'Cats Conclude Road Swing Wednesday Night at La Salle

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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (20-7, 11-3 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 574-347 (30th season), Record at Davidson: Same

LA SALLE EXPLORERS (8-18, 6-8 A-10)
Head Coach: Ashley Howard (Drexel, 2004)
Career Record: 8-18 (1st season), Record at La Salle: Same

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: February 27, 2019 | 7:00 PM
Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
Site (Capacity): Tom Gola Arena (3,400)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network -- Jarod Latch (pxp), Rich Perkey (analyst)
TV: ESPN+
Online Video: plus.espn.com

SERIES RECORD
Series Record: Davidson leads, 6-2
Streak: Won 2
Last Meeting: Jan. 31, 2019 DAV W, 84-65 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: Jan. 31, 2019 W, 84-65 (Belk Arena)
Last La Salle Win: Jan. 19, 2017 W, 91-83 (Gola Arena)
First Meeting: Nov. 20, 2009, La Salle W, 84-70 (Char. Classic)
Davidson Record at Home: 2-0
Davidson Record on Road: 1-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 3-1
Bob McKillop's Record: 5-2

Wildcat Scratches
• Davidson will conclude its stretch of six out of nine on the road with a 7 p.m. tip at La Salle on Wednesday.
• Second in the A-10 standings, the Wildcats enter 20-7 overall and 11-3 in league play following a 75-66 win at Rhode Island last Friday.
• Each of Davidson's losses in A-10 play have come in the final seconds and by a total of five points.
• Since joining the league in 2014-15, Davidson is 56-30 in A-10 regular season games and 64-33 including tournament play.
• In league play, Davidson ranks second in scoring defense (61.9), field-goal percentage defense (.392) and 3-pt field-goal percentage defense (.282).
• The Wildcats have won at least 10 conference games in a season for the 24th time under head coach Bob McKillop.
• In addition, Davidson has hit the 20-win plateau 16 times under McKillop.
• Preseason all-conference selections Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Kellan Grady continue to lead Davidson in scoring, averaging 17.0 and 16.3 points, respectively.
• Gudmundsson, who has seven double-doubles and a triple-double this season, was named A-10 Player of the Week on Monday.
• He's the only A-10 player to rank in the Top-5 and Top-10 among league leaders in scoring (3rd), rebounding (5th/7.0) and assists (5th/4.7).
• Former A-10 Player of the Year T.J. Cline (Richmond, 2016-17) is the only player in conference history to finish the year ranked in the Top-5 of all three categories.
• The junior point guard also ranks among conference leaders in free-throw percentage (7th/.816), steals (15th/1.3), assist/turnover ratio (4th/2.1), defensive rebounds (2nd/6.3) and minutes played (5th/36.4).
• Over his last eight games, Gudmundsson is averaging 20.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists, while shooting 51.2 FG% | 41.7 3FG% | 81.7 FT%.
• With his 10 assists against Rhode Island, Gudmundsson became the first player in school history with 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
• Redshirt freshman Luke Frampton and freshman Luka Brajkovic are also averaging double figures for the 'Cats at 11.0 and 10.7 points per outing, respectively.
• Frampton leads the A-10 in 3-pointers made (82), per game (3.1) and attempted (213).
• Over the last 10 games, Frampton is 41-of-85 (.482) from behind the 3-point line.
• In league play, Frampton is shooting 44.8 percent (48-107) from downtown.
• The 'Cats are 15-1 (Wake Forest) when Brajkovic scores in double figures.

Last Time Out
• Jon Axel Gudmundsson recorded Davidson's first triple-double in 46 years and the Wildcats shot 61.1 percent en route to a 75-66 victory at Rhode Island Friday inside the Ryan Center.
• Gudmundsson finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to join John Falconi (Dec. 28, 1973 – vs. Loyola) in the Davidson record books.
• In addition to its best shooting performance of the 2018-19 campaign, Davidson went 9-of-13 from behind the arc.
• KiShawn Pritchett hit all four of his 3-point attempts to finish in double figures for the third straight game with 13. Luka Brajkovic added 12, while frontcourt mate Dusan Kovacevic had a season-high 10 off the bench for the Wildcats, who held the Rams to just 37.5 percent shooting.
• The 'Cats opened the second half on an 11-4 run highlighted by consecutive 3-pointers from Pritchett and Luke Frampton to push the margin to 16 and put the game out of reach.
• Rhode Island also placed four in double-digits led by Tyrese Martin's 16. Cyril Langevine grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and was one of three Rams to score 12 points.
• Despite 11 first-half turnovers, Davidson shot 63 percent in the period and closed on a 10-4 spurt capped by a shot Gudmundsson banked in from about 65-feet at the buzzer.

Up Next
• Davidson returns to Belk Arena Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. contest against Fordham.

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