Saturday, February 18
Amherst, Mass.
12:00 p.m.

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Wildcats Begin Road Swing Saturday Afternoon at UMass

2/16/2017 3:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (13-11, 6-7 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 529-324 (28th season), Record at Davidson: Same

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN (13-13, 3-10 A-10)
Head Coach:
Derek Kellogg (Massachusetts, 1995)
Career Record: 153-132 (9th season), Record at UMass: Same
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: February 18, 2017 | 12:00 PM
Location: Amherst, Mass.
Site (Capacity): Mullins Center (9,493)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network -- John Kilgo (Play-by-Play) & Jarod Latch (Analyst)
TV: NBC Sports Network
Video: NBCSports.com
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com
 
SERIES RECORD
Series Record: Davidson leads, 6-4
Streak: Won 2
Last Meeting: Jan. 16, 2016; W 86-74 (Home)
Last Davidson Win:Jan. 16, 2016; W 86-74 (Home)
Last UMass Win: Dec. 22, 2011, 73-65 (Away)
First Meeting: Dec. 11, 1982, W 71-68 (Home)
Davidson Record at Home: 4-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-3
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-0
Bob McKillop's Record: 4-4
 
Wildcat Scratches
-- Davidson will play its next two on the road beginning with a 12 p.m. tip at Massachusetts Saturday.
-- Coming off a 74-63 win over George Washington, the Wildcats enter 13-11 overall and 6-7 in Atlantic 10 play.
-- Peyton Aldridge (27 pts, 8 rebs) and Jack Gibbs (21 pts, 9 rebs) scored 20 points in the same game for the ninth time this season.
-- Gibbs and Aldridge are the second highest scoring duo in the nation and have combined for 30 20-point outings and seven 30-point efforts this season.
-- Both preseason all-conference selections, Gibbs and Aldridge rank first and third in the A-10, averaging 21.2 and 20.7 points per game, respectively.
-- Gibbs, just one of two players (Derek Rucker '88) in school history with at least 1,500 career points and 400 assists, is sixth (54 out of 5th) on Davidson's all-time scoring list with 1,838 career points.
-- Aldridge ranks among league leaders in scoring (20.7/3rd), rebounding (7.5/6th), field-goal percentage (.501, 13th), free-throw percentage (.853/5th), 3-point field-goal percentage (.423/2nd), 3-pointers per game (2.2/10th) and minutes per game (36.0/4th).
-- The Wildcats are 11-1 when holding opponents under 40 percent from the floor.
-- The Wildcats competed in the Southern Conference for 74 years before joining the A-10 in July of 2014.
-- In their first two seasons in the A-10, the 'Cats went a combined 24-12 against league competition.

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