Davidson Opens Four-Game Homestand Against The Citadel Wednesday

Davidson Wildcats (22-4, 15-1 SoCon) vs. The Citadel Bulldogs (17-10, 12-4 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 18, 2009
Time: 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, online on Teamline)
Video: Available through Davidson All-Access on the Davidson Web site (www.DavidsonWildcats.com)
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Citadel (www.citadelsports.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson opens a four-game homestand with a 7 p.m. Southern Conference South Division showdown with The Citadel Wednesday.
• Four of Davidson's final five games of the regular season are at home.
• Davidson has won 45 of its last 46 Southern Conference regular-season games, dating back to January of 2007.
• The 'Cats have won 12 of their last 13 overall and are coming off a 75-60 victory at Furman Saturday afternoon.
• Davidson has won 27 of its last 28 in Belk Arena, including a 10-1 record this season.
• Davidson boasts a 203-59 (.774) all-time record in Belk Arena.
• The Wildcats own their best record at this point of the season since the 2006-07 campaign, when Davidson won 13 in a row to post a 29-4 mark before falling 82-70 to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry needs 70 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry needs 161 points to pass Skip Henderson (Marshall, 1983-88) to become the all-time leading scorer in Southern Conference history.
• Curry, who leads the nation in scoring, has been named one of 17 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the nation's top point guard.
• Curry has moved into the top-10 in NCAA Division I career 3-pointers. He is 10th with 386 and 26 away from moving into the top-5.
• Davidson has now tallied 20-plus wins for the fifth straight season. It's the ninth time the 'Cats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop. It's the first time in Davidson history the 'Cats have had five consecutive 20-win seasons.
• With 10 SoCon wins this season, McKillop has now led the Wildcats to double-digit league victories 15 times, including the last eight campaigns.
• The Citadel enters the contest on a nine-game winning streak, and its last loss was a 66-63 setback at Wofford over a month ago.
• The Bulldogs are second in the South Division with a 12-4 record.
• The Citadel is 7-5 on the road this season, including 6-2 in conference play.
• The Bulldogs are coming off a 72-58 victory at College of Charleston Saturday.

Series History
• Davidson owns an 89-43 edge in the series and has won the last 14.
• The series began with a 39-37 Citadel victory in the 1926-27 season. The Bulldogs won the first six games of the series.
• Stephen Curry scored 32 points to go along with six rebounds, five assists and five steals in Davidson's 84-69 win at The Citadel in the season's first meeting.
• Will Archambault netted 11 points off the bench, and Andrew Lovedale added 12.
• Cameron Wells led the Bulldogs with 25 points, and Demetrius Nelson scored 18.

Leftovers From Furman Game
• It was Davidson's sixth straight game in front of a sell-out crowd.
• The Wildcats improved to 36-4 in the month of February since the 2003-04 campaign.
• Steve Rossiter tallied his second double-double of the season and the third of his career.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 15 games this season and has won all 15.
• The Wildcats have outrebounded their opponent in 18 games this season and have won all 18.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 70 career games, the 30-point mark in 27 outings and the 40-point plateau five times. He owns the school record for career games with 40 or more and career contests with 30 or more.
• The 'Cats won a hard-fought road game, 55-52, at Samford Jan. 31. It was the first time Davidson scored 55 or less and won since a 53-48 home victory over UNC?Greensboro Feb. 5, 2002.
• Davidson held Furman to 13 second-half points Jan. 21. The Paladins were held to four points in the first 17:10 of the stanza.
• 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.

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