'Cats and Preseason Favorites to Square Off Tuesday Night

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (17-3, 7-1 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 624-376 (33rd season), Record at Davidson: Same

ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES (12-5, 4-2 A-10)
Head Coach: Mark Schmidt (Boston College, 1985)
Career Record: 339-280 (21st season), Record at St. Bonaventure: 257-190 (15th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: February 1, 2022 | 7:00 PM
Location: Olean, N.Y.
Site: Reilly Center (5,480)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: CBS Sports Network
Video: CBSSports.com
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com | GoBonnies.com

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: Davidson leads, 9-7
Streak: Lost 2
Last Meeting: 2/24/21 | St. Bona Won 56-53 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: 2/14/20 | Won 93-64 (Reilly Center)
Last St. Bona Win: 2/24/21 | Won 56-53 (Belk Arena)
First Meeting: 3/7/70 | St. Bonaventure Won 85-72 (NCAA)
Davidson Record at Home: 5-2
Davidson Record on Road: 2-4
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 2-1
Bob McKillop's Record: 8-6

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson has won 16 of its last 17 games dating back to Nov. 19, 2021.
• Coming off a 77-69 win over La Salle, the Wildcats enter 17-3 overall and atop the conference standings at 7-1.
• Since joining the Atlantic 10, the 'Cats have won a regular season title (2015), tournament title (2018) and totaled 83 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.
• Saturday's contest was the 1,000th of head coach Bob McKillop's collegiate coaching career.
• He joins Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Dean Smith (North Carolina), Adolph Rupp (Kentucky), E.A. Diddle (Western Kentucky), Ray Meyer (DePaul), Don Haskins (UTEP), Tom Izzo (Michigan State) and Greg Kampe (Oakland) as the only Division I coaches with 1,000 games at one school.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• Hyunjung Lee, a preseason all-conference selection, leads Davidson in scoring at 15.9 points per outing.
• Fellow starters Foster Loyer (15.5), Luka Brajkovic (14.8) and Michael Jones (12.5) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Loyer enters 10th nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage, shooting 46.3 percent (50-108).
• In addition, he has made 37 straight free throws and is third nationally in free-throw percentage (.945).
• Brajkovic, a two-time A-10 Player of the Week selection, is averaging 20.5 points and 7.7 rebounds, while shooting 68.2 percent (45-66) overall and 66.7 percent (8-12) from 3-point range the last six games.
• Davidson's starting lineup is shooting 51.1 percent (437-855) from the floor and 43.9 percent (160-364) from 3-point range.
• The Wildcats rank among the nation's best in field-goal percentage (.493/7th), 3-point field-goal percentage (.408/5th), free-throw percentage (.780/15th) and assist/turnover ratio (1.45/18th).
• Davidson is 15-0 on the season when hitting the 70-point plateau.

INSIDE THE STREAK
• Prior to its first conference setback (VCU - 1/26/22) of the 2021-22 campaign, Davidson strung together 15 straight wins, which at the time was tied with Auburn for the longest in the nation.
• The streak started on day two (Nov. 19) of the Myrtle Beach Invitational with a 72-60 win over Penn.
• The win streak was its longest since the 2012-13 season.
• It also was the seventh time (5th under McKillop) in school history the Wildcats had put together a 15-game win streak.
• The longest streak in program history came in 2007-08 when Davidson reeled off 25 straight en route to an appearance in the Elite 8.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Davidson Wildcats scored the first eight points against La Salle and led throughout a 77-69 home win over the Explorers Saturday in Atlantic 10 play.
• Luka Brajkovic scored a game-high 22 points, as the Wildcats improved to 17-3 overall and atop the A-10 at 7-1. La Salle dropped to 6-12 and 1-7 in the league.
• Though the Explorers were never within a bucket after the opening minutes, they stayed in range and made it tight down the stretch, twice pulling within four points as the Wildcats went the final four-plus minutes without a field goal. But Davidson hit its final 14 free throws — including six from Brajkovic and four each from Foster Loyer and Hyunjung Lee — to close the door.
• With the help of a 12-2 run, the Wildcats pushed their lead to 61-46 with 7:30 remaining, following a Brajkovic layup.
• Loyer scored eight straight points in the first half and finished with 14, to go with seven rebounds and five assists, while Lee also scored 14. Michael Jones scored nine, and Sam Mennenga added eight points and eight boards.
• Davidson led by as many as 14 in the first period, following Emory Lanier's first trey of the season at the 9:43 mark. La Salle scored the last five points of the half to cut the deficit to 37-30 at intermission.
• Jack Clark scored a team-high 18 for the Explorers.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will conclude its two-game road swing Saturday with a 2 p.m. tip at George Washington.

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 105-31 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 49-28 in March during that time.

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