Coach Bob McKillop talked to fans after the team bus arrived Tuesday just before 1 p.m. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A cheer went up outside Baker Sports Complex just before 1 p.m. Tuesday as a bus carrying Coach Bob McKillop and the Davidson College men’s basketball team arrived from Asheville. Twelve hours earlier, the Wildcats had survived a double-overtime scare against Western Carolina to win the Southern Conference tournament.

Davidson students are on spring break, but about 50 college employees, residents and other Wildcat fans showed up to welcome back their team. Someone even found a banner in the Baker attic, left over from the Cats’ 2008 NCAA tournament run, that read: “Welcome Back Cats – Thank You!” Read the full story

Davidson’s men’s basketball team beat Elon Sunday night, 83-67, to earn a spot in Monday night’s Southern Conference championship game in Asheville. The Cats will face Western Carolina, which beat UNCG in Sunday’s other semifinal. See the story IN SPORTS»

In the women’s tournament earlier Sunday, Samford used a big first half to open up a lead on the Wildcats, then held off a Wildcat surge in the second half to claim a spot in Monday’s final. The Bulldogs won 62-51, ending Davidson’s hopes for a league title. Full story in SPORTS»

Davidson sophomore forward De’Mon Brooks was named Tuesday as Southern Conference men’s basketball Player of the Year, and head coach Bob McKillopwas named the Coach of the Year in a vote among the league’s head coaches. Read the full 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»