Box Score Wofford-Davidson Box Score
SPARTANBURG, SC – The Wofford College men’s basketball team was defeated 85-50 by Davidson on Saturday night at Benjamin Johnson Arena. The Wildcats hit their first eight shots of the game on the way to a 21-5 lead and shot 63.2% from the floor for the game.
The Terriers are 8-7 overall and 1-4 in SoCon play. Davidson is 9-6 overall and a perfect 6-0 in conference play. The Terriers were led by Shane Nichols with 14 points and Drew Gibson with eight points. Drew Gibson also led Wofford with five rebounds. Davidson was led by Stephen Curry with 26 points and Will Archambault with 15 points. Boris Meno led all rebounders with nine.
Davidson was hot out of the gate, jumping out to a 10-0 lead just 2:30 into the game. Noah Dahlman scored the first points for the Terriers at 16:29, but the Wilcats increased the lead to 16-2 before a three-pointer by Junior Salters at 13:56. Davidson scored the next five points. The first missed shot by the Wildcats was at 12:45 in the first half.
A three-pointer by Shane Nichols and a lay-up by Noah Dahlman cut the lead to 28-13 at 7:54, but the Wildcats quickly were back up by 23 points. At the half, Davidson held a 45-25 lead and shot 62.1% from the floor.
The second half did not start well for the Terriers, as the Wildcats scored the first seven points of the half. At the 12:00 mark, Davidson held a 66-31 lead after a three-pointer by Bryant Barr. Shane Nichols got three points at the free throw line, which was followed by a jumper from Norm Nixon to cut the lead to 66-34.
Just six minutes later, the Wildcats had extended the lead to 43 at 79-36. The Terriers outscored Davidson 10-2 in the final three minutes, which included a three-pointer by Marcus Jackson and free throws by Andrew Bellebaum for the 85-50 final score.
Shane Nichols led the team in scoring for the eighth of tene games played this season. Wofford shot 35.7% from the floor and were 35.7% from three-point. The Wildcats were 63.2% from the floor and 50.0% from behind the arc. The 63.2% shooting for Davidson was the highest percentage allowed by the Terriers all season. Wofford was outrebounded 36-19, with the margin of 17 the largest of the season by an opponent. Wofford was only 15-32 from the free throw line, while Davidson was a perfect 3-3.
Shane Nichols reached 1,010 points scored as a Terrier. He had 996 points at Wofford entering the game. For his career, including one season at St. Peters, Nichols has 1,316 points. The loss was the biggest for Wofford since a 34-point defeat on December 2, 2006 at Michigan (83-49).
The game was the last in four straight home contests for Wofford. The Terriers will face the College of Charleston on Thursday night at 7:00 pm and The Citadel on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 pm, with both games being played in Charleston.
