PHILADELPHIA (November 9, 2026) – Howard University men's basketball team continues its road swing in Philadelphia where it takes on the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in a nonconference clash at the famed Palestra. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m.
GAME INFO
GAME 3
EVENT: Howard (1-1) at UPenn (0-1)
DATE: November 9, 2026
LOCATION: The Palestra (8,725) in Philadelphia
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
COVERAGE: ESPN+
COACHES
Howard is coached by
Kenneth Blakeney (Duke, '95), who is in his eighth year at the helm. UPenn is led by Fran McCaffery (Penn, '82), who is in his second season there.
SERIES
This will be the fifth meeting between the two institutions. In 2007, the Bison came out on top, 80-65, in the first matchup. UPenn has won the last three matchups.
LAST TIME THE TWO TEAMS PLAYED EACH OTHER
On Dec. 11, 2023, Howard fell, 78-68, to UPenn at the Palestra.
LAST TIMEOUT
HOWARD
On Nov. 5,
Cedric Taylor III (Atlanta) rebounded from a foul-plagued effort in a loss at Yale Monday (Nov. 2) to score 27 points and lead four players in double figures as the Bison cruised to 93-84 win over Alcorn State in a nonconference game at the Davey L. Whitney Arena.
UPENN
UPenn fell, 112-70, in its season opener at No. 3 Illinois Thursday night (Nov. 5) inside the State Farm Center.
The Quakers were led by senior guard Michael Zanoni, who went for 16 points and two rebounds.
PROBABLE STARTERS & KEY RESERVES
HOWARD PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Name Position Height Class 2026-27 Stats
2
Cam Gillus Guard 5-11 Sr. 16.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg & 3.5 spg
13
James Brown Center 6-10 Jr. 11.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 bpg & 4.0 apg
12
Cedric Taylor III Guard 6-7 Sr. 11.0 ppg & 5.0 rpg
4
Alex Cotton Guard 6-5 Sr. 5.0 ppg & 2.5 rpg
6
Gasper Kocevar Center 6-10 So. 6.5 ppg & 6.5 rpg
HOWARD KEY RESERVES
No. Name Position Height Class 2026-27 Stats
1
Drew Harris Forward 6-7 Fr. 6.5 ppg & 4.5 rpg
8
Josiah Lawson Forward 6-7 Jr. 8.0 ppg & 3.5 rpg
0
Isaiah Brown Guard 6-1 Jr. 2.0 ppg
UPENN PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Name Position Height Class 2026-27 Stats
7 Michael Zononi Forward 6-5 Sr. 16.0 ppg & 2.0 spg
12 T.J. Power Forward 6-9 Sr. 6.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 apg & 3.0 spg
14 Sir Mohammed Guard 6-6 Jr. 4.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.0 apg & 2.0 spg
25 Augusta Gerhart Forward 6-9 Sr. 2.0 ppg
0 AJ Levine Guard 6-0 Jr. 4.0 rpg
UPENN KEY RESERVES
No. Name Position Height Class 2026-27 Stats
30 Luca Lueth Forward 6-7 Jr. 14.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg & 3.0 bpg
2 Chase Geremia Guard 6-2 Fr. 8.0 ppg
8 Ethan Lin Guard 6-5 Fr. 4.0 ppg & 1.0 rpg
GAME NOTES
The Bison have played without the services of graduate guard and team captain,
Ose Okojie (Brampton, Canada), who is nursing an injury…Taylor has scored nearly 1,300 points during his collegiate career…Senior guard
Cam Gillus (Falls Church, Va.) is 142 points shy of 1,000 in his career.
NEXT UP
The Bison finally get a chance to play inside Burr Gymnasium for the first time this season when they host Stetson Thursday (Nov. 12) at 7 p.m. There will be a special pregame tribute to
Bryce Harris.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at
www.HUBison.com.
