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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – In a hard-fought contest at Benjamin Johnson Arena, Wofford scored the final six points to defeat Davidson 68-62 on Saturday night. With the game tied at sixty with 1:36 left, the Terriers outscored the Wildcats to win their fifth-straight game.
Wofford is 12-7 on the season and 4-2 in the SoCon, while Davidson is 8-10 overall and 3-3 in the conference. The Terriers were led by Noah Dahlman with 17 points and Cameron Rundles with 13 points. Tim Johnson had a game-high 16 rebounds. The Wildcats were led by Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman with 15 points each.
“This was a good win against a quality opponent and a well-coached opponent,” said head coach Mike Young. “We knew that we were going to have to play very well and while I do not think we were great, we took another step forward in this team’s development. It was a game that you had to make plays down the stretch against if you expect to win the game and we were able to that.”
Davidson opened the game with a three from JP Kulhman and built a 10-3 lead after a three by Jake Cohen at the 15:25 mark. Wofford responded and pulled within one point at 10-9 after a lay-up by Jason Dawson. The Wildcats pushed the lead back to 16-10, but two free throws by Cameron Rundles at 8:20 tied the game at 16. A three by Jason Dawson tied it again at 23 with 5:12 on the clock, but the Wildcats again extended the lead to five. Wofford pulled to within one at 29-28 with 1:22 remaining, but Davidson added another bucket before the half and took a 31-28 lead at the break.
To open the second half, Davidson went on an 8-2 run and took a nine-point lead, their largest of the night at 39-30 just four minutes into the half. Wofford answered and scored the next 14 points in a row for a 44-39 lead at the 10:43 mark.
Just two minutes later, the Wildcats tied the game at 46 and took the lead at 48-47 with 8:20 on the clock. After ties at 48 and 50 points, Wofford used a lay-up and free throw by Noah Dahlman at 5:46 to take a 56-51 lead. However the Wildcats were able to tie the game again at 60 with 1:36 on the clock. A free throw by Jamar Diggs and lay-up by Noah Dahlman gave the Terriers a 63-60 lead, but a bucket by Nik Cochran made it a one-point game with only 37 second left.
Cameron Rundles hit two free throws with 28 seconds on the clock. A shot by Davidson’s Brendan McKillop missed and Jamar Diggs pulled down the rebound. Diggs passed the ball quickly up court to Brad Loesing for an easy lay-up and a 67-62 lead with 13 seconds remaining. Noah Dahlman blocked a shot by Will Archambault with four seconds left and Cameron Rundles came down with the board. Rundles added a free throw for the 68-62 final score.
Wofford shot 40.4% from the floor and were 20.0% from three. From the free throw line, the Terriers were improved over the Georgia Southern game, but still only 63.6% on 44 attempts. Davidson was 43.1% overall and were 25.0% from behind the arc. They were 63.6% from the line. Wofford had a 35-31 lead on the glass and the Wildcats committed twenty turnovers. Both benches were called for technical fouls in the second half.
Noah Dahlman scored in double-figures for the 19th time this season and has led the team in scoring in 14 games. Wofford has won eight of the last nine games played and are now 5-1 at home this season. The win over Davidson was the first since February 11, 2006, a stretch of seven straight games.
The Terriers will travel to Charleston next week for a game Thursday night at The Citadel and Friday night at the College of Charleston. The Friday night contest will be televised nationally on ESPN2 at 7:00 pm.
