PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball continues its Big 5 run this Saturday, making the short trip to North Broad to face Temple. The game will tip off at 4 p.m. and be televised nationally via ESPNU.
 
Saturday's game is the first of three in a row that will be on the road, the first time in program history that the Quakers will play three Big 5 games away from The Palestra.
 
GAME 11 – PENN (3-7, 0-1 Big 5) at TEMPLE (4-3, 1-0)
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 | 4 p.m.
Liacouras Center | Philadelphia
Watch on ESPNU ($) | Listen (QAN) | Live Stats
Penn Game Notes | Temple 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 from The Liacouras Center on Saturday, with Penn Athletics Hall of Famer Stan Pawlak offering analysis. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.
 
The Penn-Temple Series
*The Quakers and the Owls are meeting for the 70th time in men's basketball, with Temple holding a 48-21 lead in the series.
 
*Penn has won the last two matchups, a 77-70 decision at the Liacouras Center back in January 2019 and then a 66-59 victory at The Palestra in January 2020.
 
*Prior to that, the last time the Quakers had won two in a row were the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons. The last time Penn won three in a row over Temple? That would be four decades ago, the Quakers winning four in a row from 1979-82.
 
*Penn is 29-55 all-time against programs that currently play in the American Athletic Conference, with the other wins coming against SMU (3), Tulane (3), and UCF (2).
 
Penn MBB by the Numbers
5 • Games in which Penn has a double-figure total of three-point baskets (13 vs. Villanova; 11 against George Mason, Lafayette and Old Dominion; 10 at Bucknell); overall, the Quakers have 98 treys in ten games so far this season.
 
6 • 20-point games by sophomore Jordan Dingle already this season—23 at Florida State, 20 at George Mason, 24 at Bucknell, 31 vs. Utah State, 21 at Towson, 21 vs. Villanova—surpassing his total as a freshman in 2019-20.
 
13 • Rebounds secured by sophomore Max Martz last Sunday at Arkansas, his first double-digit game on the boards at Penn.
 
14 • Points scored by junior Lucas Monroe last Sunday, a career best; he then set a season best with three assists Wednesday against Villanova.
 
15 • Penn's 19-player roster features players from 12 different states, the District of Columbia, and two foreign countries (China and Israel).
 
19.7 • Dingle's points-per-game average so far this season, tops among Ivy League players.
 
25 • Points scored by sophomore Clark Slajchert in Sunday's loss at Arkansas, nearly double his previous season/career high (13 at Bucknell).
 
30 • Three-point baskets by junior Jonah Charles so far this season; he has just four two-point baskets.
 
95.2 • Free-throw percentage by Slajchert this season (20-21), tops among Ivy League players; he made his first 16 foul shots to start the season, missed his first last Sunday at Arkansas, then made his next four.