Creighton Hosts Men's Basketball in Quarterfinals of CBI Monday

Davidson Wildcats (18-14) vs. Creighton Bluejays (20-14)

2011 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen

Date: March 21, 2011 - 7:05 p.m. (CT)
Site: Qwest Center Omaha (17,260 capacity) - Omaha, Neb.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action on the Davidson Radio Network (1450 AM, 1350 AM and online at DavidsonWildcats.com)
Video: Live on HDNet (Kenny Rice and Heath Schroyer)
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Creighton (GoCreighton.com)

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Layup Line
• Davidson travels to Creighton Monday for the quarterfinal round of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational presented by Zebra Pen.
• The game will be televised live on HDNet with Kenny Rice calling the action and Heath Schroyer providing color.
• The winner advances to the semifinal round March 23, to face an opponent to be named later and at site that will be announced later.
• All quarterfinal games will be played March 21. The other quarterfinal contests are Duquesne at Oregon, Evansville at Boise State and Rhode Island at Central Florida.
• Davidson has won 10 of its last 12 games. The 'Cats topped James Madison 85-65 in the opening round of the tournament last Tuesday.
• The Wildcats are 5-9 on the road this season and 8-11 away from home.
• Creighton comes into the game with a 20-14 record and defeated San Jose State 85-74 at home in the opening round of the CBI last Tuesday.
• The Bluejays are 6-4 in their last 10 and have won three of their last four. They posted a 10-8 record in Missouri Valley Conference play.
• Creighton is 16-3 at home with the losses coming at the hands of BYU, Missouri State and Wichita State.
• Doug McDermott leads Creighton in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.5 points and 7.6 rebounds while shooting 51 percent from the field. Antoine Young averages 13 points and 4.7 assists.
• The Bluejays shot 45 percent from the floor and 36 percent from 3-point land while allowing just 64 points an outing.
• Creighton has won 20-plus games in 12 of the last 13 seasons.

Series History
• The Wildcats and Bluejays have never met on the hardwood.

Leftovers from JMU
• Davidson improved to 10-3 in Belk Arena this season and has won 26 of its last 28 games against non-conference competition there.
• Czerapowicz's point total was two away from his career high.

About the CBI
• The CBI presented by Zebra Pen, which began in 2008, is a single-elimination tournament up until the Championship Series, with all games played at campus sites, providing fans the opportunity to follow and support their team. The event features eight first-round games, four quarterfinal round games, a semifinal round, and then the Championship Series.
• The 16-team field consists of teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament. Teams are invited based upon performance during their conference and non-conference schedules, as well as how well the team is playing at the end of the regular season. Six participants in the 2010 CBI presented by Zebra Pen have earned berths in the 2011 NCAA Tournament: Akron, Boston University, Indiana State, Morehead State, Princeton and VCU. The CBI?sent a greater percentage of its 2010 field to the 2011 NCAA?Tournament than the NIT or CIT.
• HDNet, which reaches in excess of 23 million homes, will serve as the primary television outlet for the tournament. Past CBI champions are Virginia Commonwealth (2010), Oregon State (2009) and Tulsa (2008). Fellow Southern Conference member College of Charleston has competed in the last two tournaments.

Claw Marks
• Davidson went 3-7 in January but was 7-1 in February.
• The Wildcats won at least one game against every SoCon opponent they played twice.
• Davidson has used just three different starting lineups this season.
• Tom Droney is the first freshman to start every game in his rookie season during Bob McKillop's tenure.
• The Wildcats posted double-digit conference wins for the 17th time under McKillop, including the last 10 seasons.
• Davidson has been within six points or less (two possessions) of its opponents in the last five minutes in eight of its 14 losses this season. The 'Cats have been within three points or less (one possession) in the last five minutes of five of their losses.
• The Davidson bench has outscored its opponent by an average of 6.3 points a game.
• Jake Cohen was named to the MSG?Holiday Festival All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.5 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots in two games.
• Davidson has held its opponents to under 40 percent shooting in eight games and won all eight.
• Davidson began the season by playing 10 of its first 13 games on the road. The 'Cats' home opener was the sixth game of the year, the latest during the 22-year tenure of head coach Bob McKillop.
• Davidson won its home opener for the 19th consecutive season.
• The Wildcats opened SoCon play with two games in Charleston for the second-straight campaign.
• Davidson's 83-56 win over Georgia Southern Feb. 16 was its largest margin of victory in a league win since the 'Cats topped the Eagles 99-56 at home Feb. 28, 2009.
• The Wildcats' 80-52 loss at No. 24 Vanderbilt Jan. 2, was their worst loss since a 75-47 setback at then eighth-ranked Duke in 2006.

Milestone Watch
• Brendan McKillop is 178 points away from 1,000 for his career. He also needs 10 3-pointers to pass his older brother, current assistant coach Matt McKillop, to move into third place on the career list at Davidson. The game against Furman Jan. 12, was his 100th career contest.
• Jake Cohen has 85 career blocked shots, placing him eighth on Davidson's career list, 12 away from fifth. Frank Ben-Eze needs 18 to crack the top-10.
• Cohen needs 202 points for 1,000, and Kuhlman needs 203.

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