ELON, N.C. — With two games remaining in the regular-season, the Elon men’s basketball team controls its own destiny with victories earning the team at least a share of the Southern Conference North Division crown. The Phoenix will tip off the final weekend at Davidson on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Belk Arena. Elon is currently a game and a half back of current division leader UNCG — the Phoenix and Spartans clash in the regular-season finale on Saturday night in Alumni Gym.
Site: Davidson, N.C.
Arena: Belk Arena
Series: Davidson leads, 34-12
Streak: Davidson has won one
Radio: WPCM 920 AM — Taylor Durham and Dick Stewart will call the action
Twittter: @elonscores
FREE THROWS
• The Phoenix is currently a game and a half back of UNCG for first place in the SoCon North Division. With a win against Davidson, Elon and UNCG would face off on Saturday evening with a league title at stake.
• The Phoenix is on a four-game losing skid after a home overtime loss to Western on Saturday.
• Elon has lost four straight on the road — its last victory away from Alumni Gym was a 71-63 decision at Western on January 26.
• A win against Davidson would match Elon’s win total for all of last season (14).
• Elon has been struggling on the defensive end of the floor as of late — Phoenix opponents have shot 40 percent or better in 11 of the last 12 contests and in all but one of the 14 losses.
• With four more three-pointers last Saturday, sophomore Jack Isenbarger moved into eighth place on Elon’s single-season list with 64. The single-season record at Elon is 82, set by Matt Nowlin in 2003-04.
• Isenbarger has scored in double figures in 11 straight games — in those contests he is averaging 20.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 4.4 apg. He has hit 41 three-pointers during that span.
• Elon’s eight SoCon victories are the most during the Matt Matheny era and most since a nine-win campaign in 2007-08.
• Elon is 10-4 when scoring 70 or more points and 3-10 when scoring 69 or less points.
• Lucas Troutman moved into Elon’s all-time career blocks list with two swats against South Carolina. The sophomore now has 82 blocks and is in seventh place all-time at Elon.
• The Phoenix has shot better than its opponent in 11 of its 13 wins this year.
LAST TIME OUT
• Elon shot 50 percent and outrebounded Western Carolina but relinquished a four-point halftime lead in a 78-76 overtime loss to the Catamounts.
• The Phoenix struggled from the free throw line, managing only 11-of-22 from the stripe.
• Elon had four in double figures led by Jack Isenbarger’s 22. Ryley Beaumont and Lucas Troutman both tallied double doubles.
ELON VS. DAVIDSON
• Elon has not won at Davidson during its Division I history — the last known victory on Davidson’s campus was in 1923 (Note: some locations are unknown).
• The Phoenix has won two of the last three contests versus the Wildcats, but Davidson came away with the 83-75 win at Belk Arena last February.
• Elon head coach Matt Matheny, a Davidson graduate, was a long-time assistant of Wildcat head coach Bob McKillop prior to being hired at Elon. Current Elon assistants Tim Sweeney and Will Roberson also worked on staff at Davidson. Roberson is a 2002 graduate of the college.