Thursday, February 27
DAVIDSON
7:00 pm

Davidson College

vs

UNCG

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'Cats Host UNCG on Senior Night

2/26/2014 12:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Davidson Wildcats (17-11, 13-1) vs. UNCG Spartans (13-16, 6-8)
 
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena / McKillop Court (5,223)
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/Video: MI-Connection Channel 4/DavidsonWildcats.com
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), UNCG (UNCGSpartans.com)
 
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Series Notes
Series Record: Davidson leads, 23-9
Streak: Won 3
Last Meeting: 1/18/14, W 93-82 (Greensboro)
Last Davidson Win: 1/18/14, W 93-82 (Greensboro)
Last UNCG Win: March 4, 2011, 71-64 (SoCon)
First Meeting: Feb. 7, 1998, W 69-68 (Away)
Davidson Record at Home: 12-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 23-9
 
Layup Line
• Winners of 10 straight and 13 of 14, the Wildcats enter their home finale 17-11 overall and 13-1 in league play.
• A win over the Spartans will give Davidson its 23rd Southern Conference regular season title and third straight.
• Davidson's current 10-game winning streak marks the ninth time under Bob McKillop the Wildcats have stung together at least that many triumphs during a season.
• In its last outing, Davidson converted 52.4 percent of its field goal attempts while holding Wofford to just 34 percent, as the Wildcats clinched at least a share of the regular season title with a 59-49 win Saturday night.
• De'Mon Brooks paced the Wildcats with a game-high 18 points, connecting on all six of his attempts from the field, while grabbing eight rebounds. Tyler Kalinoski added 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, including a pair of 3-pointers.
• In conference play, the Wildcats are shooting a league-leading 52.9 percent from the floor, 46 percent from 3-point range and 75 percent at the charity stripe.
• Davidson also leads the league in almost every statistical category in conference games only. (See Page 5 of Notes)
• The Wildcats, who are averaging 8.9 3-pointers per game in SoCon play, have connected on 10 or more treys in four of their last five contests.
• Over their last nine games, the 'Cats are 90-of-186 (.483) from behind the arc.
• Davidson has won 26 of its last 27 conference games and 33 of 35 dating back to 2011-12.
• Davidson has also won 29 of its last 30 conference games at home dating back to 2010-11.
• The Wildcats are 122-22 (.847) in their last 144 regular-season Southern Conference contests, dating back to the 2006-07 season.
• Since 2003-04, the Wildcats own a 71-12 record in the month of February.
• Brooks is averaging 20.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in league play, while shooting 65.6 percent from the floor (101-154).
• Brooks, who has been SoCon Player of the Week twice in the last four weeks, leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.3 points and 6.8 rebounds.
• The backcourt trio of Brian Sullivan (12.9), Tom Droney (11.1) and Kalinoski (11.1) are also averaging double figures for Davidson.
• Kalinoski, who ranks 18th nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage, also paces the team in minutes played (33.5), assists (96) and steals (35).
 
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series with the Spartans 23-9 and has won 13 of the last 15.
• The series began with a 69-68 Wildcat road win in 1998.
• All 32 games in the series have come during Bob McKillop's tenure.
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