SOURCE: Davidson College sports information
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Augustus Gilchrist scored 21 points, including South Florida’s last nine, to lead the Bulls to a 65-58 men’s basketball victory over Davidson in the Charleston Classic at Carolina First Arena Thursday night. Read the full story

SOURCE: Davidson College Sports Information

OMAHA, Neb. – Davidson’s Julia Paquette turned in a double-double performance, including a career-high 14 rebounds, but Creighton used 15 three-pointers to defeat the Wildcat women’s basketball team, 77-58, Sunday afternoon at D.J. Sokol Arena. Read the full story

Game offers an intriguing answer to ‘Who will replace Curry?’

Updated 5:10 p.m.
By MICHAEL KRUSE
Special to DavidsonNews.net

INDIANAPOLIS – The Davidson men’s basketball team didn’t get a win Saturday afternoon, but what happened in the Cats’ season opener here at Hinkle Fieldhouse wasn’t a total loss.

The Wildcats played 10th-ranked Butler even for much of the game before losing 73-62 before a crowd of 6,713. Sophomore forward Ben Allison led the Wildcats with 13 points and seven rebounds. Junior point guard Brendan McKillop scored 11 and had five rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes. Read the full story

Coach Greg Ashton at Friday night's game. See a photo gallery below. (Tim Cowie photo)

South Carolina shut out Davidson, 4-0, to advance to the second round of the NCAA women’s soccer tournament Friday night. Meanwhile, the women’s basketball team also came up short, losing its season opener at Nebraska.

Davidson plays Marist in its football season finale today at 1 p.m. at Richardson Stadium. And the men’s basketball team plays at Butler.

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Will Archambault led the Wildcats with 18 points against Lenoir-Rhyne. (Photos by Bill Giduz)

By LAURIE DENNIS
DavidsonNews.net

No, the stands weren’t full, and no, play did not revolve around a single star, but yes, the Davidson College men’s basketball team can win in the post-Stephen Curry era. The Wildcats handily defeated Lenoir-Rhyne, 87-65, in an exhibition game Saturday night at Belk Arena.

Last year’s star Stephen Curry now plays in the NBA, so all eyes are on how the team will perform without him.

“We got better tonight,” said Coach Bob McKillop after the game.

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Watch this video of former Davidson Wildcats star Stephen Curry playing his first game with the NBA Golden State Warriors on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Davidson College will kick off the 2009-10 men’s and women’s basketball seasons with a fan rally called “A Night With the Cats” on Friday, Oct. 16, at Belk Arena. Admission is free, and doors open at 7:30 p.m. Read the full story

Davidson President Tom Ross

Davidson College’s basketball success has brought exposure that money can’t buy, to borrow a phrase from college President Tom Ross. DavidsonNews.net‘s David Boraks talked with both President Ross and Stacey Schmeidel, the college’s communications director, about what all the attention means for the college, admissions, and more.
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