'Cats Set to Host VMI Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, November 13

Davidson

2:00 PM

Davidson College Athletics

VMI

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11/11/2022 11:59:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (2-0, 0-0 A-10)

Head Coach: Matt McKillop (Davidson, 2006)
Career Record: 2-0 (1st season), Record at Davidson: Same

VMI KEYDETS (1-1, 0-0 SOCON)
Head Coach: Andrew Wilson (Florida State, 2004)
Career Record: 1-1 (1st season), Record at VMI: Same

GAME INFORMATION

Date | Time: November 13 | 2:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: ESPN+
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com

SERIES HISTORY

Series Record: Davidson leads, 76-30
Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting: 12/5/17; Davidson Won, 74-51 (Belk)
Last Davidson Win: 12/5/17; Won, 74-51 (Belk)
Last VMI Win: 3/6/03; Won, 66-60 (Greensboro Coliseum)
First Meeting: 1917-18 Season
Davidson Record at Home: 36-9
Davidson Record on Road: 32-19
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 8-2
Matt McKillop's Record: 0-0

WILDCAT TIDBITS

Davidson enters 2-0 on the young season following a thrilling 102-97 come-from-behind double-overtime victory at Wright State Wednesday evening.
Led by Foster Loyer's near triple-double (38 pt, 11 reb, 9 ast), the Wildcats trailed by as many as 21 points in the first half.
Through two games, Loyer is averaging 34.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game, while shooting 52.9 percent from the floor and drilling 11-of-20 3-pointers.
Loyer, who scored 30 points in Davidson's season-opening win over Guilford, is the first Wildcat to record back-to-back 30-point efforts since Kellan Grady accomplished the feat as freshman in 2017-18.
The frontcourt duo of Sam Mennenga (13.5) and Reed Bailey (12.5) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
As a team, Davidson is 25-of-57 (.439) from behind the 3-point arc through two games.
Davidson and VMI have met 106 times on the hardwood with the Wildcats leading the all-time series, 76-30.

LAST TIME OUT | DAVIDSON 102, WRIGHT STATE 97 (2OT)

Foster Loyer drilled three 3-pointers and scored 11 of his career-high 38 points in the second overtime as Davidson erased a 21-point deficit to rally past Wright State, 102-97, in non-conference men's basketball action Wednesday night inside the Nutter Center.
Coming off a 30-point effort in the Wildcats' season opener, Loyer added 11 rebounds and 9 assists.
Sam Mennenga scored 16 points and grabbed 7 boards, while Connor Kochera and Reed Bailey had 15 points each for Davidson (2-0), which trailed by as many as 21 points on separate occasions in the opening half. Sophomore Desmond Watson came off the bench to score 9 points.
The Wildcats never trailed in the second overtime as Loyer started the period with consecutive triples and put the game away with another one from about 25-feet out with 18 seconds to play that put his team up, 101-97.
Trey Calvin paced four Raiders in double figures with 37 points on 14-of-33 shooting.
After Wright State (0-1) shot 56.8 percent in the first half, Davidson held the Raiders to just 35.2 percent the rest of the way. The Wildcats were the exact opposite, shooting 41.4 percent in the opening period before torching the nets for 60.5 percent over the final 30 minutes.
Trailing 52-36 at the break, the Wildcats slowly chipped away and got to within 11, 63-52, on a driving layup by Loyer at the 12:11 mark of the second half.
Davidson closed regulation with an 11-4 spurt capped by a pair of Loyer free throws with 18 seconds remaining to tie the score at 79-79 and force overtime.
In the first extra session, the Wildcats took their largest lead of the night, 89-82, on a Bailey two-handed jam, but the Raiders responded with seven unanswered over the last 1:29 to send the game into another overtime.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats will take part in the 2022 Charleston Classic Nov. 17, 18 and 20. Davidson opens the annual event with former league rival College of Charleston on Thursday at 7 p.m. inside TD Arena.