Wildcats' late 3-pointer finishes off Spartans : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis

DAVIDSON — Brendan McKillop's 3-pointer from the right wing with 27.7 seconds to play broke a 56-56 tie as Davidson held off UNCG 60-56 Wednesday at Belk Arena.

Davidson (15-14, 10-7 SoCon), which had 11 3-pointers and nine two-point field goals in the game, was led by J.P. Kuhlman's 14 points. Jake Cohen added 13 points and Will Archambault had 11.

UNCG (6-22, 5-12) was led by freshmen Kyle Randall and Brian Cole and senior Kendall Toney. On a night when leading scorer and rebounder Ben Stywall was plagued with foul trouble throughout and limited to one point and three rebounds, the trio stepped up and nearly brought UNCG its first win at Belk since 2001.

Toney led the way with 16 points, including his 200th career 3-pointer, while Randall finished with 15 points and seven rebounds. Cole, seeing extended minutes because of Stywall's foul trouble, had 14 points on 5-of-8 from the floor.

The Wildcats had scored 14 of the last 18 points when Randall hit a soft jumper to pull the Spartans to within 53-52 with 3:32 to play. But coming out of a media timeout, McKillop made a 3-pointer from NBA range on the right wing to push the lead back to four.

With Davidson leading 56-54 and the shot clock winding down, Archambault's jumper was short of the rim. Cohen's follow hit the bottom of the rim to reset the shot clock and came right back to Cohen, sprawled out on the floor. He called a timeout with 1:14 to play. But Randall came up big again, stealing the ball and going coast-to-coast to tie the game at 56-56.

UNCG (6-22) — Stywall 0-4 1-2 1, Brown 2-5 0-0 4, Koivisto 1-9 2-2 5, Randall 6-12 2-2 15, Toney 7-12 0-0 16, VanDussen 0-2 0-0 0, Bone 0-0 0-0 0, Evans 0-1 1-2 1, Cole 5-8 3-4 14. Totals 21-53 9-12 56.

DAVIDSON (15-14) — Rossiter 2-4 2-4 6, Nelms 0-0 0-0 0, McKillop 3-6 0-0 9, Archambault 4-10 0-0 11, Barr 2-5 0-0 5, Kuhlman 4-6 3-3 14, Cochran 1-3 0-0 2, Cohen 4-7 4-5 13, Reigel 0-0 0-0 0, Allison 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-44 9-12 60.

UNCG 26 30 — 56
Davidson 32 28 — 60

Percentages—UNCG (FG .396, FT .750), Davidson (FG .455, FT .750)
3-point goals—UNCG 5-15 (Toney 2-5, Cole 1-2, Randall 1-3, Koivisto 1-5), Davidson 11-23 (Kuhlman 3-4, Archambault 3-5, McKillop 3-6, Cohen 1-2, Barr 1-4, Cochran 0-2).
Fouled out—None.
Rebounds—UNCG 25 (Randall 7), Davidson 35 (Archambault 7).
Assists—UNCG 7 (Toney 3), Davidson 15 (McKillop 6).
Blocked shots—UNCG 3 (Brown 2), Davidson 3 (Archambault, Cohen, Nelms).
Turnovers—UNCG 6 (Randall 2), Davidson 18 (Rossiter 3, Barr 3, Cohen 3, Allison 3, Kuhlman 3).
Steals—UNCG 9 (Randall 4, Toney 2), Davidson 2 (Kuhlman, Rossiter).
Total fouls—UNCG 18, Davidson 13.
A—3,890.
Officials—Ted Valentine, Jason Page, William Humes.

uncgGrad97

February 25, 2010 - 9:03 am EST

6-22 and 5-12 in the southern conference, that is pathetic Dement. UNCG hasn't done Squat since Kyle Hines left. I give them credit they were at least competitive last night.

Fellow Spartans alumni and fans, don't put up with this crap write the chancellor and AD.

bs_dash

February 25, 2010 - 11:06 am EST

... and tell them what? Go out back and pick some money off the money tree to get a better coach here ?!?

I don't think you get it. To make a change you can't just make you voice heard, you better find your checkbook too. Until then, just keep complaining on the N&R website. But be ready to do it all over again next year.

UNCG2004

February 25, 2010 - 11:48 am EST

We could afford Fran but we let him go. And now Siena has gone to the second round of the dance 2 years in a row. So don't say that we can't afford anybody better. Those people in the AD are crazy if they think they can just move venues and automatically be an ACC contending team. We NEED a new coach.

February 25, 2010 - 3:21 pm EST

We couldn't afford Fran, actually. He wanted more money for assistants and an upgrade tobetter offices and practice facitlities. When G couldn't pony up the funds he wanted, he went shopping for a new job and found one. He wasn't "let go" by UNCG.

uncgFan97

February 25, 2010 - 4:13 pm EST

McCaffery left because they were paying him less than 100K a year for all but two years of his contract. Siena offered him 1) A practice facility 2) more doubling of his pay plus a country club membership, plus a car. 3)more money for his assistants 4) a 10,000 seat gym with 7K attendance.

His UNCG team was a year away from academic probation because he ran off 9 players in four years. He broke the program by failing to recruit any players in his last year at G and also by causing the school to lose a scholarship and gain a poor academic reputation.

Our current freshmen and signed players are honor roll students for the most part, AND we will graduate five seniors this year. That right there is a HUGE improvement over the way the program was left by McCaffery. Everyone seems to forget, two of the three years before he left he won 6 and 10 games respectively, including MEAC, Southland, Big South and DIII schools.

February 25, 2010 - 9:04 am EST

6-22 with four seniors in the starting line-up, this the first all Dement recruiting class. Dement you are indeed a retread!!

February 25, 2010 - 4:02 pm EST

That's right four seniors recruited by a 25 year old former Big South point guard because he was the only one who would take the job for mid 20's a year. Until we start paying more for assistants and improve our investment in the program, nothing is going to happen any different.

Clyde

February 25, 2010 - 9:56 am EST

Don't buy the same old story. "wait until next year, better recruits coming". They might have potential when they get here, but very few seem to improve while they are here. Two freshmen leading the team in this game is good news, bad news. If Cole can get these numbers with some significant minutes, where has he been? Were it not for inheriting Hine's on his second posting, think of what Dement's overall numbers would look like. They are pretty dismal as is, especially in conference. Time for a change or same ole, same ole will continue.

February 25, 2010 - 2:34 pm EST

Better recruits are NOT coming next year, they are all ranked lower than the ones we got this year. We need a coach who can pull in much higher talent!

February 25, 2010 - 3:22 pm EST

The kid from Georgia is a very good player.

So go-to guys from AAAA (simpson), AAAAA (Parker) and AAA (Henegar) schools aren't any better than 1A kids (Van Dussen and Randall). Sure, whatever, do your research before you spout off. It doesn't make you look smart.

February 25, 2010 - 5:00 pm EST

Simpson (i.e. "the kid from Georgia") is a high major caliber recruit. He's currently ranked by ESPN as an 88. Kyle Randall was an 87.

February 25, 2010 - 5:01 pm EST

This revisionist history of Fran McCaffery is the stuff that's killing me. Fran didn't recruit a class his last year at G (remember "senior" night last year). His players got G put on APR probation. He interview for a new job every year, and he bounced when he finally found a better deal.

February 25, 2010 - 4:30 pm EST

I was going by the ratings from ESPN and thats what they said.

February 25, 2010 - 8:45 pm EST

Randall --88
Cole -- 87
Hoffer -- 77
KVD -- 40

we get hoffer back next year and we've signed
Simpson --87
Parker -- 82
Henegar -- 76
Liabo -- 75

And there is one more scholarship to give. I think next year's class is as talented as this year's based on the grading system. Building a program when you invest in it is a process. Having depth as talented as Cole and Randall is going to be the start. After they win a little you build on that.

We started this process a year and a half ago when we invested in our program for the first time. I for one, am anxious to not have to start over at this time.

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