Three Up, Three Down: Brown Edition

After an up and down game against Yale last night in which the bottom eventually fell out for Penn, the Quakers look to right the ship tonight against the Bears, who are coming off of a 63-46 loss at Princeton. Who's up and who's down?

Three Up-

Penn's free-throw situation: The Quakers shot just 12-for-20 (60 percent) from the line last night after shooting an even dimmer 1-for-3 against Cornell. So is this the same team that shot 26-for-29 at the charity stripe against Columbia? Perhaps against a Bears squad allowing opponents to sink nearly 12 free throws per game, we'll see a little Jekyll tonight at the foul line.

Darien Nelson-Henry: Taken out of the equation from the getgo by Yale's inside defense, DNH should improve upon the whopping one point he posted last night. At the very least, it'll take a low-post presence to combat Brown's rebounding prowess.

Miles Cartwright: More Jekyll-and-Hyde business here. Cartwright can't shoot to save his life in some games this season, and Cornell was one of them. Miles shot 1-for-7 from the field in 31 minutes of play, so surely there's room for improvement there, right?

Three Down-

Brown's three-point defense: Brown's opponents come in averaging nearly 38 percent from beyond the arc, and PLP's second-best three-point shooting percentage in the Ivy League awaits the Bears. With a roster in flux, now is really PLP's time to take advantage of a Brown defense that prides itself on playing defense from the inside out.

Penn's three-point defense: Brown boasts two of the top three Ivy players in three-pointers per game in guard Sean McGonagill and forward Tucker Halpern (2.5 and 2.4 per contest respectively), so expect some vintage downtown Brown tonight.

Henry Brooks: After fouling out for the umpteenth time last night, expect Brooks to make another early exit against Brown's superior rebounding and overall inside presence. Expect centers Rafael Maia and Cedric Kuakumensah to outmatch Brooks early and often.