UNCG Travels to Belk Arena Wednesday Night

Davidson Wildcats (22-6, 15-2 SoCon) vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans (4-23, 3-15 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 25, 2009
Time: 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 (610 AM, 95.7 FM and online on Teamline)
Video: Video available as part of Davidson All-Access on DavidsonWildcats.com
Web sites: Davidson (www.DavidsonWildcats.com), UNCG (www.uncgspartans.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• The Wildcats continue a four-game homestand with a 7 p.m. contest against UNC Greensboro in John M. Belk Arena.
• Davidson has just three regular-season games remaining, and two are at home, including tonight. All three are Southern Conference contests.
• The 'Cats have won 12 of their last 15 overall but are coming off consecutive losses, including a 75-63 setback to No. 21/22 Butler Saturday.
• Davidson has won 27 of its last 30 in Belk Arena, including a 10-3 record this season.
• Davidson boasts a 203-61 (.769) all-time record in Belk Arena.
• Junior guard Stephen Curry needs 50 points to pass John Gerdy and become Davidson's all-time leading scorer.
• Curry needs 141 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 388 and 24 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.
• UNC Greensboro enters the contest on a five-game losing skid.
• The Spartans are coming off a 69-56 home setback to Western Carolina Saturday.
• UNCG is 3-13 on the road this season, including 3-6 in conference games.

Kicks From 'Cats
• Davidson collected 10,500 pairs of shoes, including a 10,000-pair donation from Samaritan's Feet, through Kicks from 'Cats - The Andrew Lovedale Shoe Drive, which took place Feb. 21, when the Wildcats hosted Butler.
• Fans attending the game also contributed rally towels, jerseys, basketballs and other gear, as well as thousands of dollars to help cover the cost of shipping the shoes.
• Samaritan's Feet, a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives through Shoes of Hope distributions around the world, will also coordinate the complicated logistics of shipping and distribution in Nigeria.
• Davidson students, faculty, staff and other volunteers will sort the shoes and prepare them for shipping Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. in Duke Family Performance Hall on the Davidson campus.
• Lovedale hails from Benin City, Nigeria, and only makes it home once every year.
• Since he arrived at Davidson, he began collecting used gear (shoes, shorts, shirts, basketballs) from his teammates to take home and distribute to his less fortunate countrymen. He filled as many bags as the airlines allowed and came 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.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 18-7 and has won the last seven.
• The series began with a 69-68 Wildcat road win in 1998.
• The 'Cats are 11-2 against the Spartans at home, and all 25 games in the series have come during Bob McKillop's tenure.
• Stephen Curry collected 29 points, eight rebounds and three assists in the season's first meeting, a 75-54 Davidson win at the Greensboro Coliseum Feb. 5.
• Steve Rossiter recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Andrew Lovedale posted 12 points and 10 boards.
• Ben Stywall led the Spartans with 13 points and seven rebounds, while Damian Eargle had 10 points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots.

Claw Marks
• Davidson has held its opponents under 40 percent shooting in 15 games this season and has won all 15.
• The Wildcats have outrebounded their opponent in 18 games this season and have won all 18.
• Stephen Curry has hit the 20-point mark in 71 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, 55-52, 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.

Non-Conference Slate
• Davidson finished the season with a 7-4 non-conference record with losses at Oklahoma and Duke and setbacks to Purdue and Butler.
• It's the Wildcats' best non-conference mark in the regular season since posting an 9-3 record in 2006-07. Davidson finished that campaign with a 29-5 overall record.

Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy Candidate
• Stephen Curry, a 2008 Wooden Award All-American, has been selected as one of the top-30 midseason candidates for the 2009 award.
• The junior guard has also been named one of 30 mid-season candidates for the Naismith Trophy.
• Curry was named a first-team preseason All-American by The Associated Press, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Athlon Sports, Blue Ribbon Basketball and CollegeHoops.net. He was selected the Preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year in the league's coaches poll.
• He received the second-most votes (66) of any player in being selected preseason All-America by the Associated Press. Tyler Hansbrough was a unanimous selection with 72 votes.
• The final ballot for the Wooden Award will be announced in March.
• The Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T will be awarded at the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four in Detroit, Mich.

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