STORYLINE
• Cornell continues play in the Central New York Hoops Classic when it opens its home schedule against Division III SUNY Canton on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena. 
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Barry Leonard and Eric Taylor '05 on the call.
• Cornell will have a chance to start a season 2-0 for the first time since the Big Red's 2009-10 Sweet 16 run after kicking off the campaign with an 86-75 win at Binghamton on Tuesday.
• Senior guard Matt Morgan posted career highs of 38 points, 13 rebounds and four steals to climb to No. 2 on the school's career scoring list.
• He was an efficient 10-of-15 from the floor, 5-of-8 from beyond the 3-point arc and 13-of-14 from the free-throw line in the victory.
• A three-time All-Ivy pick, including a first-teamer last spring, Morgan extended his streak of consecutive games in double figures to 52.
• 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.
• Sophomore forward Jimmy Boeheim also had a breakout game, tallying 20 points and seven rebounds off the bench on 7-of-11 shooting.
• 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. 
• Cornell has scheduled to challenge itself, as the Big Red will play 30 games, including a total of 13 contests at Newman Arena. 
• Visits to Syracuse and Wake Forest of the ACC, Connecticut and SMU of the AAC and an appearance in the first Central New York Hoops Classic highlight the slate.
• Making their home debuts will be seven newcomers, including junior college transfers Chaz Mack and Thurston McCarty. 
• SUNY Canton was 7-18 a year ago, but just a year removed from a 20-win season, under head coach Ben Thompson.
• The game will count as a regular season game and count for or against Cornell's record, but the contest will be an exhibition game for the Kangaroos.

A WIN OVER SUNY CANTON WOULD
• push Cornell to its first 2-0 start to a season since the 2009-10 season.
• make the Big Red 2-0 in the Central New York Hoop Classic.
• make head coach Brian Earl 3-0 against non-Division I opponents.
• be the team's second straight road win dating back to last year's regular season finale at Dartmouth (86-75).
• be the 1,256th in program history (1,255-1,424 in 118 seasons, .468).

LAST TIME VS. OUT
• Senior Matt Morgan had career highs of 38 points and 13 rebounds and Cornell won its 2018-19 season opener with an 86-75 win at Binghamton on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Events Center. 
• In the process, Morgan became the school's second all-time leading scorer as the Big Red won the first game of the Central New York Hoops Classic.
• Morgan's 38 points tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in school history and added four steals and three assists while shooting 10-of-15 from the floor, 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and 13-of-14 from the free-throw line. 
• He moved past John Bajusz '87 (1,663 points) to climb into second on Cornell's career scoring list and ended the night with 1,684 points.
• Morgan wasn't alone in having a career day for the Big Red - sophomore Jimmy Boeheim had 20 points and seven rebounds as the visitors controlled the backboards (42-32) and outscored the Bearcats 20-6 down the stretch to pull away for the win. 
• Terrance McBride and Troy Whiteside scored seven points apiece, while Steven Julian had six points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in the win. 
• Jake Kuhn also chipped in six points and four rebounds. 
• Sam Sessoms had 27 points, five rebounds and four assists for Binghamton, but was also hounded into six turnovers. 
• Richard Caldwell, Jr. notched 12 points and J.C. Show scored 11 with four rebounds, three steals and two assists.

THE BIG RED AND IN-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
• Overall, Cornell is 46-102 in tournament play during the regular season. 
• The program last won an in-season tournament when it dropped Davidson and St. John's to capture the 2009-10 MSG Holiday Classic. 
• The Big Red has also won tournament championships at the 1978-79 and 1967-68 Kodak Classic (both in Rochester, N.Y.) and the 1990-91 USAir-Cornell Classic. 
• Cornell was a perfect 4-0 at the Legends Classic in 2009-10, but due to the tournament format, was not considered to be the tournament champion. Florida (4-0) also finished the tournament unbeaten.
• The Big Red won the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational lower bracket with wins over Presbyterian and Longwood.

NEXT UP
• Cornell will play its third game of the Central New York Hoops Classic when Colgate visits Newman Arena on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• The Big Red leads the all-time series 73-56, though the Raiders have won two straight, including last year's 72-61 win in Hamilton, N.Y.