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Wildcats Earn Decisive Victory Over George Washington

by | Jan 10, 2018 | Sports

A young fan named John couldn’t be happier to have had all the Wildcats to autograph a team photo after the win over George Washington.

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Kellan Grady scored a game-high 19 points and Davidson held George Washington to just 32.7 percent shooting as the Wildcats won their third straight, 72-45, in Atlantic 10 men’s basketball Wednesday at Belk Arena.

Following the game vs. George Washington the Wildcats signed autographs for fans of all ages. Freshman Kellan Grady scored an impressive 15 points in the first half of the game.

Peyton Aldridge (15), Jon Axel Gudmundsson (14) and KiShawn Pritchett (11) also scored in double figures for Davidson (8-7, 3-1 A-10), which shot 60 percent after intermission to finish at 53.6 percent. 

Grady scored 15 points in the opening half as the Wildcats raced out to a 19-6 advantage before carrying a 29-17 lead into the break.

Davidson used an 18-6 spurt late to push its lead to as many as 29 with under a minute to play.

Will Magarity and Gudmundsson grabbed 9 rebounds each for the Wildcats, who controlled the glass, 37-27.

Yuta Watanabe and Terry Nolan, Jr. were the lone George Washington (8-9, 1-3 A-10) players in double digits with 12 and 10, respectively.

Up Next – Davidson will travel to Fordham for a 3 p.m. nationally-televised (NBC Sports Network) Sunday afternoon.

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