn has not played any opponent more than Princeton.
 
• Princeton rolled to a 78-64 win at The Palestra last Saturday in the first meeting between these rivals this season, never trailing at any point. Jordan Dingle led the Quakers with 21 points, while Devon Goodman had 16 points and tied a season/career high with seven assists. AJ Brodeur scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
 
• Princeton also swept the season series last year, needing overtime to win 68-65 in Princeton before coming to The Palestra one week later and walking out with a 62-53 victory.
 
• Penn swept the series two years ago, winning 76-70 at home and 82-65 at Jadwin Gym (setting a program mark for most points in Jadwin).
 
• For the second year in a row—and the second time in history—the Penn-Princeton series will be done before the Quakers play another Ivy League game.
 
The Rivalry
• From 1959-2007, Penn or Princeton won at least a share of the Ivy League title all but three years (Cornell won the title in 1988, Brown in 1986, Yale in 1962).
 
 • In 2008, ESPN.com rated the most prestigious college basketball programs of all time; Penn came in 34th, while Princeton was 40th.
 
• In 2005, The Sporting News rated the greatest college basketball programs of all time; Penn came in 16th, while Princeton was 19th.
 
A Bit About AJ Brodeur
• The senior enters Friday's game with 36 straight double-figure scoring games against Division 1 competition...
  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, 36 in 2019
 
• AJ has started all 104 games played during his career; his streak of starts is currently the 11th-longest at the NCAA Division 1 level.
 
• AJ is seventh on Penn's all-time scoring list with 1,549 points; he needs four 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 1,549)
  *750 rebounds (791)
  *300 assists (308)
  *150 blocked shots (170)
  *100 steals (98)
 
Penn by the Numbers
1.25 • Penn's assist/turnover ratio, tops among Ivy League teams.
 
7 • Consecutive double-figure scoring games by senior Devon Goodman (15.0 ppg during that span); he had 16 points in last Saturday's game at The Palestra.
 
7 • Double-doubles by Brodeur through 12 games this season; that includes his first-ever points (11)/assists (10) double-double, which occured against Arizona on November 29.
 
9 • Penn's assist total last Saturday vs. Princeton; the Quakers continue to lead the Ivy League with 16.8 assists per game and had dished out 20 or more assists in each of the five games prior to last Saturday.
 
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, Ryan Betley, Eddie Scott, Bryce Washington, Lucas Monroe).
 
13.0 • Penn's three-point field-goal percentage last Saturday vs. Princeton (3-23); the Quakers entered the game leading the Ivy League in that category and had hit at least 11 treys in seven of the previous eight games.
 
15.5 • Betley's points-per-game average over Penn's previous nine contests before he was held to seven by Princeton last Saturday.
 
27 • Assists by Penn on December 1 against Long Beach State, most by the Quakers against a D1 opponent since Nov. 20, 2007 (30 vs. The Citadel).
 
35 • Assists by Brodeur over the last six games, against just nine turnovers (3.89 ratio); he is second in the Ivy League with 4.8 assists per game and third in assist/turnover ratio (1.93).
 
36.6 • Penn's overall field-goal percentage last Saturday vs. Princeton (24 makes on a season-high 71 attempts); the Quakers entered the game leading the Ivy League in that category (47.0).

46/114 • First-half/second-half points by freshman guard Jordan Dingle this season; of the 87 points he has scored over his last five appearances, 63 of them have come in the second half.