Third-Seeded 'Cats to Face Saint Louis in A-10 Quarterfinals

The Wildcats' Road through March is driven by Hendrick BMW Northlake

DAVIDSON COLLEGE WILDCATS
Seed: Third
Overall Record: 18-11 | Conference Record: 13-5
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 551-339 (29th season)
Record at Davidson: Same

GAME INFORMATION
Date: March 9, 2018
Quarterfinal Opponent: #6 Saint Louis
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Washington, D.C.
Site (Capacity): Capital One Arena (18,277)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network -- Jarod Latch (Play-By-Play), Rich Perkey (Analyst) | Network Listings
TV/Video: NBCSN
Websites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com) | Atlantic 10 (Atlantic10.com)

DAVIDSON TOURNAMENT HISTORY
A-10 Tournament Record: 5-3
A-10 Regular Season Titles: 1 (2015)
A-10 Tournament Titles: N/A
All-Time Conference Tournament Record*: 70-50
SoCon Tournament Record: 65-46
SoCon Regular Season/Division Titles: 23
SoCon Tournament Titles: 12 – 1966, '68, '69, '70, '86, '98, '2002, '06, '07, '08, '12, '13
SoCon Championship Game Appearances: 19
SoCon Championship Game Record: 12-7
McKillop's Conference Tournament Record: 38-18
SoCon Tournament Titles Under McKillop: 7 – 1998, 2002, '06, '07, '08, '12, '13
*Big South Member from 1990-92

Wildcat Scratches
• Third-seeded Davidson enters the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship 18-11 overall.
• The Wildcats, who concluded the regular season with a 63-61 win over then-No. 16/17 Rhode Island, finished conference play 13-5.
• Davidson, which has advanced to the semifinals in each of its first three A-10 Tournament appearances, is a combined 45-27 against league competition in just four seasons.
• On Tuesday, Peyton Aldridge was named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year and first team all-conference, while Kellan Grady earned Rookie of the Year, second team all-conference and a spot on the all-rookie team.
• Davidson competed in the Southern Conference for 74 years before joining the Atlantic 10 in 2014.

Inside the Statistics
• In addition to scoring in double figures 38 straight games dating back to last season, Peyton Aldridge continues to lead Davidson in scoring (21.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.8 rpg).
• The conference's leading scorer also ranks among league leaders in rebounding (7.8/5th), free-throw percentage (.845/6th), 3-pointers per game (10th/2.2), defensive rebounds (3rd/6.3) and minutes played (1st/37.6).
• Backcourt mates Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats at 17.9 and 13.4 points per game, respectively.
• Grady is the Wildcats' top-scoring freshman since Stephen Curry averaged 21.5 points in 2006-07.
• The trio of Aldridge, Grady and Gudmundsson, account for 68.4 percent of Davidson's offense, while combining for 184 of the Wildcats' 309 treys and 29 outings of 20 points or more.
• In league play, the Wildcats led the A-10 in scoring defense (64.5), free-throw percentage (.818), scoring margin (+10.8), assist/turnover ratio (1.60), rebounding defense (29.2) and 3-pointers per game (10.0).
• Davidson leads the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.72), while also ranking among national leaders in free-throw percentage (4th/79.4), 3-pointers per game (10th/10.7) and assists per game (18th/16.9).

Jonny "A" Gudmundsson
• Sophomore Jon Axel Gudmundsson is one of only five NCAA players in the past 25 years to finish the regular season averaging at least 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range.

Get Better Every Day
• One of the Wildcats' philosophies is to get bet- ter every day, and Davidson has seen the fruits of that labor at the end of the year.
• Since 2003-04, the Wildcats own a 93-23 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 39-22 in March during the same time period.

Wildcat Weekly Honors
• During of the 2017-18 regular season, Davidson players combined for 11 Atlantic 10 Weekly honors.
• Peyton Aldridge and Kellan Grady (Rookie) were selected a league-best five times each, while Jon Axel Gudmundsson was tabbed the first week.

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