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Wildcats Return Home to Face Wofford
11/15/2024 2:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DAVIDSON - The Davidson women's basketball team returns home to host Wofford 8 p.m. Saturday as the night cap on a triple-header day inside of John M. Belk Arena.
GAME 4 DETAILS
Opponent: Wofford
Date / Location: Saturday - Nov. 16 (8 p.m.) / John M. Belk Arena
Watch: ESPN+
In-game Updates: X.com (@DavidsonWBB)
Theme: Red Out Belk
SERIES HISTORY...
Davidson leads the all-time series over Wofford 32-14 dating back nearly three decades. The Wildcats have won eight of the last 10 match ups between the two teams with the most recent victory by way of 81-51 win inside Belk Arena Nov. 21, 2023.
In the 'Cats and Terriers most recent game, Millie Prior stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocks to lead Davidson to a convincing 81-51 victory over Wofford. Davidson also got double figures from Suzi-Rose Deegan who finished with a team-high 17 points to go with eight boards, while Mallorie Haines added 12 on 4-of-7 shooting from long range.
Rachael Rose paced three Wofford players in double digits with 19 points. The 'Cats finished with a commanding 53-29 margin on the glass and got 27 points from their bench.
SCOUTING DAVIDSON
Overall Record: 1-2
A-10 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 0-2
Streak: L2
Head Coach: Gayle Fulks | Eighth season (105-103)
LAST TIME OUT...
The University of Cincinnati used a big second-quarter run on the way to a 68-50 victory over Davidson in women's basketball action Wednesday night.
Candice Lienafa had a career night for the 'Cats, scoring a team-high 18 points on a 7-of-9 showing from the floor, including two made 3-pointers. Mallorie Haines and Millie Prior grabbed a team-best six rebounds each, while Sienna Dauer dished out a roster-high four assists.
AN EARLY LOOK AROUND THE A-10...
As a team the Wildcats rank in the top five among the Atlantic 10 Conference in a few categories while Prior ranks among the best in the league in numerous categories of her own
Team:
Blocks Per Game | 2nd (5.0)
Opponent 3pt% | 2nd (.190)
Defensive Rebounds | 3rd (26.7)
Millie:
Blocks/Game | 1st (2.0)
Blocks | 2nd (6)
Rebounds | 4th (28)
Rebounds/Game | 5th (9.3)
THE WILDCAT ROSTER
Entering game four, Lienafa leads the 'Cats roster in scoring with 11.7 ppg while shooting .583 from the field and .667 from 3-point range. Following in scoring is fellow freshman Kyra Bruyndoncx who scores 9.3 ppg after scoring 10 and 11 points in the first two games of the year.
Prior paces the team defensively with 9.3 rpg and 2.0 bpg. Additionally, in the world of defense, Jasmine Timmerson has collected a team-high 1.7 steals per game while Lienafa and Prior each average 1.0.
DEFENDING THE ARC
With the Wildcats allowing the least made 3-pointers in the A-10, they also rank 20th among all Division I institutions in opponent 3-point percentage, holding their competitors to 19.0 percent and only eight made three. Davidson has yet to allow its opponent to connect on more than four long shots this season.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
Overall Record: 2-1
SoCon Record: 0-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 1-1
Streak: L1
Head Coach: Jimmy Garrity | Ninth season (125-116)
After opening the season with two wins over Newberry College (76-27) and North Carolina Central Univeristy (75-56), Wofford most recently was defeated 76-42 by No. 19 Kentucky on the road Tuesday.
As a team, the Terriers enter the weekend averaging 64.3 points, 43.3 rebounds, 14.0 assists 11.7 steals and 2.3 blocks per game. Wofford also shoots .351 from the field, .235 from 3-point range and .750 at the charity stripe.
Maddie Heiss leads the way in scoring for the Terriers with 12.7 ppg in addition to shooting .448 from the floor. Defensively, Helen Matthews grabs a team-high 5.0 rpg while scoring 8.7 ppg and making 2.0 spg.
Up Next
Davidson travels to Wake Forest for an in-state competition 1 p.m. Nov. 23.
GAME 4 DETAILS
Opponent: Wofford
Date / Location: Saturday - Nov. 16 (8 p.m.) / John M. Belk Arena
Watch: ESPN+
In-game Updates: X.com (@DavidsonWBB)
Theme: Red Out Belk
SERIES HISTORY...
Davidson leads the all-time series over Wofford 32-14 dating back nearly three decades. The Wildcats have won eight of the last 10 match ups between the two teams with the most recent victory by way of 81-51 win inside Belk Arena Nov. 21, 2023.
In the 'Cats and Terriers most recent game, Millie Prior stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocks to lead Davidson to a convincing 81-51 victory over Wofford. Davidson also got double figures from Suzi-Rose Deegan who finished with a team-high 17 points to go with eight boards, while Mallorie Haines added 12 on 4-of-7 shooting from long range.
Rachael Rose paced three Wofford players in double digits with 19 points. The 'Cats finished with a commanding 53-29 margin on the glass and got 27 points from their bench.
SCOUTING DAVIDSON
Overall Record: 1-2
A-10 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 0-2
Streak: L2
Head Coach: Gayle Fulks | Eighth season (105-103)
LAST TIME OUT...
The University of Cincinnati used a big second-quarter run on the way to a 68-50 victory over Davidson in women's basketball action Wednesday night.
Candice Lienafa had a career night for the 'Cats, scoring a team-high 18 points on a 7-of-9 showing from the floor, including two made 3-pointers. Mallorie Haines and Millie Prior grabbed a team-best six rebounds each, while Sienna Dauer dished out a roster-high four assists.
AN EARLY LOOK AROUND THE A-10...
As a team the Wildcats rank in the top five among the Atlantic 10 Conference in a few categories while Prior ranks among the best in the league in numerous categories of her own
Team:
Blocks Per Game | 2nd (5.0)
Opponent 3pt% | 2nd (.190)
Defensive Rebounds | 3rd (26.7)
Millie:
Blocks/Game | 1st (2.0)
Blocks | 2nd (6)
Rebounds | 4th (28)
Rebounds/Game | 5th (9.3)
THE WILDCAT ROSTER
Entering game four, Lienafa leads the 'Cats roster in scoring with 11.7 ppg while shooting .583 from the field and .667 from 3-point range. Following in scoring is fellow freshman Kyra Bruyndoncx who scores 9.3 ppg after scoring 10 and 11 points in the first two games of the year.
Prior paces the team defensively with 9.3 rpg and 2.0 bpg. Additionally, in the world of defense, Jasmine Timmerson has collected a team-high 1.7 steals per game while Lienafa and Prior each average 1.0.
DEFENDING THE ARC
With the Wildcats allowing the least made 3-pointers in the A-10, they also rank 20th among all Division I institutions in opponent 3-point percentage, holding their competitors to 19.0 percent and only eight made three. Davidson has yet to allow its opponent to connect on more than four long shots this season.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
Overall Record: 2-1
SoCon Record: 0-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 1-1
Streak: L1
Head Coach: Jimmy Garrity | Ninth season (125-116)
After opening the season with two wins over Newberry College (76-27) and North Carolina Central Univeristy (75-56), Wofford most recently was defeated 76-42 by No. 19 Kentucky on the road Tuesday.
As a team, the Terriers enter the weekend averaging 64.3 points, 43.3 rebounds, 14.0 assists 11.7 steals and 2.3 blocks per game. Wofford also shoots .351 from the field, .235 from 3-point range and .750 at the charity stripe.
Maddie Heiss leads the way in scoring for the Terriers with 12.7 ppg in addition to shooting .448 from the floor. Defensively, Helen Matthews grabs a team-high 5.0 rpg while scoring 8.7 ppg and making 2.0 spg.
Up Next
Davidson travels to Wake Forest for an in-state competition 1 p.m. Nov. 23.
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