'Cats and Spiders to Tangle Saturday in Richmond

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Davidson Wildcats (12-3, 3-1 A-10) at Richmond Spiders (9-8, 2-2 A-10)
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Richmond, Va.
Site (Capacity): Robins Center (7,201)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network - John Kilgo & Martin McCann
TV/Video: CBS 6.1
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Richmond (RichmondSpiders.com)

Series Notes
Series Record: Davidson leads, 31-12
Streak: Won 3
Last Meeting: 1/3/2015, W 81-67 (Home)
Last Davidson Win: 1/3/2015, W 81-67 (Home)
Last Richmond Win: 1/17/1976, 72-69
First Meeting: 1939-40, L 33-32
Largest Davidson Win: 37, 2/14/1970, 97-60
Largest Richmond Win: 29, 12/28/1956, 92-63
McKillop's Record: 3-0

Wildcat Tidbits
• The Wildcats will wrap up their brief road swing with a 6 p.m. contest at Richmond Saturday evening.
• Coming off its first-ever Atlantic 10 road win, a 71-63 triumph over UMass, Davidson enters 12-3 overall and 3-1 in league play.
• The Wildcats' first-ever A-10 victory came against Richmond two weeks ago inside John M. Belk Arena.
• In its last outing, Davidson was trailing 59-57, before closing on a 14-4 run to defeat the Minutemen on Wednesday evening in Amherst, Mass.
• Brian Sullivan and Tyler Kalinoski, who sparked the Wildcats' game-changing spurt, led four Davidson players in double figures with 14 points each.
• Jack Gibbs and Kalinoski, who rank fifth and seventh among A-10 scoring leaders, continue to pace five Wildcats in double figures, averaging 16.3 and 16.2 points per game, respectively.
• Gibbs also leads the league in free-throw percentage (.918) and assists (4.9), while ranking among A-10 leaders in several other categories.
• Jordan Barham (10.8), Sullivan (10.7) and Peyton Aldridge (10.3) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats this season.
• In addition to ranking fourth nationally in scoring offense (83.7 ppg), Davidson is averaging 10.9 3-pointers per game, which is fourth best in the country.
• The Wildcats also rank among national leaders in assist/turnover ratio (1.69/1st), assists per game (17.6/8th), 3-point field-goal percentage (.400/14th) and scoring margin (+14.8/16th).
• See page 4 of game notes for entire list of team/individual statistical rankings.
• Five different players have hit the 20-point plateau for the 'Cats this season.
• Each of Davidson's three losses this season have come against nationally-ranked teams.
• Davidson will return home Tuesday evening for a 7:30 p.m. tip against first-place Dayton on CBSSN.

Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series, which began in the 1939-40 campaign, 31-12.
• The Wildcats have won the last three meetings, including an 81-67 victory in their first-ever Atlantic 10 game two weeks ago in Davidson.
• Prior to the 2011-12 season, the schools had not played since a 72-69 Richmond win in 1976.
• The Wildcats won 15 straight in the series from 1967-73. Richmond won the first six games in the series.
• Thirty-six meetings in the series came between 1961-1976.

O-H-I-O Connection
• Five Wildcats, who are all in the starting lineup or rotation, have ties to the Buckeye State, and interestingly enough, McKillop has used an "All-Ohio" lineup multiple times this season.
• Four of the players — freshman Peyton Aldridge of Leavittsburg, sophomore Jack Gibbs of Westerville, junior Brian Sullivan of Upper Arlington and junior Jordan Barham of Cleveland — grew up and played their high school ball in Ohio, while senior Tyler Kalinoski was born in Cincinnati and moved to Overland Park, Kan., when he was 3.

Atlantic 10 Firsts
• On Jan. 3, 2015, Davidson played its first-ever Atlantic 10 contest against Richmond.
• The Wildcats defeated the Spiders 81-67 for their first A-10 victory.
• Davidson recorded its first-ever A-10 road win on Jan. 14, 2015 at UMass.

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