Men's Basketball Hosts Georgia Southern Saturday

Davidson Wildcats (11-11, 6-4 SoCon) vs. Georgia Southern Eagles (6-18, 3-8 SoCon)

Date: Feb. 6, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: 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 through Davidson All-Access on the Davidson Web site
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), GSU (www.georgiasoutherneagles.com)

Full game notes (PDF)

Layup Line
• Davidson finishes a three-game homestand by hosting Georgia Southern at 7 p.m. in Belk Arena. The Wildcats have had a full week off since their last game.
• It's Paint It Red Day, and all fans are encouraged to wear a special red T-shirt. Proceeds from T-shirt sales will go towards Kicks from 'Cats - The Lagos Project, an effort to build a school in Lagos Nigeria.
• T-shirts can be purchased for $15, at the game, in the Davidson Bookstore, at 'Cats on Main or online.
• Davidson has won three in a row and nine of its last 13 games 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 67-63 overtime win over The Citadel, the 'Cats are 5-2 against South Division foes.
• Davidson will play four of its final eight regular-season games at home. All remaining games are SoCon contests.
• The 'Cats are 7-3 in Belk Arena this season and 3-2 in home league games.
• Davidson caps the regular season by playing five games in 11 days.
• Georgia Southern is 2-3 in its last five games and is coming off an 83-68 loss at Western Carolina Thursday.
• The Eagles are 0-13 on the road and 0-5 on the road in SoCon games.
• Willie Powers leads the Eagles in scoring with 14.6 points a game, and Antonio Hanson is averaging 12.2 points an outing. Rory Spencer averages 8.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game.
• The Eagles like to press and force 18.2 turnovers a contest.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series 23-6 and has won the last six contests.
• The series began with an 84-64 Davidson victory Jan. 30, 1962.
• The 'Cats are 12-0 at home, 10-0 in Belk Arena and 20-6 during Bob McKillop's tenure against Georgia Southern.
• JP Kuhlman scored 18 points to lead six Wildcats in double figures, and Bryant Barr hit a free throw with one second left to seal a 91-87 victory over Georgia Southern in the season's first meeting.
• Kuhlman was 5-for-7 from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from long distance, and the freshman also posted six assists.
• Steve Rossiter and Brendan McKillop each scored 15 points with Rossiter adding five rebounds and McKillop recording seven assists.
• Will Archambault posted 13 points and a game-high 10 boards, and Ben Allison collected 12 points and nine rebounds. Jake Cohen finished with 11 points and six boards.
• Barr's free throw was one of four points for the senior but turned out to be the most important of the game. Georgia Southern whittled a 21-point lead down to 90-87 on a Rory Spencer dunk with two seconds left. The Wildcats got the ball inbounds to Barr, where he was fouled with one second left. Barr hit one of two from the line to seal the win.
• The Wildcats had an 84-67 lead with 5:01 remaining, when the Eagles went on 16-2 run to close the margin to 86-83 with 1:27 to go.

Leftovers from The Citadel
• This was the second overtime game of the season for Davidson; the first was Dec. 20 in Madison Square Garden, a 91-88 loss to Cornell.
• It was the Wildcats' first overtime win since 2005, a 100-94 victory over St. Joseph's.
• The win over the Hawks was also the last overtime game in Belk Arena.
• Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Brett Boretti '94, John (Jack) Gray *49 (posthumous), Steve Smith '66 and Dana Casner Sterling '99 were honored at halftime.

Claw Marks
• Senior Will Archambault is closing in on becoming the 38th Davidson player to score 1,000 points in his career.
• He needs 13 points to reach the mark.
• Archambault also needs 88 rebounds for 500 career caroms.
• Bryant Barr needs 17 points to reach 700 for his career.
• Davidson coach Bob McKillop is 22 wins shy of his 400th career victory.
• With 126 career games played, Will Archambault and Bryant Barr are both four games away from the school record, set by Andrew Lovedale 2005-09.
• The Wildcats have hit a triple in 497 straight games, three away from 500.
• Brendan McKillop and JP?Kuhlman 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.
• 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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