Thursday, November 22
Orlando, Fla.
2:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Vanderbilt$ (ESPN2)
Men’s Basketball Set to Battle Vanderbilt in Opening Round of 2012 Old Spice Classic
11/21/2012 12:18:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Game Notes | Tournament Bracket | Live Stats | Live Audio
2012 Old Spice Classic
Date: November 22, 23 & 25
Site (Capacity): HP Field House (5,000)
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action along with Ken Hall on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 1450 AM, 1660 AM, online at Radio.com and mobile with Radio.com App)
TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Old Spice Classic (OldSpiceClassic.com)
Tournament Information
The 2012 Old Spice Classic, a bracket-format tournament, will feature 12 games over the three days. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The two teams that remain undefeated throughout will face off in a championship on Sunday, Nov. 25. The eight-team field will feature Davidson, Clemson, Gonzaga, Marist, Oklahoma, UTEP, Vanderbilt and West Virginia. The event is being played in Orlando, Fla., at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
Layup Line
• Davidson enters the 2012 Old Spice Classic 1-2 on the season following a 73-68 setback at UW-Milwaukee on Saturday evening.
• Davidson's current stretch of six games in between home contests is its longest during the regular season since the 1999-2000 campaign when the Wildcats played seven straight away from Belk Arena.
• Five Davidson players are averaging double figures through the first three contests, including De'Mon Brooks, who is contributing 20.0 per game.
• The Wildcats have led at the half in each of their first three contests.
• Davidson opponents are a combined 79-of-105 (.752) at the charity stripe. As a team, the Wildcats are shooting 76.7 percent (56-73) at the line, but have attempted six fewer than their opponents have made.
• Davidson is 19-6 in its last 25 contests, dating back to the last game of the 2011 calendar year.
Series Notes
• Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, which began in 1967, 5-1 and has defeated the Wildcats each of the last two years.
• This marks the third consecutive season Davidson and Vanderbilt have met on the hardwood.
• Last season, the Commodores held off Davidson, 87-83, on Dec. 7, 2011 in Belk Arena.
• On Jan. 2, 2011, No. 24 Vanderbilt handed Davidson its most lopsided loss since a 75-47 setback at eighth-ranked Duke in 2006.
• The 'Cats and Commodores played twice during the 1967-68 season, and Vandy won both meetings. The Commodores won 81-79 in overtime at home Dec. 12, and then defeated Davidson 80-67 later in the month at the Sugar Bowl Tournament.
• Davidson's lone win over Vanderbilt came during the Lefty Driesell era when the 'Cats defeated the Commodores, 101-84, on Dec. 7, 1968 in Charlotte.
Davidson Against Old Spice Field
Team H A N Overall
Clemson 12-9 6-13 0-1 18-23
Gonzaga 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1
Marist 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Oklahoma 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1
UTEP 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Vanderbilt 1-1 0-3 0-1 1-5
West Virginia* 10-1 3-10 3-8 16-19
*Davidson and West Virginia met in four Southern Conference Tournament finals in the 1960s with each team winning two.
Last Time Out
• Jordan Aaron scored a game-high 23 points and Milwaukee shot 53.8 percent in the second half to get past Davidson, 73-68, in non-conference men's basketball action Saturday evening at the Klotsche Center.
• JP Kuhlman led three Wildcats in double figures with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Junior De'Mon Brooks recorded his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 boards, while Tyler Kalinoski hit the 10-point plateau for the second straight outing with 14 off the bench to go along with four steals.
• Demetrius Harris and Kyle Kelm also scored in double digits for the Panthers with 17 and 11, respectively.
• After Davidson (1-2) pushed its lead to the largest of the game, 41-34, on a Kuhlman 3-pointer, the Panthers responded with a 19-9 run capped off by an Aaron trey to go up, 53-50, with 8:27 to play.
• With the Wildcats up 63-62 at the 2:51 mark following four straight free throws from Nik Cochran, Milwaukee (2-1) got a 3-pointer and pair of freebies from Kelm in consecutive trips to go up for good.
• Davidson shot just 35.6 percent from the floor and hit only four of their 14 attempts from long range. The Panthers finished the contest shooting 42.9 percent (21-49) overall and 24-of-32 (.750) at the charity stripe.
• Despite the setback, the Wildcats held a 41-35 advantage on the glass, including 16 at the offensive end.
• Both teams struggled from the floor in the opening half as the 'Cats went to the break up, 31-30. In addition to holding the Panthers to just seven field goals in the first 20 minutes of action, Davidson got 11 points from Kuhlman in the period.
Mr. Automatic
• A year ago, Nik Cochran led the league and ranked 13th nationally in free-throw shooting, making 88.6 percent of his attempts.
• A career 87.6 percent shooter at the charity stripe, Cochran has made 22 of his last 23 free throws dating back to last season.
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