PRINCETON, N.J. -- Matt Morgan scored 20 points on his way to breaking the Ivy League freshman scoring record, but a Princeton run to start the second half silenced Cornell in a 74-60 Tiger victory on Saturday evening at Jadwin Gymnasium. Princeton improved to 20-5 (10-1 Ivy), while Cornell slipepd to 9-17 (2-10 Ivy).

Needing eight points on the night to surpass the record of 460 points by Earl Hunt on Brown in 1999-2000, Morgan netted 20 - 14 after halftime - to end the night with 473 points on the year with two games remaining. The record-breaking basket came on a driving layup with 7:24 remaining in the second half. He added two rebounds and an assist while hitting three 3-pointers, all coming within a two-minute stretch late in the contest.

Junior Robert Hatter had 18 points, two rebounds and two assists and almost singlehandedly kept the Big Red in the game in the first half, including nailing a halfcourt buzzer-beater to get the visitors back within 37-34 at halftime. Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof chipped in four points and tied a career high with seven rebounds and Stone Gettings and Darryl Smith each netted six points for the Big Red.

Princeton shot 58 percent from the floor after the break and opened the second half on a 20-3 run that gave the Tigers enough separation to avoid a late Big Red run. Spencer Weisz led Princeton with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and Amir Bell (16 points), Devin Cannady (15 points) and Steven Cook (11 points) all reached double figures in the scoring column. Princeton assisted on 20 baskets, turned the ball over just eight times and blocked seven shots in the win.

Unlike Friday night at Penn, Cornell got off to a great start against the Tigers. The Big Red hit five of its first six shots and took an 11-4 lead four and a half minutes into the contest as four different players scored. Cornell led for the entire first 13 minutes before an 8-0 Tiger surge put the home team ahead for good after a Weisz 3-pointer was followed up by a three-point play by Alec Brennan to make it 28-22 Princeton. Another Weisz trey pushed the Tiger lead to nine at 33-24, but a 10-4 Cornell run to end the half, including the halfcourt shot by Hatter, got the visitors right back in it.

The second half run by Princeton all but sealed the Big Red's fate on the night, though Morgan's three straight 3-pointers brought a 21-point lead down to 12 before the Tigers closed out the victory.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Matt Morgan's 20-point effort was his 11th of the season with at least 20 points and was his 22nd double figure game.
• Morgan's 473 points on the year moving him to 14th on Cornell's single-season list., while his three 3-pointers give him 68 - 11th best on the school's season charts.
• Darryl Smith hit two of three field goals, making him 56-of-81 shots (.691) over his last 15 games.
• Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof tied a career-high with seven rebounds, matching his total earlier this season at Columbia.
• With seven 3-pointers, Cornell moved into the school's top five all-time with 221 treys as a team on the year.
• The Big Red posted four steals, giving it 200 for just the ninth time in program history.
• A Cornell player has scored at least 20 points in five straight games.

NEXT UP
• Cornell will close out the 2015-16 campaign next weekend when it welcomes Yale and Brown to Newman Arena.
• The Big Red will face the Bulldogs on Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m. on the American Sports Network.
• Cornell will honor senior captain Robert Mischler prior to Saturday's game against Brown with tip-off at 6 p.m.