Davidson M. Hoops Meets Western Carolina Saturday

Davidson Wildcats (12-12, 7-5 SoCon) vs. Western Carolina Catamounts (18-7, 8-5 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 13, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Ramsey Activity Center (7,826 capacity) - Cullowhee, N.C.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 95.7 FM and online at www.DavidsonWildcats.com)
Video: Live video available through Western Carolina's Web site
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), WCU (www.catamountsports.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson caps a two-game road swing at Western Carolina Saturday.
• Following the game against the Catamounts, Davidson will play three of its final five regular-season games at home. All remaining games are SoCon contests.
• The Wildcats had a four-game win streak snapped at Appalachian State Thursday. Davidson has won 10 of its last 15 overall.
• The Wildcats played the first contest of each of their two-game series against SoCon South Division opponents on the road and went 3-2.
• After last Saturday's 84-74 win over Georgia Southern, the 'Cats are 6-2 against South Division foes.
• The 'Cats are 3-5 in true road games this season and 3-3 in SoCon road games.
• Davidson caps the regular season by playing five games in 11 days, starting with a meeting at home against Wofford Wednesday, Feb. 17.
• The Catamounts are currently in second place in the SoCon North Division and defeated Davidson 77-67 in the season's first meeting in Belk Arena Jan. 20.
• Western Carolina is 12-1 at home this season with the lone loss coming to Appalachian State a week ago.
• The Catamounts are 3-3 in their last six and coming off an 81-76 setback at Elon Monday.
• Sharpshooter Jake Robinson leads the team in scoring, averaging 12.4 points a game, and is shooting 42.9 percent from 3-point range.
• Brandon Giles (12.1 ppg) and Mike Williams (11.0 ppg) are also averaging double figures in the scoring column, while Harouna Mutombo averages 9.6 points and 4.8 rebounds an outing.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 35-19 but suffered a 77-67 setback in the season's first meeting at Belk Arena.
• The series began with an 82-76 Wildcat win in 1977.
• The Wildcats are 14-8 against Western on the road, 12-1 in the RAC and 24-8 under head coach Bob McKillop.
• Davidson nearly erased a 24-point second half deficit, coming within four points late, but Western Carolina hung on to take a 77-67 victory in the first game this season.
• Jake Robinson led four double-digit scorers for Western Carolina with 20 points, going 6-for-9 from the field and hitting 4-of-5 3-pointers.
• Brandon Giles scored 19 and led the Catamounts with eight rebounds. Harouna Mutombo scored 12 points, and Mike Williams added 11 points.
• For the Wildcats, Ben Allison led three scorers in double figures with a career-high 15 points, while adding eight rebounds.
• Brendan McKillop scored 13 points, while JP Kuhlman had 11 points to go along with four rebounds and four assists. Steve Rossiter led the 'Cats on the boards with 10 rebounds to give him 507 for his career. Will Archambault was also strong rebounding, pulling in eight boards and scoring nine points, all in the second half.
• Down 48-24 1:49 into the second half, Davidson used a 16-2 run to cut the lead to 10 by the 14:11 mark. Western Carolina maintained the double-digit cushion, taking a 60-47 lead after Robinson sank a 3-pointer with 7:36 to go until Davidson went on a 9-0 spurt to cut the lead to just four with 5:43 remaining.
• That was as close as the 'Cats would come as they turned the ball over four times in the final three minutes of play. Robinson sank 4-of-4 free throw attempts and sank a three-ball to help put the game out of reach.

Leftovers from Appalachian State
• The Mountaineers' win gives them a regular-season series sweep over the Wildcats. It's the first time Davidson has been swept in a regular-season series by a SoCon opponent since 2000-01.
• Archambault is the 38th player to score over 1,000 points in school history.
• Barr's five 3-pointers tied his season high set against La Salle Nov. 20.
• It was the Wildcats' second loss in the Holmes Center.

Claw Marks
• Senior Will Archambault needs 79 rebounds for 500 career caroms.
• Bryant Barr needs two points to reach 700 for his career.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is 21 wins shy of his 400th career victory.
• With 128 career games played, Will Archambault and Bryant Barr are both two games away from the school record, set by Andrew Lovedale 2005-09.
• The Wildcats have hit a triple in 499 straight games.
• Brendan McKillop (94) and JP?Kuhlman (80) each have a chance to record 100-plus assists this season. That's happened just twice during the Bob McKillop era. Jason Richards (293) and Stephen Curry (104) did it in 2007-08 and Jason Zimmerman (135) and Chris Alpert (134) did it in 1992-93.
• Davidson has hit 13 or more 3-pointers in five games this season (Fredonia State, The Citadel, Gonzaga, TCNJ, Penn).
• Davidson lost 91-88 to Cornell in overtime at the Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden Dec. 20. It was the 'Cats' first overtime game since an 85-81 double-overtime loss at Charlotte Nov. 30, 2005.
• The 'Cats played their first overtime game in Belk Arena since 2005 against The Citadel Jan. 30, and posted a 67-63 win.
• Davidson's 61-52 victory over Hofstra Dec. 21, was the first time Wildcat coach Bob McKillop has coached against his alma mater.
• The Wildcats played their first four games away from home. It's the first time they have started a season with four road games since 2000-01.
• It's the latest Davidson has opened its home schedule since the 2002-03 campaign, when the 'Cats' first home game was Nov. 30 against Washington & Lee.

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