Men’s Basketball Resumes Conference Play Saturday when UNCG Comes to Belk

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Davidson Wildcats (7-6, 2-0 SoCon) vs. UNCG Spartans (2-9, 1-0 SoCon)
Date: January 5, 2013
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena (5,223)
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action along with Ken Hall on the Davidson Radio Network (1350 AM, 1450 AM, 1660 AM, online at TuneIn.com and mobile with Radio.com App).
TV: ESPN3
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), UNCG (UNCGSpartans.com)
Photos: DavidsonWildcats.com

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Layup Line
• Davidson's contest against UNCG will begin a stretch of 14 consecutive Southern Conference contests.
• The Wildcats come in 7-6 overall and 2-0 in league play following a 67-50 setback to Duke Wednesday in Charlotte.
• Last year's SoCon Players of the Year De'Mon Brookss (14.6 ppg/6.5 rpg) and Jake Cohen (13.2 ppg/5.5 rpg) continue to lead the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding.
• Brooks is just 14 points shy becoming the 43rd player in school history to score 1,000 career points.
• Cohen, who became the school's all-time blocks leader Wednesday evening, is averaging 17.3 points and 5.0 rebounds over his last four contests, while shooting 52.6 percent (20-38) from the floor and 96 percent (24-25) at the line.
• A career 88.5 percent shooter at the charity stripe, Nik Cochran has made 44-of-46 attempts (.957) this year and 60 of his last 63 free throws dating back to last season.
• Cochran leads the country in free-throw percentage.
• As a team, the Wildcats are shooting 80.2 percent (210-262) from the free-throw line, which ranks second nationally.
• Davidson is looking to begin league play 3-0 for the seventh time under head coach Bob McKillop.
• The Wildcats, who have posted 11 straight winning seasons, were tabbed Southern Conference preseason favorites in both the media and coaches poll.
• Junior De'Mon Brooks was voted Preseason Player of the Year by the league's 12 head coaches, while Jake Cohen and Nik Cochran were selected preseason all-conference.
• Davidson has led by at least seven points in 11 of their 13 contests this year, including double figures against Emory, New Mexico, Vanderbilt, West Va., Chattanooga, Wofford, UNCW and Richmond.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series with the Spartans 21-9 and has won 11 of the last 13.
• The series began with a 69-68 Wildcat road win in 1998.
• Davidson, which has won nine straight against UNCG at home, is 11-2 all-time against the Spartans at John M. Belk Arena.
• All 30 games in the series have come during Bob McKillop's tenure.
• Exactly one year ago to the day, the Wildcats cruised to a 92-63 victory over UNCG at the Greensboro Coliseum.

SoCon Titles
• Davidson has won eight SoCon regular-season division titles in the last 11 seasons.
• The 'Cats have won six SoCon Tournament titles under Bob McKillop and 11 overall.
• The Wildcats have won 11 division championships under Bob McKillop.
• McKillop has led the Wildcats to double-digit league wins 18 times, including the last 11 years.
• Davidson has won 21 SoCon regular-season championships in school history.

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