'Cats Head to Chapel Hill for Sunday Tilt with No. 9 UNC

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[RV] Davidson Wildcats (5-0, 0-0 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 501-300 (27th season), Record at Davidson: Same

#9/9 North Carolina Tar Heels (6-1, 0-0 ACC)
Head Coach: Roy Williams (North Carolina, 1972)
Career Record: 756-203 (28th season), Record at UNC: 338-102 (13th season)

Game Information
Date | Time: Sunday, December 6, 2015 | 6:00 PM
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Site (Capacity): Smith Center (21,750)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network - John Kilgo (pxp) Jarod Latch (analyst)
TV: ESPNU - Mike Morgan (pxp), Jason Capel (analyst)
Video: WatchESPN
Live Stats: TarHeelBlue.com

Series Notes
Series Record: Davidson trails, 63-11
Streak: Lost 6
Last Meeting: 11/22/14 (TWC Arena)
Last Davidson Win: 11/20/01; W, 58-54 (Smith Center)
Last UNC Win: 11/22/14; W, 90-72 (TWC Arena)
First Meeting: 2/7/1911
Davidson Record at Home: 7-27
Davidson Record on Road: 4-33
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-3
McKillop's Record: 1-5

Wildcat Tidbits
-- Davidson enters 5-0 for the first time since 1968-69, Lefty Driesell's final season at the helm.
-- Driesell led the Wildcats to their second straight Elite 8 appearance before falling to North Carolina in the closing seconds.
-- Davidson is coming off a 109-74 victory over cross-county rival Charlotte on Tuesday evening.
-- With Stephen Curry in attendance, Jack Gibbs led the Wildcats with a career-high 41 points on 14-of-17 shooting, including six 3-pointers.
-- Dating back to 1979, Curry and Gibbs are the only Davidson players to score 40 or more in a game.
-- The Wildcats are 15-103 all-time when playing a ranked opponent (AP Poll).
-- Davidson's last win over a Top-25 for came on Jan. 20, 2015, when it knocked off No. 22 Dayton, 77-60.
-- Jack Gibbs continues to lead the Wildcats in scoring, averaging 26.0 points per game.
-- Peyton Aldridge (18.0), Brian Sullivan (17.8) and Jordan Barham (12.6) are also averaging double figures after five games.

Last Time Out
-- Jack Gibbs scored a career-high 41 points on 14-of-17 shooting to lead Davidson to a convincing 109-74 victory over cross-county rival Charlotte, Tuesday evening at Halton Arena.
-- Like Gibbs, Brian Sullivan also hit 6 treys en route to his second-straight 23-point performance, while Peyton Aldridge and Jordan Barham added 18 and 14, respectively.
-- In addition to opening 16-of-19 from the floor and 8-of-10 from deep, the Wildcats led by 25 in the first half before going to the break up, 59-43.
-- After torching the nets for 67.7 percent in the first 20 minutes, the Wildcats finished the game at 58.1 percent (36-62) and 51.7 percent (15-29) from behind the 3-point arc.
-- Davidson opened the second half on a 29-7 streak, highlighted by 14 points from Gibbs to take its largest lead of the contest, 88-50, with 13:01 to play.

Last Meeting (Nov. 22, 2014 | TWC Arena)
-- Despite a season-high 25 points from Peyton Aldridge, Davidson suffered a 90-72 setback to No. 6/6 North Carolina.
-- Kennedy Meeks led four Tar Heels in double digits with 19 points to go along with a game-high 12 rebounds. Justin Jackson scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while Marcus Paige and J.P. Tokoto added 13 and 10, respectively.
-- After Tyler Kalinoski's 3-pointer cut the deficit to 28-26, North Carolina responded with an 11-0 run late in the first half and didn't allow the Wildcats closer than eight the rest of the way.
-- The Tar Heels, who shot just under 48 percent from the floor, stretched their lead to as many as 24, 88-64, on a Tokoto dunk with under two minutes to play.
-- In addition to nine blocks, North Carolina held a 51-42 advantage on the glass and finished with 44 points in the paint.

Ekwu Nominee for NABC Good Works Team®
-- Sophomore Nathan Ekwu is one of 154 nominees for the 2016 All-State NABC Good Works Team®, which shines a spotlight on a select group of student-athletes who have shown dedication to service in their communities.

McKillops Wins No. 500 in 800
-- In Davidson's 83-70 win over Denison on Nov. 28, head coach Bob McKillop picked up career win No. 500.
-- The milestone came in McKillop's 800th career game as the Wildcats' head coach.
-- McKillop is the 19th coach to win 500 career games in his first collegiate head-coaching stop.

Gibbs Named to Naismith Watch List
-- Davidson's Jack Gibbs has been named to the Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Year 50-man early-season watch list.

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