Davidson Returns to Action at Wofford Thursday

Davidson Wildcats (20-4, 13-1 SoCon) vs. Wofford Terriers (11-11, 7-6 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 12, 2009
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Benjamin Johnson Arena (3,500 capacity) - Spartanburg, S.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 610 AM, 97.5 FM, online on Teamline)
Video: Televised live on MASN with Jim Hunter calling the action and Mark Tillmon providing color analysis
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Wofford (www.athletics.wofford.edu)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson plays its next two games on the road, beginning with a 7 p.m. contest at Wofford Thursday.
• The game will be televised live on MASN with Jim Hunter calling the action and Mark Tillmon providing color analysis.
• The game is sold out, and a capacity crowd of 3,500 is expected.
• Davidson has won 43 of its last 44 Southern Conference regular-season games, dating back to January of 2007.
• The 'Cats have won 10 of their last 11 overall but are coming off a 77-75 SoCon setback to the College of Charleston Saturday.
• The Wildcats own their best record at this point of the season since the 2006-07 campaign, when Davidson won 13 in a row to post a 29-4 mark before falling 82-70 to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry needs 134 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry, who leads the nation in scoring, has been named one of 17 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the nation's top point guard.
• Curry has moved into the top-15 in NCAA Division I career 3-pointers. He is 11th with 377 and two away from moving into the top-10.
• Davidson has now tallied 20-plus wins for the fifth straight season. It's the ninth time the 'Cats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop.
• With 10 SoCon wins this season, McKillop has now led the Wildcats to double-digit league victories 15 times, including the last eight campaigns.
• Wofford has won four of its last six games and is coming off a 69-57 victory at UNC?Greensboro Monday.
• The Terriers are 5-3 at home, including 3-3 in league play.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 66-21 and has won the last six meetings.
• The series began in the 1911-12 season with a 44-37 Terrier victory.
• The Wildcats defeated the Terriers 79-56 at home in the season's first meeting.
• Stephen Curry posted 33 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Davidson.
• Will Archambault and Andrew Lovedale each contributed 12 points.
• Junior Salters led Wofford with 16 points and seven rebounds, and Brad Loesing netted 12.

Leftovers From Charleston Game
• The loss ended a 43-game regular-season conference winning streak for the Wildcats, one away from the league record of 44, set by West Virginia from 1956-60.
• It also ended a 27-game Belk Arena winning streak.
• The Wildcats had the nation's longest active conference winning streak coming into the game.
• It was the 'Cats first league loss and first loss in Belk Arena since an 81-74 setback to Appalachian State Jan. 20, 2007.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 15 games this season, including six of the last seven, and has won all 15.
• The Wildcats have outrebounded their opponent in 16 games this season and have won all 16.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 68 career games, the 30-point mark in 26 outings and the 40-point plateau five times. He owns the school record for career games with 40 or more and career contests with 30 or more.
• The 'Cats won a hard-fought road game at Samford Jan. 31. It was the first time Davidson scored 55 or less and won since a 53-48 home victory over UNC Greensboro Feb. 5, 2002.
• Davidson held Furman to 13 second-half points Jan. 21. The Paladins were held to four points in the first 17:10 of the stanza.
• 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.

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 last few seasons.
• Since the 2003-04 campaign, the Wildcats own a 34-4 record in the month of February. Three of the setbacks all came during the 2005-06 season.
• Davidson went 8-0 in the month of February last season after posting a 10-0 mark in January.

Davidson Draws Butler in ESPNU?BracketBusters
• Davidson learned Monday that it will host No. 15 Butler Saturday, Feb. 21, at noon in John M. Belk Arena in the seventh annual ESPNU BracketBusters event, and the contest will be televised live on ESPN.
• Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes will be calling the game for ESPN.
• As part of the agreement, the 'Cats will play a return game at Butler in November or December of the 2009-10 season.
• Davidson made its first appearance in the BracketBusters last season and defeated Winthrop 60-47 on the road en route to a 25-game winning streak and a spot in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional championship game.
• Tickets are included in the Davidson season ticket package.

Kicks From 'Cats
• When the Wildcats hosts Butler Saturday, Feb. 21, Davidson College and Samaritan's Feet will sponsor Kicks from 'Cats – The Andrew Lovedale Shoe Drive.
• Kicks from 'Cats will be supported by a White Out, and special white shirts will be available for purchase in the Davidson College Bookstore and online. Proceeds will support the cost of shipping the shoes to Africa.
• People coming to the game are also asked to bring a new pair of shoes, preferably basketball shoes in men's size 3 and up. The shoes will be distributed to people who need them in Benin City, and perhaps elsewhere in Nigeria.
• Shoes will be collected and sorted at the game by Davidson students, a group of alumni organized by Pete Ashcraft '57, and Samaritan's Feet, a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives through Shoes of Hope distributions around the world. Samaritan's Feet will also coordinate the complicated logistics associated with shipping and distribution in Nigeria.
• Lovedale hails from Benin City, Nigeria, and only makes it home once every year.
• When he does go back to Nigeria, he collects used gear (shoes, shorts, shirts, basketballs) from his teammates to take home and distribute to his less fortunate countrymen. He fills as many bags as the airlines will allow and comes back to the US with nothing.
• The 23-year-old senior political science major estimates that he has taken 10 bags over since his freshman season.
• Lovedale says there are many interested in basketball in Nigeria, but they do not have the proper equipment. He wants to help give them the chance to learn the sport that has given him the opportunity to go to school in the United States.
• He was nominated for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes student-athletes for great achievement during competition and in their community while staying in school.

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