The 'Cats and the Mocs Battle on the Hardwood Monday Night

Game Notes: #19 vs. Chattanooga
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson quickly turns around after playing Samford on Saturday and will host Chattanooga in a key Southern Conference tilt on Monday night at John M. Belk Arena in women's basketball action.

Chattanooga leads the SoCon standings at 8-1, while Davidson is closely behind at 7-2.

The Opening Tip
Davidson (11-7, 7-2 SoCon) hopes to start a new home win streak after getting it snapped on Saturday vs. Samford by playing host to the Chattanooga Mocs (13-5, 8-1 SoCon) on Monday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

The game is the second of a three-game homestand for the Wildcats, who will also host Furman, Jan. 30.

The All-Time Series/Last Meeting ...
... is 29-8 in favor of Chattanooga after the Mocs captured both meetings a year ago. The Wildcats have dropped 24 of the last 25 games against Chattanooga, with the lone win coming at Belk Arena (89-80) during 2008-09 season.

Last year at home vs. UTC, Davidson lost a heart-breaker when with less than a second left in regulation, Chattanooga's Bailey Dewart buried a game-winning three-pointer to send the Mocs to a 54-51 win. Sophia Aleksandravicius poured in 16 points and hauled in eight boards, to go along with three blocks and three steals. Laura Murray also clipped the double-digit mark with a game-high tying 17 points.

Game Notes...
Home Win Streak Halted by Samford
Davidson's run of its home win streak to start the season came to an end at seven straight after suffering a 73-65 defeat to Samford, Jan. 21. The 7-0 start at home was the best start at home to surpass the 1996-97 team that won its first six straight home contests. The overall win streak was eight dating back to the last game of the 2010-11 campaign.

The longest home win streak overall was set by the 1998-99 team, which rattled off a nine-game streak.

SoCon Double-Figure Streak Reaches 14 for Murray
Sophomore Laura Murray kept her streak of scoring in double figures during the regular season vs. Southern Conference foes intact when she dropped in a team-best 21 points vs. Samford, Jan. 21.

The shooting guard started the streak last year in Chattanooga and closed the year with five straight double-digit scoring games, including a 23-point effort vs. Georgia Southern. This year has seen her hit the 20-mark three times now in games vs. Elon, at Furman and vs. Samford.

Double Figure Streak Reaches 10 For Aleksandravicius
Sophia Aleksandravicius saw her streak scoring 10 or more points reach 11 at home vs. Samford, Jan. 21. She registered 12 points to go with three blocks.

The streak started in December vs. Western Carolina when she went off for 20 points and nine rebounds to lead Davidson to a SoCon-opening win. During the stretch, the junior has had five double-doubles, including three straight at one time, and hit the 20-point mark twice.

As a sophomore, Aleksandravicius had a 13-game stretch of scoring in double figures with four games of 20-plus points.

Seeing Double Again
For the seventh time this year, third straight game and 26th time overall for her career, Sophia Aleksandravicius tallied a double-double as she picked up 17 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in a road win at Appalachian State, Jan. 15.
Her double-double games this year:
•11/18 at Hight Point (22 pts/12 rbs)
•11/25 at Princeton (12 pts/10 rbs)
•12/22 at Radford (18 pts/11 rbs)
•1/4 vs. Elon (23 pts/10 rbs)
•1/9 at Wofford (10 pts/15 rbs)
•1/13 vs. W. Carolina (10 pts/12 rbs)
•1/15 at App. State (17 pts/20 rbs)

350 Wins as a Program
Davidson reached the 350-win plateau as a program this year on Jan. 15 at Appalachian State. The Wildcats scored a 55-52 road win. Entering the program's 33rd year..
During that span, they have had now 18 seasons of 10 or more wins, including the last 10 straight years. The 2006-07 season saw the 'Cats win a program-best 23 games on their way to the program's first postseason experience in the women's basketball NIT.

Scouting the Wildcats
•Davidson saw its perfect start at home come to an end when it dropped a 73-65 decision to Samford on Saturday. Davidson's perfect 7-0 start at home was a school-best.
The 'Cats overall home win streak of eight straight came to an end as well, the second-longest in school history behind the 1998-99 team's nine-game streak.
•The Wildcats shot just 37 percent vs. Samford and lost all of their 11-point halftime lead.
•Laura Murray (team-best 15.1 ppg) had 21 points vs. the Bulldogs, one point away from her season-high. She hit four three-pointers and is fourth in the conference in three-point shooting.
•Murray has scored in double digits in 14 straight league games now.
•Sophia Aleksandravicius continued her double-figure score with 12 points on Saturday. She has scored in double-digits in 11 straight games overall.
•She is fourth in the SoCon in scoring at 14.4 ppg and first in rebounding at 9.2 boards per game.
•The junior has registered 17 blocks in the last three games, including back-to-back seven-block games, which tied her own school record.
•Aleksandravicius is eighth in the nation in blocks per game, 3.0.
•The junior has recorded a double-double in the last three of the last four games.
•She has seven on the season and 26 overall for her career.
•The 'Cats' are second in the SoCon in scoring (64.6) and field goal percentage (.421).
•Dating back to the last three games of last year, the Wildcats have won nine of their last 12 SoCon games, with six of the wins coming at home.
•Davidson is outscoring the opposition at home, 69-55, and holding it to 36 percent shooting.
•Davidson scored the program's 350th win at Appalachian State, Jan. 15.
•The 'Cats, picked fifth in the SoCon preseason poll, return four starters and nine letterwinners.
•Head coach Michele Savage enters her second year at Davidson (25-24, 15-14 SoCon).

Scouting the Mocs
•Chattanooga suffered its first SoCon defeat, 62-51, at the hands of App. State on Saturday. The Mocs were outscored 10-4 in the final minutes of the game to fall to 8-1 in the SoCon.
•The Mocs had won five straight prior to its loss on Saturday. They still have won 11 of their last 13 games overall.
•Whitney Hood paces the UTC offense with a 13.9 scoring average. She is shooting 54 percent from the floor to go with six boards a game.
•She had games of 17 and 16 points last year vs. Davidson.
•UTC is 6-3 overall on the road, 4-1 in league play.
•The Mocs are third in the league in scoring (63.8) and first in free throw percentge (.756).
•The Mocs, picked first in preseason poll, return three starters and 10 letterwinners including preseason all-league picks Kayla Christopher (10.1 ppg) and Hood.
•Head coach Wes Moore is in his 14th year at Chattanooga, owning a 320-104 record.

A Look Ahead
Davidson wraps up its three-game homestand with a 7 p.m. contest vs. Furman, Jan. 30.

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