PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team closes out non-conference play by hosting a New Year's Eve matinee against NJIT. The Quakers and Highlanders will tip off at 2 p.m. in the final game of the calendar year, as the Red and Blue conclude preparations for their Ivy League opener at Princeton next Monday.
 
GAME 13 – PENN (6-6) vs. NJIT (5-9)
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 | 2 p.m.
Philadelphia | The Palestra
Watch on ESPN+ ($) | Listen on QAN | Live Stats | Digital Program
 
Penn Game Notes (PDF) | NJIT Game Notes (PDF)
 
Ivy League on ESPN+
A reminder that the Ivy League is paired with ESPN and you will be able to find all Penn home games, as well as road Ivy games and select non-conference road games, on ESPN+ again this season with the same high broadcast quality you've come to expect. ESPN+ is a subscription-based service that offers monthly and yearly packages. Click here to subscribe to ESPN+!
 
Quaker Audio Network (QAN)
Fans can listen to the entire 2025-26 Penn's men's basketball season through the Quaker Audio Network, a free Internet-based audio streaming service. Matt Leon will be on the play-by-play call again this season, with Stan Pawlak providing analysis. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.
 
The Series with NJIT
*The Quakers and Highlanders will meet for the sixth time in men's basketball wheyn they tip off on Wednesday, with Penn having won each of the first five meetings.

*Wednesday will be the Highlanders' third trip to The Palestra and their first since 2014.
 
*Penn is 15-2 all-time against programs that currently compete in the America East Conference, the losses coming to UAlbany and the wins coming over NJIT (5), UMBC (4), Binghamton (3), New Hampshire (2), and Maine (1).
 
*Penn is playing on New Year's Eve for the first time since 2018, when the Quakers fell 76-74 in overtime to Monmouth at The Palestra. Overall, the Red and Blue have played 12 NYE games since the first one way back in 1904, going 5-7.
 
Penn MBB by the Numbers
2.38 - Penn's assist/turnover ratio in Sunday's 83-79 loss at 12-1 George Mason (19 assists/8 turnovers); the 19 assists matched a season high against a Division I opponent this season, originally set December 6 against Villanova.
 
3 - Penn players who have been named Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Week this season: Michael Zanoni (11/17), Ethan Roberts (11/24), and TJ Power (12/1). In addition, freshman Dalton Scantlebury is a two-time Ivy League and Big 5 Rookie of the Week honoree.
 
4.0 - Assists per game averaged by sophomore AJ Levine; that is third among Ivy League players. Levine—who scored a career-high 11 points Sunday at George Mason—also is second among Ivy players in assist/turnover ratio (2.67) and has 20 assists and just five turnovers across Penn's last four contests.
 
7.7 - Rebounds per game by Power; that is second among Ivy players, behind only Dartmouth's Brandon Day-Mitchell (8.6). Junior Augie Gerhart is fifth among Ivy players in the category (6.0 rpg).
 
10 - Consecutive double-figure scoring games by Power, before he was held to eight points (on just six shots) at Mason.
 
+13 - Penn's rebound margin on December 20 at Rutgers (42-29).
 
14-6-5 - Points, rebounds and assists recorded by senior Cam Thrower Sunday night at Mason; the assist total was a career high, the rebound total matched his career best, and the 14 points—giving him 42 across the last four games (10.5 ppg)—were two shy of his career standard.
 
15 - Points scored by Gerhart in Penn's last home game (December 8 against Lafayette); that was a career high, and he followed it up another 10-point night Sunday at Mason.
 
23 - Points scored by Zanoni on Sunday, most in a game since he dropped 30 at Providence on November 11; Zanoni—who was 9-14 from the field including 5-9 on three-pointers—also had four assists, his Penn career high.
 
28 - Points scored by freshman Jay Jones across Penn's last six games (4.7 ppg) after he had just four in the Quakers' first five games against Division I opponents this season (0.8 ppg).
 
39.0 - Penn's shooting percentage on three-point shots so far this season, good for 17th nationally entering the week; the Quakers were 11-26 from long distance Sunday at Mason, the fourth time this season they hit double digits in treys.
 
60.0 - Scantlebury's overall field-goal percentage this season (39-65); that is tied for third among Ivy League players.
 
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