Furman Hosts the Wildcats Saturday at 4 p.m.

Davidson Wildcats (21-4, 14-1 SoCon) vs. Furman Paladins (6-18, 4-11 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 14, 2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Site: Timmons Arena (5,000 capacity) - Greenville, 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 Craig Esherick providing color analysis
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), Furman (www.furmanpaladins.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• The Wildcats take the show on the road for a stop at Furman in a 4 p.m. contest Saturday.
• The game will be televised live on MASN with Jim Hunter calling the action and Craig Esherick providing color commentary.
• Furman is expecting a capacity crowd of 5,000 for the game. If it sells out, it will be the fourth straight game Davidson will play before a sold-out arena on the road.
• The contest is one of two road games remaining on the regular-season slate for the 'Cats.
• Davidson has won 44 of its last 45 Southern Conference regular-season games, dating back to January of 2007.
• The 'Cats have won 11 of their last 12 overall and are coming off a 78-61 victory at Wofford Thursday night.
• 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 95 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry needs 186 points to pass Skip Henderson (Marshall, 1983-88) to become the all-time leading scorer in Southern Conference history.
• 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-10 in NCAA Division I career 3-pointers. He is 10th with 382 and 30 away from moving into the top-5.
• 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. It's the first time in Davidson history the 'Cats have had five consecutive 20-win seasons.
• With 10 SoCon wins this season, McKillop has now led the Wildcats to double-digit league victories 15 times, including the last eight campaigns.
• Furman has won three of its last four and is coming off a 70-60 home victory over Georgia Southern Thursday.
• The Paladins have won their last four home games and own a 6-5 record at home this season, including a 4-4 mark in SoCon games.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 90-60 and has won the last seven meetings.
• The series began with a 42-37 Paladin victory in the 1909-10 season.
• Davidson is 40-30 against Furman on the road, 7-1 in Timmons Arena and 26-5 against the Paladins under head coach Bob McKillop.
• Stephen Curry tallied 30 points, five rebounds and five assists in an 83-43 'Cats' victory in the season's first meeting.
• Will Archambault added 13 points, and Steve Rossiter scored nine for Davidson.
• Justin Dehm scored 12 to lead the Paladins.
• Davidson held Furman to 13 second-half points. The Paladins were held to four points in the first 17:10 of the stanza.

Leftovers From Wofford Game
• With his five 3s, Curry moved into the top ten in NCAA Division I career 3-pointers; he now has 382 in his career.
• Curry passed John Gerdy for fifth place on the Davidson single-season scoring list, finishing the game with 728 points so far this year.
• The sellout crowd was the second one in the history of Benjamin Johnson Arena, and the first since South Carolina played Wofford in 2001.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 15 games this season, including six of the last eight, and has won all 15.
• The Wildcats have outrebounded their opponent in 17 games this season and have won all 17.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 69 career games, the 30-point mark in 27 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.

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