BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Davidson held Samford to 26 percent shooting overall while hitting 53 percent of its own shots in the second half to beat the Bulldogs 52-39 Monday night and capture the Southern Conference regular season women’s basketball title. Story in SPORTS»

Katrin Chiemeka scored a career-high 19 points, including 13 in the final 7:21, to lead Davidson to a 61-54 women’s basketball victory over Appalachian State Saturday afternoon in front of a season-high crowd of 1,271 at Belk Arena. The win put the Cats in 1st place in the Southern Conference, just a couple of weeks ahead of the conference tournament. Story in SPORTS»

Also in Sports, a report on Saturday’s ESPN Bracketbusters game that brought Wichita State to Belk Arena to face the Wildcat men. Joe Ragland scored 30 points for the Shockers, who came way with a 91-74 win.

Davidson hit a season-high 17 three-point shots and held Chattanooga’s top two scorers to a combined 16 points to pick up its 11th Southern Conference basketball victory of the season Saturday at Belk Arena. Full story in SPORTS»

Jake Cohen reached the 20-point mark for the fifth consecutive game, and the Davidson defense held The Citadel to 17 percent shooting in the first half as the Wildcats topped the Bulldogs 80-51 Saturday night in John M. Belk Arena. See the story in SPORTS»

Meanwhile, the Davidson women fell to Samford, 73-65, as Taylor Reece led four Samford players in double figures with 21 points and added seven rebounds. Story in SPORTS»

Jake Cohen matched his career high with 29 points and added a career-high 14 rebounds to lead Davidson to an 87-69 Southern Conference men’s basketball victory over College of Charleston Thursday night in Belk Arena. Story in SPORTS»

Sophomore forward De’Mon Brooks scored the last seven points in a decisive 10-0 run late in the game as Davidson topped Appalachian State 83-79 in a Southern Conference men’s basketball contest Saturday afternoon in the Holmes Center. The Cats remain undefeated in the conference. Meanwhile, JP Kuhlman passed the 1,000 point mark for his career. In SPORTS»

Meanwhile, on Sunday, Sophia Aleksandravicius helped lead the Wildcat women to a 55-52 victory over Appalachian State. She had 17 points and 7 blocks, including a late rejection that sealed the win. Full story in SPORTS»

Davidson upset 11th-ranked Kansas, 80-74, on Monday night in a men’s basketball game at Sprint Center in Kansas City. The Wildcats beat the Jayhawks with a barrage of 11 three-pointers, and good free-throw shooting in the home stretch. Story in SPORTS»

Davidson College’s women’s and men’s basketball teams played a double-header on Monday night, and both came away with wins. The women beat Gardner Webb, 67-46, while the men pulled away in the middle of the game to beat Presbyterian, 68-54.