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Wednesday, January 24
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Massachusetts
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
'Cats Start Two-Game Homestand, Open Wednesday vs. UMass
1/23/2018 2:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID
Live Stats vs. UMass | Live Stream vs. UMass
2017-18 Prospectus (pdf)
Game Notes: #21 vs. UMass
Television- NA
DavidsonPhotos.com
Ticket information for home games, click on season or single game to purchase tickets
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson begins a two-game homestand this week, first by hosting Massachusetts Wednesday evening in an Atlantic 10 women's basketball matchup inside John M. Belk Arena at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats, (8-12, 3-4 A-10) who have won three of their past five games, will also welcome Dayton on Saturday.
Promotion for Wednesday's game
Wednesday's game will be in honor and support of sophomore Andrea Robinson, who is out for the season after being diagnosed with Leukemia. The first 500 students in attendance will receive orange ribbons in honor and support of Robinson.
In addition, Head Coach Gayle Coats Fulks and her family will help Robinson by giving $1 per student who come out to the game on Wednesday to Robinson's youcaring.com/andrearobinson page. For more information on Robinson and how to help, click here on Team, College Rally Around Robinson After Diagnosis.
Free Audio Streams
Nine Wildcat road games this year can be listened to for free by clicking here. 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.
All home games are subscription base streamed through the A-10 Network with Derek Smith calling the action. You can click here or at the Live Stream link above to access the game.
OPENING TIP: Quick Hits ...
•Davidson is in its 39th season and has collected 429 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 (8-12) and has a 0-0 record against UMass.
Last Game Out at St. Bonaventure, Jan. 20 ...
•Kianna Speight drained a career-high 27 points in her first start of the season and Davidson nailed a season-high 10 three-balls on its way to a 75-68 road win at St. Bonaventure.
•Speight nailed a career-best 6-of-8 shots from three-land and tied for team season high in points.
•Katie Turner had 11 points, while Mackenzie Latt moved into fourth all-time in career points after filling the stat-sheet with 13 points, nine rebounds, a career-high tying six assists and two steals.
•The Wildcats dished out a season-best 20 assists in the win.
•After the Bonnies took a 50-49 lead late in the third quarter, Davidson ran off a 19-7 spurt that spanned the end of the third and the start of the fourth quarter to grab control.
Davidson in the A-10 ...
•Top-five Davidson team rankings in the league- 5th in free throw percentage and steals per game.
•Sarah Donovan is second in free throw percentage (.878), while Mackenzie Latt ranks in the top-10 in: rebounding (8.1 per game), offensive (2.9) and defensive (5.2) rebounding, and steals (1.6).
Wildcat All-Time Record Watch ...
•Mackenzie Latt became the 19th Wildcat to reach 1,000 points last year and has been moving up the charts recently, sitting in 4th place all-time with 1,407. She needs 103 more points to move to 3rd.
•She already ranks in the top-15 in career scoring average (8th, 13.1), blocks (5th, 98), field goals made (3rd, 609) and attempted (5th, 1,370), and rebounds (4th, 799).
Random Notes ...
•Sarah Donovan (Nov. 20) and Katie Turner (Dec. 26) have been named A-10 Rookie of the Weeks.
•Justine Lyon was named CollegeSportMadness.com Player of the Week, Dec. 26, after averaging 22 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game in wins vs. High Point and Charlotte.
•Dating back to last season, the junior has scored in double digits in 39 of her last 42 games.
•She is riding a career-best 16-game streak of scoring in double figures.
•Lyon is closing in on 1,000 career points, needing 81 to become the 20th Wildcat to reach the mark.
•She tallied her first two career double-doubles vs. Gardner-Webb and at High Point.
•Mackenzie Latt has 23 career double-doubles (four this year), 11 of them coming as a freshman.
•Latt has paced the team in rebounding 11 times and ranks
•Katie Turner twice has hit 6 triples in a game, while Kianna Speight did it at St. Bonaventure.
•The 'Cats dished out a season-best 20 dimes at St. Bonaventure and have 17 double-digit assist games.
•The 'Cats are riding an 11-game double-digit assist streak, dishing out 16 three times.
•The Wildcats hit the 40-rebound mark for the seventh time this year vs. GW with a game-high 46.
•Davidson had a season-high 47 rebounds at Furman, matching last year's season best.
•Of those 47 boards, 22 were on the offensive end, the most since a 22-outing vs. Dayton (1/31/16).
•Davidson matched its season high with 13 steals vs. Duquesne, a season-best five from Latt.
•The 'Cats have had at least three double-digit scorers in eight of the past nine games.
All-Time Series vs. UMass ...
•The Wildcats and Minutewomen have played four times, meeting twice last season.
•The two teams split last year's meetings, each winning on the road as Davidson took the most recent game, 63-59, to earning its first win in the series.
Scouting the Minutewomen ...
•UMass comes into Wednesday's game with a 9-10 record, but is only 1-5 in league play.
•UMass ended a six-game losing streak last Saturday with a 79-75 win at home over VCU.
•Four players are averaging in double figures, led by Hailey Leidel's 15.3 points per game.
•Leidel has hit a team-high 57 three-pointers in 128 attempts.
•Genesis Rivera is second at 12.3 points per game, while Maggie Mulligan is averaging a near double-double at 10.7 ppg and 9.6 rpg.
•UMass is 2-6 on the road this year, 0-3 in A-10 games.
•It is coming off a 9-21 season a year ago, returning four of its 10 letterwinners and three starters.
•Head coach Tory Verdi is in his second season and fifth overall.
A Look Ahead ...
•Davidson stays at home to face Dayton this coming Saturday at 2 p.m.
2017-18 Prospectus (pdf)
Game Notes: #21 vs. UMass
Television- NA
DavidsonPhotos.com
Ticket information for home games, click on season or single game to purchase tickets
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson begins a two-game homestand this week, first by hosting Massachusetts Wednesday evening in an Atlantic 10 women's basketball matchup inside John M. Belk Arena at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats, (8-12, 3-4 A-10) who have won three of their past five games, will also welcome Dayton on Saturday.
Promotion for Wednesday's game
Wednesday's game will be in honor and support of sophomore Andrea Robinson, who is out for the season after being diagnosed with Leukemia. The first 500 students in attendance will receive orange ribbons in honor and support of Robinson.
In addition, Head Coach Gayle Coats Fulks and her family will help Robinson by giving $1 per student who come out to the game on Wednesday to Robinson's youcaring.com/andrearobinson page. For more information on Robinson and how to help, click here on Team, College Rally Around Robinson After Diagnosis.
Free Audio Streams
Nine Wildcat road games this year can be listened to for free by clicking here. 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.
All home games are subscription base streamed through the A-10 Network with Derek Smith calling the action. You can click here or at the Live Stream link above to access the game.
OPENING TIP: Quick Hits ...
•Davidson is in its 39th season and has collected 429 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 (8-12) and has a 0-0 record against UMass.
Last Game Out at St. Bonaventure, Jan. 20 ...
•Kianna Speight drained a career-high 27 points in her first start of the season and Davidson nailed a season-high 10 three-balls on its way to a 75-68 road win at St. Bonaventure.
•Speight nailed a career-best 6-of-8 shots from three-land and tied for team season high in points.
•Katie Turner had 11 points, while Mackenzie Latt moved into fourth all-time in career points after filling the stat-sheet with 13 points, nine rebounds, a career-high tying six assists and two steals.
•The Wildcats dished out a season-best 20 assists in the win.
•After the Bonnies took a 50-49 lead late in the third quarter, Davidson ran off a 19-7 spurt that spanned the end of the third and the start of the fourth quarter to grab control.
Davidson in the A-10 ...
•Top-five Davidson team rankings in the league- 5th in free throw percentage and steals per game.
•Sarah Donovan is second in free throw percentage (.878), while Mackenzie Latt ranks in the top-10 in: rebounding (8.1 per game), offensive (2.9) and defensive (5.2) rebounding, and steals (1.6).
Wildcat All-Time Record Watch ...
•Mackenzie Latt became the 19th Wildcat to reach 1,000 points last year and has been moving up the charts recently, sitting in 4th place all-time with 1,407. She needs 103 more points to move to 3rd.
•She already ranks in the top-15 in career scoring average (8th, 13.1), blocks (5th, 98), field goals made (3rd, 609) and attempted (5th, 1,370), and rebounds (4th, 799).
Random Notes ...
•Sarah Donovan (Nov. 20) and Katie Turner (Dec. 26) have been named A-10 Rookie of the Weeks.
•Justine Lyon was named CollegeSportMadness.com Player of the Week, Dec. 26, after averaging 22 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game in wins vs. High Point and Charlotte.
•Dating back to last season, the junior has scored in double digits in 39 of her last 42 games.
•She is riding a career-best 16-game streak of scoring in double figures.
•Lyon is closing in on 1,000 career points, needing 81 to become the 20th Wildcat to reach the mark.
•She tallied her first two career double-doubles vs. Gardner-Webb and at High Point.
•Mackenzie Latt has 23 career double-doubles (four this year), 11 of them coming as a freshman.
•Latt has paced the team in rebounding 11 times and ranks
•Katie Turner twice has hit 6 triples in a game, while Kianna Speight did it at St. Bonaventure.
•The 'Cats dished out a season-best 20 dimes at St. Bonaventure and have 17 double-digit assist games.
•The 'Cats are riding an 11-game double-digit assist streak, dishing out 16 three times.
•The Wildcats hit the 40-rebound mark for the seventh time this year vs. GW with a game-high 46.
•Davidson had a season-high 47 rebounds at Furman, matching last year's season best.
•Of those 47 boards, 22 were on the offensive end, the most since a 22-outing vs. Dayton (1/31/16).
•Davidson matched its season high with 13 steals vs. Duquesne, a season-best five from Latt.
•The 'Cats have had at least three double-digit scorers in eight of the past nine games.
All-Time Series vs. UMass ...
•The Wildcats and Minutewomen have played four times, meeting twice last season.
•The two teams split last year's meetings, each winning on the road as Davidson took the most recent game, 63-59, to earning its first win in the series.
Scouting the Minutewomen ...
•UMass comes into Wednesday's game with a 9-10 record, but is only 1-5 in league play.
•UMass ended a six-game losing streak last Saturday with a 79-75 win at home over VCU.
•Four players are averaging in double figures, led by Hailey Leidel's 15.3 points per game.
•Leidel has hit a team-high 57 three-pointers in 128 attempts.
•Genesis Rivera is second at 12.3 points per game, while Maggie Mulligan is averaging a near double-double at 10.7 ppg and 9.6 rpg.
•UMass is 2-6 on the road this year, 0-3 in A-10 games.
•It is coming off a 9-21 season a year ago, returning four of its 10 letterwinners and three starters.
•Head coach Tory Verdi is in his second season and fifth overall.
A Look Ahead ...
•Davidson stays at home to face Dayton this coming Saturday at 2 p.m.
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