PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team is back at home this weekend, doubling up the fun with a true Ivy League weekend at The Palestra. Columbia comes to town on Friday night for a 7 p.m. tipoff, followed by Ivy League co-leader Cornell. The Quakers and Big Red—who have the best overall record in the Ivy League, at 15-5—will tip off on Saturday at 6 p.m.
 
GAME 23 – PENN (11-11, 3-4 Ivy League) vs. COLUMBIA (6-16, 1-6)
Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 | 7 p.m.
The Palestra | Philadelphia
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Penn Game Notes | Columbia Game Notes
 
GAME 24 – PENN vs. CORNELL (15-5, 5-2)
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 | 6 p.m.
The Palestra | Philadelphia
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Cornell Game Notes
 
Quaker Audio Network (QAN)
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 for both games this weekend, with Brad Fadem providing analysis. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.
 
The Series with Columbia
*The Quakers own a 147-93 record over the Lions. That said, Columbia's 93 wins are second among Ivy programs against Penn—only Princeton has more, with 120—and the Lions won last year's meeting at The Palestra, 73-69.
 
*Penn has won seven of the last nine meetings, including a 84-55 victory last month in New York City. Jordan Dingle was simply spectacular in the win, scoring 33 points in just 30 minutes, while Jonah Charles knocked down all four of his three-point shots en route to 14 points.
 
The Series with Cornell
*The Quakers have a 161-76 lead over the Big Red and have dominated the series the last several years, winning five of the last six and 18 of the last 21 meetings. That includes eight straight wins at The Palestra.
 
*All that being said, the Big Red roared past the Quakers last month in Ithaca, using a 13-0 run to overtake Penn en route to an 88-69 win. Dingle led Penn with 21 points in the loss, followed by Clark Slajchert (15) and Max Martz (13).
 
Penn MBB By The Numbers
2.38 - Penn's assist/turnover ratio in its last two games (38/16).
 
4 - Penn players who reached double figures in scoring last Saturday vs. Harvard (Jordan Dingle, 27; Max Martz, 16; George Smith, 14; Nick Spinoso, 12); it was the first time the Quakers have done that against an NCAA Division 1 opponent this season.
 
5.5 - Points-per-game difference between Ivy League games (11.7) and non-conference games (6.2) by Spinoso.
 
7 - Three-point baskets made by Smith over Penn's last three games—two each at Yale and Hartford, three last Saturday vs. Harvard—after he had eight across the Quakers' first 19 contests; his 14 points last Saturday were a season high.
 
8.8 - Penn's turnover average across its last five games; prior to that, the Quakers were averaging 14.0 turnovers per game against Division 1 competition.
 
10 - Penn players with at least one double-figure scoring game this season; the Quakers have had at least 10 players with a double-digit scoring game in five of Coach Donahue's seven seasons, after doing it just eight times from 1951-2015.
 
11.9 - Scoring average for Martz over his last 17 games; Martz—who had 33 points in the wins over Hartford (17) and Harvard (16)—has hit double digits 11 times in that run and nine points in two other contests.
 
13 - Of junior Andrew Laczkowski's 28 rebounds this season, 13 have been on the offensive glass.
 
17 - Dingle's standing on Penn's all-time scoring list, with 1,355 points; Herb Lyon (1946-50) is 16th with 1,356 points while Bob Morse (1970-72) is 15th with 1,381 points.
 
17 - 20-point games by Dingle this season, all of them coming across his last 18 appearances; the junior already has 38 such games for his career, good for fourth on Penn's all-time list.
 
19 - Rebounds grabbed last week by senior Lucas Monroe—a game-high nine at Hartford, then 10 vs. Harvard which tied for game-high honors.
 
23.8 - Dingle's scoring average entering the week, second nationally behind only Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis (26.0 ppg).
 
29.7 - Penn's three-point FG defense in Ivy League play, tops among Ancient Eight programs.
 
35 - Three-point baskets by Penn over the last three games (10 at Yale, 14 at Hartford, 11 vs. Harvard); the Quakers have hit double digits in treys 10 times this season.
 
40.5 - Penn's overall FG defense in Ivy League play, tops among Ancient Eight programs.
 
57 - Points scored by Spinoso across Penn's last four Ivy League games (14.2 ppg).
 
60.0 - Three-point FG percentage by Martz in last week's wins at Hartford and against Harvard (9-of-15).