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Brown University
Yale
Ivy League Play Begins at Home vs. Preseason Favorite Yale
1/8/2024 2:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ABOUT THE GAME
Brown (4-11, 0-0 Ivy) vs. Yale (9-6, 0-0 Ivy)
Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 7 p.m. ET
Live Stats | TV: ESPNU | Livestream: ESPN+ | Audio: BrownBears.com/Audio
Game Notes: Brown Notes
Matchup History
HOW TO FOLLOW
Jon Meterparel and Noah Savage will be on the call for ESPNU with Scott Cordischi and Russ Tyler '71 bringing you the action live on the Brown Varsity Network. Fans can access the Brown Varsity Network via the Brown Bears app, Varsity Network app, or BrownBears.com.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
We all know about Kino Lilly Jr.'s scoring prowess, but highlighted in the Ivy opener will be a battle of the bigs in Brown's Nana Owusu-Anane and Yale's Danny Wolf.
Owusu-Anane is third in the league in rebounds, pulling down 8.7/game, leads in offensive boards with 3.3 and total rebounds with 130, while also swatting away 1.2 blocks/contest, third most. His six double-doubles also lead the league.
Wolf leads the Ivy with 1.5 blocks and is tied for tops in rebounding with 9.1/contest.
INSIDE THE IVY
Junior guard Kino Lilly Jr. is a walking bucket and leads the Ivy League in total points (270), field goals (96) and three-pointers made (42). He's the league leader in scoring, averaging 19.3 points per game.
Kalu Anya follows teammate Nana Owusu-Anane and ranked second in offensive rebounds with 2.5, fifth in blocks with .8/game and has two double-doubles. Malachi Ndur is fourth in blocks with .9 and rounding out the top 10 is Aaron Cooley who sits at No. 7 with .7/game. Additionally, Kimo Ferrari is a menace defensively with 1.5 steals per game, tied for fourth most in the league.
LAST TIME VS. YALE
The Bears hosted the Bulldogs in the season finale last year in front of 2,600 fans in the Pizzitola Sports Center.
FUN FACT(S)
Brown's largest win streak against Yale came when Mike Martin '04 was playing for the Bears. Martin went 6-2 vs. Yale as a player (2000-04).
Kino Lilly Jr. is eight three-pointers away from 200 for his career and nine away from Rick Lloyd '92 for fifth in program history. Lilly Jr. sits at No. 25 in scoring with 1,112 career points, 21 away from color commentator Russ Tyler '71.
Brown is 56-84 in conference games under Martin, and coming off a 7-7 campaign in league play.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Yale leads 116-53.
Bears vs. Bulldogs under Martin: 3-17
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