Wildcats Host UNCG on Senior Night

Davidson Wildcats (14-14, 9-7 SoCon) vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans (6-21, 5-11 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 24, 2010
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 (1350 AM, 95.7 FM and online at www.DavidsonWildcats.com)
Video: Live video available on Davidson All-Access
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), UNCG (www.uncgspartans.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson plays its fourth game in a week as the Wildcats close the regular-season home slate with a 7 p.m. contest against UNC Greensboro.
• It's Senior Night and Davidson will honor its four seniors, Will Archambault, Bryant Barr, Dan Nelms and Steve Rossiter before the game. The quartet has been a part of 99 wins at Davidson.
• The Wildcats are in the midst of a stretch where they play five games in 11 days to cap the regular season. It ends with a 7 p.m. contest at Elon Saturday.
• The final two games of the regular season are against Southern Conference North Division opponents, UNC Greensboro and Elon. Davidson will be playing both for the first time this season.
• Davidson is currently tied for third with The Citadel in the South Division. The Wildcats own the tiebreaker against the Bulldogs by virtue of having won both regular-season games.
• The top two teams in each division get byes into the quarterfinals of the upcoming SoCon Tournament in Charlotte.
• The best seed the Wildcats can get in the tourney is third in the South, meaning Davidson will have to play a first round game in the tourney for the first time since 2001.
• 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. The 'Cats finished the regular season 7-3 against South Division foes.
• Davidson has won six of its last nine games overall but is coming off a 78-73 road loss at Chattanooga Monday.
• The Wildcats are 9-4 in Belk Arena this season and 5-3 in home league games.
• UNC Greensboro has lost five of its last six games but is coming off a 59-53 victory at The Citadel last Saturday.
• The Spartans are 3-10 on the road overall and 2-6 in road league games.
• Ben Stywall leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.4 points and 10.6 boards an outing. He's averaging 16.1 ppg and 11.9 rpg in league contests.
• Kyle Randall leads the team in assists, averaging 2.5 to go along with 9.2 points a game.
• The Spartans went 1-10 in non-conference games but played six ACC?teams - Duke, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest, NC?State and Maryland.
• UNCG?also played road games at Akron (20-8) and Richmond (22-6) and a home contest against Princeton (16-7).

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 19-7 and has won the last eight.
• The series began with a 69-68 Wildcat road win in 1998.
• The 'Cats are 12-2 against the Spartans at home, and all 26 games in the series have come during Bob McKillop's tenure.
• Davidson held UNC Greensboro to 18 first-half points and led from tip to horn on its way to a 70-49 victory over the Spartans in the last meeting.
• Stephen Curry led the Wildcats with game-high totals of 20 points and 10 rebounds, while adding five assists in 26 minutes of action. Andrew Lovedale chipped in 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and Frank Ben-Eze collected a career-high nine points and added four rebounds.
• Davidson had three players pull down seven rebounds on the night, with Lovedale, Max Paulhus Gosselin and Will Archambault accomplishing the feat.
• Kendall Toney led UNCG with 15 points, shooting 3-of-5 from behind the 3-point line.

Leftovers from Chattanooga
• Barr's two 3-pointers moved him into a tie for fifth with Jason Zimmerman on the Davidson career chart.
• Barr made his second straight start.
• The victory broke an eight-game losing streak against Davidson for the Mocs.

Claw Marks
• With nine at Western Carolina, Bryant Barr went over 700 points for his career and now has 722.
• Barr has moved into a tie for fifth with Jason Zimmerman on Davidson's career 3-pointers list with 184.
• With 1,043 points, Archambault is the 38th player to score over 1,000 points in school history. He needs 67 rebounds for 500 career caroms.
• With 556 points and 561 rebounds, Steve Rossiter is the 30th player in school history to record over 500 points and 500 rebounds.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is 19 wins shy of his 400th career victory.
• Brendan McKillop (111) and JP Kuhlman (89) 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 six games this season (Fredonia State, The Citadel -12/3, Gonzaga, TCNJ, Penn and Chattanooga).
• 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.
• Appalachian State's win Feb. 11 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. Wofford has also won both games of the season series against the Wildcats.

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