'Cats Set to Open NCAA Tournament Against Kentucky

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS
Seed: 12th | Region: South
Overall Record: 21-11 | Atlantic 10 Record: 13-5
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 554-339 (29th season)
Record at Davidson: Same

KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Seed: 5th | Region: South
Overall Record: 24-10 | SEC Record: 11-8
Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1982)
Career Record: 718-203 (26th season)
Record at Kentucky: 273-63 (9th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: March 15, 2018 | 5:10 PM (MT) / 7:10 PM (ET)
Location: Boise, Idaho
Site (Capacity): Taco Bell Arena (12,644)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network -- Jarod Latch (Play-By-Play), Rich Perkey (Analyst)
Radio Network Listings: ESPN THE GAME - 730AM, WGNC - 101.1FM/1450AM, WHIP - 1350AM
TV/Video: CBS Sports
Website: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com)

DAVIDSON NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 14 – 1966, '68, '69, '70, '86, '98, 2002, '06, '07, '08, '12, '13, '15, '18
NCAA Tournament Record: 8-14
First/Second Round Record: 5-9
Sweet 16 Appearances: 4
Elite Eight Appearances: 3
Last NCAA Tournament Win: 2008
Tournament Appearances Under McKillop: 9 – 1998, 2002, '06, '07, '08, '12, '13, '15, '18
NCAA Tournament Record Under McKillop: 3-8

SERIES RECORD
Series Record: Kentucky leads, 1-0
Streak: Lost 1
Last Meeting: March 14, 1986, NCAA Tournament (Charlotte Coliseum)
Result: Kentucky Won, 75-55

Wildcat Scratches
• Davidson is making its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance.
• Coming off their first-ever Atlantic 10 Tournament title, the Wildcats enter 21-11 overall.
• Peyton Aldridge was named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year and first team all-conference, while Kellan Grady earned Rookie of the Year, second team all-conference and a spot on the all-rookie team.
• Davidson has hit the 20-win plateau 15 times under head coach Bob McKillop.
• The Wildcats own an 8-14 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. Three years ago, Davidson fell to seventh-seeded Iowa, 73-52, in the second round.
• The Wildcats competed in the Southern Conference for 74 years before joining the Atlantic 10 in 2014.
• Every four-year player in the Davidson program since 1994 has played in the NCAA Tournament.

Atlantic 10 Tournament Recap
• Davidson entered the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament in Washington, D.C., as the third seed.
• The Wildcats, who received a double bye, captured their first-ever A-10 Tournament title, with wins over Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure and nationally-ranked Rhode Island.
• Peyton Aldridge, the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists, while shooting 57.8 percent from the floor, including 12-of-14 from behind the 3-point line.
• He was joined on the all-tournament team by Kellan Grady, who averaged 19.7 points, shot 55.3 percent and drilled 7-of-16 (.438) from 3-point range.

Inside the Statistics
• In addition to scoring in double figures 41 straight games dating back to last season, Peyton Aldridge continues to lead Davidson in scoring (21.5 ppg) and rebounding (7.8 rpg).
• The conference's leading scorer also ranks among league leaders in rebounding (7.8/5th), free-throw percentage (.848/6th), 3-pointers per game (10th/2.3), defensive rebounds (3rd/6.3) and minutes played (1st/37.7).
• Backcourt mates Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson are also averaging double figures at 18.0 and 13.0 points per game, respectively.
• Grady is the 'Cats top-scoring freshman since Stephen Curry averaged 21.5 points in 2006-07.
• The trio of Aldridge, Grady and Gudmundsson, account for 68.7 percent of Davidson's offense, while combining for 205 of the Wildcats' 342 treys and 32 outings of 20 points or more.
• In league play, the Wildcats led the A-10 in scoring defense (64.5), free-throw percentage (.818), scoring margin (+10.8), assist/turnover ratio (1.60), rebounding defense (29.2) and 3-pointers per game (10.0).
• Davidson leads the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.76), while also ranking among national leaders in free-throw percentage (3rd/79.7), 3-pointers per game (10th/10.7) and assists per game (16th/16.8).

Jonny "A" Gudmundsson
• Sophomore Jon Axel Gudmundsson is one of only five NCAA players in the past 25 years to finish the regular season averaging at least 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range.

Get Better Every Day
• One of the Wildcats' philosophies is to get better every day, and Davidson has seen the fruits of that labor at the end of the year.
• Since 2003-04, the Wildcats own a 93-23 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 42-22 in March during the same time period.

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