Davidson and Cross-County Rival Charlotte to Meet Wednesday

Davidson Wildcats (2-5) at Charlotte 49ers (6-1)

Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site (Capacity): Halton Arena (9,105)
Audio: John Kilgo (Play-By-Play) & Ken Hall (Analyst) -- Davidson Radio Network (WHIP 1350 AM; WBCN 1660 AM; WAME 550 AM & 92.9 FM; WTIX 1410 AM; WGNC 1450 AM)
TV: WCCB
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Charlotte 49ers (Charlotte49ers.com)

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Series Notes
Series Record: Davidson trails 28-11
Streak: Lost 2
Last Meeting: 12/5/2012, L, 69-73 (Belk)
Last Davidson Win: 12/11/2010, 82-68 (Belk)
Last Charlotte Win: 12/5/2012, 73-69 (Belk)
First Meeting: 2/19/1979, L 93-83
Davidson Record on Road: 1-12
Davidson Record at Halton: 0-7
Bob McKillop's Record: 7-19

• Tonight's meeting between Davidson and the 49ers is the 40th overall and 33rd Hornets' Nest Trophy Game.
• Charlotte leads the series, which began in 1979, 28-11 and is 22-10 in the Hornets' Nest Trophy Game. The 49ers have won 12 of the last 15 meetings in the series.
• The road team has only won one meeting since the 2004-05 season.
• Pierria Henry hit a baseline jumper with 24 seconds remaining to lift Charlotte over Davidson, 73-69, in last year's meeting at Belk Arena.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is 7-19 against the 49ers.

Layup Line
• Coming off an 86-80 win at Stetson, Davidson will wrap up its six-game slate away from home with a 7:00 p.m. tip at cross-county rival Charlotte Wednesday.
• In their last outing, the Wildcats placed five players in double figures, including freshman Jack Gibbs, who scored a team-high 20 points.
• In addition, junior Tyler Kalinoski flirted with a triple-double contributing 14 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds.
• Davidson, which has played one of the nation's toughest non-conference schedules in the country, enters the annual Battle for the Hornets' Trophy 2-5 overall.
• De'Mon Brooks, who was tabbed the Southern Conference Preseason Player of the Year, leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding, averaging 16.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
• Brian Sullivan and Tom Droney are also contributing double figures, averaging 13.9 and 10.7 points, respectively.

Last Meeting
• Pierria Henry hit a baseline jumper with 24 seconds remaining to lift Charlotte over Davidson, 73-69, on Dec. 5, 2012 at Belk Arena.
• Charlotte (8-0) used a 34-25 rebounding advantage, including 14 offensive rebounds for 18 second-chance points. Both teams placed four in double figures as Charlotte converted 28-of-59 (47.5 percent) attempts from the field to the Wildcats' 23 field goals on 47 attempts (48.9 percent).
• Jake Cohen led Davidson (4-4) and all scorers with 15 points, scoring 14 in the second half. Tom Droney matched his career high with 14 points, scoring 12 in the first half. De'Mon Brooks scored 13 points and led the 'Cats with eight rebounds. Nik Cochran added 12 points.
• Chris Braswell paced the 49ers with 15 points and also had four rebounds. Darion Clark led the way on the glass with nine rebounds to go along with 14 points, shooting 7-of-8 from the field. Henry had 11 points and eight boards, while Willie Clayton scored 12 points to go along with six rebounds.
• The lead changed 10 times, including seven times in the second half. A Cohen layup with 3:51 to go gave Davidson a 65-62 lead, but Braswell, playing with four fouls, hit a pair of free throws with 3:06 to go and then sank a 3-pointer with 2:20 left to give Charlotte a 67-65 lead.
• Cochran drew a foul for Davidson and hit both free throws to tie the game at 67-67 with 1:52 remaining, but Henry scored the Niners' final six points, hitting a pair of free throws and answering a Brooks' layup with the eventual game-winner to put his club up, 71-69.
• In the first half, Davidson used a 20-7 run to go up, 22-15. The 49ers responded with a small spurt of their own to tie the game, 23-23. Sparked by back-to-back Droney treys, the Wildcats scored eight unanswered points for their largest lead of the game before going to the half with a 33-29 lead.
• Just like the first half, the second featured runs by both teams to find themselves deadlocked. Charlotte opened the second half on a 15-4 run for their largest lead of the game, 44-37, with 14:34 to go. Davidson answered with nine straight points capped by a Droney layup giving the 'Cats a 46-44 advantage with 12:17 remaining.

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