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Davidson Heads to Steel City for Wednesday Tilt
2/6/2024 4:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DAVIDSON WILDCATS (12-9, 2-6 A-10) vs. DUQUESNE DUKES (13-8, 3-5 A-10)
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Davidson men's basketball program will pack its bags for a trip to Pittsburgh on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. tip off inside UMPC Fieldhouse.SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Davidson leads 11-1
First Meeting: Feb. 7, 2015 | Davidson won 95-69
Last Meeting: Feb. 26, 2023 | Davidson won 71-67
Davidson Record at Home: 5-0
Davidson Record on Road: 6-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-0
Matt McKillop's Record: 1-0
WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson closed out its non-conference season 10-3 overall, winning their last seven games before the start of the Atlantic 10 season.
• The 'Cats enter Wednesday's tip 2-6 in league play, with both wins coming on the road against Fordham and Saint Louis.
• Davidson has never lost to the Dukes when playing inside UPMC Fieldhouse or Belk Arena.
• The Wildcats' lone loss to Duquesne came on Jan. 5, 2020, when Davidson played the Dukes on Robert Morris' campus. Duquesne won 71-64.
• Ten of Davidson's games this season have been determined by five points or less. The 'Cats are 4-6 in those games.
ABOUT THE DUKES
• The Dukes opened their February slate with an 85-71 victory at Rhode Island as guard Dae Dae Grant led four scorers in double figures in the win with 31 points. He shot 9-of-18 from the floor, including 7-for-14 from beyond the arc, while going 6-for-6 at the free-throw line. Grant also added five assists against one turnover, accounting for 52.9 percent (45-of-85) of Duquesne's offensive output in the win.
• Duquesne is looking for its fifth straight win when the 'Cats come to town Wednesday night.
• During its four-game winning streak, the Duquesne bench has outscored the reserves of its opponents, 126-36.
BETTER EVERY DAY
• One of the Wildcats' philosophies is to get better everyday, and Davidson has seen the fruits of that labor at the end of the year.
• Since 2003-04, the Wildcats own a 116-35 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 54-33 in March during that time.
LAST TIME OUT | DAVIDSON 63, Loyola Chicago 76 | Sunday, FEB. 4
• Loyola Chicago drained 14 3-pointers against Davidson College on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Wildcats 76-63 from inside Gentile Arena.
• Reed Bailey and Grant Huffman led Davidson with 23 points apiece, while Huffman also added eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals.
• Bailey finished the day 8-of-13 from the floor and 3-of-5 from deep in the third 20-point performance of his career.
• Huffman's stat line (23 pts | 8 reb | 7 ast | 2 stls) was the first time a Wildcat led their team in all four categories since Jon Axel Gudmundsson scored 31 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and one steal against George Washington in January of 2020.
NEXT UP
• After playing five of its last seven on the road, Davidson will return home for the first time in two weeks to take on George Mason on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m.