Wildcats Look to Carry Momentum into Saturday Tilt with Mason

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (9-9, 3-3 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 587-359 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same

GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS (13-6, 2-4 A-10)
Head Coach: Dave Paulsen (Williams College, 1987)
Career Record: 474-287 (26th season), Record at Mason: 78-73 (5th season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: CBS Sports Network
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | GoMason.com

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: Davidson leads, 5-2
Streak: Won 2
Last Meeting: 1/9/19; W 61-56 (EagleBank Arena)
Last Davidson Win: 1/9/19; W 61-56 (EagleBank Arena)
Last George Mason Win: 2/8/17; L 76-69 (Belk Arena)
First Meeting: 1/24/15; W, 80-73 ot (EagleBank Arena)
Davidson Record at Home: 2-1
Davidson Record on Road: 3-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-0
Bob McKillop's Record: 5-2

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson enters 9-9 overall and 3-3 in Atlantic 10 play following a 71-59 win over Saint Louis Wednesday.
• The Wildcats have won 30 of their last 34 at Belk.
• Jon Axel Gudmundsson, who recently became just the fourth player in school history with 500 career assists, hit the 1,500-point milestone in Davidson's victory over the Billikens.
• In addition, the Davidson point guard is just seven rebounds shy of 700 for his standout career.
• He is the only player in school history with 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
• Gudmundsson, the 2019 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, is averaging 19.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals over the last five games.
• The 'Cats are 62-34 in A-10 regular season contests, including 14-4 last year, and 71-39 including A-10 tournament play.
• As a team, Davidson ranks 12th nationally in free-throw percentage at 77.5 percent.
• Kellan Grady continues to lead Davidson in scoring at 15.7 points per outing.
• Gudmundsson (13.3), Carter Collins (11.8) and Luka Brajkovic (10.1) are also averaging double figures for the 'Cats.

LAST TIME OUT
• Jon Axel Gudmundsson had 20 points and 8 rebounds as Davidson beat Saint Louis 71-59 on Wednesday night.
• Gudmundsson hit 15 of 16 from the free-throw line.
• Kellan Grady added 18 points and 7 rebounds, while Luka Brajkovic scored 12 to go along with 8 boards and 3 blocks.
• The 'Cats, who never trailed, held the Billikens to a season-low 20 first-half points.
• Davidson's lead grew to 69-57 with 1:21 to play as the Wildcats finished 26-of-32 at the charity stripe.
• Javonte Perkins paced Saint Louis with a career-high 25 points off the bench.

LAST TIME VS. GEORGE MASON
• 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, January 9, 2019 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.
• 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.
• Justin Kier paced George Mason with a game-high 26 points to go along with 12 rebounds.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will travel to our nation's capital for a 7 p.m. tip at George Washington Wednesday.

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