'Cats Look to Continue Streak; Wrap up Non-Conference at Vandy

Monday, December 30

Nashville, Tenn.

8:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

Vanderbilt

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'Cats Look to Continue Streak; Wrap up Non-Conference at Vandy

12/29/2019 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (6-5, 0-0 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 584-355 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same

VANDERBILT COMMODORES (7-4, 0-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina, 1999)
Career Record: 7-4 (1st season), Record at Vanderbilt: Same

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Monday, December 30, 2019
Time: 8:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CT
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Site (Capacity): Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: SEC Network+
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | VUCommodores.com

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: Vanderbilt leads, 5-2
Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting: November 22, 2012 | Orlando, Fla.
Last Davidson Win: Nov. 22, 2012 | W, 75-62 (Orlando, Fla.)
Last Vandy Win: Dec. 7, 2011 | W, 87-83 (Davidson, N.C.)
First Meeting: December 30, 1967
Davidson Record at Home: 1-1
Davidson Record on Road: 0-3
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 1-1
Bob McKillop's Record: 1-2

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• After an eight-day break for the Christmas holiday, Davidson will wrap up non-conference play Monday evening at Vanderbilt.
• Winners of three straight, the Wildcats enter 6-5 overall following a 59-56 come-from-behind win at Loyola-Chicago.
• This marks the second of four straight on the road for the 'Cats and eight of nine away from Belk Arena.
• Through 11 games, junior Kellan Grady continues to lead Davidson in scoring at 16.1 points per outing.
• Senior Jon Axel Gudmundsson (11.6), junior Carter Collins (10.5) and sophomore Luka Brajkovic (10.2) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.

LAST TIME OUT
• Freshman Hyunjung Lee scored a game-high 19 points, including 14 in the second half, to lead Davidson to a 59-56 come-from-behind win at Loyola, on Dec. 22, 2019.
• Lee finished 7-of-8 from the floor, including five 3-pointers in 26 minutes off the bench. He was joined in double figures by Kellan Grady, who scored 16 points.
• After Loyola opened the second half on an 11-4 spurt to grab the game's largest lead, 36-27, Davidson responded with an 18-6 run, capped by consecutive treys from Lee, to go back in front, 45-42.
• Tied 54-54 with 2:10 remaining, Jon Axel Gudmundsson drilled a triple from the right wing to put the 'Cats up for good.
• Both teams shot better than 50 percent after intermission, but it was the Wildcats' 6-of-10 effort from long range that made the difference.

LAST TIME VS. VANDY
• Davidson shot 62.5 percent in the second half and got 19 points from De'Mon Brooks to defeat Vanderbilt, 75-62, in the opening round of the 2012 Old Spice Classic on Nov. 22, 2012.
• After Kedren Johnson gave Vanderbilt a 49-48 lead with a 3-point play at the 12:01 mark, the Wildcats responded with an 18-3 streak to go up 66-52 with 6:13 remaining.
• The Wildcats held a 32-29 advantage on the glass, while finishing with 16 second-chance points and 32 points in the paint.
• Davidson would knock off West Virginia in the second round of the annual event before falling to Gonzaga in the finals.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will open conference play Sunday with a 2 p.m. contest in Pittsburgh against Duquesne on the campus of Robert Morris University.

MCKILLOP NOMINATED FOR HALL
• Davidson head coach Bob McKillop has been officially nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as announced Dec. 19.
• A first-time nominee, McKillop joins the likes of Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett as eligible candidates for the Class of 2020.