Duke Hosts Davidson Men's Basketball Friday on ESPNU

Davidson Wildcats (2-0) vs. No. 6/6 Duke Blue Devils (3-0)

Date: Nov. 18, 2011 - 6 p.m.
Site: Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314 capacity) - Durham, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action with Logan Kosmalski and Ken Hall on the Davidson Radio Network (1660 AM, online at Radio.com and mobile with Radio.com App)
Video: Live on ESPNU (Mike Breen and Doris Burke)
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Duke (GoDuke.com)

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Layup Line
• Davidson returns to action by traveling to Durham to face No. 6/6 Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• The game will be televised live on ESPNU with Mike Breen and Doris Burke calling the action.
• Davidson is 2-0 and coming off a 74-61 home win over Richmond Monday night. The Wildcats have won 12 of their last 15 games, dating back to last season.
• It's the first road game of the season for Davidson.
• Davidson returns seven of its top eight scorers and four starters from last season. Players who accounted for 81 percent of the team's scoring and 87 percent of the team's rebounding are back in uniform this year.
• JP Kuhlman and Jake Cohen were selected preseason All-SoCon by the league's coaches. Both players have been starters for the bulk of their careers.
• Kuhlman is 160 points away from 1,000 for his career, and Cohen is 159 points shy.
• The 'Cats, who have posted nine straight winning seasons, were picked to win the SoCon South Division in the league's Coaches and Media Polls.
• Davidson is 13-78 all-time when playing a ranked opponent (AP Poll) and has lost its last seven. The Wildcats are 8-53 versus teams in the top-10.
• Duke has opened the season 3-0 and is coming off a 74-69 win over Michigan State in Madison Square Garden Tuesday night.
• It was the 903rd career victory for head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who moved past Bob Knight into first on the NCAA career coaching win chart.
• The Blue Devils return eight lettermen and three starters from last year's 32-5 team, including Seth Curry, the younger brother of Davidson great Stephen Curry, who played for the Wildcats from 2006-09.
• Duke was picked second behind North Carolina in the Preseason ACC Poll.
• Duke has:
• won 38 consecutive games in Cameron Indoor Stadium, dating back to 2008-09.
• won 88 straight non-conference home games.
• won 44 straight against schools from non-BCS conferences. Their last loss came in the 2007 NCAA Tournament against Virginia Commonwealth in Buffalo.
• won 58 straight against unranked opponents.

Series History
• Duke leads the all-time series, which began in 1909, 87-17, and has won 22 consecutive games against the Wildcats.
• Davidson's last victory against Duke game Dec. 29, 1981, when the Wildcats topped the Blue Devils 75-73 at the Iron Duke Classic in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• That is Davidson's only victory in Cameron, where the 'Cats are 1-31.
• Last Meeting - Jan. 7, 2009:
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 29 points, but the Wildcats were unable to take down No. 2 Duke, falling 79-67 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• After trailing by as many as 26 in the second half, Davidson scored on eight consecutive possessions over a five-minute span to bring the Wildcats within eight.
• The run was fueled by Curry's 10-point burst, including a fast-break dunk, which was followed by a step-back 3-pointer.
• Davidson then went looking for a defensive stop, but a pair of offensive rebounds led to Duke's Lance Thomas hitting two free throws to bring the lead back to 10 with 2:41 remaining. The Wildcats could get no closer, and a 3-pointer by Jon Scheyer from the top of the key pushed the margin to 14 with 52 seconds left.
• Steve Rossiter notched 10 rebounds on the night for Davidson, the lone double-digit rebounder in the game. Andrew Lovedale contributed 15 points, seven boards, and a career-high four blocks, all which came in the second half.
• Kyle Singler and Scheyer scored 22 points each to lead Duke. Gerald Henderson added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Leftovers from Richmond
• Cohen surpassed the 20-point plateau for the seventh time in his career.
• Davidson has won 28 of its last 30 non-conference games in Belk Arena.
• The 'Cats have placed four or more scorers in double figures in both games this season.
• It was the first game between Davidson and Richmond since 1976.

Davidson Milestone Watch
• Jake Cohen is 68 blocked shots away from breaking the school record. Frank Ben-Eze needs 27 to crack the top-10.
• Cohen needs 159 points for 1,000, and 218 rebounds to crack the top-20.
• JP Kuhlman needs 160 points for 1,000 and 13 assists to break into the top-20.

McKillop Magic
• McKillop, in his 23rd season at Davidson, is the school's and the SoCon's all-time winningest coach.
• Entering the 2011-12 campaign, his victory total ranked 35th on the NCAA's list of Division I winningest active coaches. McKillop also ranks 10th among active coaches on the NCAA's list of most seasons with current school and is one of six on that list who has spent their entire careers at that school.
• McKillop recorded his 400th victory Feb. 26, 2011, in Belk Arena, a 78-67 win over UNCG.
• He coached in his 600th career collegiate contest at Saint Mary's (Calif.) March 23, 2009.
• He collected his 350th career victory against Samford Jan. 3, 2009, at Belk Arena, a 76-55 Davidson decision.
• He logged his 200th career Southern Conference victory with a 79-56 win against Wofford Jan. 24, 2009, at Belk Arena.
• All 75 of the seniors McKillop has coached have graduated, and his teams have perfect APR?scores of 1,000 in each year since 2003, when the NCAA?began tracking it.

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