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GAME NOTES: Charlotte at St. Bonaventure
Feb. 8, 2008
St. Bonaventure, N.Y. -
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A-10 ACTION
Charlotte 49ers (13-8; 4-3)
at St. Bonaventure (7-14; 1-6)
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008; 7:00 p.m.
Reilly Center (5,580)
St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM
The Coaches:
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 362-211 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 181-120 (10th year)
Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure
Career: 89-104 (7th year)
at SBU: 7-14 (1st year)
Series Record: Charlotte leads, 5-2
(H: 2-0; A: 1-1; N: 2-1)
LAST YEAR:
Charlotte won 74-53 at Halton Arena in 2007 regular-season finale. Charlotte led by 17, 40-23 at the half.
NOTES:
Bobby Lutz is 3-2 vs. St. Bonaventure with a 2-0 mark since the 49ers joined the A-10. In the 49ers lone trip to Olean, the 49ers won 76-60 (Feb. 1, 2006). The 49ers other road game vs. St. Bonaventure was played in Rochester, N.Y. (L, 78-79, Nov. 25, 2000).
THE GAME: The Charlotte 49ers (13-8; 4-3) visit St. Bonaventure (7-14; 1-6), Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM - Matt Swierad; Live Audio: Charlotte49ers.com). Charlotte has lost its last two games and is 3-6 away from home including a 2-4 record in true road games. With a win, Bobby Lutz will tie Jeff Mullins as the 49ers all-time winningest coach with 182 career victories.
LUTZ 1 WIN SHY OF MULLINS: With 181 wins as the 49ers head coach, Bobby Lutz is within one victory of matching Jeff Mullins as the 49ers all-time winningest coach. Jeff Mullins, a former Duke all-America who won a gold medal on the 1964 US Olympic team before a stellar NBA career that included a World Championship with the 1976 Golden State Warriors, posted a 182-142 record in 11 years with the 49ers (1986-96).
A-10 STATS: In A-10 play, Lamont Mack is averaging 14.0 points with a .400 3FG% (16-40) and .414 FG%. Reserve Michael Gerrity is averaging 7.9 points and shooting .576 from the field. Charles Dewhurst is averaging 7.0 points while shooting .436.
MEN OF STEAL: Five 49ers have over 21 steals (1.0/game), this season. Leemire Goldwire, who ranks 4th in the A-10 in steals has a team-high 38. Charlie Coley has 29, including a school-record tying 7 vs. Richmond. Lamont Mack has 26, Dijuan Harris, 23 and An'Juan Wilderness 21, including a rookie record six in his collegiate debut. Charlotte has had double-digit steals five times, including 13 vs. Richmond, Saturday.
BENCH MARKS: Charlotte's bench averages 20.7 points per game and in 15 of the Niners' 21 games, at least eight different 49ers have hit the scoring column. A 49er has come off the bench to score in double-figures in 10 games (Ian Andersen, 5), including 7 of the last 12.
LEE'S Top 3: Leemire Goldwire owns the top three single-game scoring efforts in the A-10 this season:
1.) 36 vs. Saint Joseph's (7-15 3FG) - career high
2.) 34 vs. Davidson (9-of-20 3FG)
3.) 33 vs. Appalachian State (12-14 FT)
(Goldwire's 3 games of 30+ points in one season are tied for 6th-most all-time in a single-season.)
GOLDEN!: Senior Leemire Goldwire has scored in double figures in all but the last two games (5 vs. Richmond; 8 at Dayton), with nine games of 20 or more points and three games with over 30. He notched his first career double-double (21 pts; 10 rebs.) as Charlotte won at #18/#19 Clemson and he scored a career-high 36 points vs. Saint Joseph's. He leads the A-10 and ranks fifth in the nation with 3.81 three-pointers per game. He owns the league's top three single-game scoring nights: 36 vs. St. Joe's; 34 vs. Davidson; 33 vs. Appalachian State. He has moved into 14th-place all-time with 1438 career points (62 shy of his 1500th career point). He needs 14 threes to pass all-time leading scorer Henry Williams for third-place in career threes made.
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