Men’s Basketball Picked Third in SoCon Media Poll

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DAVIDSON, N.C. - The Davidson men's basketball team has been picked third in the Southern Conference South Division by the league's media association, the conference announced today.

Defending champion Wofford is picked to win the South, and Appalachian State is picked to win the North. College of Charleston is picked second in the South, and The Citadel is picked fourth followed by Furman and Georgia Southern. Western Carolina was second in the North followed by Chattanooga, a tie for fourth with Elon and Samford, and UNCG is sixth.

Davidson returns eight lettermen from last season's team, which went 16-15 overall and 11-7 in the SoCon South Division to place third. The Wildcats have four of their top six scorers back, including Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman, who each earned SoCon Freshman of the Year honors - Kuhlman from the league's head coaches and Cohen from the conference media association. They were both named to the 2010 All-Freshman Team by the league's head coaches and media association.

Kuhlman, who also earned Mid-Major Freshman All-America accolades from CollegeInsider.com, averaged 12.6 points, 3.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds while averaging 33 minutes a contest. The 6-foot-4 guard ranked 13th overall in the SoCon in scoring, eighth in assists, 12th in free-throw percentage (.720), fourth in 3-point percentage (.415), 10th in assist to turnover ratio (1.2) and eighth in minutes played.

Cohen, who earned second-team all-state accolades from the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association, led the Wildcats in scoring with 13.3 points a game to go along with 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots a contest. The 6-foot-10 forward ranked 11th in the SoCon in scoring, 11th in field goal percentage (.466), 13th in rebounding, 14th in free-throw percentage and seventh in blocked shots.

Also back for his final campaign is co-captain Brendan McKillop, one of two Wildcats to start all 31 games last season. He ranked first in the league and 10th nationally in assist to turnover ratio, dishing out 124 assists with just 46 turnovers. The eight returners will blend in with five incoming freshman and Clint Mann, a sophomore transfer from Iowa State who sat out last season because of NCAA transfer rules.

The Wildcats play a home exhibition game Saturday, Nov. 6, against Lenoir-Rhyne at 2 p.m. in John M. Belk Arena before opening the season at Penn Nov. 13. That contest is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff in historical The Palestra in Philadelphia.

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