PRINCETON GAMEDAY

Who: Princeton (8-5, 1-0) at Penn (10-5, 0-1) When: Saturday, 2 p.m., The Palestra, Philadelphia

TV/ Radio: ESPN+, NBCSP+/ WPRB 103.3 FM Last Time Out: Princeton def. Penn, 68-65 in OT; Penn lost to Princeton, 68-65 in OT Series History: Penn leads, 126-114 Background: The Tigers and Quakers meet for the 241st time, but just the third time in a home-and-home and the first time since the formation of the Ivy League.

Part of that is due to the addition of the conference tournament, making a game on the final Tuesday of the regular season both unnecessary and unwise. The other part is Princeton’s wonky exam schedule, which runs from Jan. 16-26 (although that will change beginning in 2020-21 when the university adopts a calendar in line with everybody else).

“It’s going to be brutal,” Princeton coach Mitch Henderson said. “With the Ivy League tournament being what it is, we don’t want to play the 14th game of the season on a Tuesday. This worked out . ... I don’t like doing this, and I’m sure (Steve Donahue) doesn’t either, but it works for our schedule.”

Donahue’s not a fan of the back to back either. “We’re trying to figure this all out,” the Quakers coach said. “You can’t play the Tuesday after the season now because of the Ivy League tournament. I think we both felt that Tuesday in the middle of the season was rough with the balance of the league now, those five games in eight days. We have one more year of trying to figure it out and then (Princeton) changes its academic schedule and we have some flexibility.”

Aririguuuuuuuzoh: Junior center Richmond Aririguzoh earned Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in his career after he scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds in last Saturday’s victory. The Trenton Catholic Academy product continues to improve by the day and gives the Tigers a low post presence to challenge Penn’s talented big man AJ Brodeur on both ends of the floor. Watch This: Princeton’s Devin Cannady is one of five Ivy League players on the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List. The standout senior is joined Brodeur, Brown’s Desmond Cambridge, Cornell’s Matt Morgan and Yale’s Miye Oni. The Lou Henson Award is presented to the top Division I mid-major player. Scouting Penn: The Quakers are going to be desperate for a win after dropping the first half of the home and home. Penn has now lost three straight after grabbing headlines with wins over Villanova, Miami and New Mexico in non-league play. Brodeur went for 18 and 11 at Jadwin and the Quakers will need to get him involved early and perhaps get Aririguzoh into foul trouble. Keep an eye on freshman Michael Wang, who was 1-for-6 in 16 minutes coming off an ankle injury. With another week to rest, he could be a big factor. Let’s see if Penn can slow down Princeton’s dynamic backcourt for a second straight game. The Tigers won last week with Cannady and Jaelin Llewellyn combining to shoot 8-for-34 with just one made 3 between them.