Men’s basketball hosts Princeton, travels to Yale

PROVIDENCE, RI The Brown men’s basketball team hosts Princeton this Saturday, January 14th at 2:00 PM before traveling to Yale on Monday, January 16th at 5:00 PM for tip-off.

Princeton is currently atop the Ivy League with a 3-0 conference record. Yale is tied with Brown at 1-2.

Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online at BrownBears.com/tickets prior to arriving at Pizzitola Sports Complex. Fans should either download their digital tickets to display on a mobile device or print them at home before arriving.

Bear patrol (8-8, 1-2 ivy)

• Paxson Wojcik, Nana Owusu-Ananeand This Lilly Jr. Ranked in the top 10 of the Ivy League in several statistical categories.
  • Wojcik is first in defensive rebounding (6.4), third in assist/turnover ratio (1.7), fourth in three-pointers (2.3) and total rebounds (6.9), fifth in assists (3.1), seventh in assists (1,4) and in three. -point percentage (38.5) and eighth in points (12.6).
  • Owusu-Anane is second in total rebounds (7.2), third in offensive rebounds (2.3), fourth in defensive rebounds (4.9), fifth in assists (1.4) and eighth in blocks (0.8).
  • Lilly is first in three-pointers made (2.6), fifth in points (15.1), eighth in three-point percentage (37.5) and ninth in assists (1.3).
• Wojcik, Owusu-Anane and Kalu Anya all had 16 points against Dartmouth, helping the Bears get their first Ivy League win of the season in a 77-70 performance. Lilly participated on the 10th.
• Against the Big Green, Brown shot 51.9% from the field, 45.0% from three and 85.7% from the free throw line. Respectively, those were the Bears’ third, second and best single-game points of the season.

Scouting the Tigers (12-4, 3-0 Ivy)

• Princeton started the Ivy League season with three straight wins over Harvard (69-66), Columbia (68-49) and Cornell (75-68).
• In their most recent game against the Big Red, the Tigers trailed by three at halftime, but used a 9-3 run in the final three minutes to pull ahead and claim a seven-point victory.
• Princeton is second in the Ivy League this season in both team offense and team defense. The Tigers are averaging 75.3 points per game while opponents are averaging 64.3.

Scouting the Bulldogs (11-5, 1-2 Ivy)

• Yale opened its Ivy schedule by dropping a pair of games to Columbia (62-60) and Dartmouth (81-77), but bounced back in its final game with a 58-54 victory over Harvard.
• Against the Crimson, Yale went up by 10 with just over three minutes left in the game, but Harvard used an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to two with 25 seconds left. The Crimson had a chance to tie, but a block and rebound by EJ Jarvis and two free throws sealed the game for the Bulldogs.
• This season, Matt Knowling leads the team with 15.8 points and is tied for the team lead with 4.9 rebounds.