BLACKOUT BELK: 'Cats Host VCU Tuesday Night

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (10-11, 3-6 A-10)

Head Coach: Matt McKillop (Davidson, 2006)
Career Record: 10-11 (1st season), Record at Davidson: Same

VCU RAMS (16-6, 7-2 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 362-187 (19th season), Record at VCU: 118-60 (6th season)

GAME INFORMATION

Date | Time: January 31, 2023 | 7:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site: John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV | Online: CBS Sports Network | CBSSports.com

SERIES HISTORY

Series Record: VCU leads, 10-8
Streak: Lost 2
Last Meeting: Jan. 7, 2023, VCU Won, 72-89 (Siegel)
Last Davidson Win: Jan. 18, 2022 | Won, 63-61 (Siegel)
Last VCU Win: Jan. 7, 2023, Won, 72-89 (Siegel)
First Meeting: March 16, 2005, Davidson Won, 77-62 (NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 5-2
Davidson Record on Road: 3-6
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Matt McKillop's Record: 0-1

WILDCAT SCRATCHES

Davidson and VCU will meet for the second time this month.
The Wildcats enter 10-11 overall and 3-6 in Atlantic 10 play following a 74-70 setback to Saint Louis Friday.
Eight of the 'Cats' first 10 Atlantic 10 contests have come against teams predicted to finish in the top-half of the standings.
Since joining the A-10 in 2014-15, Davidson has won two regular season titles (2015, 2022), a tournament title (2018), made three NCAA Tournaments (2015, 2018, 2022) and totaled 94 league wins (11.3 per year).
The Wildcats have recorded an average finish of 4.0 in the 15-team conference and made the A-10 semifinals each year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Nine of Davidson's contests this season have been decided by five or fewer points. The Wildcats won the first three, but have dropped six straight decided by that margin.
Sam Mennenga continues to lead the Wildcats in scoring (16.5 ppg), rebounding (7.7 rpg), field-goal percentage (.516) and 3-point field-goal percentage (.375).
In addition to leading Davidson, he ranks among A-10 leaders in scoring (9th), rebounding (5th) and field-goal percentage (13th).
Foster Loyer, who has scored 791 of his 1016 career points at Davidson, ranks among league leaders in scoring (15.3/11th), 3-pointers made (48/8th), free-throw percentage (.904/1st), 3-pointers per game (2.3/9th), assists per game (4.6/4th) and steals per game (1.7/6th).
Loyer and teammate David Skogman (.882) rank 1-2 in the league in free-throw percentage.
Since being inserted into the starting lineup, Desmond Watson is averaging 11.2 points, including a pair of 19-point performances.

LAST TIME OUT | SAINT LOUIS - 74, DAVIDSON - 70 | JAN. 27, 2023 | DAVIDSON, N.C.

Five Wildcats scored in double figures Friday night, but Davidson came up on the short end of a 74-70 Atlantic 10 contest with Saint Louis inside Belk Arena.
A Connor Kochera 3-pointer pulled Davidson even at 62-all with 6:56 remaining, but the Billikens responded with a 6-0 run and made the Wildcats play from behind from there. Trailing 70-68, Davidson had a chance to tie it with 29 seconds left, but Foster Loyer's jumper missed the mark. The Billikens quickly went the other way and extended the lead back to four with a Yuri Collins layup. After a Grant Huffman layup again cut it to two with six seconds left, Collins sealed the win with two free throws.
Sam Mennenga led Davidson with 16 points, while Loyer and Huffman scored 13 apiece. Desmond Watson and Kochera scored 11 and 10, respectively. David Skogman came off the bench with a game-high 10 boards.
Collins, the nation's assists leader, finished with a double-double of 12 points and 10 assists to lead the way, while Billikens' Javon Pickett and Javonte Perkins scored 14 and 13, respectively.
The game started at a hectic pace, with the teams combining to hit their first six shots and the Billikens ultimately hitting their first eight, including four treys, en route to a 10-point lead. A 9-0 Davidson response made it close, and the Wildcats held the Billikens without a bucket in the final five-plus minutes of the half to lead it 38-34 at the break.

UP NEXT

Davidson will travel to UMass this weekend for a 12:30 p.m. contest Saturday afternoon.

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