The Storyline
The Harvard men’s basketball team will put its six-game win streak on the line this weekend when it welcomes Penn and Princeton into Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson will first take on the Quakers Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. before squaring off with the Tigers Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Both games will be available to a national audience on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App, and will also be simulcast on the Ivy League Digital Network.

Tickets to both games are sold out. Harvard enters play tied with Yale atop the Ivy League standings with a 7-1 record, having won six straight games. This streak includes victories over both Penn and Princeton on the road, and with a pair of wins this weekend Harvard can become the first program in Ancient Eight history to earn two straight sweeps of the traditional Ivy League powerhouses.

Parking Advisory
Due to several home events and recent inclement weather, fans traveling to Harvard home events this weekend are advised to allow more time to arrive. All bearers of Harvard winter season parking passes are guaranteed parking within the complex. Fans unable to park inside the Athletics Complex can park in the Harvard Business School parking areas accessible off of both North Harvard Street and Western Avenue.

More information on directions to the Harvard Athletics Complex is available here.

What To Watch For
• Harvard boasts a 134-40 (.770) record since 2009-10, good for the 10th highest win percentage in the country in that time (as of games played Feb. 17). This includes a 69-6 record at home and a 65-34 mark away from Lavietes Pavilion (56-29 road, 9-5 neutral).

• The Crimson is 58-4 (.935) at home since 2010-11, representing the fifth highest home-court win percentage in the NCAA over that time (as of games played Feb. 17).

• Harvard has won six straight games, matching its longest win streak of the season. The Crimson has enjoyed eight win streaks of at least six games under head coach Tommy Amaker, with its longest streak standing at nine games, a feat which the team has accomplished three times, including twice in 2013-14.

• Harvard swept both Penn and Princeton last season, marking the first time in program history that the Crimson had gone 4-0 against the “Killer P’s”. With a pair of wins this weekend, Harvard will become the first team in Ancient Eight history to earn two straight sweeps of the traditional Ivy League powerhouses.

• Corbin Miller has made at least one 3-point field goal in each of Harvard’s 22 games this season, good for the fifth longest streak in program history. Laurent Rivard ’14 was the most recent member of the Crimson to have such a streak, making at least one 3-pointer in 26 consecutive games bewteen Feb. 25, 2012 and Feb. 16, 2013, which ranks as the second longest streak in program history.

• Harvard currently ranks 11th in the NCAA in scoring defense (as of games played Feb. 17), having allowed 57.1 ppg. The Crimson has held 14 of its 22 opponents to fewer than 60 points this season, with seven scoring 50 or fewer.

Last Time Out
The Harvard men’s basketball team outscored Cornell 40-16 in the second half en route to a 61-40 win Saturday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion.

Harvard trailed Cornell at the break, 24-21, but shot 54.5 percent (12-22) in the second half and hit seven 3-pointers to mount its comeback. The Big Red, meanwhile, finished the game with just 11 field goals, matching the lowest total by a Crimson opponent under head coach Tommy Amaker.

Steve Moundou-Missi scored a game-high 12 points to go with six rebounds and two assists. Siyani Chambers and Corbin Miller added 10 points apiece, with Wesley Saunders totaling eight points and 11 rebounds. Chambers and Saunders each dished out five assists as the Crimson was credited with a helper on 17 of its 21 made baskets.

Creating a Winning Culture
Harvard has posted a 134-40 (.770) overall record since the start of the 2009-10 season, ranking as the 10th highest win percentage in the country over the last five-plus seasons (as of games played Feb. 17).

Home is Where the Wins Are
Harvard has posted a 58-4 (.935) record at Lavietes Pavilion since the start of the 2010-11 season, representing the fifth highest home-court win percentage in the country over the last four-plus seasons (as of games played Feb. 17).

Since 2010-11, the Crimson has enjoyed two home win streaks of at least 20 games; 28 games (Feb. 20, 2010 to Feb. 25, 2012), 20 games (Dec. 1, 2012 to Feb. 7, 2014).

Making a Stand
Harvard’s defense is shaping up to be one of the best ever under head coach Tommy Amaker.

• Opponents are scoring just 57.1 ppg, which ranks 11th in the NCAA and stands as the second lowest total in the Amaker era (55.6 ppg in 2011-12).

• Opponents are shooting 38.9 percent from the floor, which ranks 28th in the NCAA and is the lowest opponent field goal percentage in the Amaker era (40.8% in 2013-14).

• Opponents are shooting 32.4 percent from 3-point range, which ranks 98th in the NCAA and stands as the second lowest opponent 3-point percentage in the Amaker era (32.1% in 2013-14).

• Harvard is averaging 5.1 bpg, which ranks 26th in the NCAA and is the highest total in the Amaker era (4.8 bpg in 2013-14).

• Harvard is averaging 7.2 spg, which ranks 71st in the NCAA and is the second highest total in the Amaker era (7.9 spg in 2009-10).

• Harvard has held 14 of its 22 opponents to fewer than 60 points, with seven opponents scoring 50 points or less. The Crimson has limited opponents to 20 points or fewer in a half seven times.

• Harvard limited Saint Rose to just 20.8 percent shooting (11-53), the lowest single-game opponent shooting percentage in the Amaker era.

• Harvard limited Saint Rose and Cornell to just 11 field goals, the lowest single-game total by an opponent in the Amaker era.

• The Crimson allowed just 38 points to Saint Rose and Penn, marking the fourth and fifth times under head coach Tommy Amaker that an opponent has scored fewer than 40 points (Cornell was held to exactly 40 points).

• Penn’s 38 points scored on Jan. 31 were the fewest Harvard has given up to a Quaker squad since taking a 58-31 victory on March 11, 1942. Additionally, it marked just the sixth time since the Ivy League’s formation prior to the 1956-57 season that Penn had been held to fewer than 40 points.

• Yale managed just 11 first half points on Feb. 7, shooting 3-of-22 from the field. The Bulldogs’ 11 points were the fewest allowed in any half by the Crimson under head coach Tommy Amaker, while the three made field goals represented the fewest field goals allowed in a half under Amaker.

Down But Not Out
Harvard is attempting to become the first Ivy program to win the conference after beginning 1-1 since Penn did so during the 2001-02 season. The Quakers actually began that year’s conference slate with a 2-3 record before running the table and earning a three-way share of the Ancient Eight crown with Princeton and Yale.

Now in its 59th season of play, the Ivy League has crowned 14 champions that have begun conference play either 0-1 or 1-1, or roughly one every four years.

Player of the Week
Wesley Saunders was named Ivy League Player of the Week on Feb. 9 for the second time this season and 10th time in his career, making him the Ivy League’s all-time leader in career Player of the Week honors. Saunders previously shared the distinction with Brown’s Earl Hunt (2000-03) and Princeton’s Ian Hummer (2009-13).

Saunders garnered the honor five times in 2012-13, three times in 2013-14 and has two awards in 2014-15.

Going Off
Wesley Saunders scored a career-high 33 points at Brown, representing the 14th-highest single-game total in program history and the most points scored under head coach Tommy Amaker.

Jeremy Lin ’10 is the only other member of the Crimson to have scored at least 30 points under Amaker, notching 30 at UConn on Dec. 6, 2009.

All-Around Effort
Wesley Saunders’ full arsenal of skills were on display at Brown as the senior led the Crimson in points (33), rebounds (10), assists (3) and steals (3), marking the second time in his career he has led Harvard in all four categories.

Jeremy Lin ’10 is the only other student-athlete to accomplish the feat under head coach Tommy Amaker, having done so 10 times.

Stuffing the Stat Sheet
Wesley Saunders, the 2014 Ivy League Player of the Year, currently ranks among the Ancient Eight’s top 10 in seven statistcal categories. As a senior, Jeremy Lin ’10 finished ranked among the conference’s best in nine statistical categories.

Leading the Way
Wesley Saunders led Harvard in scoring in each of the team’s first eight games, becoming the first member of the Crimson to lead the team in scoring in eight straight games under head coach Tommy Amaker.

Saunders has led Harvard in scoring 42 times in his career, with the Crimson owning a 28-14 record in those games.

Born to Assist
Siyani Chambers has led Harvard in assists 52 times in his career, with the Crimson owning a 39-13 record in those games.

Chambers boasts 45 career games with five assist or more, including a stretch of eight straight games as a freshman (Dec. 11, 2012 - Jan. 26, 2013). Harvard is 38-7 in games Chambers reaches five assists.

Cleaning the Glass
Steve Moundou-Missi recorded a career-high 17 rebounds at Vermont, the most by a member of the Crimson under head coach Tommy Amaker.

Moundou-Missi has led Harvard in rebounding 35 times in his career, with the Crimson owning a 27-8 record in those games.

Grand Theft
Wesley Saunders recorded 12 steals against Northeastern and Vermont, including a career-high seven at Vermont to match Jeremy Lin ‘10 (vs. George Washington, Dec. 30, 2009) for the most steals by a member of the Crimson under head coach Tommy Amaker.

Saunders currently ranks 51st in the NCAA with 2.0 steals per game (as of games played Feb. 17), while his 163 career steals are good for fourth in program history.

Double-Trouble
Wesley Saunders recorded three double-doubles in the team’s first four games, becoming the first member of the Crimson to post three double-doubles in a four-game stretch since Keith Wright ‘12 did it in four consecutive games in 2011-12.

Saunders has turned in four double-doubles on the season, the second most in the Ivy League.

Watch This
Wesley Saunders was named to the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Lou Henson Award preseason watch lists as one of the elite student-athletes in the country.

Saunders is the first Ivy Leaguer to be included on the Naismith Trophy Top 50, while he joined Jeremy Lin ’10 as the second member of the Crimson to be named to the Wooden Award Watch List. Saunders was also included on the 2013 Lou Henson Award Watch List.

Cousy Award
Siyani Chambers was named to the 2015 Bob Cousy Award Watch List, marking the third-straight year that the junior has been tabbed among the top point guards in college basketball. Chambers is one of just three individuals to have been included on the watch list in each of the last three years along with Duke’s Quinn Cook and Gonzaga’s Kevin Pangos.

Last year, Chambers was one of 23 Cousy Award Watch List finalists after being among the original list of 80 watch list candidates along with teammate Brandyn Curry ’13-14.

Moving on Up
Head coach Tommy Amaker continus to move up the ranks of the Ivy League’s winningest coaches. Amaker’s 156 wins at Harvard are the seventh most since the conference began competition in 1956, while his 74 Ivy League victories rank 12th.

Amaker has led Harvard to four-straight Ivy League championships, tying him with former Princeton head coach Butch van Breda Kolff and fomer Penn head coach Chuck Daly for the fourth most Ivy titles won.

On The Sidelines
With 156 victories under his belt, Tommy Amaker ranks second all-time in Harvard coaching annals.

Amaker's .672 win percentage (156-76), meanwhile, ranks first among Harvard coaches who have spent at least two seasons at the helm of the team.