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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (11-4, 2-0 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 565-344 (30th season), Record at Davidson: Same

VCU RAMS (11-4, 2-0 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhodes (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 273-147 (15th season), Record at VCU: 29-19 (2nd season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date: January 12, 2019
Location | Time: Davidson, N.C. | 2:00 PM
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network -- Jarod Latch (PxP) & Jake Belford (Analyst)
TV: CBS Sports Network
Online Video: N/A

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: VCU leads, 6-4
Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting: 2/14/18, DAV W, 74-63 (Siegel Center)
Last Davidson Win: 2/14/18, W, 74-63 (Siegel Center)
Last VCU Win: 2/11/17, W, 74-60 (Siegel Center)
First Meeting: 3/16/05, DAV W, 77-62 (Postseason NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 2-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-3
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 4-6

Wildcat Scratches
• The Wildcats enter 11-4 overall and 2-0 in league play following a 61-56 win at George Mason Wednesday.
• Since joining the league in 2014-15, the Wildcats are 47-27 in A-10 regular season play, including 13-5 last year, and 55-30 including A-10 tournament play.
• Davidson is off to a 2-0 start in league play for the first time since joining the Atlantic 10.
• The Wildcats have won 18 of their last 19 at Belk Arena.
• Preseason all-conference selections Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson continue to lead Davidson in scoring, averaging 19.0 and 17.1 points, respectively.
• Freshman Luka Brajkovic is scoring 11.8 per game, while leading the way in rebounding (6.4).
• Redshirt freshman Luke Frampton is averaging 10.0 points.
• Frampton leads the A-10 in 3-pointers made (41) and attempted (119).
• Davidson ranks 13th nationally in free throw percentage. The Wildcats are shooting 76.7 percent (171-of-223), led by Gudmundsson, who is shooting 85.0 percent (68-of-80).

Last Time Out
• In addition to holding George Mason to just 32 percent shooting, Kellan Grady scored 17 points and backcourt mate Jon Axel Gudmundsson added 13 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals to lead Davidson past the Patriots, 61-56, Wednesday at EagleBank Arena.
• After the Wildcats used a 19-8 streak to push their advantage to as many as 15, 42-27, Mason responded with a spurt of its own to cut the deficit to 48-47 with 7:31 to play. The Wildcats answered with four straight, including a layup from Gudmundsson to push the margin back to five.
• The Patriots were unable to get closer than a basket the rest of the way.
• Dusan Kovacevic also played a major factor off the bench for Davidson with 6 points and 4 rebounds in just 8 minutes.
• The two teams combined to go just 6-for-49 from behind the arc.
• Both teams went through scoring droughts, before Davidson closed the opening half on a 10-3 run to carry a 23-17 lead into the break.
• Along with missing their first seven field goal attempts, the Patriots finished the period 1-of-9 from the floor, while the 'Cats held them to just 21.7 percent (5-23) in the opening 20 minutes.

Up Next
• Davidson will travel to Philadelphia, Pa. for a 9 p.m. nationally-televised contest against Saint Joseph's on Tuesday.

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