'Cats Get Balanced Scoring Effort in 90-78 Win at Elon

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ELON, N.C. – Davidson placed five players in double-figures scoring and used a late second-half run to fuel a 90-78 Southern Conference victory over Elon in the regular season finale Monday night at a sold-out Alumni Gym.

Stephen Curry led all scorers with 26 points and added five assists on the night. The junior became the 59th player in NCAA Division I history to score over 2,500 career points. He hit the mark with a 3-pointer from the right wing in transition with 3:48 left in the first half.

Steve Rossiter scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line. Bryant Barr notched 18 points, including a team-high three 3-pointers, and Andrew Lovedale pulled down a game-high nine rebounds to go along with his 11-point effort. Will Archambault scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half to round out the double-digit Wildcats.

Elon had four players reach the double-digit scoring total, led by Monty Sanders' 17 points, and Brett James, who added 16 points on 9-of-12 from the stripe.

The Wildcats (25-6, 18-2 SoCon) shot 50 percent from the field, including a 63 percent clip in the second half, while holding Elon to 38 percent shooting overall and forcing 16 Phoenix turnovers, which were converted into 21 points.

Holding onto a three-point lead following the 16-minute media timeout of the second half, the 'Cats put together a 15-3 run over the next five minutes of play to stretch their advantage to 58-43.

Davidson scored nine unanswered points in that time, including back-to-back fast-break 3-pointers by Curry and Barr, to reach the 10-point margin for the first time in the game. The lead was extended to a game-high 19 following a fast break layup from Curry to Archambault, the last of five-straight points scored by the junior guard.

After Elon (10-19, 7-13 SoCon) cut the lead down to eight, 81-73, with 1:47 remaining, the Wildcats knocked down nine of their 10 free throws to close the game and secure the victory.

Up next for the Wildcats is the 2009 Southern Conference Tournament, which will tip off March 6, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Davidson has wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the Southern Division, and will face off against the winner of the Appalachian State/Georgia Southern game at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7.

NOTES: Curry now has 2,514 points in his three-plus seasons… It was the 100th career game played for Barr, Archambault and Curry… Davidson has held its opponent to under 40 percent shooting in 18 games this season and have won all 18 … Curry now has 74 20-point games in his career … The crowd was announced at 1,710, making it the 11th-straight sold-out contest that Davidson has played in.

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