Wildcats Head to Mason for Sunday Afternoon Tilt

Sunday, January 7

Fairfax, Va.

12:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

George Mason

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Wildcats Head to Mason for Sunday Afternoon Tilt

1/6/2018 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (6-7, 1-1 ATLANTIC 10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 539-335 (29th season), Record at Davidson: Same

GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS (7-8, 1-1 ATLANTIC 10)
Head Coach: Dave Paulsen (Williams College, 1987)
Career Record: 434-257 (24th season), Record at George Mason: 38-43 (3rd season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: January 7, 2018 | 12:00 PM
Location: Fairfax, Va.
Site (Capacity): EagleBank Arena (7,860)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network -- Jarod Latch (pxp), Rich Perkey (analyst)
TV: NBC Sports Network
Online Video: N/A
Live Stats: GoMason.com

SERIES RECORDS
Series Record: Davidson leads, 3-2
Streak: Lost 2
Last Meeting: Feb. 8, 2017; L 76-69 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: Jan. 9, 2016; W 81-75 (Belk Arena)
Last George Mason Win: Feb. 8, 2017; L 76-69 (Belk Arena)
First Meeting: Jan. 24, 2015 W, 80-73 ot (EagleBank Arena)
Davidson Record at Home: 2-1
Davidson Record on Road: 1-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-0
Bob McKillop's Record: 3-2

Wildcat Scratches
• Davidson will continue Atlantic 10 play Sunday with a noon contest at George Mason.
• Coming off a 54-51 win over Saint Louis, the Wildcats enter 6-7 overall and 1-1 in the A-10.
• In addition to holding the Billikens without a field goal the final 11:15, Peyton Aldridge scored a game-high 21 points in the win.
• Kellan Grady also scored in double figures with 14 points, while KiShawn Pritchett handed out a career-high 10 assists.
• On Tuesday, Grady was named A-10 Rookie of the Week for the second time this year.
• Over his last three games, Grady is averaging 23.0 points, while shooting 56.0 percent from the floor, including 9-of-21 (.429) from 3-point range.
• Davidson ranks among national leaders in assist-turnover ratio (2nd/1.83) and 3-pointers per game (14th/10.8).
• Aldridge continues to lead the team in scoring (21.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.9).
• Backcourt mates Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats at 15.7 and 13.7 points per game, respectively.
• The trio accounts for 66.7 percent of Davidson's offense, while combining for 81 of the Wildcats' 141 treys.
• Davidson competed in the Southern Confer- ence for 74 years before joining the A-10 in July of 2014.
• In 3-plus seasons in the Atlantic 10, the Wildcats have totaled 33 wins, while reaching the tournament semifinals in each of the first three seasons.

Up Next
• Davidson returns home to John M. Belk Arena Wednesday for a 7 p.m. contest against George Washington.

Aldridge One of Just Six Per KenPom
• Of the Top-10 conferences (per KenPom), only six players rank among the Top-10 in scoring and assists and Top-20 in rebounding: Ky Bowman (Boston College), Jevon Carter (WVU), Caleb Martin (Nevada), Chandler Hutchison (Boise St.), Malik Yarbrough (Illinois St.) and Peyton Aldridge (Davidson).