'Cats Travel to Richmond for Friday Night Battle with VCU

DAVIDSON WILDCATS (11-10, 5-4 A-10)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 589-360 (31st season), Record at Davidson: Same

VCU RAMS (16-6, 6-3 A-10)
Head Coach: Mike Rhodes (Lebanon Valley, 1995)
Career Record: 303-157 (16th season), Record at VCU: 59-29 (3rd season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date: Friday, February 7, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Richmond, Va.
Site (Capacity): Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,637)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network
TV/Video: ESPN2
Websites: DavidsonWildcats.com | VCUAthletics.com

SERIES NOTES
Series Record: VCU leads, 6-5
Streak: Won 2
Last Meeting: 1/12/19, Davidson W, 64-57 (Belk Arena)
Last Davidson Win: 1/12/19, W, 64-57 (Belk Arena)
Last VCU Win: 2/11/17, W, 74-60 (Siegel Center)
First Meeting: 3/16/05, Davidson W, 77-62 (Postseason NIT)
Davidson Record at Home: 3-1
Davidson Record on Road: 2-3
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-2
Bob McKillop's Record: 5-6

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson will play three of its next four on the road beginning with a Friday night tilt at VCU.
• The Wildcats enter 11-10 overall and 5-4 in league play following an 85-50 win over Massachusetts on Saturday.
• Friday's contest will be the 950th of head coach Bob McKillop's college coaching career.
• Over the last five games, Jon Axel Gudmundsson has hit the following milestones -- 1,500 career points, 700 rebounds, 500 assists, 200 made 3-pointers and 150 steals.
• Gudmundsson is the first Division I player since 1992-93 to reach those marks.
• 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 21.1 points, 8.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.8 steals over the last eight games.
• The 'Cats are 64-35 in A-10 regular season contests, including 14-4 last year, and 73-40 including A-10 tournament play.
• Kellan Grady continues to lead Davidson in scoring at 16.0 points per outing.
• Gudmundsson (14.9), Carter Collins (11.4) and Luka Brajkovic (10.1) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• On Monday, freshman Hyunjung Lee was named A-10 Rookie of the Week for the first time this season.

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 99-26 record in the month of February.
• Davidson is 47-26 in March during the same time period.

LAST TIME OUT
• In addition to a game-high 19 points from junior Kellan Grady, Davidson torched the nets for 72.1 percent (31-of-43) as the Wildcats cruised past UMass, 85-50, Saturday inside Belk Arena.
• Davidson barely missed the program record of 72.4%, set by the 1980-81 squad set on Jan. 10, 1981 when it went 42-of-58 against Marshall.
• Hyunjung Lee (16), Jon Axel Gudmundsson (15), Luka Brajkovic (12) and Carter Collins (11) also scored in double figures for the 'Cats, who finished 11-of-17 (.647) from long range.
• Tre Mitchell paced the Minutemen with 14 points and 6 rebounds.

LAST TIME VS. VCU
• Kellan Grady scored a game-high 21 points and Davidson closed on a 16-2 run over the final four minutes to rally past VCU, 64-57, January 12, 2019 in Belk Arena.
• The Wildcats led 28-23 at halftime before VCU erupted on a 24-7 run in the first 10 minutes of the second half for a 47-35 lead.
• Davidson then proceeded to outscore the Rams 29-10 the rest of the way.
• Luka Brajkovic added 14 points and 7 boards for the 'Cats, while Marcus Evans scored 16 for VCU.

UP NEXT
• Davidson returns home for a Tuesday night contest against Fordham inside Belk Arena at 7 p.m.

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