YALE at PENN
Fri., Feb. 16 – 7 p.m.
The Palestra
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YALE at PRINCETON
Sat., Feb. 17 – 8 p.m.
Jadwin Gym
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The second half of the Ivy League season begins for the Yale men's basketball team this weekend with a trip to Penn and Princeton. The Bulldogs meet the Quakers on Friday at 7 p.m. and have a Saturday night date at Princeton at 8 p.m. Saturday's game with the Tigers will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
 
• The Bulldogs (16-6, 7-0 Ivy) have won nine straight games, their longest streak since the 2015-16 team rolled off 12 straight wins on its way to an Ivy League championship. The longest winning streak in school history is 13 set in 1906-07.
 
• The 7-0 start in Ivy play is the best for the Bulldogs since the 2015-16 team won its first eight league games as part of the 12-game winning streak.
 
• The nine-game winning streak is the fifth longest active streak in Division I behind UConn (13), Saint Mary's (12), South Florida (10) and Colgate (10).
 
• Yale is one of only two teams in the nation unbeaten in conference play joining Saint Mary's of the WCC. Saint Mary's hosts Pepperdine on Thursday night.
 
• The Bulldogs are coming off a thrilling 80-78 victory over Cornell on Saturday, rallying from a 15-point first-half deficit. Matt Knowling's conventional three-point play with 3.2 seconds left provided the winning points. It was Yale's third win of the season when trailing at halftime.
 
• Yale leads the Ivy League in field goal percentage defense (.413) and rebound margin (+6.0).
 
• Danny Wolf was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the fifth time this season on Monday after scoring 25 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the victory over Cornell. He is just the seventh Ivy player to garner at least five player of the week awards in a single season. Princeton's Ian Hummer (seven in 2012-13) holds the record for the most player of week selections in a season.
 
• In seven league games, Wolf is averaging 18.0 points and 11.3 rebounds and shooting 53.8 percent from the field. He has posted double-doubles in all but one (Harvard) Ivy game and has 10 double-doubles on the season. Wolf leads the league in rebounding at 9.8 rpg., which is 20th in the nation.
 
• Knowling has scored in double figures in all six league games he has appeared in and is shooting 66.7 percent (34 of 51) from the field in Ivy play.
 
• John Poulakidas is shooting 46.8 percent (22-of-27) from three-point range in Ivy games. Overall, he is currently fifth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at 44.4 percent.
 
HISTORY LESSONS
 
The Bulldogs are seeking their first regular season sweep of Penn since 2016. Two weeks ago, Danny Wolf scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Yale beat the Quakers 74-58 at Lee Amphitheater. Wolf was 9-of-14 from the field and 4-of-7 from three-point range. Bez Mbeng matched his career high with eight assists. The home team has won the last 12 games in the series. The Bulldogs won five straight games over the Quakers at the Palestra from 2013 to 2017, but Penn has taken the last six. Yale's last victory in the historic arena was over Harvard, 73-71, in the 2017 Ivy League Tournament. The first game between Yale and Penn was in 1897. The Quakers lead the all-time series 153-86.
 
In the regular season, Yale has won its last four games against Princeton at Jadwin Gym, including a wild 93-83 overtime victory last year. The Bulldogs trailed by 19 points but outscored the Tigers 49-20 over the last eight minutes of the second half and five minutes of overtime. Princeton, though, won the last meeting between the teams at Jadwin, 74-65 in the championship game of last year's Ivy League Tournament. In the first meeting this season, Wolf had 21 points and 12 rebounds as Yale edged the Tigers 70-64. The Bulldogs have won 11 of the last 14 meetings with Princeton. The Tigers lead the all-time series 152-98. The first game between the teams came in 1897.
 
SCOUTING PENN
 
The Quakers (9-13, 1-6 Ivy) are coming off a hard-fought 77-70 loss at Princeton last Saturday. Five of Penn's seven Ivy games have been on the road. Leading scorer Clark Slajchert (16.9 ppg.) returned to the lineup against Princeton after missing seven games due to injury and scored 10 points in 36 minutes. Nick Spinoso led the Quakers against the Tigers with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Spinoso averages 10.6 points and 7.7 rebounds on the season. Sam Brown (11.2 ppg.) had 20 points in the first meeting with Yale. Penn is second in the league in rebounding margin (+4.1) and three-point field goal percentage (.367).
 
SCOUTING PRINCETON

The Tigers, who host Brown on Friday, have won two straight games, the latest a 77-70 win over Penn last Saturday at Jadwin Gym. Xaivian Lee scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Princeton (17-3, 5-2 Ivy). The Tigers are 8-0 at home this season. Princeton is second in the nation in free throw percentage (79.9 percent) and eighth in three-pointers made per game (10.4). The Tigers made 13 treys in the first meeting with the Bulldogs. Lee, who scored 18 points against Yale two weeks ago, leads the team in scoring (18.1 ppg.). Caden Pierce (9.5 rpg.) is the top rebounder.