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GAME NOTES: Charlotte Hosts #12/#13 Xavier, Wednesday
Feb. 11, 2008
Halton Arena -
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A-10 Action
Charlotte 49ers (14-8; 5-3)
vs. #12/#13 Xavier (20-4; 8-1)
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008; 7:30 p.m.
Halton Arena (9,105)
Charlotte, N.C.
Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM
The Coaches:
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 363-211 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 182-120 (10th year)
Sean Miller, Xavier
Career: 83-36, 4th year
at Xavier: 83-36, 4th year
Series Record: Charlotte trails, 0-4
(H: 0-1; A: 0-2; N: 0-1)
Last year: Charlotte fell, 91-57 at Xavier.
Notes: Charlotte is winless (0-4) against the Musketeers, with an 0-3 record since joining the A-10. Charlotte lost last year at Xavier, 91-57. In 2005-06, the 49ers dropped a 78-65 home decision and then fell, 59-55, in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
The 49ers last home game vs. a Top 25 team: Jan. 21, 2006 vs. #16/#18 George Washington (L, 69-83). Charlotte is 1-0 against ranked opponents this year, with an 82-72 victory at #18/#19 Clemson.
THE GAME: The Charlotte 49ers (14-8; 5-3) host #12/#13 Xavier (20-4; 8-1), Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM - Matt Swierad; Live Video: Charlotte49ers.com). Xavier stands alone in first-place in the A-10. Charlotte is coming off an 87-83 victory at St. Bonaventure in which senior Leemire Goldwire scored a career-high 39 points and head coach Bobby Lutz tied Jeff Mullins as the 49ers' all-time winningest coach with his 182nd victory as the 49ers head coach. Lutz owns a 9-26 record vs. Top 25 teams, including this season's 82-72 victory at #18/#19 Clemson. Lutz is 4-10 all-time vs. Top 25 opponents at Halton Arena. The 49ers last home win over a ranked opponent was a 91-90 decision over #18/#17 Cincinnati, Feb. 5, 2005.
LUTZ SHARES RECORD WITH MULLINS: With 182 wins as the 49ers head coach, Bobby Lutz has joined Jeff Mullins as the 49ers all-time winningest coaches. 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). Lutz owns a 182-120 record as the 49er head coach and with one more win will take sole possession of the school record.
LEE'S TOP 4: Leemire Goldwire owns the top four single-game scoring efforts in the A-10 this season:
1.) 39 at St. Bonaventure (8-13 3FG; 7-7 FT) - car. high
2.) 36 vs. Saint Joseph's (7-15 3FG)
3.) 34 vs. Davidson (9-of-20 3FG)
4.) 33 vs. Appalachian State (12-14 FT)
(Goldwire's 4 games of 30+ points in one season are tied for 5th-most all-time in a single-season.)
30-SOMETHING: Leemire Goldwire has posted four games of 30 or more points, the most 30-point games in a season since 1990-91, when Henry Williams had a school-record six games with 30 or more points. This is only the sixth time in school history that a player has boasted four or more games of 30+ points.
MEN OF STEAL: Five 49ers have over 20 steals, this season. Leemire Goldwire, who ranks 2nd in the A-10 in steals has a team-high 43. Charlie Coley has 30, including a school-record tying 7 vs. Richmond. Lamont Mack has 27, Dijuan Harris, 24 and An'Juan Wilderness 21, including a rookie record six in his collegiate debut. Charlotte has had double-digit steals seven times, including 13 vs. Richmond and 10 vs. St. Bonaventure, this month.
CLOSE CALLS: 17 of Charlotte's 22 games have been decided by seven points or less (10-7); 8 games have been decided by 4 points or less: 5-3.
POINT - COUNTERPOINT: The 49ers point guard tandem of Dijuan Harris and Michael Gerrity own a combined 2.52 A-TO ratio (121-48). Harris ranks second in the A-10 with a 2.65 A-TO ratio while Gerrity owns a 2.36 A-TO) ratio that includes a season-high 7 assists at St. Bonaventure. Combined, they average 5.5 assists per game.
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