Davidson Set to Take on No. 2 Seed VCU Friday in Quarters

Friday, March 6

Dayton, Ohio

4:30 p.m.

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Davidson Set to Take on No. 2 Seed VCU Friday in Quarters

3/5/2020 10:52:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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DAVIDSON, N.C. — For the second year in a row, Davidson advances to the quarterfinals where it will taken on No. 2 seed VCU Friday at 4:30 p.m. inside UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, for the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship.

The Wildcats (16-14), who are the seventh seed, scored a 67-63 first-round win Tuesday against 10th-seeded La Salle and are seeking to avenge a defeat during the regular season finale against the Rams.

VCU (18-11) earned the No. 2 seed after going 13-3 in league play and earned the bye to the quarterfinals.

VIDEO STREAM & FREE AUDIO
The Wildcats' quarterfinal game vs. the Rams will be on ESPN+. In addition, the game can be heard for FREE on Davidson's website with Derek Smith doing the play by play. Click HERE to find the FREE audio stream.

QUICK HITS ...
•Davidson is in its 41st season and has collected 466 wins in program history.
•The 'Cats are in their sixth year in the Atlantic 10 after a 21-year run in the SoCon.
•Sarah Donovan (1st) and Katie Turner (2nd) were named to the league's all-preseason teams.
•Davidson was picked fifth in the A-10 preseason poll after a tie for fourth place last year.

A-10 TOURNAMENT HISTORY ...
••This is Davidson's sixth year in the A-10 Tournament and it is 2-5 all-time.
•Last year the Wildcats collected their first win in the tournament, a 74-49 decision against St. Bonaventure.
•Davidson fell in the quarterfinals last year to Dayton to end their tournament run.
•The 'Cats went 16-21 all-time in the SoCon Tournament, reaching the championship game three times.

A-10 TOP HONORS ... FULL STORY HERE
•Deegan was named A-10 Rookie of the Year, the first 'Cat to earn the honor since Davidson joined the league.
•She also garnered A-10 All-First Team and A-10 All-Rookie Team honors this year.
•For the second year in a row, Turner was named to the all-third team after a strong junior season.

LAST TIME OUT- VS. LA SALLE, MARCH 3 ...
•Junior Katie Turner matched her season high with six three-pointers and Davidson held off 10th-seeded La Salle to earn a 67-63 victory in the first round of the 2020 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship Tuesday.
•Turner, who scored 18 points to go with five assists, four rebounds and three steals, capped off three straight three-balls by the 'Cats with back-to-back deep treys that turned a 52-51 lead into a 61-53 score with 4:47 left in the fourth quarter.
•La Salle would cut the lead to one, 61-60, but a Suzi-Rose Deegan layup and three Sarah Konstans free throws made it 66-60 with 13 ticks left. Deegan sealed the win with a free throw and offensive rebound in final second.
•Deegan and Konstans both scored 15 points and Davidson went 9-for-19 from three-land.

ALL-TIME RECORD WATCH LIST ...
•Katie Turner continues to climb up in the Wildcats' all-time records, with her joining the 1,000-point club (1,041) vs. Saint Joseph's, Feb. 19. She also is sitting in fourth in threes (196) and third in assists (368).
•Sarah Donovan crossed the 500-rebound mark (531) and is 13 away from reaching 15th all-time.
•Ally Welling is 7th in career blocks with 88 and is 10 away from moving up a spot.

RANDOM NOTES ...
•The Wildcats are 7-9 (4-4 vs. A-10) on the road this year and 2-0 in neutral site games.
•Deegan is averaging 16.0 points and 7.9 rebounds and 18 steals in 15 home games with seven starts.
•She averaged 15.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game against league opponents this year.
•Deegan paces the team overall with a scoring average of 15.8 to go with a 7.7 rebounding mark per game.
•She has reached the double-digit mark a team-high 22 times this season.
•Deegan twice has gone for 30 points, has six 20-point outings and six double-doubles on the year.
•She has paced the team in scoring 15 times, 13 times in rebounding and eight times in both in the same game.
•Deegan (7) and Adelaide Fuller have a combined eight A-10 Rookie of the Week awards this year.
•When Davidson scores 70 or more points, it is 12-0 on the season, with a season-best 101 points vs. WCU.
•It set a single-game school record for three-pointers (14) vs. WCU, Nov. 20.
•Davidson has put at least three players in doubles digits in 16 games this year.
•The Wildcats are 15-2 when leading with under five minutes left in regulation.
•Turner's 123 assists rank in the top-10 single-season record book.

SCOUTING THE RAMS ...
•VCU ended the regular season by taking a 55-51 win at Davidson in the closing seconds.
•It finished second in the league standings after winning the regular season last year.
•The Rams went 7-6 on the road, but all seven wins came against A-10 foes.
•VCU is riding a four-game winning streak entering the quarterfinals.
•It is their second-longest winning streak on the season behind the seven-game streak when they went 7-0 in the month of January.
•Tera Reed paces the offense with a 15.8 points per game average and has hit 117-of-144 free throws on the season.
•VCU was picked tops in the league preseason coaches poll after winning the regular season title last year with a 13-3 A-10 mark and 24-10 overall.
•Head coach Beth O'Boyle has won over 100 games during her tenure at VCU.

ALL-TIME SERIES ...
•This is the ninth meeting between both school's women's basketball programs, with VCU holding a 6-2 lead in the series.
•VCU took this year's meeting, winning in the closing seconds 55-51 with a layup at 5.6 seconds to break up a 51-all tie and then added a free throw to seal the win.
•Davidson led for over 34 minutes of the game and was up 49-43 mid-way through the fourth.
•Deegan had game highs of 17 points and seven rebounds for the 'Cats.

A LOOK AHEAD ...
Should the Wildcats win, they would move onto the semifinals on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against the winner of No. 3 Fordham and No. 6 Duquesne. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.