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Cats beat South Carolina, 70-63, advance in NIT

Posted By David Boraks On March 17, 2009 @ 8:29 pm In barbee farms,Davidson College,Sports | Comments Disabled

NIT GALLERY: Stephen Curry drives past South Carolina's Devan Downey (2) to score. See photo gallery below. (Tim Cowie photo)

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Stephen Curry scored 32 points to lead Davidson over South Carolina 70-63 in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament men’s basketball tournament in Columbia, S.C.

Andrew Lovedale had 17 points and 9 rebounds to help the Wildcats. They’ll play St. Mary’s (Moraga, Calif.), which beat Washington State 68-57 later Tuesday night.

Davidson will play its second round game at St. Mary’s, near San Francisco, on Monday night at 11:30 p.m. EDT. It will air on ESPN2. Updated bracket on NIT.org.

The win raised No. 6 seed Davidson’s record to 27-7 on the year. South Carolina’s season ended at 21-10. The Gamecocks had been seeded third in their NIT bracket.

Davidson led by as much as 11 points during the first half, but the Gamecocks closed the margin to within 2 at halftime.

LINKS

ESPN.com, box score and recap.

Associated Press (via Google), “Curry, Davidson defeat South Carolina, 70-63″

DavidsonWildcats.com, full stats and team coverage.

For the record

Davidson has now won four of its last five postseason games, and has gone 3-1 in its last four NIT contests … Head coach Bob McKillop coached his 599th career contest at the collegiate level… Curry topped 30 points for the 30th time in his career, and the 15th time this season … Lovedale set a new school record for career games played, and has now appeared in 129 contests… Curry moved into the top 30 on the NCAA career scoring record books, passing Joe Dumars… He now has 2,609 points in his three-plus seasons … He also broke his own school record for single-season scoring, with 948 points, passing the 931 he scored in the 2007-08 season.

Mark Gignac

Davidson College sports information

NIT GALLERY

Photos by Tim Cowie

: Stephen Curry drives past South Carolina’s Devan Downey (2) to score. See photo gallery below. (Tim Cowie photo)

: Will Archambault (22) goes up and under to score 2 of his 8 points against Devan Downey (2)

: Davidson’s Stephen Curry (30) breaks past his South Carolina defender to score 2 of his game high 32 points.

: Davidson freshman Ben Allison (42) goes high to the rim to score 2 points against South Carolina.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) of Davidson goes high to block a shot in second half action against South Carolina’s Devan Downey(2).

: Stephen Curry (30) shoots over Mike Holmes (24) of South Carolina.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) of Davidson looks to defend against his South Carolina counterpart Devan Downey (2).

: Ben Allison (42) goes high to the rim to rebound over a South Carolina defender.

: Davidson head coach Bob McKillop ponders over some first half officiating as his Wildcats take on South Carolina.

: Davidson freshman Ben Allison (42) dunks on the fast break against South Carolina in late second half action.

: Ben Allison (42) goes up strong against Sam Muldrow (44) of South Carolina.

: Stephen Curry (30) speaks with ESPN’s Hubert Davis about the Wildcats March 17 victory over South Carolina.

: Stephen Curry (30) takes a breaks during second half action against South Carolina.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) shoots over Mike Holmes (24) of South Carolina to score 2 of his 17 points.

: Max Paulhus Gosselin (14) of Davidson breaks past his South Carolina defender Brandis Raley-Ross (5) in first half action of the NIT game against the Gamecocks.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) goes up and under Austin Steed (25) and Sam Muldrow (44) of South Carolina to score 2 of his 17 points.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) defends against South Carolina’s Zam Fredrick (20).

: Davidson head coach Bob McKillop gets upset with some first half officiating as his Wildcats take on South Carolina.

: Andrew Lovedale (41) of Davidson passes to a teammate as he is double-teamed by two South Carolina defenders, late in second half action.

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