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Cornell Big Red (20-5, 9-2 Ivy League) at Pennsylvania Quakers (10-16, 2-9 Ivy League)
Philadelphia; Friday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania faces the Cornell Big Red after Clark Slajchert scored 21 points in Pennsylvania’s 74-70 loss to the Harvard Crimson.
The Quakers have gone 8-4 at home. Pennsylvania has a 7-6 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Big Red have gone 9-2 against Ivy League opponents. Cornell leads the Ivy League with 17.7 assists. Isaiah Gray leads the Big Red with 3.2.
Pennsylvania averages 9.5 made 3-pointers per game, 1.3 more made shots than the 8.2 per game Cornell allows. Cornell averages 10.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Pennsylvania allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nick Spinoso is averaging 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Quakers. Tyler Perkins is averaging 12.9 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 38.2% over the last 10 games for Pennsylvania.
Chris Manon is shooting 56.9% and averaging 12.6 points for the Big Red. Nazir Williams is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games for Cornell.
LAST 10 GAMES: Quakers: 1-9, averaging 66.9 points, 33.9 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.2 points per game.
Big Red: 8-2, averaging 79.8 points, 35.7 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.