Thursday, February 5
Greensboro, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
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Wildcats Take on UNCG in Greensboro Coliseum Tonight
2/5/2009 11:20:55 AM | Men's Basketball
Davidson Wildcats (19-3, 12-0 SoCon) vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans (3-17, 2-9 SoCon)
Date: Feb. 5, 2009Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Greensboro Coliseum (23,500 capacity) - Greensboro, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 610 AM and 95.7 FM [joined in progress], online on Teamline)
Video: Video stream available online on Spartan All-Access at www.UNCGSpartans.com
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), UNC Greensboro (www.UNCGSpartans.com)
Layup Line
• Davidson continues its four-games-in-a-week stretch with a road contest against UNC Greensboro at the Greensboro Coliseum Thursday.
• A crowd of around 10,000 is expected. The 'Cats have played in front of 10,000-plus four times already this season.
• Davidson's last game in the venue was Feb. 11, 2003, an 84-77 victory over UNCG.
• Davidson has won 42 straight Southern Conference regular-season games and 50 of its last 51, dating back to Feb. 25, 2006. The league record is 44 by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• It's the longest active streak in the country. Memphis has won 41 consecutive Conference USA?games.
• Davidson has won 17 of its last 19 contests overall, including nine in a row, and is coming off an 89-65 home victory over Western Carolina Monday night.
• The Wildcats own their best record at this point of the season 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 188 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry was named the SoCon Player of the Week Tuesday after averaging 26 points in three victories. It's a league-record seventh time he has earned the honor, which has been awarded since 1968. He's received the accolade 15 times in his career.
• Curry, who leads the nation in scoring, was named SoCon Player of the Month for January. He averaged 28 points and 5.8 assists in a 9-1 month for Davidson. It's the 11th time he has been given the honor in his career, including the last eight.
• Curry has also moved into the top-15 in NCAA?Division I career 3-pointers. He is tied for 14th with 369 and is 10 away from moving into the top-10.
• With 10 wins this season, Bob McKillop has now led the Wildcats to double-digit SoCon victories 15 times, including the last eight campaigns.
• UNC?Greensboro has lost five in a row, but the last three have been on the road.
• The Spartans are coming off a 66-60 setback at the Citadel last Saturday. Tonight's game starts a stretch in which UNCG?plays five contests in 10 days.
• UNCG is 9-14 in the Greensboro Coliseum in its Division I era and 14-23 all-time. The Spartans have lost six straight at the Coliseum with the last two losses coming to top-ranked Duke (Dec. 31, 2005) and Virginia Tech (Jan. 10, 2007).
• Beginning next season, the Spartans will move all their home games to the Coliseum.
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 17-7 and has won the last six.
• The series began with a 69-68 Wildcat road win in 1998.
• The 'Cats are 7-4 against the Spartans on the road, and all 24 games in the series have come during Bob McKillop's tenure.
• Stephen Curry netted 26 points in the last meeting, an 82-52 Davidson win in the semifinal round of the SoCon Tournament in the North Charleston Coliseum last March.
• Boris Meno scored 12, and Jason Richards tallied 11 points and six assists.
• Kendall Toney led the Spartans with 12 points, and Kyle Hines scored 10.
Leftovers From Western Game
• The 'Cats extended their current Belk Arena winning streak to 27 games, the third-longest mark in the nation.
• Lovedale moved up on the Davidson career record books in blocks, now sitting in sixth place with 88 swats; he is one behind former teammate Boris Meno for fifth.
• Davidson had five players in double-figures for the first time since Nov. 11, 2008, against Winthrop.
Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 14 games this season and has won all 14.
• The Wildcats have outrebounded their opponent in 15 games this season and have won all 15.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 66 career games, the 30-point mark in 26 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 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.
Dickie V in the House
• College basketball icon Dick Vitale will team up with Mike Patrick to call the action for Davidson's game against College of Charleston on ESPN2 Saturday night.
• Vitale saw the 'Cats play West Virginia in Madison Square Garden in December at the Jimmy V Classic but did not call the game. He called the Texas-Villanova contest in the nightcap.
Davidson Draws Butler in ESPNU?BracketBusters
• Davidson learned Monday that it will host No. 11 Butler Saturday, Feb. 21, in John M. Belk Arena in the seventh annual ESPNU BracketBusters event, and the contest will be televised live on one of the ESPN networks.
• The Wildcats are one of 26 teams selected to be a part of the BracketBusters event on the ESPN family of networks. The time of the game and television network will be announced Feb. 9.
• As part of the agreement, the 'Cats will play a “return” game at Butler in November or December of the 2009-10 season.
• Butler, which has climbed to 11th in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Polls, has won 11 of 12 games and owns a 19-2 record.
• Davidson made its first appearance in the BracketBusters last season and defeated Winthrop 60-47 on the road en route to a 25-game winning streak and a spot in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional championship game.
• Tickets are included in the Davidson season ticket package.
Kicks From 'Cats
• When the Wildcats hosts Butler Saturday, Feb. 21, Davidson College and Samaritan's Feet will sponsor Kicks from 'Cats – The Andrew Lovedale Shoe Drive.
• Kicks from 'Cats will be supported by a White Out at the BracketBusters game against Butler—special white shirts will be available for purchase in the Davidson College Bookstore and online and proceeds will support the cost of shipping the shoes to Africa.
• People coming to the game are also asked to bring a new pair of shoes, preferably basketball shoes in men's size 3 and up. The shoes will be distributed to people who need them in Benin City, and perhaps elsewhere in Nigeria.
• Shoes will be collected and sorted at the game by Davidson students, a group of alumni organized by Pete Ashcraft '57, and Samaritan's Feet, a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives through Shoes of Hope distributions around the world. Samaritan's Feet will also coordinate the complicated logistics associated with shipping and distribution in Nigeria.
• Lovedale hails from Benin City, Nigeria, and only makes it home once every year.
• When he does go back to Nigeria, he collects used gear (shoes, shorts, shirts, basketballs) from his teammates to take home and distribute to his less fortunate countrymen. He fills as many bags as the airlines will allow and comes back to the US with nothing.
• The 23-year-old senior political science major estimates that he has taken 10 bags over since his freshman season.
• Lovedale says there are many interested in basketball in Nigeria, but they do not have the proper equipment. He wants to help give them the chance to learn the sport that has given him the opportunity to go to school in the United States.
• He was nominated for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes student-athletes for great achievement during competition and in their community while staying in school.
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