Saturday, January 24
Davidson, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College
vs
Wofford
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Wildcats Meet Wofford Saturday at 7 p.m.
1/23/2009 3:28:22 PM | Men's Basketball
Davidson Wildcats (15-3, 8-0 SoCon) vs. Wofford Terriers (7-8, 3-3 SoCon)
Date: Jan. 24, 2009Time: 7 p.m.
Site: John M. Belk Arena (5,223 capacity) - Davidson, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 610 AM, 95.7 FM, online on Teamline)
Video: Available on Davidson All-Access at www. DavidsonWildcats.com
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Wofford (athletics.wofford.edu)
Layup Line
• Davidson is back on the hardwood to host Wofford Saturday at 7 p.m. in John M. Belk Arena.
• It's Hall of Fame Day, and Davidson will honor 2008-09 inductees Rusty Boyd '73 (golf), Erin Lang Breunig '94 (field hockey), Bill Jarman '63 (men's basketball) and Jon Pastel '98 (men's tennis) at halftime.
• Davidson has won 38 straight Southern Conference regular-season games and 46 of its last 47, dating back to Feb. 25, 2006. The league record is 44 by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• Davidson has a current 25-game winning streak in Belk Arena, including a 8-0 record this season. It's the fourth-longest home court win streak in the country. The 'Cats' last loss in the building was against Appalachian State Jan. 20, 2007.
• Overall, Davidson boasts a 201-58 (.775) record in Belk Arena.
• Davidson has won 13 of its last 15 contests overall and is coming off an 83-43 home win over Furman Wednesday.
• The Wildcats own their best record at this point of the season since the 1995-96 campaign, when Davidson won 19 in a row to post a 25-3 mark before falling 69-60 to Western Carolina in the SoCon Championship. The 'Cats lost their last contest that season 100-79 at South Carolina in the NIT.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry needs 299 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry, who leads the nation in scoring, is the only player in Division I ranked in the top-10 in points, assists and steals per game.
• Curry has also moved into the top-25 in NCAA?Division I career 3-pointers. He's tied with Dennis Scott (Georgia Tech) with 351. He needs nine to pass Taquan Dean (Louisville) for 20th on the list.
• Curry was named the SoCon Player of the Week Tuesday after averaging 33.5 points in two Davidson wins last week. It's the fifth time he has earned the honor this season, tying the league record he set last season. It's the 13th time he's earned the honor in his career.
• Head coach Bob McKillop, the SoCon's winningest coach, needs one league victory to reach 200 for his career.
• The Terriers have won three of their last five but are coming off a 74-53 setback at Georgia Southern Thursday.
• Wofford is 3-6 on the road this season but 2-1 in road conference games.
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 65-21 and has won the last five meetings.
• The series began in the 1911-12 season with a 44-37 Terrier victory.
• The Wildcats swept the season series last year and defeated Wofford 82-49 in the quarterfinal round of the SoCon Tournament in the last meeting.
• Stephen Curry led Davidson with 19 points, and Bryant Barr scored 17.
• Jason Richards added 13 points and seven assists for the Wildcats, and Boris Meno posted seven points and seven rebounds.
• Drew Gibson led Wofford with a game-high 24 points.
• Davidson held the Terriers to 28.1 percent shooting from the field, including 24 percent in the first half.
Leftovers From Furman Game
• The 43 points given up by the 'Cats is their lowest since allowing 42 points to Sewanee during the 2004-05 season.
• Davidson has won 46 of its last 47 SoCon regular-season games, dating back to Feb. 25, 2006.
• Davidson hasn't trailed since 2:10 into the game against The Citadel, an active streak of 197:50.
Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 10 games this season.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 62 career games, the 30-point mark in 24 outings and the 40-point plateau five times. He owns the school record for career games with 40 or more and has tied all-time leading scorer John Gerdy in games with 30 or more (24).
• Curry has nine games with 30 or more points this season, which trails his own school record set last season by two.
• 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.
Curry Named Mid-Season All-America
• Collegehoops.net, the web's most popular independent college basketball site, has released its mid-season All-Americans.
• Stephen Curry, who was a preseason All-America selection by the publication, was named to the first team.
• First-team Mid-Season All-America:
James Harden - Arizona State
Stephen Curry - Davidson
Tyler Hansbrough - North Carolina
Luke Harangody - Notre Dame
Blake Griffin - Oklahoma (Player of the Year)
• Second-team Mid-Season All-America:
Ty Lawson - North Carolina
Jeff Teague - Wake Forest
Jodie Meeks - Kentucky
Sam Young - Pittsburgh
DeJuan Blair - Pittsburgh
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