On the day that winter arrived in Charlotte, Aaron and I went up to Davidson College for my first game of the season against VMI. We made out stop at Char Grill for a quick bite before walking into the Belk Arena moments before tip-off.
Turned out tonight's winner would be the team that could hit the target at least a few times, as both sides were shocking in putting baskets away.
While not playing well, Davidson looked the more comfortable on their home turf. Once they got their noses in front midway through the first period, it stayed in the Wildcats control. Although it seemed pretty even up and down the court, it was Davidson that took advantage of points when needed. In the end I don't think that VMI deserved to lose by such a large margin, it was only their accuracy that let them down.
On the drive up, Aaron had mentioned that rumor had Steph Curry coming to the game, with his Warriors due to play the Hornets the following night in Charlotte. Though an ankle injury made that a bit doubtful. As usual the Davidson crowd redded up the arena, but I don't recall seeing so many #30 shirts before. Curry did try, unsuccessfully, to slip into his court-side seat unnoticed, however it felt like that was all people were watching for, because a wave of hub-bub hit the stadium (and kids ran from everywhere to near where he was seated). I feel like it affected the players too, as it seemed like everyone was trying to put down a 3 pointer. In the end both teams combined only hit 16/46 from outside. Hardly Curry percentages.
Davidson Wildcats 74 (J. Gudmundsson 22, P. Aldridge 20, K. Grady 10) defeated Virginia Military Institute Keydets 51 (A. Vereen 12, G. Gilkeson 10, B. Parham10)
Turned out tonight's winner would be the team that could hit the target at least a few times, as both sides were shocking in putting baskets away.
While not playing well, Davidson looked the more comfortable on their home turf. Once they got their noses in front midway through the first period, it stayed in the Wildcats control. Although it seemed pretty even up and down the court, it was Davidson that took advantage of points when needed. In the end I don't think that VMI deserved to lose by such a large margin, it was only their accuracy that let them down.
On the drive up, Aaron had mentioned that rumor had Steph Curry coming to the game, with his Warriors due to play the Hornets the following night in Charlotte. Though an ankle injury made that a bit doubtful. As usual the Davidson crowd redded up the arena, but I don't recall seeing so many #30 shirts before. Curry did try, unsuccessfully, to slip into his court-side seat unnoticed, however it felt like that was all people were watching for, because a wave of hub-bub hit the stadium (and kids ran from everywhere to near where he was seated). I feel like it affected the players too, as it seemed like everyone was trying to put down a 3 pointer. In the end both teams combined only hit 16/46 from outside. Hardly Curry percentages.
Davidson Wildcats 74 (J. Gudmundsson 22, P. Aldridge 20, K. Grady 10) defeated Virginia Military Institute Keydets 51 (A. Vereen 12, G. Gilkeson 10, B. Parham10)
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