STORYLINE
• Settled into the fourth spot in the Ivy League standings after three weekends of conference play, Cornell will attempt to stay there when it meets Dartmouth on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Leede Arena.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Brett Franklin and Bill Murphy on the call.
• The Big Red is coming off a home weekend split against Penn (W, 80-71) and Princeton (L, 70-61 in OT), knocking off the defending Ivy League champion at home for the second straight year - it defeated 2017 champ Tigers 107-101 in 3OT last winter.
• Senior guard Matt Morgan, a two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, enters the matchup among the national leaders at 23.0 ppg. while adding 4.7 rpg., 2.8 apg. and 1.1 spg.
• Morgan, who holds the nation's third-longest double figure scoring streak at a school and Ivy-record 71 games, is coming off a 16-point effort against Princeton and ended the weekend with 2,106 points - No. 3 all-time in conference history.
• 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 (3.6 ppg.), Steven Julian (4.1 ppg., 6.6 rpg., 2.2 apg., 1.8 bpg.), Jack Gordon (4.5 ppg., 2.0 rpg., 1.8 apg.) and Joel Davis (2.5 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) join junior Josh Warren (9.9 ppg., 4.7 rpg., 3.0 apg.) and sophomore Terrance McBride (4.2 ppg., 2.0 rpg., 1.8 apg.) as players who have spent significant time as starters and are expected to continue playing key roles for Cornell in 2018-19.
• Sophomore forwards Jimmy Boeheim (10.4 ppg., 3.2 rpg.), the son of Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, and Jake Kuhn (4.7 ppg., 1.8 rpg.) have also been significant contributors off the bench, with Boeheim joining Davis in the starting lineup for the last six games (4-2).
• 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.

THE SERIES VS. DARTMOUTH
Overall: Cornell leads 110-106
In Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth leads 63-46
Current Streak: Cornell, 4 games
Last Meeting: Cornell won 86-75, 3/3/18 in Hanover, N.H.
Earl vs. Dartmouth: 4-0
Series Notes: Cornell holds a narrow 110-106 lead in a series that dates back to the 1900-01 campaign • Cornell has had the best of the series recently, having won 24 of the last 30 meetings

A WIN OVER DARTMOUTH WOULD ...
• give Cornell an 11-10 overall mark and a 3-2 start in Ivy League play.
• extend its win streak against the Big Green to five games.
• make the Big Red 111-106 all-time in the series.
• give Cornell a 9-7 record in its last 16 Ivy regular season contests.
• be the 1,265th in program history (1,264-1,434 in 118 seasons, .468).

LAST TIME VS. DARTMOUTH
• They waited not so patiently in their locker room at Leede Arena 10 minutes after closing its regular season with an 86-75 win over Dartmouth. 
• They were rewarded minutes later, celebrating when Princeton's final errant shot missed to give Yale a 94-90 overtime win and the Big Red a berth in the Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time.
• Cornell's win, coupled with Columbia's loss at Harvard and Princeton's defeat at Yale, propelled the Big Red into the fourth and final spot.
• The Big Red shot .633 from the floor, the eighth-highest single-game percentage in school history, and used a well-balanced offensive attack with five players in double-digits. 
• Matt Morgan and Jack Gordon paced the Big Red with 16 points apiece, with Morgan extending his double-digit streak to 50 consecutive games. 
• He also became the school's single-season scoring king with 611 points, surpassing Ryan Wittman (596 points in 2009-10) and becoming the 22nd Ivy League player to score 600 points in a season. 
• Steven Julian (11), Josh Warren (11) and Stone Getting (10) were also in double-figures, with Gettings pulling down a team-high six rebounds and adding five assists.
• Miles Wright scored 19 points in his final collegiate game for Dartmouth, while Taylor Johnson had 16 points on Senior Night. 
• The Big Green shot 50 percent from the floor, but couldn't overcome a second half deficit of 16 points with eight minutes to play.

We're marching! On to Philadelphia. @cubigredhoops is on the #RoadtoIvyMadness! pic.twitter.com/KqaQ0U0B2e

— Cornell Big Red (@CornellSports) March 4, 2018

PLAYER NOTES TO KNOW
• Matt Morgan's 2,106 points ranks 13th among all active men's college basketball players (all divisions) and ranks eighth in Division I.
• Morgan's 71 consecutive double figure scoring games has now more than doubled John Sheehy's 34 straight (1953-55) for a school record that had held for 62 years.
• Morgan is making his bid to lead the Ivy League in scoring for the fourth straight year, as his 23.0 ppg. is well ahead of Yale's Miye Oni (16.8 ppg.).
• Morgan is the only Cornell player ranked in the top 15 in Ivy League scoring.
• He is averaging 25.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 0.9 steals in the team's last eight contests against Division I opponents.
• Morgan's 930 points in Ivy League play over four years has already surpassed the previous mark of 899 by John Bajusz '87.
• Morgan is averaging 23.7 points in six games against Dartmouth in his career, including averaging 9.2 free throw attempts per outing.
• During Cornell's last five games (4-1), junior Josh Warren has shot 26-of-41 (63 percent) from the floor (5-of-8 from 3-point range) and has averaged 
• Boeheim is the eldest son of Syracuse head men's basketball coach and Naismith Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim.
• During Cornell's last six games (4-2), junior Josh Warren has shot 31-of-50 (62 percent) from the floor (6-of-10 from 3-point range) and has averaged 13.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 0.7 blocks.
• Warren is averaging 5.8 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 53 percent from the floor in four career games against Dartmouth.
• Senior Steven Julian has nine brothers and sisters.
• He is averaging 7.8 rebounds (2.2 offensive) and 2.3 blocked shots over his last 12 games.
• Julian has four double figure rebounding games in the team's last 12 outings and eight contests with at least seven boards over that stretch.
• 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.
• Sophomore Riley Voss has been credited with 15 assists and just four turnovers on the season.

TEAM NOTES TO KNOW
• Cornell is 4-0 this season and 11-2 in three years under head coach Brian Earl when holding opponents under 40 percent shooting and are 7-1 in 2018-19 and 27-9 overall when outshooting its foe.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 849 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 895 of 899 games (5,837 3-pointers over that span).
• Dating back to the first overtime game against Penn way back in 1922, Cornell is 42-52 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 30-20 in home overtime games, 2-2 in neutral contests and 11-29 in road games.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

DALE '10 NAMED LEGEND OF IVY BASKETBALL
• For the third consecutive year, the Ivy League Legends of Basketball will recognize a distinguished class of 16 individuals who embraced the pursuit of excellence in academics and athletics to make a lasting impact on their respective basketball programs, schools, communities and professions.
• Among the class is Cornell great Louis Dale '10.
• A four-time All-Ivy League pick, including a three-time first team selection, Dale was exceptional throughout his career in helping lead Cornell to three conference titles and NCAA appearances. 
• The two-time Bob Cousy Award nominee as the nation's top point guard, he set the school's career assist record with 470 and became one of five Ivy League players to post 1,300 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists and 100 steals in their career. 
• He was selected Ivy League Player of the Year and Associated Press honorable mention All-American as a sophomore in 2008. 
• Dale graduated ranked among the school's top 10 all-time in scoring (third, 1,452), assists (first, 470), three-pointers (fifth, 164), three-point percentage (fifth, .401), free throws made (third, 332) and free-throw percentage (third, .838), among other categories.
• Each Ivy League institution is represented by one male and one female honoree, as selected by their university athletic department. 
• They will all be honored during the semifinals of the 2019 Ivy League Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments, Saturday, March 16, in New Haven, Conn. 
• Previous Cornell inductees were Garry Munson '66 in 2017 and Ryan Wittman '10 in 2018.

NEXT UP
• Cornell will head to Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. for its first meeting of the season with the Crimson.
• The two teams met three times a year ago, including in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament, with the Crimson winning all three matchups.
• Though Harvard has won six in a row and 15 of the last 17 meetings between the teams, five of those contests were decided by a single possession or in overtime.