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Three 49ers Score In Double-Figures As Charlotte Falls At Xavier
Feb. 17, 2008
Cincinnati, OH - The Charlotte 49ers (16-11, A-10: 7-4), despite three players in double-figures led Sabrina Gregory's 19 points, lost on the road at Atlantic 10 foe Xavier (18-7, A-10: 8-2), 71-62.
"Today's game was a very competitive basketball game," Charlotte coach Karen Aston said. "Both teams played at a high level. The difference in the game was rebounding. We just did not make the one defensive stop or get the one rebound that we needed down the stretch to get over the hump and win the game."
Gregory scored 14 of her team game-high 19 points in the second half. Danielle Burgin recorded her seventh double-double of the season and 16th of her career with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Shannon McCallum rounded out the 49ers double-figure scorers with her ninth double-figure scoring game off the bench with 13 points.
"Sabrina Gregory played a very good game for us today," Aston said. "I am pleased that she got out of her mini offensive slump today. She was very aggressive on the offensive end of the court."
The 49ers bench outscored Xavier's bench 19-16 behind McCallum's 13 points. Xavier outrebounded the 49ers 40-31, despite 11 rebounds from Burgin.
Xavier began the game by scoring 14 of the game's first 17 points taking a 14-3 lead at the 13:09 mark.
With Xavier leading 22-12 at the 8:21 mark, the 49ers behind back-to-back threes from Shannon McCallum and Sabrina Gregory would cut Xavier's lead to four points, 22-18, with 7:02 on the clock.
For the next five minutes, Charlotte and Xavier would exchange baskets. Charlotte's McCallum scored on a fast break layup with 3:02 left in the half cutting Xavier's lead to 29-25. Then, Xavier would go on a 7-0 run to close out the first half making their halftime lead, 36-25.
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In the second half, the 49ers went on 16-9 run over the first six and half minutes of the second half cutting Xavier's lead to four points, 45-41. Gregory scored seven points for the 49ers and Burgin scored four points during the run.
Xavier pushed their lead back to nine points over the next two minutes.
With Xavier leading, 52-43, at the 10:56 mark, the 49ers would score seven unanswered points cutting Xavier's lead to two points, 52-50, at the 6:40 mark. McCallum scored four points and Gregory and Wendy Stywalt would score two points apiece during the 49ers run.
Then, Xavier continued the second half of runs with six straight points pushing their lead to eight points, 58-50, at the 5:21 mark.
However, Charlotte did not go away behind baskets from Stywalt and four points from Ray as the 49ers cut Xavier's lead back to two points, 58-56, with 3:22 left on the clock. The two teams would exchange baskets over the next minute. After Gregory scored with 2:25 left on the clock cutting Xavier's lead back to two points, 60-58, that would be as close as the 49ers would get the rest of the game..
Xavier connected on several free throws down the stretch making the final score, 71-62.
The 49ers return to action when they host Atlantic 10 foe Rhode Island in Halton Arena, Sunday, February 24 at 2 pm.
