Furman Hosts Men's Basketball Saturday at 6 p.m.

Davidson Wildcats (13-12, 7-7 SoCon) vs. Furman Paladins (18-7, 10-4 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 12, 2011 - 6 p.m.
Site: Timmons Arena (2,595 capacity) - Greenville, S.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (95.7 FM, 1450 AM, 1350 AM and online at DavidsonWildcats.com)
Video: Live on Comcast Sports Southeast
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Furman (FurmanPaladins.com)

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Layup Line
• The Wildcats cap a two-game road trip at Furman Saturday.
• The game will be televised live on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) with Chuck Hussion calling the action, Ron Smith providing color analysis and Pat Hussion doing the sideline reporting.
• Davidson has won five in a row and is coming off a 67-58 road win at Wofford Wednesday. The Wildcats are 6-4 in their last 10.
• Bob McKillop, who is four wins shy of his 400th career victory at Davidson, coached in his 1,000th game against the Terriers (344 as a high school coach).
• The 'Cats are 4-8 on the road this season and 4-4 in road league games.
• Davidson is in fourth place in the SoCon South Division while Furman is tied for second with Wofford.
• The Paladins are 7-3 in their last 10 and coming off a 54-45 home win over Georgia Southern Thursday.
• Furman is 10-1 at home this season, which includes a 6-1 mark against SoCon opponents and a 91-75 non-conference win over South Carolina. The Paladins' lone home loss came against College of Charleston Jan. 6.
• Player of the Year candidate Amu Saaka leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 17 points and 6.3 rebounds.
• Noah States averages 11.2 points and 5.2 rebounds, knocking down 47 percent of his 3-point tries, and Jordan Miller averages 11 points.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series, which began over 100 years ago, 94-60, and has won the last 11 against the Paladins.
• The Wildcats are 41-30 against Furman on the road, 9-1 in Timmons Arena and 30-5 under head coach Bob McKillop.
• Nik Cochran scored a career-high 22 points, and Davidson held Furman without a field goal for 10:20 in the second half to post a 79-70 win over the Paladins in the season's first meeting a month ago in Belk Arena.
• Cochran made all three of his field goal attempts, which all came from behind the 3-point line, and netted 13-of-15 from the free-throw line. JP Kuhlman added 14 points for the Wildcats, and De'Mon Brooks recorded 11 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
• Jordan Miller led the Paladins with 21 points, and Colin Reddick scored 13 points, with nine coming from the charity stripe. Noah States added 10 points.
• The teams combined for 51 fouls and shot 71 free throws, making 55. Davidson shot 76 percent from the line, and Furman made 79 percent. The Wildcat bench exploded for 40 points as a few starters sat most of the first frame in foul trouble.
• After a layup by Amu Saaka that made the score 53-52 in favor of the 'Cats with 11:47 left, Davidson held the Paladins without a field goal until Miller hit a triple with 1:27 to play. The Wildcats opened that stretch with an 11-2 run, capped by a Cochran 3-pointer from the corner, that made the margin 64-54 with 8:33 remaining.
• After Furman trimmed the lead to 66-60 on a pair of Brandon Sebirumbi free throws, Clint Mann answered with a driving layup, and Tom Droney tallied a conventional 3-point play to push the lead back to 11 with 1:47 to go. Davidson went 8-for-10 from the line the rest of the way to seal the win.
• Will Archambault secured an offensive rebound in the final second to stop a late Furman rally, as Davidson took an 86-81 victory over Furman in the last meeting in Timmons Arena, in January of 2010.
• The Wildcats held a 14-point margin with 1:50 remaining but Furman outscored Davidson 19-8 to make it just 84-81 with nine seconds remaining. Bryant Barr was fouled on the inbounds play after Darryl Evans made it a one-possession game with nine seconds remaining, but Barr missed both free throws.
• Fellow senior Archambault was there to haul in the rebound off the second miss, was fouled, and then hit both free throws to ice the win.
• Archambault led four Davidson scorers in double-figures with 15 points, while also adding five rebounds and four assists. Kuhlman added 14 points, a team-leading six assists and three rebounds. Steve Rossiter scored a season-high 13 points, and added six rebounds, an assist and a block.
• Amu Saaka led Furman with 34 points and nine rebounds, while adding two assists and a steal. Saaka started the Paladin rally by sinking a pair of free throws and then hitting three-consecutive 3-pointers.

Leftovers from Wofford
• Davidson broke a three-game losing streak to the Terriers.
• Kuhlman has 14 assists with no turnovers in the last three games.
• The 'Cats five-game win streak is their longest since the 2008-09 season.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has been within six points or less (two possessions) of its opponents in the last five minutes in seven of its 12 losses this season, including three of the last four. The 'Cats have been within three points or less (one possession) in the last five minutes of five of their losses.
• Brendan McKillop has been named one of 66 candidates for the Bob Cousy Award, which recognizes college basketball's top point guard.
• Cohen was named to the MSG?Holiday Festival All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.5 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in two games.
• Davidson has held its opponents to under 40 percent shooting in eight games and won all eight.
• With just one non-conference game left in the regular season (Presbyterian Feb. 19), Davidson owns a 6-5 non-conference mark.
• Davidson began the season by playing 10 of its first 13 games on the road. The 'Cats home opener was the sixth game of the year, the latest during the 22-year tenure of head coach Bob McKillop.
• Davidson won its home opener for the 19th consecutive season.
• The Wildcats opened SoCon play with two games in Charleston for the second-straight campaign.
• The Wildcats' 80-52 loss at No. 24 Vanderbilt Jan. 2, was their worst loss since a 75-47 setback at then eighth-ranked Duke in 2006.

Milestone Watch
• Brendan McKillop is 240 points away from 1,000 for his career. He also needs 28 3-pointers to pass his older brother, current assistant coach Matt McKillop, to move into third place on the career list at Davidson. The game against Furman Jan. 12, was his 100th career contest.
• Jake Cohen has 70 career blocked shots, placing him 10th on Davidson's career list. Frank Ben-Eze needs 19 to crack the top-10.
• Cohen needs 286 points for 1,000, and Kuhlman needs 282.

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