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GAME NOTES #6 Charlotte vs. #2 Temple
March 14, 2008
Atlantic City, N.J. -
Complete Release in PDF Format 
A-10 Tournament
#6 Charlotte 49ers (20-12; 9-7)
vs. #2 Temple (19-12; 11-5)
Friday, Mar. 13, 2008; 9:00 p.m.
Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, N.J.
Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM
TV: CBS College Sports
The Coaches:
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 369-215 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 188-124 (10th year)
(49ers all-time winningest coach)
Fran Dunphy, Temple
Career: 341-193 (19th year)
at Temple: 31-30 (2nd year)
Series Record: Charlotte leads, 4-3
(H: 3-0; A: 0-3; N: 1-0)
This year: The two teams split regular-season games, winning at home. Cha. W, 60-58, 1/12; Temple W, 75-61, 2/27.
Notes: Charlotte last reached the semifinals of a tournament in 2002 (C-USA), falling to Cincinnati, 71-55. Lutz is 2-2 in conference semifinal games.
Charlotte is 2-2 vs. Temple since joining the A-10 and Lutz owns a 3-3 record vs. Temple.
NCAA TALK: (rpiratings.com)
4-3 vs. Top 50; 9-6 vs. Top 100
Tied for 4th-Place in A-10
5-0 in March; RPI: 65
Only 2 Losses by 10+ points
Key Wins: at #18/#19 Clemson, vs. Davidson, vs. UMass (A-10 T), vs. Saint Joseph's, vs. Temple, vs. Rhode Island (2), vs. Wake Forest, vs. SIU
THE GAME: The sixth-seeded Charlotte 49ers (20-12; 9-7) rallied from an 18-point second half deficit to defeat #3 seed UMass, 69-65, Thursday. The win sends the 49ers into Friday's 9:00 A-10 semifinal game with Temple (Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM - Matt Swierad; TV: CBS College Sports, TWC). Senior Leemire Goldwire hit 3-of-3 three-pointers in the final 3:18, including the go ahead basket with 1:04 to play and the icing three with 18 seconds left. Goldwire hit 3-of-3 threes in the final 3:05 of the first round game vs. Rhode Island, rallying Charlotte from a six-point deficit. Goldwire is averaging 23.5 points in the 49ers two A-10 Tourney games.
OF LATE: Charlotte has won five in a row, matching their longest winning streak of the last three years and are a perfect 5-0 in March. The four-point win over UMass improves Charlotte's record to 7-6 in games decided by four points or less. 23 of Charlotte's 32 games have been decided by seven points or less (Charlotte is 13-10 in those games). Charlotte also improved to 9-8 in games in which it has trailed at the half. Last year, Charlotte was 1-11 when trailing at the half. The 49ers trailed at the half of each of their last three wins, including a 17-point deficit to UMass -- considered the biggest comeback in A-10 Tournament history.
PURE GOLD!: Senior Leemire Goldwire scored 24 points, including 3-of-3 three-pointers in the final 3:18, as Charlotte rallied past UMass. Here's a capsule of some of his clutch, game-winning performances this year:
(margin of victory in parentheses)
W vs. UMass (4) 24 pts; 3-3 3FG in final 3:18
W vs. URI (2) 23 pts; 3-3 3FG in final 3:05
W v. #18 Clem (10) 1st car. dbl-dbl (21 pts; 10 rebs)
W vs. St. Joe's (4) 36 pts; final go-ahead 3 @1:14
W vs. Temple (2) 21 points; scored 49ers' final 11 pts
W vs. URI (10) 34 pts; Outscored Rams 9-6 in final 4:30
W vs. Davidson (7) 34 points; 4-4 3FG in final 3:34 to break open tie game
W vs. Wake (4) final go-ahead 3 @ 3:05
W vs. App State (6) 33 pts; 8-10 FT in final 1:14
W vs. Ill-Chi. (1) GW 3-pointer @ 0:12
W vs. St. Bona (4) 7-7 FT in final 0:33
Quick Recap: Charlotte was picked 10th in the A-10 preseason poll, but combined the leadership of senior Leemire Goldwire with the energy of the nation's 13th-ranked recruiting class to catapult into a tie for 4th-place, surpass last year's win total, and compile a 9-6 record vs. Top 100 RPI teams. Only scoring leader Leemire Goldwire (19.1 ppg) and sixth-man Ian Andersen averaged more than 6.0 minutes for the 49ers, last year. Juniors Lamont Mack, and Charlie Coley, sophomores Dijuan Harris, Michael Gerrity and Phil Jones and freshmen An'Juan Wilderness, Charles Dewhurst and Gaby Ngoundjo are playing in their 1st season for the 49ers.
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