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Cornell at Penn basketball preview

The Quakers, who won their Ivy League opener last week over Princeton, take on the Big Red at the Palestra.

Darnell Foreman, center, of Penn points to his teams bench as drew a foul to clinch their 76-70 victory over Princeton at the Palestra on Jan 6, 2018.
Darnell Foreman, center, of Penn points to his teams bench as drew a foul to clinch their 76-70 victory over Princeton at the Palestra on Jan 6, 2018.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer

Cornell (6-7, 0-0 Ivy League) at Penn (10-5, 1-0)

Friday, 8 p.m., at the Palestra

TV: None.

Radio: 88.5 WXPN-FM

Livestream: Ivyleaguenetwork.com

Coaches: Steve Donahue, 3rd season at Penn (34-37); Brian Earl, 2nd season at Cornell (14-28).

Series: Penn leads, 154-74, and has won the last nine meetings.

Last meeting: The Quakers withstood a 36-point performance by Matt Morgan and defeated the Big Red, 69-66, Feb. 24, 2017, at Ithaca, N.Y. Ryan Betley led Penn with 21.

The latest: The Quakers are scoring 79.2 points per game, best in the Ivy, and lead the league in field-goal percentage defense (41.7 percent), rebound margin (plus 2.5) and turnover margin (plus 1.4). … Senior point guard Darnell Foreman has a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio, second in the Ivy. … Donahue was Cornell's head coach for 10 seasons, from 2000 through 2010. … Cornell's Morgan, a 6-foot-2 junior, is fourth in the nation in scoring with a 24.9-point average. He also shoots 50.9 percent from the field, 39.6 percent from three-point range and 82.5 percent at the line. … Junior forward Steve Julian leads the Ivy in rebounding (6.9 per game) and blocked shots (1.9).