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NIT games here next week

Davidson College Sports Information

Davidson’s John M. Belk Arena will serve as a consolation round site for the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. Davidson will host doubleheader sessions Monday, Nov. 24, and Tuesday, Nov. 25. Because this is an NIT event, Davidson season tickets and parking passes are NOT valid.

Wildcats big comeback falls short against Oklahoma

The No. 21 ranked Davidson men’s basketball team battled No. 12 Oklahoma to the finish Tuesday night, before coming up four points short, 82-78, in the second round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off in Norman, Okla.
Stephen Curry had a career-best 44 points in the game, despite making just 12 of 29 shots, [...]

Curry hits 33 as Cats beat Madison at pre-season NIT

Davidson College Sports Information

On Tuesday, Curry was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week for his 29- and 33-point performances in the season’s first two games.

NORMAN, Okla. - Davidson guard Stephen Curry tallied 33 points, nine assists and four steals, and the Wildcats held James Madison to 35 percent shooting from the field in [...]

Signs of the season, in photographs

Signs of the season are all around us. Here’s a mini-slideshow of photographs by DavidsonNews.net and our readers, in order of rotation: 1) Kids playing on the Green on a recent Friday afternoon (Gordon Clark);  2) Colorful trees decorate the north side of Town Hall (Beth Gibbs); 3) the Davidson Wildcats tip off against Guilford [...]

Davidson football loses to Marist, 24-19

Davidson College Sports Information

Marist running back Bo Ehikioya rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns, and the Red Foxes held off a late-game rally by Davidson to defeat the Wildcat football team 24-19 Saturday afternoon at Richardson Stadium.

Cats open with easy win over Guilford, 107-83

Stephen Curry scored 29 points, had 10 assists and 9 steals as Davidson College beat Guilford, 107-83, at Belk Arena to open its 2008-9 basketball season. The Cats pulled away from the Quakers early in the second half and built a big lead that was never challenged.
The Cats got help from Andrew Lovedale (with 16 [...]

Wildcats basketball opener tonight is a sellout

Davidson College’s season opening men’s basketball game against Guilford tonight (Friday, Nov. 14) is sold out.  The game begins at 9 p.m. at Belk Arena. College officials are encouraging fans to arrive early to avoid potential traffic and parking problems. Also tonight, Davidson’s volleyball team will host the Wofford Terriers at 6 p.m., also at [...]

The Scene: Wildcats are back; where can I park?

By EMMALINE HARVEY
DavidsonNews.net
Gone are the days that you could waltz into Belk Arena five minutes before game time, grab a ticket, and find a great seat for a night of Davidson basketball. I arrived at the Davidson vs. Lenoir Rhyne exhibition game last night 15 minutes before game time… and was forced to park at [...]

Cats’ opener, soccer tourney, Town Board meeting

This week’s calendar in Davidson includes an Election 2008 lecture at the college tonight by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham and the monthly Town Board meeting on Tuesday. Exhibit openings are scheduled at Cornelius Arts Center and Lake Norman Art League Friday and “Hamlet” opens as the lead-off production in Davidson College’s newly renovated Barber [...]

San Diego beats Wildcats, 28-24, on late TD

Davidson College Sports Information
San Diego running back Matt Jelmini rushed for 133 yards and defensive back Derek Pilkington had a key interception late in the game to lead the Toreros to a 28-24 Pioneer Football League victory over Davidson at Richardson Stadium Saturday afternoon.
[Also this weekend, the men's soccer team lost a first-round Southern Conference [...]