Junior Lamont Mack has been the 49ers leading scorer in each of the last three games. |
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Feb. 26, 2008
Philadelphia, Pa. -
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A-10 Action
Charlotte 49ers (15-11; 6-6)
at Temple (14-12; 7-5)
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008; 7:00 p.m.
Liacouras Center; Philadelphia, Pa.
Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM
The Coaches:
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 364-214 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 183-123 (10th year)
(49ers all-time winningest coach)
Fran Dunphy, Temple
Career: 336-193 (19th year)
at Temple: 26-30 (2nd year
Series Record: Charlotte leads, 4-2
(H: 3-0; A: 0-2; N: 1-0)
Jan. 12, 2008: Charlotte W, 60-58 at Halton
Notes: Leemire Goldwire scored the 49ers final 11 points, including a pair of GW free throws ith 13 seconds left as Charlotte downed Temple by 2 to open A-10 play, earlier this season ... Charlotte is winless at Temple (0-2) ... the 49ers are 2-1 against the Owls since joining the A-10 ... Temple scored an 81-69 victory in Philadelphia, last year ... Bobby Lutz is 3-2 vs. Temple, all-time.
THE GAME: The Charlotte 49ers (15-11; 6-6) travel to Temple (14-12; 7-5), Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM - Matt Swierad; Live Audio: Charlotte49ers.com). The 49ers are in seventh-place in the A-10, one game out of third place and one game out of 11th place. Charlotte snapped a three-game losing skid with an 81-64 victory over Saint Louis. Five Niners scored in double figures as head coach Bobby Lutz became the 49ers all-time winningest coach in Charlotte's 17-point victory -- their largest margin of victory in A-10 action, this year.
MACK ATTACK: Junior Lamont Mack has led the 49ers in scoring in the last three games, posting a pair of 20+ outings, including a career-best 27 at Richmond, last Wednesday. In those three games (20.7 ppg), Mack is shooting .606 from the field (20-33) and .588 from three-point range (10-17). Mack has scored in double figures in 12 of the last 14 games and is averaging 14.7 points in A-10 play.
LUTZ PASSES MULLINS AS ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH: With 183 wins as the 49ers head coach, Bobby Lutz has passed 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). Lutz owns a 183-123 record in 10 years as the 49er head coach.
30-KARAT GOLD: Leemire Goldwire has posted five games of 30 or more points, including recent back-to-back efforts: career-high 39 at St. Bonaventure; 31 vs. #12/#13 Xavier. He owns the A-10's top four single-game scoring efforts. His five 30-point games are the most by a 49er in one season since 1990-91, when Henry Williams set a school-record with six games of 30 or more points. This is only the fifth time in school history that a player has boasted five or more games of 30+ points in one season and the sixth time a player has posted 30+ in back-to-back games.
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)
CLOSE CALLS: 20 of Charlotte's 26 games have been decided by seven points or less (10-10); 11 have been decided by 4 points or less: 5-6. The 49ers last three losses were by a combined seven points. Charlotte's 11 losses are by a combined 50 points (4.5/game). Ten of Charlotte's losses are by seven points or less, only one loss is by double figures (at Tulsa). Charlotte has won five games by double figures, including Southern Illinois (+15), at #18/#19 Clemson (+10) and Saint Louis (+17, 49ers highest margin in A-10 play). Charlotte has only trailed by double figures in four games and only given up five runs of 10 or more straight points, this season
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