BLACKOUT BELK: 'Cats Set for A-10 Battle with Saint Louis

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (21-4, 11-2 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 628-377 (33rd season), Record at Davidson: Same

SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS (18-8, 9-4 A-10)
Head Coach: Travis Ford (Kentucky, 1994)
Career Record: 442-339 (25th season), Record at Saint Louis: 106-73 (6th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: February 19, 2022 | 3:30 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site: John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: CBS Sports Network
Video: CBSSports.com
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Davidson leads, 6-2
Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting: 1/22/20, Davidson, W 71-59 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: 1/26/19, W 54-53 (Chaifetz)
Last Saint Louis Win: 3/16/19, L 44-67 (A-10 Semis | Barclays)
First Meeting: 1/10/15, W 89-54 (Home)
Davidson Record at Home: 3-0
Davidson Record on Road: 2-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 1-1
Bob McKillop's Record: 6-2

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Coming off a 72-61 win over Duquesne, Davidson enters 21-4 overall and remains atop the Atlantic 10 standings at 11-2.
• With their win over the Dukes, the Wildcats improved to 18-5 on Valentine's Day, which includes a perfect 11-0 record during the Bob McKillop era.
• Off to its best start under McKillop, the Wildcats have won 20 of their last 22.
• The program's best start came in 1964-65 when the 'Cats started 24-1 before falling in their final game of the year.
• McKillop has guided Davidson to 17 20-win campaigns in his 33 years.
• Since joining the A-10, the Wildcats won a regular season title (2015), tournament title (2018) and totaled 87 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.
• The 'Cats are 10-1 on their home floor this season and have won 53 of their last 61 on McKillop Court.
• It's been over two years since Davidson and Saint Louis have met on the hardwood.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• Foster Loyer (16.5), Hyunjung Lee (15.8) Luka Brajkovic (14.9) and Michael Jones (12.2) are each averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Loyer enters eighth nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage, shooting 43.7 percent (63-144).
• In addition, he leads the nation in free-throw percentage (.941 | 96-102).
• Brajkovic, a preseason all-conference selection, is averaging 17.5 points and 7.9 rebounds against league competition, while shooting 60.4 percent (87-144) from the field and 40.0 percent (14-35) from behind the 3-point line.
• Davidson's starting lineup is shooting 49.9 percent (575-1151) from the floor and 40.1 percent (200-498) from 3-point range.
• The Wildcats rank among the nation's best in field-goal percentage (13th), 3-point field-goal percentage (15th), free-throw percentage (18th) and assist/turnover ratio (16th).
• Davidson is 19-0 on the season when hitting the 70-point plateau.

LAST TIME OUT
• Foster Loyer and Hyunjung Lee combined for 44 points and the first-place Davidson Wildcats held off Duquesne 72-61 Monday night in Atlantic 10 men's basketball.
• Loyer finished with a game-high 24 points, including 10 of 12 points in a late stretch, and Lee scored 20, with eight of those coming in the first five minutes.
• The Wildcats scored 20 of the game's first 24 points, crafting 10-0 and 8-0 runs in the early moments. That 20-4 lead was surpassed only by a 47-30 advantage early in the second half, which followed an 8-0 spurt, capped by a Loyer trey.
• But after that spike, the Dukes responded with an 8-0 run of their own to cut it to 47-38 and stayed within reach much of the second 20 minutes. Duquesne cut it to 65-59 with 3:31 to play, following a 6-0 run, but the Wildcats closed it out with four points from Loyer, a Sam Mennenga layup and a Luka Brajkovic free throw.
• Michael Jones added 10 points, while Brajkovic narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds. Mennenga finished with seven points and seven boards and had a thunderous jam to make it 57-42 with 12:03 left.
• Primo Spears led Duquesne with 20 points.
• Davidson, which shot 58.3 percent in the opening period, took a 39-28 lead into the half.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will travel to Duquesne for a 7 p.m. tip Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh, Pa.

THREE WITH FIFTY
• Davidson and Missouri State are the only Division I programs to have three players with 50 or more 3-pointers this season.
• Foster Loyer (63), Hyunjung Lee (56) and Michael Jones (53) have each hit at least 50 treys for the 'Cats through 25 games.
• The backcourt trio has accounted for 172 of the Wildcats' 211 3-pointers this season.

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 109-32 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 49-28 in March during that time.

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