Friday, November 10
Cullowhee, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
at
Western Carolina
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
'Cats Open Season at Western and N.C. State This Weekend
11/9/2017 8:55:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID
Live Stats at Western Carolina | Live Stats at N.C. State
Live Video at Western Carolina, Live Video at N.C. State
Live Audio at Western and N.C. State
2017-18 Prospectus (pdf)
Game Notes: #1 at Western Carolina
Television- N.C. State: ACC Network Extra
DavidsonPhotos.com
Ticket information for home games, click on season or single game to purchase tickets
DAVIDSON, N.C. — The 2017-18 season gets underway for the Davidson women's basketball team, as they will open up with games at Western Carolina and N.C. State this Friday and Sunday.
The Wildcats (0-0, 0-0 A-10), in their first year under the direction of Gayle Coats Fulks, begin the season on a four-game road trip. They play Friday night against WCU at 7 p.m. followed by a 2 p.m. contest Sunday afternoon against the Wolfpack. Later, Davidson will travel to Furman, Nov. 15, and Appalachian State, Nov. 19, to conclude the long trip.
Free Audio Stream
Nine Wildcat road games this year can be listened to for free by clicking here or at the Live Audio link above. Derek Smith will be doing the play by play for those games. The select games are Western Carolina, N.C. State, Furman, Appalachian State, Mercer, High Point, George Mason, Saint Louis and La Salle.
OPENING TIP: Quick Hits ...
•Davidson is in its 39th season and has collected 421 wins in program history.
•The 'Cats are in their fourth year in the Atlantic 10 after a 21-year run in the SoCon.
•Eight letterwinners return and four starters from a year ago, while five freshmen were added.
•Head coach Gayle Coats Fulks is in her first year (0-0) and has a 0-0 record against Western and N.C. State.
Last Game Out vs. Johnson C. Smith, Exhibition, Nov. 3...
•Sarah Donovan had game highs of 19 points and eight rebounds to pace four scorers in double figures, and Davidson captured an 81-69 exhibition home win over Johnson C. Smith last Friday.
•Katie Turner, Justine Lyon and Kianna Speight each scored 12 points. Speight nailed 4-of-5 shots from downtown, while Turner filled the box score with a game-high six dimes.
•Davidson led by as many as 16 points before JCSU cut its lead to five, 70-65, midway through the fourth quarter. The Wildcats put the game away by going on an 11-4 run in the final five minutes.
•As a team, the Wildcats went 20-for-24 at the charity stripe and had a 40-24 edge on the glass.
Season Openers ...
•During the Wildcats' 38-year history, they have gone 10-28 in season-openers after opening the 2016-17 campaign on the road at No. 22 Michigan State, Nov. 11.
•Since the program was restarted in 1992-93, they have gone 8-17 and played some pretty tough competition, facing top programs in North Carolina (three times), Duke, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Michigan State (twice), Boston College, Arkansas-Little Rock and Clemson (twice).
•During that time period ('92-93), Davidson has opened on the road or at a neutral site 22 times with a 7-15 record in those games.
Wildcat All-Time Record Watch ...
•Mackenzie Latt is or will be ranked in the top-15 all-time in the record books before she finishes out her career. Last year, the junior became the 19th Wildcat to reach 1,000 points and currently sits in 11th with 1,143.
•She already ranks in the top-15 in career scoring average (8th, 13.1), blocks (10th, 76), field goals made (9th, 490) and attempted (9th, 1,088), and rebounds (9th, 630).
Random Notes ...
•Justine Lyon was named the A-10 Most Improved Player in 2016-17.
•Lyon earned Davidson's first-ever A-10 Player of the Week honor last year.
•Lyon twice reached 30 points last season, including a career-high 34 at UMass, Feb. 4.
•Lyon registered all nine of her career 20-point games last year, four times hitting 22 points.
•The nine 20-point games by Lyon was the most in a Wildcat season since Lauren Murray had 16 in 2013-14.
•Mackenzie Latt has scored in double figures in 64 of her 87 career games.
•Latt has 10 career 20-point outings, including last year's career-best 28 points at Charlotte.
•The senior has 21 double-digit rebounding games during her career.
•Latt has 19 career double-doubles (six last year), with 11 of them coming as a freshman.
•Latt was named CollegeSportsMadness.com A-10 Player of the Week, Dec. 20, last year.
All-Time Series vs. Western Carolina & N.C. State ...
•Davidson and WCU are playing for the 54th time in the all-time series, with the Wildcats holding a 28-25 lead and riding a nine-game win streak. Overall, the 'Cats have won 12 of the last 14 games.
•In the last meeting, Dec, 5, 2015, Davidson scored a 64-51 win at home behind Mackenzie Latt's 19 points and Hannah Early's double-double (20 points, 15 rebounds).
•The series has the Wolfpack leading 6-1 and riding a six-game win streak against Davidson.
•This will be the fourth time in the past five years, all in Raleigh, both teams are playing each other.
•Despite holding the Wolfpack to 31.7 percent shooting, the Wildcats dropped 58-42 decision in the recent meeting on the road (11/22/15). •Dakota Dukes paced the 'Cats with a double-double (14 pts, 10 rbs) in her return trip to her hometown.
Scouting the Catamounts & Wolfpack...
•Western Carolina is coming off an 8-22 season a year ago, including 3-11 in Southern Conference play.
•Western was 6-7 at home last year.
•All five starters return and 11 letterwinners in all with two new comers added.
•The Catamounts open the season with a three-game homestand against Davidson, UNC Asheville and Eastern Kentucky.
•Raziyah Farrington and Sherae Bonner were the top-two scorers, averaing 10.3 and 10.1, respectively, last year.
•Bonner, a third-team all-SoCon, hauled in a team-high 8.8 rebounds and blocked 41 shots.
•The Catamounts shot 36.5 percent from the floor last year and 29.5 percent from behind the arc.
•N.C. State, which hosts Jacksonville Friday in its season opener, is coming off a 25-9 season with a mark of 12-4 in the ACC.
•It reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament a year ago after downing Auburn, 62-48, before falling to No. 14/15 Texas 84-80.
•N.C. State graduated four seniors and 43.5 points per game from its 2016-17 season starting lineup.
•The Wolfpack return eight letterwinners of 14 from last year, but only one starter.
•They went 14-2 at home a year ago, including a perfect 8-0 against non-conference foes.
•In its lone exhibition this year, N.C. State came away with a win, defeating Lee University 57-42.
•Senior Akela Maize tallied 13 points to lead all scorers.
•Head coach Wes Moore (5th season at State, 29th season overall) was named the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year last season, claiming the award for the first time in the 43-year history of women's basketball at N.C. State. He is 86-43 during his time with the Wolfpack.
A Look Ahead ...
Davidson will face Furman on the road next Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.
Live Video at Western Carolina, Live Video at N.C. State
Live Audio at Western and N.C. State
2017-18 Prospectus (pdf)
Game Notes: #1 at Western Carolina
Television- N.C. State: ACC Network Extra
DavidsonPhotos.com
Ticket information for home games, click on season or single game to purchase tickets
DAVIDSON, N.C. — The 2017-18 season gets underway for the Davidson women's basketball team, as they will open up with games at Western Carolina and N.C. State this Friday and Sunday.
The Wildcats (0-0, 0-0 A-10), in their first year under the direction of Gayle Coats Fulks, begin the season on a four-game road trip. They play Friday night against WCU at 7 p.m. followed by a 2 p.m. contest Sunday afternoon against the Wolfpack. Later, Davidson will travel to Furman, Nov. 15, and Appalachian State, Nov. 19, to conclude the long trip.
Free Audio Stream
Nine Wildcat road games this year can be listened to for free by clicking here or at the Live Audio link above. Derek Smith will be doing the play by play for those games. The select games are Western Carolina, N.C. State, Furman, Appalachian State, Mercer, High Point, George Mason, Saint Louis and La Salle.
OPENING TIP: Quick Hits ...
•Davidson is in its 39th season and has collected 421 wins in program history.
•The 'Cats are in their fourth year in the Atlantic 10 after a 21-year run in the SoCon.
•Eight letterwinners return and four starters from a year ago, while five freshmen were added.
•Head coach Gayle Coats Fulks is in her first year (0-0) and has a 0-0 record against Western and N.C. State.
Last Game Out vs. Johnson C. Smith, Exhibition, Nov. 3...
•Sarah Donovan had game highs of 19 points and eight rebounds to pace four scorers in double figures, and Davidson captured an 81-69 exhibition home win over Johnson C. Smith last Friday.
•Katie Turner, Justine Lyon and Kianna Speight each scored 12 points. Speight nailed 4-of-5 shots from downtown, while Turner filled the box score with a game-high six dimes.
•Davidson led by as many as 16 points before JCSU cut its lead to five, 70-65, midway through the fourth quarter. The Wildcats put the game away by going on an 11-4 run in the final five minutes.
•As a team, the Wildcats went 20-for-24 at the charity stripe and had a 40-24 edge on the glass.
Season Openers ...
•During the Wildcats' 38-year history, they have gone 10-28 in season-openers after opening the 2016-17 campaign on the road at No. 22 Michigan State, Nov. 11.
•Since the program was restarted in 1992-93, they have gone 8-17 and played some pretty tough competition, facing top programs in North Carolina (three times), Duke, Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Michigan State (twice), Boston College, Arkansas-Little Rock and Clemson (twice).
•During that time period ('92-93), Davidson has opened on the road or at a neutral site 22 times with a 7-15 record in those games.
Wildcat All-Time Record Watch ...
•Mackenzie Latt is or will be ranked in the top-15 all-time in the record books before she finishes out her career. Last year, the junior became the 19th Wildcat to reach 1,000 points and currently sits in 11th with 1,143.
•She already ranks in the top-15 in career scoring average (8th, 13.1), blocks (10th, 76), field goals made (9th, 490) and attempted (9th, 1,088), and rebounds (9th, 630).
Random Notes ...
•Justine Lyon was named the A-10 Most Improved Player in 2016-17.
•Lyon earned Davidson's first-ever A-10 Player of the Week honor last year.
•Lyon twice reached 30 points last season, including a career-high 34 at UMass, Feb. 4.
•Lyon registered all nine of her career 20-point games last year, four times hitting 22 points.
•The nine 20-point games by Lyon was the most in a Wildcat season since Lauren Murray had 16 in 2013-14.
•Mackenzie Latt has scored in double figures in 64 of her 87 career games.
•Latt has 10 career 20-point outings, including last year's career-best 28 points at Charlotte.
•The senior has 21 double-digit rebounding games during her career.
•Latt has 19 career double-doubles (six last year), with 11 of them coming as a freshman.
•Latt was named CollegeSportsMadness.com A-10 Player of the Week, Dec. 20, last year.
All-Time Series vs. Western Carolina & N.C. State ...
•Davidson and WCU are playing for the 54th time in the all-time series, with the Wildcats holding a 28-25 lead and riding a nine-game win streak. Overall, the 'Cats have won 12 of the last 14 games.
•In the last meeting, Dec, 5, 2015, Davidson scored a 64-51 win at home behind Mackenzie Latt's 19 points and Hannah Early's double-double (20 points, 15 rebounds).
•The series has the Wolfpack leading 6-1 and riding a six-game win streak against Davidson.
•This will be the fourth time in the past five years, all in Raleigh, both teams are playing each other.
•Despite holding the Wolfpack to 31.7 percent shooting, the Wildcats dropped 58-42 decision in the recent meeting on the road (11/22/15). •Dakota Dukes paced the 'Cats with a double-double (14 pts, 10 rbs) in her return trip to her hometown.
Scouting the Catamounts & Wolfpack...
•Western Carolina is coming off an 8-22 season a year ago, including 3-11 in Southern Conference play.
•Western was 6-7 at home last year.
•All five starters return and 11 letterwinners in all with two new comers added.
•The Catamounts open the season with a three-game homestand against Davidson, UNC Asheville and Eastern Kentucky.
•Raziyah Farrington and Sherae Bonner were the top-two scorers, averaing 10.3 and 10.1, respectively, last year.
•Bonner, a third-team all-SoCon, hauled in a team-high 8.8 rebounds and blocked 41 shots.
•The Catamounts shot 36.5 percent from the floor last year and 29.5 percent from behind the arc.
•N.C. State, which hosts Jacksonville Friday in its season opener, is coming off a 25-9 season with a mark of 12-4 in the ACC.
•It reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament a year ago after downing Auburn, 62-48, before falling to No. 14/15 Texas 84-80.
•N.C. State graduated four seniors and 43.5 points per game from its 2016-17 season starting lineup.
•The Wolfpack return eight letterwinners of 14 from last year, but only one starter.
•They went 14-2 at home a year ago, including a perfect 8-0 against non-conference foes.
•In its lone exhibition this year, N.C. State came away with a win, defeating Lee University 57-42.
•Senior Akela Maize tallied 13 points to lead all scorers.
•Head coach Wes Moore (5th season at State, 29th season overall) was named the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year last season, claiming the award for the first time in the 43-year history of women's basketball at N.C. State. He is 86-43 during his time with the Wolfpack.
A Look Ahead ...
Davidson will face Furman on the road next Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m.
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