Appalachian State Hosts Men's Basketball Monday

Davidson Wildcats (11-3, 4-0 SoCon) vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers (6-6, 3-1 SoCon)

Date: Jan. 12, 2009
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: Holmes Center (8,325 capacity) - Boone, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM and 610 AM, 95.7 FM [joined in progress], online on Teamline)
Video: Video stream available on Appalachian State web site at www.goasu.com
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Appalachian St. (www.goasu.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson finishes a three-game road swing at SoCon opponent Appalachian State Monday night.
• The Wildcats are in the midst of a stretch where they play six of eight games on the road.
• Davidson is also in the middle of a run where it plays four games in a week and five games in 10 days.
• Davidson has won 34 straight Southern Conference regular-season games and 41 of its last 42 dating back to Feb. 25, 2006. The league record is 44 by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• Appalachian State was the last SoCon team to defeat Davidson, posting an 81-74 victory over the Wildcats Jan. 20, 2007, in Belk Arena.
• Davidson has won nine of its last 11 contests and is coming off an 84-69 victory at The Citadel Saturday.
• The Wildcats are 2-2 in road games and 4-3 away from home.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry has moved past Fred Hetzel into second on the school's all-time scoring list. He needs 412 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Appalachian State suffered its first conference loss Saturday, an 85-83 overtime setback to UNC?Greensboro at home.
• The Mountaineers have already played three overtime games this season.
• Appalachian State is 4-2 at home with losses to East Tennessee State and UNCG.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 35-29 and has won the last two.
• The series began with a 52-49 Wildcat victory in the 1946-47 season.
• The 'Cats are 5-1 in the Holmes Center and 19-12 against Appalachian State under Bob McKillop.
• Jason Richards had 24 points, six assists and three steals to lead Davidson to a 68-55 victory in the last meeting between the two teams, a 68-55 Davidson win in Belk Arena.
• Stephen Curry had 17 points on 6-of-20 shooting from the field.
• Dante Minter collected 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Mountaineers. Ryann Abraham scored 15 points.
• App. State shot 50 percent from the field but lost the turnover battle 19-6.

Leftovers From Citadel Game
• It was the 10th-largest crowd to see a game at McAlister Field House and the first time the attendance was over 5,000 in two years.
• Curry reached the 30-point mark for the 22nd time in his career
It was Davidson's 14th straight win over The Citadel.
• The 34 straight conference wins ties Davidson with North Carolina (1923-25) for the second-longest in SoCon history.
• Andrew Lovedale has moved into 21st on the Davidson career rebounding list with 573 boards.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting from the field in seven of its last 11 games.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 59 career games, the 30-point mark in 22 outings and the 40-point plateau five times. He owns the school record for career games with 40 or more and trails all-time leading scorer John Gerdy in games with 30 or more (24).
• Davidson set a school record with 25 steals against Guilford Nov. 14. Curry and Max Paulhus Gosselin combined for 17.
• The 'Cats' victory over NC?State Dec. 6 was their first against an ACC?school since defeating North Carolina 58-54 in Chapel Hill Nov. 20, 2001.
• Davidson is now 1-2 all-time in Time Warner Cable Arena with the losses coming to North Carolina and Duke last season and a win against NC?State this season.

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