Women’s Basketball Welcomes Penn for Ivy Home Opener on Saturday

Saturday, January 10

Providence, R.I.

2 p.m.

Brown University

Penn

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Women’s Basketball Welcomes Penn for Ivy Home Opener on Saturday

1/9/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown women's basketball team returns home to host the Penn Quakers for its home-opening Ivy League contest. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside of the Pizzitola Sports Center.

The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Scouting the Bears (9-4, 1-0 Ivy)

The Bears earned their first Ivy win of the season in their Ivy opener at Yale on Monday, defeating the Bulldogs 88-72.
For the second game straight, five Bears posted double-figures in their win over Yale: Alyssa Moreland (23), Grace Arnolie (21), Olivia Young (13), Ada Anamekwe (11), and Isabella Wesley (10).
Moreland led the Bears in scoring with a season-high 23 points. She shot 10-15 from the field and grabbed 13 rebounds. Moreland's performance marks her 10th double-double of her career, and fifth of this season. Moreland continues to lead the conference in rebounding (10.8/g) and field goal percentage (.554).
Arnolie posted 21 points, seven assists and four rebounds. Arnolie's 21 points marks the 18th 20-point game of her career. She has also posted double-figures in all 10 games that she has competed in this season. Arnolie is the third-highest scorer in the Ivy League.
Anamekwe clocked 25 minutes of playing time in Monday's contest, the most this season since her return from injury on Nov. 19. She shot 5-8 from the field, grabbed six rebounds, and posted three steals.
Brown's 88 points are the most scored against a DI opponent since the Bears' 89-85 win over Holy Cross in 2018.
Brown leads the Ivy League in defensive (28.4/g) and combined team rebounds (42.4/g), and ranks second in offensive rebounds (13.8/g).
The Bears boast the second-best defense in the conference allowing an average of 55.2 points per game.

Scouting the Quakers (10-4, 0-1 Ivy)

The Quakers hosted No. 24 Princeton in their Ivy opener on Jan. 3, dropping the contest 68-74 to the Tigers.
Katie Collins leads the way for Penn, averaging 13.2 points per game. Collins trails Moreland in rebounding with 7.8 per game, and rounds out the top-10 scorers in the Ivy League.
Tina Njike ranks seventh in the conference in field goal percentage with .481. Collins makes the top-10 cutoff at .463.
Collins (second) and Njike (seventh) rank within the top-10 in blocked shots with an average of 1.7 and 1.0 respectively.
The Quakers' defense rounds out the Ivy's top-three, holding their opponents to an average of 55.9 points per game.
Penn's .307 three-point field goal percentage and 7.1 threes per game rank them third in the Ivy League in both categories.
The Quakers added four new additions to their squad in the offseason in Ruke Ogbevire, Ari Paraskevopoulou, Kate Lipatova, and Sarah Gordon.
Penn was selected to finish fourth in the Ivy League Preseason Poll.

History

Penn holds the edge in this series, with a 57-38 record.
The Bears have won three of the last 10 contests against the Quakers.
Last season Brown and Penn split the series, each winning their contest at home.

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