‘Cats Continue Road Swing Tuesday at VCU

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (14-2, 4-0 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 621-375 (33rd season), Record at Davidson: Same

VCU RAMS (10-5, 3-1 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 334-176 (18th season), Record at VCU: 90-48 (5th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: January 18, 2022 | 7:00 PM
Location: Richmond, Va.
Site (Capacity): Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,637)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: CBS Sports Network
Online Video: CBSSports.com
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com | VCUAthletics.com

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: VCU leads, 8-7
Streak: Lost 1
Last Meeting: March 6, 2021, VCU W, 64-52 (Siegel | A-10)
Last Davidson Win: Feb. 27, 2021 | Won, 65-57 (Belk)
Last VCU Win: March 6, 2021, Won, 64-52 (Siegel)
First Meeting: March 16, 2005, Davidson Won, 77-62 (NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 5-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-5
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 7-8

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• In addition to matching its best start since the 1969-70 campaign, Davidson enters on a 13-game winning streak, which is tied with Auburn for the nation's longest.
• Coming off a thrilling 87-84 win across town at Richmond Friday, the Wildcats are 14-2 overall and 4-0 in A-10 play.
• Since joining the Atlantic 10, the 'Cats have won a regular season title (2015), tournament title (2018) and totaled 80 league wins (10.8 per year), while recording an average finish of 4.4 in the 14-team conference and making the tournament semifinals each year.
• Hyunjung Lee, a preseason all-conference selection, leads Davidson in scoring at 17.5 points per outing.
• Fellow starters Foster Loyer (16.0), Michael Jones (13.3) and Luka Brajkovic (13.2) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Loyer enters 11th nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage, shooting 47.3 percent (45-95).
• He is also 13th nationally in free-throw percentage (.911) and T-14th in assist/turnover ratio (3.00).
• Davidson's starting lineup is shooting 52.0 percent (384-738) from the floor and 44.9 percent (146-325) from 3-point range.
• The Wildcats rank among the nation's best in field-goal percentage (.501/6th), 3-point field-goal percentage (.419/2nd), 3-pointers made per game (10.1/16th), assists/turnover ratio (1.67/5th), assists per game (16.6/25th) and fewest turnovers per game (9.9/14th).
• Davidson is 14-0 on the season when hitting the 70-point plateau.

INSIDE THE STREAK
• The win streak started on day two (Nov. 19) of the Myrtle Beach Invitational with a 72-60 win over Penn.
• Davidson's current streak is its longest since the 2013-14 season (final year in Southern Conference).
• It's also the 10th time (7th under McKillop) in school history the Wildcats have put together 13 wins in a row.
• The longest streak in program history came in 2007-08 when Davidson reeled off 25 straight wins en route to an appearance in the Elite 8.
• During the 'Cats' current streak, they are outscoring the opposition by +14.2 points, while holding them to 41.7 percent from the floor.
• Offensively, Davidson is shooting 50.9 percent from the floor, 41.4 percent from long range and just under 80 percent at the charity stripe.

LAST TIME OUT
• Michael Jones scored a career-high 29 points and drilled his eighth trey of the game from 27 feet with three seconds to play, lifting Davidson to its 13th straight win, an 87-84 victory over Richmond Friday inside the Robins Center.
• A redshirt junior from Woodbury, Minn., Jones finished 9-of-12 from the floor, including an 8-of-9 effort from deep to lead four 'Cats in double figures.
• With the score knotted at 84-all and the clock ticking under 10 seconds, Jones took a pass from Hyunjung Lee near the top of the key and fired his go-ahead shot from deep right. It was all net. Richmond quickly tried to counter, but Jacob Gilyard's 3-point attempt missed the mark at the horn.
• Jones was joined in double figures by Lee (19), Foster Loyer (16) and Luka Brajkovic (13), who also pulled down 11 boards for his second straight double-double.
• Behind nine first-half 3-pointers, including a perfect 6-for-6 effort from Jones, Davidson carried a 47-39 into the half.
• After the Wildcats started 7-of-8 from the floor and raced to a 16-2 lead, the Spiders responded with 13 straight and cut the deficit to one on separate occasions. Highlighted by three straight Jones triples, Davidson closed the first 20 minutes on a 12-5 spurt.
• The Wildcats, who torched the nets for 66.7 percent in the first half, finished the game at 53.6 percent, which included a 13-of-27 showing from behind the 3-point line.
• Richmond opened the second half on a 16-4 run to grab its first lead, which it eventually stretched to 60-54 midway through the period. Davidson slowly chipped away at its largest deficit and retook the lead 68-67 on a Lee 3-pointer with 8:19 to play.
• After a pair of Loyer free throws gave the Wildcats an 84-79 advantage with 43 seconds remaining, Richmond followed with a Tyler Burton trey and steal leading to a Nathan Cayo tip-in to tie the score with 11 ticks left.
• Gilyard and Nick Sherod led the way for the Spiders with 28 and 20 points, respectively.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will conclude its three-game road swing Saturday with a 2 p.m. tip against Fordham in the Bronx.

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Players Mentioned

Luka Brajkovic

Michael Jones

Hyunjung Lee

Foster Loyer

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