A pair of Ivy League rivals meet on the court Monday when the Penn Quakers (9-7, 1-0 Ivy) visit the Cornell Big Red (11-3, 1-0 Ivy) at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York. Penn opened its Ivy League season with an 80-51 victory over Dartmouth 8 days ago, which snapped a two-game losing streak for the Quakers. Cornell played its first game of the Ivy League season against Colombia and defeated the Lions 91-79 last Wednesday. Penn will play without G Clark Stajchert. Cornell does not have any players listed on its injury report.
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Penn is scoring an average of 77.6 points per game which is 105th in the nation, while shooting 46.5% overall which is 97th and 40.0% from 3-point territory which is seventh best. Penn is shooting 65.5% from the free throw line which is 334th. Penn’s leading scorer Clark Slajchert (17.4 ppg) has not played since December 30. Tyler Perkins is the second leading scorer with an average of 14.8 points per game and Sam Brown is the only other player for Penn averaging double figures in scoring at 11.6 per game. Nick Spinoso is the leader in assists with an average of 3.6 per game.
Penn is allowing an average of 71.9 points per game which is 192nd in the nation. Penn allows opponents to shoot 43.9% overall which is 231st and 34.1% from 3 point land which is 247th. Penn averages 38.3 rebounds per game led by Spinoso with an average of 7.1 per game. Perkins is the leader in steals with an average of 1.6 per contest and Spinoso is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.3 per game.