Davidson beat Appalachian State 70-52 Monday night in Boone, raising its record to 12-3 overall and 5-0 in the Southern Conference. The Wildcats used a four-man scoring attack against the Mountaineers, led by Stephen Curry with 16 points. Curry sat out more than half the game because of foul trouble; he ended the game with 4 fouls. Read the full story

Mercedes Robinson goes up for a shot. (Tim Cowie photo)

Alex Thompson dribbles up the court. (Tim Cowie photo)

College of Charleston handed the Davidson women’s basketball its first Southern Conference loss of the year Monday night, 74-71, at Belk Arena. The Wildcats led by as many as 9 points, but the Cougars snatched victory with a late scoring run and a pair of foul shots with 10 seconds left.

Davidson’s Mercedes Robinson scored a career-high 30 points in the game,, which dropped the Cats to 8-9 overall, 7-1 in the conference.

The Wildcats travel to Chattanooga on Saturday for a 5 p.m. game against University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Read the full story

Mike Orlando's CD release party is Saturday night at Summit Coffee.

A busy week coming up here in Davidson, with the regular monthly Town Board meeting Tuesday, a magnet school fair in Cornelius Tuesday, a CD-release party for local mandolin player Michael Orlando on Saturday, and the Ada Jenkins Center’s Ice 2009 fund-raising gala, also Saturday. On the visual art scene, an opening reception is planned Thursday for a new exhibit at Davidson College called “Re/Formations: Disability, Women and Sculpture.” And Lake Norman Art League presents a program on digital photography tonight (Monday). And Davidson Community Players’ production of “Driving Miss Daisy” continues in Charlotte.

On the sports calendar, both the Davidson’s men’s basketball team and women’s team are in action tonight. Davidson travels to Appalachian State, while the women host College of Charleston at Belk Arena at 7 p.m. The men play two more away games this week, at Elon on Wednesday and at Georgia Southern on Saturday. Read the full story

Davidson’s men’s basketball team beat Citadel 84 to 69 on Saturday night in Charleston, S.C., to raise its record to 4-0 in the Southern Conference and 11-3 overall. Guard Stephen Curry scored 32 points and had 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 5 assists. Will Archambault had 11 points and Andrew Lovedale added 10.

Meanwhile, the Wildcat women remained unbeaten in the Southern Conference by beating Georgia Southern 65-54 at Belk Arena on Saturday. The Cats are now 7-0 in the conference and 8-8 overall. Julia Paquette scored 20 points and Ashley Lax added 17 points, all in the second half, to lead Davidson. Read the full story

Bob McKillop (Tim Cowie photo)

Veteran Davidson College basketball Coach Bob McKillop will get his own coach’s show starting this weekend on four North Carolina TV stations.

Meanwhile in a related news item out Wednesday, guard Stephen Curry, the nation’s leading scorer with a 29-points-per-game average, has been named the Southern Conference male athlete of the month. Read the full story

Stephen Curry shoots over a pair of Duke defenders Wednesday night. (Tim Cowie photo)

Davidson’s men’s basketball team fell far behind Duke Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham and it looked like a rout in the making. But as they often do, the Wildcats clawed their way back. They were within 8 points with 3:53 left, thanks to star guard Stephen Curry’s second half scoring flurry. In the end, Davidson lost to the nation’s No. 2 team, 79-67, on national TV in one of the most unfriendly arenas in college basketball.

Mr. Curry, described later by a New York Times writer as “the best show in college basketball this season,” finished with 29 points – right at his nation-leading average. Andrew Lovedale added 15. For Duke, Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler both had 22. Read the full story

Students gathered Tuesday afternoon in the new Davidson Day gym for a grand opening celebration.

“This is our new gym – what do you think?” asked Bonnie Cotter, head of Davidson Day School.

The brand new bleachers shook as students stomped their feet and erupted in cheers – a resounding thumbs up. Davidson Day celebrated the grand opening of its new Arts & Athletics Center Tuesday afternoon, with a ribbon cutting and pep fest.  The celebration concluded with the school’s first-ever home boys basketball game.  The home crowd was treated to a win as the Davidson Day Patriots defeated the Woodlawn Trailblazers, 64-15. Read the full story

Stephen Curry guards a Samford player on Saturday. How will he fare against Duke and the Cameron Crazies? (Tim Cowie photo)

Davidson’s men’s basketball team travels to Durham tonight to face No. 2 ranked Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game starts at 7 and airs on cable channel ESPN. At the college, fans will gather to watch the game on a big-screen TV at the Alvarez College Union 900 Room.

The Wildcats gave Duke a scare last year, losing 79-73 when the teams met in an early-season game at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte. Will Davidson challenge Duke again this time around? That could depend on how Wildcat Stephen Curry – the nation’s leading scorer averaging 29 points a game – performs against the Blue Devils.

And it will depend how he and his teammates deal with the Cameron Crazies – as Duke’s fans are called. Read the full story