'Cats Wrap Up Road Slate Tuesday at Richmond

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (15-13, 9-7 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 593-363 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same

RICHMOND SPIDERS (22-7, 12-4 A-10)
Head Coach: Chris Mooney (Princeton, 1994)
Career Record: 290-234 (16th season), Record at Richmond: 272-222 (15th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Richmond, Va.
Site (Capacity): Robins Center (7,201)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: ESPN+
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | RichmondSpiders.com

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: Davidson leads, 35-18
Streak: Lost 1
Last Meeting: Jan. 14, 2020; Richmond Won 70-64 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: March 9, 2019, Won 73-69 (Robins Center)
Last Richmond Win: Jan. 14, 2020; Won 70-64 (Belk Arena)
First Meeting: 1939-40, Lost 33-32
Davidson Record at Home: 18-6
Davidson Record on Road: 14-12
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 3-0
Bob McKillop's Record: 7-6

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson will conclude its 2019-20 road slate with a 7 p.m. tip at Richmond Tuesday evening.
• Coming off an 82-67 setback at nationally-ranked Dayton, the Wildcats enter 15-13 overall and 9-7 in Atlantic 10 play.
• This mark's the 500th conference game (393 SoCon | 107 A-10) of head coach Bob McKillop's 31-year career.
• In league games only, Jon Axel Gudmundsson ranks among A-10 leaders in scoring (16.2/7th), rebounding (8.4/6th), defensive rebounds (7.6/1st), assists (5.6/5th), assist/turnover ratio (2.4/4th) and minutes played (37.8/2nd).
• Backcourt mate and fellow preseason all-conference selection Kellan Grady is fifth in the league in scoring at 17.0 points per game.
• Grady averaged 20.0 points and 4.1 rebounds in the month of February, while shooting 53.4 percent overall and 51.4 percent from long range.
• Gudmundsson (14.3), Luka Brajkovic (10.4) Carter Collins (10.2) and are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Since joining the league in 2014-15, the 'Cats are 68-38 in A-10 regular season contests and 77-43 including A-10 tournament play.

GET BETTER EVERY DAY
• One of the Wildcats' philosophies is to get better every day, and Davidson has seen the fruits of that labor at the end of the year.
• Since 2003-04, the Wildcats own a 103-29 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 47-26 in March during that time.

LAST TIME OUT
• Dayton placed five players in double figures and shot 72.3 percent from the floor as the nationally-ranked Flyers defeated Davidson, 82-67, Friday evening inside UD Arena.
• Obi Toppin led the way for the Flyers with 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds.
• Despite the loss, the Wildcats' backcourt of Kellan Grady (22) and Jon Axel Gudmundsson (20) combined for 42 points. Freshman Hyunjung Lee added 13 off the bench.
• Dayton used a lengthy run late in the first 20 minutes to grab control before carrying a 42-24 lead into the half.
• The Wildcats shot 57.7 percent after intermission to finish the game at 47.2 percent, including a 9-of-21 effort from long range.
• After Davidson cut the deficit to 77-64 on a Luka Brajkovic trey with 3:30 to play, the Flyers responded with a small spurt to put the game out of reach.

LAST TIME VS. RICHMOND (1/14/20)
• Nick Sherod scored 18 points, Jacob Gilyard had 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and Richmond held off Davidson 70-64 on January 14, 2020 at Belk Arena.
• Kellan Grady scored 19 points for Davidson, which lost at Belk Arena for just the fourth time in 33 games. Jon Axel Gudmundsson had 14 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists.
• Richmond led 35-27 at the half and built a 17-point lead in the second 20 minutes. The Spiders were efficient offensively, converting 46 percent from the field and 40.9 from beyond the arc. And they hit 15 of their 16 free throws (93.8 percent).
• Davidson was within three points early in the second half, after Grady knocked down two free throws and made it 39-36 with 15:54 left. But the Spiders answered with seven straight points to regain control. The lead peaked at 58-41 with 8:02 to play..

UP NEXT
• Davidson will conclude its 2019-20 regular season Friday with a 9 p.m. tip against VCU inside Belk Arena.

JON AXEL "GOOD"MUNDSSON
• This season, Jon Axel Gudmundsson has hit the following milestones -- 1,600 career points, 750 rebounds, 550 assists, 200 made 3-pointers and 150 steals.
• He is the first Division I player since 1992-93 to reach those marks for a career.
• He is the only player in school history with 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists.

FREE BASKETBALL
• For the third time this season, Davidson and its opponent needed extra time to decide a contest as the 'Cats defeated Rhode Island, 77-75 in overtime February 22, 2020.
• The Wildcats are 2-1 this year in overtime games with their lone loss coming in a 107-104 quadruple overtime setback at George Washington on January 29 in our nation's capital.
• Davidson, which is 20-15 all-time under McKillop in overtimes, has played 30 additional minutes in 2019-20.

CLOSING IN ON 600
• Head coach Bob McKillop is just seven wins shy of 600 for his career.
• He would become the 39th (14th active) head coach with at least 600 wins at the Division I level.

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