Men's Basketball Plays Final Non-Conference Game at Presbyterian

Davidson Wildcats (14-13, 8-8 SoCon) vs. Presbyterian Blue Hose (12-16, 6-10 Big South)

Date: Feb. 19, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Site: Templeton Center (2,300 capacity) - Clinton, 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 Big South Network (Internet)
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Presbyterian (GoBlueHose.com)

Full game notes

Layup Line
• The Wildcats take a break from the conference schedule to travel to Presbyterian for a 7:30 p.m. contest Saturday.
• The match-up resulted from Davidson's participation in the original pool of teams under consideration for the ESPNU BracketBusters, a three-day men's college basketball extravaganza pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other and featuring 11 nationally-televised games selected from a pool of 114 teams.
• As part of the agreement, Presbyterian will play a “return” game in Belk Arena in November or December of the 2011-12 season.
• The Wildcats have three games left on the regular-season schedule, and two are at home.
• Davidson has won six of its last seven and is coming off an 83-56 home win over Georgia Southern Wednesday night. The 'Cats are 6-4 in their last 10 overall.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is three wins shy of his 400th career victory.
• Davidson is in fourth place in the SoCon South Division while Presbyterian is eighth in the Big South.
• The Blue Hose have won two straight games and are coming off a 52-49 overtime win at Radford Tuesday night. Presbyterian is 4-4 in its last eight.
• Leading scorer and rebounder Al'Lonzo Coleman (14.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg) has been out the last 11 games with an injury. Khalid Mutakabbir is averaging 13.5 points a game and shooting 51 percent from 3-point range.
• Jake Troyli averages 10.7 points and 4.3 rebounds, while Pierre Miller averages nine points and 3.6 assists.
• Presbyterian leads the Big South in 3-point field goal percentage with a .386 mark.
• The Blue Hose own non-conference wins at Auburn (62-59) and Wake Forest (66-64) this season.

Series History
• The all-time series, which began in the 1919-20 season, is tied 1-1.
• The teams have not met since 1965, when Davidson posted a 130-67 home win.
• Presbyterian won the first meeting 37-30 at home.

Leftovers from Georgia Southern
• Davidson improved to 7-3 in Belk Arena.
• Cohen moved into ninth on the school career blocked shot list with 72.

Claw Marks
• Davidson went 3-7 in January but is 4-1 in February.
• Davidson has been within six points or less (two possessions) of its opponents in the last five minutes in eight of its 13 losses this season, including four of the last five. 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.
• Jake 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.
• Davidson's 83-56 win over Georgia Southern Feb. 16 was its largest margin of victory in a league win since the 'Cats topped the Eagles 99-56 at home Feb. 28, 2009.
• 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 224 points away from 1,000 for his career. He also needs 24 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 72 career blocked shots, placing him ninth on Davidson's career list. Frank Ben-Eze needs 19 to crack the top-10.
• Cohen needs 261 points for 1,000, and Kuhlman needs 257.

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