Friday, March 6
DAVIDSON
9:00 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
vs
VCU
'Cats Conclude Regular Season with Late Night Tilt Against VCU
3/5/2020 10:40:00 AM | Men's Basketball
DAVIDSON WILDCATS (15-14, 9-8 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 593-364 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same
VCU RAMS (18-12, 8-9 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 305-163 (16th season), Record at VCU: 61-35 (3rd season)
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Friday, March 6, 2020
Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site (Capacity): Belk Arena (4,300)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: ESPN2
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | VCUAthletics.com
SERIES NOTES
Series Record: VCU leads, 7-5
Streak: Lost 1
Last Meeting: 2/7/20, VCU W, 73-62 (Siegel Center)
Last Davidson Win: 1/12/19, W, 64-57 (Belk Arena)
Last VCU Win: 2/7/20, VCU W, 73-62 (Siegel Center)
First Meeting: 3/16/05, Davidson W, 77-62 (Postseason NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 3-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-4
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 5-7
WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson will wrap up its 2019-20 regular season with a 9 p.m. "Senior Night" tilt against VCU.
• The Wildcats enter 15-14 overall and 9-8 in league play following an 80-63 loss at Richmond Tuesday.
• The 'Cats have won 35 of their last 39 at Belk Arena.
• Davidson is 10-1 at home this season with a scoring margin of +19.4.
• In league games only, Jon Axel Gudmundsson ranks among A-10 leaders in scoring (16.3/7th), rebounding (8.2/6th), defensive rebounds (7.5/1st), assists (5.2/5th), assist/turnover ratio (2.4/4th) and minutes played (37.7/2nd).
• Backcourt mate and fellow preseason all-conference selection Kellan Grady is fifth in the league in scoring at 17.1 points per game.
• In addition to scoring 20 or more points in five straight games, Grady is averaging 20.9 points, while shooting 51.8 percent from the floor, including 24-of-48 from 3-point range over his last 10 outings.
• Gudmundsson (14.4), Luka Brajkovic (10.3) Carter Collins (10.0) and are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Since joining the league in 2014-15, the 'Cats are 68-39 in A-10 regular season contests and 77-44 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 47-27 in March during that time.
LAST TIME OUT
• Richmond broke open a tie game with a 20-6 run down the stretch to get by Davidson, 80-63, in Atlantic 10 men's basketball action Tuesday evening inside the Robins Center.
• Deadlocked 55-55 with 8:02 remaining, Richmond grabbed control with its game-changing streak, which included four 3-pointers from Nick Sherod, who paced the Spiders with 19 points.
• Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson led the way for Davidson with 21 and 18 points, respectively, while grabbing 5 rebounds each.
• The Spiders shot 51.7 percent after intermission to finish at 49.1 percent, while the 'Cats concluded with a 41.2 percent clip. After not hitting a first-half three, Richmond connected on 8-of-15 in the final stanza.
• The Wildcats could not have scripted a better start, connecting on their first five shots, including three triples, to take the early 13-4 advantage. The margin grew to 10 on separate occasions in the opening 20 minutes before the Spiders went on a 13-2 spurt to grab their first lead, 22-21.
• The two teams traded buckets over the next eight minutes before Carter Collins hit a shot from just inside the half-court line at the buzzer to put Davidson up 34-30 at the half.
• Sherod was joined in double figures by Blake Francis (18), Grant Golden (15) and Nathan Cayo (11).
• Playing in his first game since Feb. 14, Mike Jones hit a 3-pointer on the 'Cats' first possession of the second half to put his club up, 37-30. Richmond responded again, this time with 10 of the next 13 points to knot things at 40-40.
LAST TIME VS. VCU (2/7/20)
• Kellan Grady scored a game-high 27 points, and Hyunjung Lee posted the first 20-point game of his career, but it wasn't enough as Davidson fell 73-62 to VCU in the Siegel Center on February 7, 2020.
• The Wildcats overcame a rough start against the Rams' pressure defense and trimmed a 20-point deficit to seven in the second half. But VCU kept the Wildcats at bay by converting all 19 of their free-throw attempts.
• Davidson committed 21 turnovers against the Rams' pressure defense, including 16 in the first half as the Wildcats were held to 28.6 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes and trailed 35-20 at the break.
• In all, VCU scored 23 points off Davidson miscues.
• Grady scored 11 straight points and 15 of 17 to cut the Rams' lead to 63-56 on a 3-pointer from the right wing with 4:08 to play. But the Wildcats could get no closer.
• Lee provided all nine points of a 9-2 second-half run and 14 of 16 in a second-half stretch to exceed his previous high of 19 points at Loyola-Chicago in December.
• VCU scored 15 of the game's first 17 points before the Wildcats cut the deficit to 15-14 with a 12-0 run of their own that spanned just 1:54 and included six points from Lee and five from Grady. The Rams' lead peaked at 45-25 with 15:26 to play.
• Marcus Evans and De'Riante Jenkins led the Rams with 19 and 15 points, respectively.
UP NEXT
• Davidson will begin play in the 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 593-364 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same
VCU RAMS (18-12, 8-9 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 305-163 (16th season), Record at VCU: 61-35 (3rd season)
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Friday, March 6, 2020
Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site (Capacity): Belk Arena (4,300)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: ESPN2
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | VCUAthletics.com
SERIES NOTES
Series Record: VCU leads, 7-5
Streak: Lost 1
Last Meeting: 2/7/20, VCU W, 73-62 (Siegel Center)
Last Davidson Win: 1/12/19, W, 64-57 (Belk Arena)
Last VCU Win: 2/7/20, VCU W, 73-62 (Siegel Center)
First Meeting: 3/16/05, Davidson W, 77-62 (Postseason NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 3-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-4
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 5-7
WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson will wrap up its 2019-20 regular season with a 9 p.m. "Senior Night" tilt against VCU.
• The Wildcats enter 15-14 overall and 9-8 in league play following an 80-63 loss at Richmond Tuesday.
• The 'Cats have won 35 of their last 39 at Belk Arena.
• Davidson is 10-1 at home this season with a scoring margin of +19.4.
• In league games only, Jon Axel Gudmundsson ranks among A-10 leaders in scoring (16.3/7th), rebounding (8.2/6th), defensive rebounds (7.5/1st), assists (5.2/5th), assist/turnover ratio (2.4/4th) and minutes played (37.7/2nd).
• Backcourt mate and fellow preseason all-conference selection Kellan Grady is fifth in the league in scoring at 17.1 points per game.
• In addition to scoring 20 or more points in five straight games, Grady is averaging 20.9 points, while shooting 51.8 percent from the floor, including 24-of-48 from 3-point range over his last 10 outings.
• Gudmundsson (14.4), Luka Brajkovic (10.3) Carter Collins (10.0) and are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Since joining the league in 2014-15, the 'Cats are 68-39 in A-10 regular season contests and 77-44 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 47-27 in March during that time.
LAST TIME OUT
• Richmond broke open a tie game with a 20-6 run down the stretch to get by Davidson, 80-63, in Atlantic 10 men's basketball action Tuesday evening inside the Robins Center.
• Deadlocked 55-55 with 8:02 remaining, Richmond grabbed control with its game-changing streak, which included four 3-pointers from Nick Sherod, who paced the Spiders with 19 points.
• Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson led the way for Davidson with 21 and 18 points, respectively, while grabbing 5 rebounds each.
• The Spiders shot 51.7 percent after intermission to finish at 49.1 percent, while the 'Cats concluded with a 41.2 percent clip. After not hitting a first-half three, Richmond connected on 8-of-15 in the final stanza.
• The Wildcats could not have scripted a better start, connecting on their first five shots, including three triples, to take the early 13-4 advantage. The margin grew to 10 on separate occasions in the opening 20 minutes before the Spiders went on a 13-2 spurt to grab their first lead, 22-21.
• The two teams traded buckets over the next eight minutes before Carter Collins hit a shot from just inside the half-court line at the buzzer to put Davidson up 34-30 at the half.
• Sherod was joined in double figures by Blake Francis (18), Grant Golden (15) and Nathan Cayo (11).
• Playing in his first game since Feb. 14, Mike Jones hit a 3-pointer on the 'Cats' first possession of the second half to put his club up, 37-30. Richmond responded again, this time with 10 of the next 13 points to knot things at 40-40.
LAST TIME VS. VCU (2/7/20)
• Kellan Grady scored a game-high 27 points, and Hyunjung Lee posted the first 20-point game of his career, but it wasn't enough as Davidson fell 73-62 to VCU in the Siegel Center on February 7, 2020.
• The Wildcats overcame a rough start against the Rams' pressure defense and trimmed a 20-point deficit to seven in the second half. But VCU kept the Wildcats at bay by converting all 19 of their free-throw attempts.
• Davidson committed 21 turnovers against the Rams' pressure defense, including 16 in the first half as the Wildcats were held to 28.6 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes and trailed 35-20 at the break.
• In all, VCU scored 23 points off Davidson miscues.
• Grady scored 11 straight points and 15 of 17 to cut the Rams' lead to 63-56 on a 3-pointer from the right wing with 4:08 to play. But the Wildcats could get no closer.
• Lee provided all nine points of a 9-2 second-half run and 14 of 16 in a second-half stretch to exceed his previous high of 19 points at Loyola-Chicago in December.
• VCU scored 15 of the game's first 17 points before the Wildcats cut the deficit to 15-14 with a 12-0 run of their own that spanned just 1:54 and included six points from Lee and five from Grady. The Rams' lead peaked at 45-25 with 15:26 to play.
• Marcus Evans and De'Riante Jenkins led the Rams with 19 and 15 points, respectively.
UP NEXT
• Davidson will begin play in the 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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