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DAVIDSON WILDCATS (0-0)
Head Coach: Bob McKillop (Hofstra, 1972)
Career Record: 594-364 (32nd season), Record at Davidson: Same

HIGH POINT PANTHERS (0-0)
Head Coach: Tubby Smith (High Point, 1973)
Career Record: 613-317 (29th season), Record at High Point: 25-38 (3rd season)

GAME INFORMATION
Date | Time: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Location: Davidson, N.C.
Site (Capacity): John M. Belk Arena (4,300)
Radio: Davidson Radio Network
TV: N/A
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: DavidsonWildcats.com

INSIDE THE SERIES
Series Record: Davidson leads, 2-1
Streak: Won 1
Last Meeting: 1943-44 Season, Davidson W, 67-38
Last Davidson Win: 1943-44 Season, W, 67-38
Last High Point Win: 1934-35 Season, W, 31-30
First Meeting: 1924-25 Season, Davidson W, 45-28
Davidson Record at Home: 1-0
Davidson Record on Road: 1-1
Davidson Record at Neutral Site: 0-0
Bob McKillop‘s Record: 0-0

WILDCAT SCRATCHES
• Davidson returns four starters from last year’s team that went 16-14 overall and finished 10-8 in Atlantic 10 play.
• Among those returning are three-time all-conference performer Kellan Grady (17.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.1 spg) and fellow double-figure scorers from a year ago, Carter Collins (10.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg, .811 FT%) and Luka Brajkovic (10.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, .519 FG%).
• Senior Bates Jones, junior Nelson Boachie-Yiadom, redshirt sophomores Michael Jones and David Czerapowicz, sophomore David Kristensen, and 2020 A-10 all-rookie selection Hyunjung Lee are also back for the ‘Cats.
• As a team, Davidson finished the regular season ranked among league leaders in scoring offense (4th/72.7), scoring margin (5th/+5.2), field-goal percentage (4th/.453), 3-point field-goal percentage (2nd/.368), 3-pointers per game (1st/9.1), free-throw percentage (2nd/.762) and assist/turnover ratio (3rd/1.27).
• In addition to its returnees, Davidson welcomes freshmen Grant Huffman (Aurora, Ohio), Emory Lanier (Atlanta, Ga.) and Sam Mennenga (Auckland, New Zealand) to the 2020-21 roster.
• Head coach Bob McKillop is entering his 32nd season at the helm.
• Davidson has appeared in 23 postseason appearances, including 17 under McKillop.
• The 10-time Conference Coach of the Year has won more games in Davidson and league history than any other coach thanks to an all-time mark of 594-364.
• He is just six wins shy of 600 for his career and would become the 39th (14th active) head coach with at least 600 victories at the Division I level.
• Entering the 2020-21 campaign, his victory total ranks 18th on the NCAA’s list of Division I winningest active coaches. McKillop also ranks fourth among active coaches on the NCAA’s list of most seasons with their current school.
• In six seasons in the Atlantic 10, the ‘Cats have won a regular season title (2015), tournament title (2018) and totaled 69 league wins (11.5 per year).
• The Wildcats have six players with international roots – Mennenga (Auckland, New Zealand), Czerapowicz (Gothenburg, Sweden), Boachie-Yiadom (London, England), Brajkovic (Feldkirch, Austria), Kristensen (Aarhus, Denmark) and Lee (Yongin City, South Korea).

SEASON OPENERS
• Davidson has an all-time record of 74-33 (.691) in season openers.
• Under head coach Bob McKillop, the Wildcats hold a mark of 16-15 in season openers.
• 10 of Davidson’s season-opening losses during McKillop’s tenure have come at the hand of teams
from either the ACC, SEC, Atlantic 10 or Big 12, and seven have been against ranked opponents.

UP NEXT
• Davidson will travel to Asheville, N.C. for the 2020 Maui Invitational Nov. 30 – Dec. 2.
• The Wildcats, who are making their second appearance in the annual event, will face Texas in the opening round and either Indiana or Providence on day two.
• North Carolina, UNLV, Stanford and Alabama are on the other side of the bracket.