PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team hits the favorable part of its Ivy League schedule this weekend, hosting archrival Princeton on Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
The Quakers will be home for their next three games and five of the next six as they look to climb into Ivy League Tournament contention. Penn went 3-4 in the first half of league play but is just two games out of first place as seven of the eight teams are jumbled at either 5-2, 4-3 or 3-4.
 
Saturday's rivalry game will air nationally on ESPNU. It is also Alumni Day for the program, which will honor four former championship teams and hold an alumni shootaround at The Palestra from 11 a.m. to noon.
 
GAME 21 – PENN (10-10, 3-4 Ivy League) vs. PRINCETON (8-14, 4-3)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 | 2 p.m.
Philadelphia | The Palestra
Watch on ESPNU | Listen on QAN | Live Stats | Digital Program

Penn Game Notes (PDF) | Princeton Notes (PDF)
 
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 for Saturday's game against the Tigers, with Stan Pawlak and Vince Curran providing analysis. To access the Quaker Audio Network, simply type www.pennathletics.com/audio into your computer or device.

The Series with Princeton
*254th meeting; Princeton leads, 127-126 (the first time the Tigers have ever led the all-time series).

*Princeton has dominated the series for several years now, winning the last 14 meetings, 22 of the last 24—Penn sweeping the 2018 games on the way to the Ivy title—and 30 of the last 34 dating back to the 2008-09 season.
 
*Princeton won the first meeting this season, 78-76, at Jadwin Gym on January 5. Weird game: Penn shot 19-19 at the foul line, a program record, while the Tigers hit their first 16 field goals in the second half. Ethan Roberts led Penn with 19 points, AJ Levine scored 15, TJ Power had 13 and Dalton Scantlebury added 12.

*The Tigers swept last season's games, eking out a 61-59 decision here at The Palestra and then rolling, 95-71, at Jadwin Gym in the season finale.
 
Penn MBB by the Numbers
+1.86 - Penn's turnover margin through the first half of Ivy League play, best in the league.
 
2 - Penn games that are being televised nationally on ESPNU this season. The first came two weeks ago against Yale, and the other one is today's game!
 
5 - Consecutive double-figure scoring games put up by Power entering today's game, the longest current streak among Penn players; he is averaging 17.0 ppg across this five-game stretch.
 
6 - Double-digit scorers for Penn in last Saturday's 91-81 win at Cornell: Michael Zanoni (19 points), Roberts (17), Levine (15), Augustus Gerhart (13 on a 6-of-6 night from the field), Scantlebury (12), and Power (11). The last time the Quakers had six players hit double digits in the scoring column was March 7, 2015—coincidentally, also against the Big Red.
 
6.5 - Difference in points-per-game average for Levine in Ivy play so far (12.0 ppg) vs. the non-conference portion of Penn's season (5.5 ppg).
 
7 - Penn players who have led the team in scoring in a game this season; also the number of different Quakers players who have led the Red and Blue in rebounding in a game this season.
 
8 - Combined points that Penn has lost by in its three Ivy road losses: by two at Princeton (78-76), by one at Harvard (64-63), and by five at Columbia (72-67).
 
13 - Steals collected by Levine in Ivy League games so far this season, tops among all Ivy players; Brown's Jeremiah Jenkins is second with 12.
 
18.4 - Roberts' overall points-per-game scoring average for the season; that is second among Ivy players, behind only Cornell's Cooper Noard (19.8 ppg).
 
34.0 - Overall minutes played per game this season by Power; that is second among Ivy League players, behind one of Saturday's opponents: Princeton's Jackson Hicke (34.3 mpg).
 
39.7 - Penn's percentage on three-point shots in Ivy League games so far (52-131), tops among the Ancient Eight programs; overall, the Quakers are at 39.2 pct. which was 13th nationally entering the week.
 
52 - Offensive rebounds grabbed this season by Gerhart, most among Ivy players; he has 19 O boards in league play, second behind Yale's Nick Townsend (21).
 
155 - Free throws taken so far in league play by Penn, most among the Ancient Eight programs; coincidentally, the Quakers have allowed just 110 foul shots, fewer than any other Ivy program.
 
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