Drexel to Host Penn State at Wells Fargo Center in December

The Drexel men’s basketball team will host Penn State University on December 21 at Wells Fargo Center. The Dragons and Nittany Lions will tip-off at noon. It will be the first meeting between the two schools since 2015.

 

The Dragons are no strangers to playing at Wells Fargo Center, home of both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Philadelphia Flyers. Last season, the Dragons defeated No. 18 Villanova, 57-55, in the Big 5 Classic. This season’s Big 5 Classic will take place on Dec. 7

 

Wells Fargo Center, which recently underwent a multi-year $400+ million transformation, has been the site of numerous NCAA Basketball Tournament games, including the NCAA Men’s East Regionals (twice), the NCAA Men’s First & Second Round Games (three times), and the 2000 NCAA Women’s Final Four. Wells Fargo Center is set to host the NCAA Men’s First & Second Round Games in 2026. It also now plays home to the Big 5 Classic, a one-day triple-header featuring all six Philadelphia Men’s Division I programs. The arena holds the record for the highest attendance for a college basketball game in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which took place on January 29, 2017, when No. 1 Villanova University used a last-second tip-in to beat No. 24 University of Virginia before a crowd of 20,907.

 

This will be just the seventh meeting between Penn State and Drexel and the first since the 2015-16 season. The Nittany Lions edged the Dragons, 63-57. It was the second game of a home-and-home series. The first game, hosted by Penn State, took place in Allentown.

 

Ticket information for the game will be available in the near future.