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Davidson Wildcats (19-5, 13-1 SoCon) vs. Coll. of Charleston Cougars (15-10, 7-7 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 11, 2012 - 3 p.m.
Site: TD Arena (5,100 capacity) - Charleston, S.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action with Logan Kosmalski and Ken Hall on the Davidson Radio Network (1660 AM, 1350 AM, 1450 AM, 104.7 HD3, online at DavidsonWildcats.com and mobile devices with Radio.com and TuneIn Radio Apps)
Video: Live on ESPN3 and SoCon TV?Network (Darren Goldwater and Dean Keener)
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), CofC (CofCSports.com)

Full game notes (PDF)
Live audio
SoCon TV Network (PDF)

Layup Line
• The Wildcats cap a two-game road trip with a 3 p.m. SoCon contest at College of Charleston Saturday.
• The game will be televised live on ESPN3 and the SoCon TV?Network. Darren Goldwater and Dean Keener will call the action.
• It's the second meeting of the season between the Cougars and Wildcats. The Wildcats won the first game 87-69 in Belk Arena Jan. 19.
• This is the last game of a stretch in which the 'Cats play five games in 10 days.
• Three of Davidson's final four games of the regular season are at home.
• Davidson has won 21 of its last 23 SoCon regular-season games, dating back to last season.
• The Wildcats are 12-1 in their last 13 contests and coming off a 77-66 victory at The Citadel Thursday night.
• Davidson is 8-4 on the road and 6-1 in road SoCon games.
• The 'Cats, who were picked first in the South in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll, lead the division with a 13-1 record.
• College of Charleston has won three of its last four and is coming off a 72-68 home win over Western Carolina Thursday night.
• The one loss during that stretch was a 99-98 double overtime setback at Elon.
• The Cougars, who sit in fourth in the South Division, are 8-4 at home and 4-3 in home league games.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series, which dates back to the 1926-27 season, 50-13, but the Cougars have won four of the last seven, including the last two in TD Arena.
• The Wildcats are 21-9 against the Cougars on the road, 1-2 in TD Arena and 18-7 under Bob McKillop.
• Last meeting: Jake Cohen matched his career high with 29 points and added a career-high 14 rebounds to lead Davidson to an 87-69 victory over College of Charleston Jan. 19, in Belk Arena.
• Cohen collected 24 points and eight rebounds in the first half for the Wildcats. The junior was 9-for-17 from the floor for the game and made all nine free-throw attempts.
• Nik Cochran scored 16 points for Davidson, all in the second half, and De'Mon Brooks netted 15. Tyler Kalinoski chipped in nine points and three assists, and the Wildcats got a big lift off the bench from Frank Ben-Eze, who posted six points, five rebounds and five blocked shots.
• Andrew Lawrence tallied 18 points, five rebounds and five assists for College of Charleston, while Antwaine Wiggins posted 17 points and nine rebounds. Nori Johnson scored 15.
• Davidson held a 17-point advantage early in the second half, but the Cougars kept chipping away and an 11-4 run, capped by a pair of Lawrence free throws, made the score 61-55 with 9:32 remaining.
• Hanging on to a seven-point lead with 7:30 to go, Cochran scored five straight points, and Cohen
added a triple as the Wildcats pushed the margin back to 15 with 4:50 left. The Cougars got the lead down to 12 points three times and 11 points once but could not get into single digits.
• Last time in TD Arena: Andrew Goudelock netted a game-high 33 points and added five assists, and the College of Charleston outscored Davidson 11-4 in the last four minutes to earn an 82-73 win Dec. 2, 2010.
• Cohen led the Wildcats with 23 points and 10 rebounds. He was 8-of-14 from the field, 2-for-4 from 3-point range and made all five of his free-throw attempts.
• JP Kuhlman added 16 points, and Tom Droney netted 10. Clint Mann recorded eight points and six rebounds.
• Goudelock was 13-for-19 from the field, 3-for-5 from long distance and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe for the Cougars. Trent Wiedeman posted 10 points and eight rebounds, and Wiggins tallied nine points and seven boards.
• The game was tied 67-67 under the six-minute mark, but Davidson hit a scoring rut and connected on just one field goal for the remainder of the contest.
• After Simmons made two free throws and Lawrence scored a layup, Droney got fouled going to the basket. He made two free throws to trim the margin to 71-69.
• Wiedeman tallied a conventional 3-point play, but a Kuhlman jumper just inside the arc made the score 74-71. Wiggins responded with a jumper, and Cohen's two free throws drew Davidson within three points again with 3:04 to play.
• Goudelock sparked CofC's finishing kick with a triple, and Davidson turned it over. Monroe then converted a jumper after rebounding his own blocked shot, and the 'Cats missed a 3-pointer, leaving the score at 81-73 with 2:02 to go.

Claw Marks
• Ninety-eight percent of the 'Cats' scoring and 96 percent of their rebounding comes from juniors, sophomores and freshmen.
• The 'Cats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop nine times.
• The Wildcats rank third in the nation in team free-throw percentage (.783). Nik Cochran, Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman all rank in the top-10 in the SoCon.
• Davidson has made 20 or more free throws in nine games this season.
• Davidson hit all of its free throws (14-for-14) against Duke Nov. 18, for the first time since 2008 (Appalachian State, 6-for-6). The 'Cats also made all seven attempts against Chattanooga Feb. 4.
• Davidson has used the same starting lineup in every game.
• The Wildcats have led at halftime in 21 games.
• JP Kuhlman has been named CoSIDA?Capital One Academic-All-District and moves onto the national ballot for Academic All-America.
• Kuhlman has been named to the Cousy Award watch list. The award is given annually to the nation's best point guard.
• According to NCAA RPI, Davidson's non-conference strength of schedule ranks 19th in the country.
• By defeating Kansas 80-74 Dec. 19, the Wildcats defeated a ranked opponent for the first time since topping Wisconsin 73-56 in the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
• It was Davidson's first win over a ranked opponent in the regular season since defeating No. 15 South Carolina Jan. 16, 1974.
• It was the 'Cats' first win over a ranked opponent on the road since defeating No. 17 St. John's 88-84 Jan. 4, 1972.
• The 'Cats have won 30 of their last 33 against non-conference competition at Belk Arena and are 38-6 since 2003.
• Davidson has a 6-4 record in non-conference games with one non-league game left, a home tilt against Wichita State Feb. 18, in the Sears BracketBusters.
• Davidson returned 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.
• Davidson did not give up a 3-pointer at UNCW Nov. 26 (0-for-3).
• The 'Cats' game against Georgia Southern Jan. 7, was the 300th in Belk Arena, which opened in 1989. Davidson won the contest 96-74.

Sears BracketBusters
• Davidson drew Wichita State in the Sears BracketBusters, and will play the Shockers at noon Feb. 18, in Belk Arena.
• The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
• The Wildcats have been in the BracketBusters pool four times, and have drawn a true BracketBusters game (televised game) three times.
• The 'Cats defeated Winthrop 60-47 on the road in 2008 and lost 75-63 to Butler at home in 2009.

In-Season Honors
• Three different Wildcats have been named SoCon Player of the Week this season.
• Jake Cohen has won the award three times. He was named SoCon Player of the Week Dec. 6, after averaging 21 points and six boards in a pair of league wins over Wofford and Furman. He also earned the honor Jan. 10, after averaging 19 points and 7.5 rebounds in two wins, and Jan. 17, after averaging 23.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in two wins. In addition, CollegeSportsMadness.com named him its SoCon Player of the Week Jan. 10, and CollegeHoops.net named him SoCon Player of the Week Jan. 23. Cohen was named SoCon Player of the Month for January.
• Nik Cochran earned the honor Dec. 20, after leading Davidson with 21 points in an 80-74 win over No. 12 Kansas. CollegeSportsMadness.com also named him National Mid-Major Player of the Week and SoCon Player of the Week.
• JP Kuhlman was named SoCon Player of the Week Nov. 29, after scoring 21 points to lead Davidson to a 70-67 victory at UNC Wilmington.
• De'Mon Brooks was named All-SoCon for the month of November by CollegeHoops.net. The sophomore has also been named to the CollegeHoops.net All-SoCon Team Pre-league play edition as and .
• Chris Czerapowicz was named the CollegeSportsMadness.com SoCon Player of the Week Jan. 2, after netting a career-high 23 to lead Davidson to a 75-70 victory over Penn.

Davidson Milestone Watch
• Fellow juniors Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman have registered their 1,000th career point. Cohen's came against Western Carolina Jan. 12, and Kuhlman topped the mark at Appalachian State Jan. 14. Both players were Preseason All-SoCon selections.
• Jake Cohen is 41 blocked shots away from breaking the school career record. Frank Ben-Eze needs 12 to crack the top-10.
• Cohen needs 89 rebounds to crack the top-20. The junior is one of three players in school history to record over 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocked shots (Jamie Hall '82, Detlef Musch '93). Davidson did not keep blocks as a stat until the 1976-77 season.

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