STORYLINE
• On its longest road win streak in six years, Cornell will face a big roadblock in continuing it when it visits Connecticut on Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. 
• The contest will be broadcast live on SNY with Gary Apple and Tim Welsh on the call and Maria Marino on the sidelines.
• Cornell's modest three-game road streak is the longest since 2012-13.
• Morgan enters the week among the national leaders at 25.4 ppg. and 7.8 rpg. while adding 2.8 apg. and 1.6 spg.
• If maintained, Morgan's scoring average would be the highest ever by a Cornell player (the late Chuck Rolles '56 averaged 23.0 points in 1955-56).
• Morgan, who has reached double figures in scoring in 56 consecutive games, is coming off a 34-point, seven-rebound effort in the Big Red's 86-73 win at NJIT on Saturday.
• He scored 38 points with 13 rebounds and four steals in the Big Red's season-opening win at Binghamton, climbing to No. 2 on the school's career scoring list.
• Morgan is one of four returning starters for the Big Red, who went 12-16 in 2017-18 and earned the program's first-ever bid to the Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament.
• Seniors Troy Whiteside (5.0 ppg.), Steven Julian (3.4 ppg., 5.2 rpg., 3.6 apg.), Jack Gordon (4.0 ppg., 2.6 rpg., 2.0 apg.) and Joel Davis (2.6 ppg., 1.6 rpg.) join junior Josh Warren (5.6 ppg., 3.0 rpg., 2.8 apg.) and sophomore Terrance McBride (4.6 ppg., 2.2 rpg., 2.2 apg.) as players who have spent significant time as starters and are expected to again play key roles for Cornell in 2018-19.
• Sophomore forwards Jimmy Boeheim (15.0 ppg., 5.2 rpg.), the son of Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, and Jake Kuhn (4.8 ppg., 1.6 rpg.) have also been significant contributors off the bench.
• Third-year head coach Brian Earl will look to continue the program's upward swing, as the Big Red made a two-game jump in conference play a year ago.
• Gordon, Julian and Morgan will serve as team tri-captains for 2018-19. 

A WIN OVER CONNECTICUT WOULD
• make Cornell 4-2 on the season.
• give Cornell the series edge 2-1.
• be the Big Red's first win over UConn since a 64-35 Cornell triumph on Dec. 29. 1943.
• extend its road win streak to four games dating back to last year, its longest since the 2012-13 campaign.
• give Cornell a 7-9 record all-time against current members of the American.
• be the 1,258th in program history (1,257-1,426 in 118 seasons, .469).

LAST TIME VS. OUT
• Cornell shot 64 percent from the floor and assisted on 20 baskets as the Big Red topped previously unbeaten NJIT 86-73 at the Wellness and Events Center. 
• The win also guaranteed Cornell at least a share of the inaugural Central New York Hoops Classic, finishing with a 3-1 record in the event.
• Matt Morgan scored 34 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead three double figure scorers. 
• Jimmy Boeheim added 15 points and six rebounds and Jack Gordon had 10 points, four rebounds and three assists in the win. 
• Cornell led by as many as 21 points midway through the second half and cruised to the win, extending its road win streak to three games for the first time since the 2012-13 campaign. 
• The .640 shooting percentage was the sixth-highest in a single game in school history.
• Zach Cooks and Shyquan Gibbs each had 25 points for the Highlanders, but the rest of the team combined for just 23 points on 8-of-26 shooting. 
• Cornell controlled the backboards (32-22) and the paint (40-24) in snapping a two-game skid.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Head coach Brian Earl and his brother Dan (VMI) one of five active sets of brothers directing Division I programs, joining Scott (Baylor) and Bryce (Vanderbilt) Drew; Bobby (Arizona State) and Danny (Connecticut) Hurley; Joe (Yale) and James (Boston University) Jones; and Sean (Arizona) and Archie (Indiana) Miller.
• Random useless fact — Cornell has scored exactly 86 points in each of the teams last four wins (dating back to last year). Prior to that, the last time Cornell had scored exactly 86 points in a win was 2010.
• Matt Morgan's 56 consecutive double figure scoring games has surpassed John Sheehy's 34 straight (1953-55) for a school record that had held for 62 years.
• Morgan became the first Cornell player to declare early for the NBA Draft during the spring of 2017 (and again in 2018), withdrawing before the early entry deadline to preserve his final two seasons of eligibility.
• The Big Red will have three junior college transfers (Steven Julian, Chaz Mack and Thurston McCarty) on its roster for the first time in program history in 2018-19.
• The trio are the first junior college transfer to suit up for the Big Red since Drew Ferry (2010-11 and 2011-12 after playing at Palm Beach State College) and first JUCOs who did not first attend a Division I school since Jason Hartford (Chemeketa CC).
• Senior Steven Julian has nine brothers and sisters.
• Sophomore Jimmy Boeheim is the eldest son of Syracuse head men's basketball coach and Naismith Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim.
• Sixth-year assistant coach Jon Jaques was a starter and senior captain on the 2009-10 Cornell team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
• Cornell has played in 47 different states, as well as in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Australia, France and Spain. The only states the Big Red has not played in are Alaska, North Dakota and Mississippi.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 834 consecutive games (11th-longest streak in Division I) dating back to a contest against Denison in the 1988-89 season opener (0-for-2). Since the 3-point shot came into effect in NCAA play during the 1986-87 season, the Big Red has hit at least one shot behind the arc in 880 of 884 games (5,717 3-pointers over that span).
• Dating back to the first overtime game against Penn way back in 1922, Cornell is 41-51 in games that go an extra period. Cornell is 7-10 in multiple overtime games, with the longest game for the Big Red being a five overtime contest against Princeton, won by the Tigers 66-61 on Feb. 24, 1979 at Barton Hall. Cornell is 30-19 in home overtime games, 2-2 in neutral contests and 10-29 in road games.
• The Big Red ranks among the best according to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR) for 2016-17 that was released this past May. The APR measures semester-by-semester records for every individual team in Division I with regard to each team members' continuing eligibility, retention and progress toward graduation. The NCAA "commends" teams that have APR scores in the top 10 percent within their sport. Cornell has been recognized 10 times in the 13 years since the APR began, including eight consecutive.

NEXT UP
• After a Thanksgiving break, the Big Red returns to action at Lafayette on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in Easton, Pa.
• The Leopards hold a narrow 11-10 edge in the series, though the Big Red has won three consecutive meetings.
• Cornell earned an 80-71 home victory over Lafayette last year behind 26 points from Matt Morgan.