Coach defends bizarre strategy against Davidson

DAVIDSON -- The scene was surreal: Davidson's Stephen Curry standing off to the corner with two defenders draped over him while his teammates were playing in a virtual 4-on-3 power-play.

The nation's leading scorer was held without a point for the first time in his stellar basketball career Tuesday night, attempting only three shots. Yet Curry's teammates scored almost at will in the No. 24 Wildcats' 78-48 rout of Loyola, Md.

"I've never been in a situation where I've stood in the corner for 25 seconds every time," Curry said.

The bizarre strategy by Greyhounds coach Jimmy Patsos left the participants dumbfounded and the crowd stunned and created plenty of questions of why Patsos stuck with the plan even after Davidson scored 18 straight points in the first half.

"I thought their coach was trying to prove a point, and I didn't appreciate it very much," Davidson coach Bob McKillop said.

But Patsos was making no apologies for using a triangle-and-2 defense -- on one player.

"Anybody else ever hold him scoreless?" Patsos said. "I'm a history major. They're going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30?"