'Cats, Patriots Meet Again Saturday at Home
1/31/2025 1:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DAVIDSON WILDCATS (13-7, 3-4 A-10) vs. GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS (16-5, 7-1 A-10)
SERIES HISTORYSeries Record: Davidson leads, 8-5
First Meeting: Jan. 24, 2015 | Davidson won, 80-73 OT
Last Meeting: Dec. 31, 2024 | George Mason won, 69-57
Davidson Record at Home: 4-2
Davidson Record on Road: 3-3
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 1-0
Matt McKillop's Record: 0-3
WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson is off to a 3-4 start in Atlantic 10 league play, coming off a road win at Richmond last Saturday.
• The 'Cats are 10-1 on McKillop Court this year.
• Davidson's big three - Reed Bailey, Bobby Durkin and Connor Kochera - are averaging 20.3, 15.3 and 14.2 points per game, respectively.
• Bailey earned his first A-10 Player of the Week honor on Jan. 27, after setting another career high with 32 points at Richmond. The junior big man has 987 career points to date.
• Joining the starting lineup on Dec. 21, fifth year Zach Laput is averaging 8.4 points per game, recently recording a season-high 17 point performance against Duquesne.
• Bobby Durkin currently ranks first in the Atlantic 10 in 3-point percentage (43.6%) and 3-pointers per game (3.25). Those same metrics also rank 23rd and 16th nationally.
LAST TIME OUT | DAVIDSON 72, RICHMOND 66 | JAN. 25, 2025 | ROBINS CENTER
• Reed Bailey, the league's leading scorer, had another career game with 32 points and Bobby Durkin hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers down the stretch as Davidson rallied and then held off Richmond, 72-66, last Saturday inside the Robins Center.
• The Wildcats, who shot 54 percent after intermission, ended a three-game slide, improving to 13-7 overall and 3-4 in Atlantic 10 action.
• Bailey, who hit the 30-point plateau for the second time in three games, finished 11-of-17 from the floor, including a perfect 4-for-4 from downtown.
• After the Spiders pushed the margin to as many as nine early in the second half, Davidson responded with a 19-9 stretch capped by a Joe Hurlburt dunk to go back in front, 50-51.
• With the game deadlocked 57-57, the 'Cats got a layup from Bailey and back-to-back treys from Durkin in three consecutive trips to take the lead for good.
THE LAST MEETING | GEORGE MASON 69, DAVIDSON 57 | DEC. 31, 2024 | EAGLEBANK ARENA
• George Mason shot 55.8 percent in a 69-57 victory over Davidson to open Atlantic 10 Conference play Tuesday afternoon inside EagleBank Arena.
• Despite the loss, Reed Bailey led the way for Davidson with a game-high 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Hunter Adam came off the bench to finish with a career-best 11 points highlighted by a 3-for-3 effort from deep.
• Zach Laput (11) and Bobby Durkin (10) also scored in double figures for the Wildcats, who shot just 37.5 percent from the floor in the second half.
