PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team is right back at it on Sunday afternoon. After losses to Florida State and George Mason on Wednesday and Friday—the program's first games since March 7, 2020—the Quakers play their third road game in five days as they make the drive to the center of the state to face Bucknell.
 
GAME 3 – PENN (0-2) at BUCKNELL (0-1)
Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Sojka Pavilion | Lewisburg, Pa.
Watch on ESPN+ ($) | Listen (QAN) | Live Stats
Penn Game Notes | Bucknell Game Notes
 
Quaker Audio Network (QAN)
Again this season, Penn fans can listen to most of Penn's men's basketball games through the Quaker Audio Network, a free Internet-based audio streaming service. Matt Leon will be on the play-by-play call on Sunday. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.
 
The Penn-Bucknell Series
• This is just the sixth meeting between these intrastate rivals, the first since the 2004-05 season, and just Penn's second trip to Lewisburg. (The other came on December 20, 2003, a 58-49 win).
 
• Penn holds a 4-1 lead in the series including three in a row dating back to a 69-62 victory over Bucknell on January 17, 1998 at Martz Hall in Pottsville, Pa.
 
• Bucknell's only win the series came by two points, 66-64, on December 3, 1975.
 
• The first meeting took place all the way back on January 8, 1924, Penn defeating Bucknell 30-26 in Philadelphia.
 
• Penn is 166-59 all-time against teams that currently play in the Patriot League; this is the first of two straight games the Quakers will play against PL opponents, as Lafayette comes to The Palestra for Penn's home opener on Tuesday.
 
Penn MBB by the Numbers
2 • Penn players who made their collegiate debuts on Wednesday despite being upperclassmen: senior co-captain Jelani Williams and junior Jonah Charles; in total, 11 of the 19 players on Penn's roster had never suited up for an NCAA Division I college basketball game entering the Florida State contest.
 
3 • Penn players with international playing experience: senior Michael Wang (China) and juniors Max Lorca-Lloyd (Chile) and Michael Moshkovitz (Israel). Of note, Moshkovitz started every game when Israel won the 2018 FIBA Under-20 European Championship in Germany, the first gold medal by an Israeli team at a FIBA event.
 
7 • Career 20-point games by sophomore Jordan Dingle after he led the Quakers with 23 Wednesday night at FSU and 20 Friday at George Mason.
 
8 • Penn players who have been named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, the most recent being Dingle. He won the award in 2019-20, but is listed as a sophomore because he left school last year to preserve eligibility.
 
12 • Points scored by Charles and sophomore Clark Slajchert Wednesday night in their college debuts; Charles has 30 points on 10 three-point baskets in Penn's first two games this season.
 
15 • Penn's 19-player roster features players from 12 different states, the District of Columbia, and two foreign countries (China and Israel).
 
38 • Total starts made in 2019-20 by Dingle (20), fellow "sophomore" Max Martz (14)—who is out with an injury at the moment—and junior co-captain Lucas Monroe (4).
 
59 • Overall wins by Penn during its last three seasons: 24 in 2017-18, 19 in 2018-19, 16 in 2019-20. That's the most over a three-year span since the Quakers had 62 wins from 2004-05 to 2006-07.
 
613 • The number of days it had been since Penn last played a competitive intercollegiate game when they took the floor Wednesday night in Tallahassee. In its last game, Penn defeated Columbia 85-65 at The Palestra on March 7, 2020—and what a game it was. AJ Brodeur became the program's all-time leading scorer AND recorded the first triple-double in program history (21 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).
 
820 • Three-point field goals made by Penn over its last three seasons; the Quakers hit at least 10 treys in 13 games in 2019-20; they hit nine triples on Wednesday at FSU and followed up with 11 on Friday at Mason.
 
991 • The number of days between games in which Wang scored for Penn; a regular in the lineup as a freshman in 2018-19—he made nine starts and had 10 double-figure scoring games—Wang missed the 2019-20 campaign to injury.
 
1.000 • Free-throw percentage by Slajchert on Wednesday at Florida State; his 8-of-8 performance at the charity stripe was the best by a Penn player in the Steve Donahue era.
 
1,142 • Total collegiate points scored by the 19 players on Penn's 2021-22 roster entering the season. That includes just four players with more than 100 points: Dingle (338), Washington (261), Wang (222) and Martz (205). Total points by the eight players who have graduated since Penn's game on March 7, 2020? 4,211.