Wednesday, January 21
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Furman
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Wildcats Host Furman Wednesday
1/20/2009 4:31:22 PM | Men's Basketball
Davidson Wildcats (14-3, 7-0 SoCon) vs. Furman Paladins (2-13, 0-6 SoCon)
Date: Jan. 21, 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 (95.7 FM [joined in progress], online on Teamline)
Video: Available on Davidson All-Access at www. DavidsonWildcats.com
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Furman (www.furmanpaladins.com)
Layup Line
• The Wildcats begin a two-game home swing with a 7 p.m. SoCon contest against Furman Wednesday.
• Davidson has won 37 straight Southern Conference regular-season games and 45 of its last 46, dating back to Feb. 25, 2006. The league record is 44 by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• Davidson has a current 24-game winning streak in Belk Arena, including a 7-0 record this season. It's the fifth-longest home court win streak in the country. The 'Cats' last loss in the building was against Appalachian State Jan. 20, 2007.
• Overall, Davidson boasts a 200-58 (.775) record in Belk Arena.
• Davidson has won 12 of its last 14 contests overall and is coming off an 89-68 road win at Georgia Southern last Saturday.
• The Wildcats are off to their best start since the 1995-96 campaign, when Davidson won 19 in a row to post a 25-3 mark before falling 69-60 to Western Carolina in the SoCon Championship. The 'Cats lost their last contest that season 100-79 at South Carolina in the NIT.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry needs 329 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry, who leads the nation in scoring, is the only player in Division I ranked in the top-10 in points, assists and steals per game.
• Curry was named the SoCon Player of the Week Tuesday after averaging 33.5 points in two Davidson wins last week. It's the fifth time he has earned the honor this season, tying the league record he set last season. It's the 13th time he's earned the honor in his career.
• Head coach Bob McKillop, the SoCon's winningest coach, needs two league victories to reach 200 for his career.
• Furman enters the contest on a five-game losing skid and is coming off a 78-71 home loss to College of Charleston.
• The Paladins are searching for their first road win of the season (0-8).
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 89-60 and has won the last six meetings.
• The series began with a 42-37 Paladin victory in the 1909-10 season.
• Davidson is 13-1 against Furman in Belk Arena and 25-5 against the Paladins under head coach Bob McKillop.
• Will Archambault posted 28 points and six rebounds to lead Davidson to an 86-51 victory in the last meeting.
• Stephen Curry tallied 25 points and five assists, while Andrew Lovedale collected 14 points and five boards.
• George Brozos led Furman with 14 points, and Connor Nolte added 13.
Leftovers From GSU Game
• It was the fifth-largest attendance at Hanner Field House and largest crowd since 1995.
• Lovedale tallied his 600th career rebound. It was his fifth double-double this season and the seventh of his career.
• Dan Nelms' seven points was a career high.
• Davidson has not trailed since being down by one point 2:10 into the game against The Citadel, an active stretch of 157 minutes, 50 seconds of action.
Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in nine games this season.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 61 career games, the 30-point mark in 23 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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