Wednesday, January 14
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Elon
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Davidson Wildcats (12-3, 5-0 SoCon) vs. Elon Phoenix (4-8, 1-3 SoCon)
Date: Jan. 14, 2009Time: 7 p.m.
Site: John M. Belk Arena (5,223 capacity) - Davidson, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 610 AM, 95.7 FM, online on Teamline)
Video: Televised live on MASN with Jim Hunter and Kevin Grevey calling the action.
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Elon (www.elonphoenix.com)
Layup Line
• The Wildcats finish off a stretch where they play four games in a week and three SoCon games in six days with a 7 p.m. contest against Elon at Belk Arena.
• The contest is a rematch of last season's SoCon championship game, which the 'Cats won 65-49.
• Davidson has a current 23-game winning streak in Belk Arena, including a 6-0 record this season. The 'Cats' last loss in the building was against Appalachian State Jan. 20, 2007.
• Overall, Davidson boasts a 199-58 (.774) record in Belk Arena, one win away from its 200th victory in the facility.
• Davidson has won 35 straight Southern Conference regular-season games and 42 of its last 43 dating back to Feb. 25, 2006. The league record is 44 by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• Davidson has won 10 of its last 12 contests and is coming off a 70-52 victory at Appalachian State Monday.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry has moved past Fred Hetzel into second on the school's all-time scoring list. He needs 396 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Elon enters the contest on a four-game losing skid and is coming off a 74-67 setback at Western Carolina last Saturday.
• The Phoenix are 0-6 on the road this season.
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 29-11 and has won the last 12 meetings, including three contests last season.
• The series began in with a 25-17 Elon victory in the 1915-16 season.
• The Phoenix came awfully close to dealing Davidson a conference loss in the teams' first contest last season.
• Elon led by six at home with less than three minutes to play before Stephen Curry got loose for Davidson's last eight points.
• Chris Long missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Davidson came away with the 59-57 victory.
• Curry led the Wildcats with 23 points in the last meeting against Elon, while Thomas Sander and Andrew Lovedale contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.
• TJ?Douglas netted 18 points for the Phoenix, and Brett James scored 13.
Last Time Out
• Davidson had four players with double-figure scoring nights, and the Wildcats never trailed on their way to a 70-52 Southern Conference victory over Appalachian State Monday night in front of a Holmes Center record crowd of 8,350.
• Stephen Curry led the Wildcats with 16 points to go along with a game-high six assists and three steals.Max Paulhus Gosselin and Will Archambault each contributed 14 points with Brendan McKillop chipping in 13 points. With Curry in foul trouble most of the night, the Davidson bench outscored ASU's 27-7.
• Davidson led by nine with 15:11 left in the game, when Curry picked up his fourth foul. But the 'Cats responded by stretching the margin to 16 points on a Archambault 3-pointer with 5:46 to go. The cushion grew to as many as 21 when McKillop hit a 3-pointer as the shot clock was expiring, one of three he hit from behind the arc.
Leftovers From Appalachian Game
• It was the third game this season Curry was held under 20 points.
• Paulhus Gosselin's point total was a season high and the first time the senior scored in double figures this season.
• Davidson is now a part of two Holmes Center records – the game's attendance and Curry's 38-point night at Appalachian last season.
Clamoring to See the 'Cats
• Davidson has developed quite a following this season as shown by its attendance numbers, especially on the road.
• The Wildcats game against West Virginia in Madison Square Garden Dec. 9 drew 14,675 fans. In comparison, the Duke-Michigan game at MSG in the 2K Classic Championship drew 12,543, and the Purdue-Oklahoma game in the NIT?Season Tipoff final drew 3,670.
• The 'Cats' game at College of Charleston Dec. 29 had a capacity crowd of 5,368, the most in the Carolina First Arena, which is in its first season.
• Davidson and Appalachian State set a record for the Mountaineers' Holmes Center, when 8,350 turned out for the game Jan. 12. That crowd topped the mark set when Appalachian opened the building against North Carolina in 2000.
• A crowd of 5,336 turned out to see the Wildcats at The Citadel Jan. 10. It was the 10th-largest crowd to see a game at McAlister Field House and the first time the attendance was over 5,000 in two years.
• Davidson has sold out its own building four times this season, and the remaining contests are already sold out.
Claw Marks
• The Wildcats have 23 steals in their last two games.
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in eight games this season.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 59 career games, the 30-point mark in 22 outings and the 40-point plateau five times. He owns the school record for career games with 40 or more and trails all-time leading scorer John Gerdy in games with 30 or more (24).
• Davidson set a school record with 25 steals against Guilford Nov. 14. Curry and Max Paulhus Gosselin combined for 17.
• The 'Cats' victory over NC?State Dec. 6 was their first against an ACC?school since defeating North Carolina 58-54 in Chapel Hill Nov. 20, 2001.
• Davidson is now 1-2 all-time in Time Warner Cable Arena with the losses coming to North Carolina and Duke last season and a win against NC?State this season.
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