Next Up: 2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational

Thursday, November 18

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

12:00 PM

Davidson College

New Mexico State

11/16/2021 12:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAVIDSON COLLEGE WILDCATS
Overall Record: 1-1
Atlantic 10 Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 608-374 (33rd season)
Record at Davidson: Same

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Date: November 18, 19 & 21
Locations: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Site (Capacity): HTC Center (3,370)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: ESPNU/2
Video: WatchESPN.com
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com

SERIES NOTES
vs. New Mexico State: New Mexico State leads, 1-0
vs. Penn: Davidson leads, 6-5
vs. Utah State: N/A
vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma leads, 1-0
vs. East Carolina: Davidson leads, 13-9
vs. Indiana State: N/A
vs. Old Dominion: N/A

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson enters the 2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational 1-1 following a 65-60 setback to San Francisco.
• This marks the sixth consecutive season the Wildcats will play in one of ESPN's MTEs (multi-team event).
• Davidson and New Mexico State last and only previous meeting came in the opening round of the 2017 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the Aggies winning, 69-68.
• Michigan State transfer Foster Loyer leads the Wildcats in scoring at 17.0 points per game.
• Sam Mennenga (13.5), Hyunjung Lee (13.0) and Luka Brajkovic (12.0) are also averaging double figures for Davidson through two games.

LAST TIME OUT
• Despite a game-high 17 points from Luka Brajkovic, Davidson fell to San Francisco, 65-60, inside the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, Saturday evening.
• The Wildcats got within 31-29 on a Sam Mennenga trey with 15:10 to play, but the Dons responded with a 16-4 run to push the margin to 47-33.
• Davidson would not go away, as it chipped away and cut the deficit to four on back-to-back buckets from Brajkovic to make it 57-53.
• On the very next possession, San Francisco's Jamaree Bouya answered with a long triple as the shot clock expired to put the Dons back up seven, all but putting the game out of reach with 1:05 to play.
• Coming off his first career double-double in Davidson's season opener, Mennenga just missed another finishing with 14 points and 9 rebounds. Hyunjung Lee also hauled in 9 boards to go along with 11 points for the 'Cats.
• Bouya led San Francisco with 14 points, while Gabe Stefanini and Josh Kunen added 12 and 11, respectively.
• After a back-and-forth start to the opening half, the Dons scored the final six points of the period, including a Stefanini 3-pointer at the buzzer to carry a 27-20 lead at the break.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will host Robert Morris in a 2 p.m. contest on Saturday, Nov. 27 inside Belk Arena.

CAPTAINS
• Luka Brajkovic, Michael Jones and Foster Loyer have been selected as team captains for the 2021-22 season.

20 CONSECUTIVE WINNING SLATES
• Davidson is one of eight (Davidson, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan State, Xavier, VCU) NCAA Division I men's basketball programs to currently have 20 consecutive winning seasons.

INTERNATIONAL ROOTS
• Davidson has had 42 players with international roots during the Bob McKillop era, from 23 different countries.
• This year's roster features six international players -- Nelson Boachie-Yiadom (England), Luka Brajkovic (Austria), David Kristensen (Denmark), Hyunjung Lee (South Korea), Sam Mennenga (New Zealand) and Styrmir Thrastarson (Iceland).