Career Nights From Forwards Lead Wildcats to 86-61 SoCon Opening Win
12/1/2006 4:24:53 PM | Men's Basketball
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Andrew Lovedale and Thomas Sander each recorded double-doubles and finished with career highs in both points and rebounds to lead Davidson to an 86-61 victory over Elon on Friday evening at Belk Arena. The Wildcats improve to 5-3 on the season and 10-5 in SoCon openers under Coach Bob McKillop, while the Phoenix fall to 1-5 overall and 0-1 in the league.
Lovedale, a sophomore from Benin City, Nigeria, hit 7-of-11 attempts from the floor to score 16 points, breaking his previous career-best of nine that was set in the Wildcats last outing at Duke. The 6-8 forward also grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds, eight of which came on the offensive end of the floor.
The second Wildcat to drop at least 30 points on an opponent this season, Sander finished with just that, drilling 10 shots from the floor including a pair from downtown. The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, also pulled down a personal-best 14 boards.
Davidson entered the evening leading the conference in rebounding margin, and did nothing to hurt its cause outrebounding the Phoenix by an impressive count of 55-27.
Behind 10 early points from both Lovedale and Sander, Davidson raced out to a 25-6 advantage. Lovedale started the scoring with a tip-in and Sander ended the streak with a bucket from long range at the 9:55 mark. The Wildcats shot 54.5 percent (18-33) in the opening period and stretched their lead to as many as 25 on four separate occasions before heading to the locker room up 45-22.
William Archambault led three Davidson players in double figures at the half with 11 points including three trifectas, while Lovedale recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds prior to the break.
Elon connected on just 26.9 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes with 15 of its 22 points coming from behind the three-point arc.
The Phoenix came out firing in the second half and cut the deficit to just seven, 55-48, on a Chris Chalko three-pointer with 12:46 remaining, but Davidson quickly responded with a 23-7 run over the next eight minutes of action and never looked back.
Archambault and Stephen Curry also passed the 10-point mark with 16 and 11, respectively, while Jason Richards dished out 10 assists for the Wildcats. Curry also added six steals and five assists from his backcourt position.
Three Elon players finished with double figure scoring performances led by Brett James' career-high 23 points, which included five baskets from deep.
The Wildcats shot 47.1 percent (33-70) overall and knocked down 8-of-24 from long range for a clip of 33.3 percent. Elon canned 12 three-pointers, but only managed a shooting percentage of 37.3 percent (22-59) from the field.
Davidson returns to action in a 7 p.m. tip-off at Southern Conference foe UNC Greensboro on Monday, Dec. 4. The Phoenix will be back on the hardwood at the same time as they travel to face High Point from the Big South.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Andrew Lovedale and Thomas Sander each recorded double-doubles and finished with career highs in both points and rebounds to lead Davidson to an 86-61 victory over Elon on Friday evening at Belk Arena. The Wildcats improve to 5-3 on the season and 10-5 in SoCon openers under Coach Bob McKillop, while the Phoenix fall to 1-5 overall and 0-1 in the league.
 Lovedale connects on a jumper for one of his seven buckets. (Photo By Tim Cowie) |
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The second Wildcat to drop at least 30 points on an opponent this season, Sander finished with just that, drilling 10 shots from the floor including a pair from downtown. The native of Cincinnati, Ohio, also pulled down a personal-best 14 boards.
Davidson entered the evening leading the conference in rebounding margin, and did nothing to hurt its cause outrebounding the Phoenix by an impressive count of 55-27.
Behind 10 early points from both Lovedale and Sander, Davidson raced out to a 25-6 advantage. Lovedale started the scoring with a tip-in and Sander ended the streak with a bucket from long range at the 9:55 mark. The Wildcats shot 54.5 percent (18-33) in the opening period and stretched their lead to as many as 25 on four separate occasions before heading to the locker room up 45-22.
 Sander finishes off an easy layup for a career-high 30. (Photo By Tim Cowie) |
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Elon connected on just 26.9 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes with 15 of its 22 points coming from behind the three-point arc.
The Phoenix came out firing in the second half and cut the deficit to just seven, 55-48, on a Chris Chalko three-pointer with 12:46 remaining, but Davidson quickly responded with a 23-7 run over the next eight minutes of action and never looked back.
Archambault and Stephen Curry also passed the 10-point mark with 16 and 11, respectively, while Jason Richards dished out 10 assists for the Wildcats. Curry also added six steals and five assists from his backcourt position.
Three Elon players finished with double figure scoring performances led by Brett James' career-high 23 points, which included five baskets from deep.
The Wildcats shot 47.1 percent (33-70) overall and knocked down 8-of-24 from long range for a clip of 33.3 percent. Elon canned 12 three-pointers, but only managed a shooting percentage of 37.3 percent (22-59) from the field.
Davidson returns to action in a 7 p.m. tip-off at Southern Conference foe UNC Greensboro on Monday, Dec. 4. The Phoenix will be back on the hardwood at the same time as they travel to face High Point from the Big South.
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