Davidson Hosts Red-Hot Wofford Wednesday

Davidson Wildcats (13-12, 8-5 SoCon) vs. Wofford Terriers (19-8, 11-3 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 17, 2010
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 and online at www.DavidsonWildcats.com)
Video: Live video available through Davidson All-Access on DavidsonWildcats.com
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Wofford (www.woffordterriers.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson opens a two-game homestand by hosting SoCon South Division opponent Wofford Wednesday night in Belk Arena.
• The contest also begins a stretch of five games in 11 days to cap the regular season for the Wildcats. Three of those games are in Belk Arena.
• Wofford is in second place in the South Division and tied with College of Charleston in the loss column with three each.
• Davidson is in third place, just a game ahead of The Citadel in fourth.
• The Wildcats played the first contest of each of their two-game series against SoCon South Division opponents on the road and went 3-2. The 'Cats are now 6-2 against South Division foes.
• Davidson has won five of their last six games overall and is 11-5 in its last 16 contests.
• The Wildcats are 8-3 in Belk Arena this season with a 4-2 mark in league games there.
• Wofford has won six in a row and 15 of its last 17. The stretch includes an 11-1 record against SoCon teams.
• The Terriers have non-conference victories at Georgia and over South Carolina at home.
• Wofford won the season's first meeting against Davidson 68-62 at home Jan. 16.
• The Terriers are 8-6 on the road and 5-2 in SoCon games away from home.
• Noah Dahlman leads the Terriers in scoring and ranks fourth in the SoCon, averaging 17.1 points a game to go along with 6.3 rebounds. The junior is shooting 58.4 percent from the field.
• Jamar Diggs averages 8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists, while Junior Salters is scoring 7.8 points a game. Tim Johnson leads the squad in rebounding with 7.3 boards a contest.
• Wofford allows just 61.6 points a game, and its opponents are shooting a meager 31.8 percent from 3-point range.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 69-22, but Wofford notched a 68-62 victory in the last contest Jan. 16.
• The series began in the 1911-12 season with a 44-37 Terrier victory.
• Davidson is 50-8 against Wofford at home, 10-1 in Belk Arena and 17-7 under coach Bob McKillop.
• Freshmen Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman each scored 15 points in the season's first meeting.
• Will Archambault added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, and Brendan McKillop scored eight points.
• Noah Dahlman led the Terriers with 17 points, and Cameron Rundles scored 13 points, with nine coming from the free-throw line. Tim Johnson corralled a game-high 16 rebounds, and Jamar Diggs finished with nine points.
• The Wildcats held Wofford to 40.4 percent shooting from the field, but the Terriers made their living from the foul line, canning 28-of-44 free throws, including 17-of-30 in the second frame.
• Kuhlman completed a conventional 3-point play to tie the score 60-60 with 1:36 to play. After Diggs was fouled and hit 1-of-2 from the line, the Terriers got a steal, and a Dahlman layup made it a 3-point margin with 1:07 left.
• Nik Cochran scored on a layup with 35.5 seconds left and trailing by a point, the 'Cats were forced to foul Rundles. The junior hit them both, and the Terriers got another steal and a fast-break layup by Brad Loesing to make the score 67-62 with 13 seconds left.

Leftovers from Western Carolina
• Nik Cochran surpassed his career high of 10 points, set against Gonzaga earlier this season.
• It was Western Carolina's second loss at home this season.
• Brendan McKillop's nine assists are a career high.
• It was the 500th straight game in which Davidson made a 3-pointer.

Claw Marks
• With nine at Western Carolina, Bryant Barr went over 700 points for his career and now has 707.
• Barr needs three 3-pointers to move in the top-5 for career triples at Davidson.
• With 129 career games played, Will Archambault and Barr are both one game away from the school record, set by Andrew Lovedale 2005-09.
• With 1,014 points, Archambault is the 38th player to score over 1,000 points in school history. He needs 79 rebounds for 500 career caroms.
• With 543 points and 547 rebounds, Steve Rossiter is the 30th player in school history to record over 500 points and 500 rebounds.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is 20 wins shy of his 400th career victory.
• The Wildcats have hit a triple in 500 straight games.
• Brendan McKillop (103) and JP?Kuhlman (81) each have a chance to record 100-plus assists this season. That's happened just twice during the Bob McKillop era. Jason Richards (293) and Stephen Curry (104) did it in 2007-08 and Jason Zimmerman (135) and Chris Alpert (134) did it in 1992-93.
• Davidson has hit 13 or more 3-pointers in five games this season (Fredonia State, The Citadel, Gonzaga, TCNJ, Penn).
• Davidson lost 91-88 to Cornell in overtime at the Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden Dec. 20. It was the 'Cats' first overtime game since an 85-81 double-overtime loss at Charlotte Nov. 30, 2005.
• The 'Cats played their first overtime game in Belk Arena since 2005 against The Citadel Jan. 30, and posted a 67-63 win.
• Davidson's 61-52 victory over Hofstra Dec. 21, was the first time Wildcat coach Bob McKillop has coached against his alma mater.
• The Wildcats played their first four games away from home. It's the first time they have started a season with four road games since 2000-01.
• It's the latest Davidson has opened its home schedule since the 2002-03 campaign, when the 'Cats' first home game was Nov. 30 against Washington & Lee.
• Appalachian State's win Feb. 11 gives them a regular-season series sweep over the Wildcats. It's the first time Davidson has been swept in a regular-season series by a SoCon opponent since 2000-01.

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