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Charlotte 49ers (15-12; 6-7) vs. Duquesne (16-10; 6-7)
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2008; 2:00 p.m.
Halton Arena (9,105); Charlotte, N.C.
Radio: WFNA, 1660 AM, Matt Swierad
Live Video: Charlotte49ers.com).
The Coaches
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 364-215 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 183-124 (10th year)
(49ers all-time winningest coach)
Ron Everhart, Duquesne
Career: 200-201 (14th year)
at Duquesne: 26-29 (2nd year)
Series Record: Charlotte leads, 4-1
(H: 2-0; A: 2-1)
Last year: Charlotte W, 99-90 at Duquesne
Notes
De'Angelo Alexander (29) and Leemire Goldwire (22) both scored over 20 points in Charlotte's 99-90 win in Pittsburgh, last year ... The 49ers are 2-0 vs. Duquesne since joining the A-10, including a 77-71 win at Halton Arena, Mar. 1, 2006 ... Lutz owns a 2-0 all-time record vs. the Dukes .. Duquesne's lone win over the 49ers came in the 1994 NIT (W, 75-73 in Pittsburgh).
THE GAME
The Charlotte 49ers (15-12; 6-7) host Duquesne (16-10; 6-7), Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The 49ers and Dukes are tied for eighth-place in the A-10, two games out of second-place and one game out of 11th place. Charlotte is coming off a 75-61 loss at Temple. The 49ers won their last home game, beating Saint Louis, 81-64, last Saturday, for the 49ers largest margin of victory against an A-10 opponent, this year. Charlotte has lost four of its last five games. Duquesne currently has a three-game losing streak.
MACK ATTACK
Junior Lamont Mack has led the 49ers in scoring in the last four games, posting a pair of 20+ outings, including a career-best 27 at Richmond. In those four games (20.3 ppg), Mack is shooting .491 from the field (27-55) and .538 from three-point range (14-26). Mack has scored in double figures in 13 of the last 15 games and is averaging 15.0 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. The record-breaking win came in a 81-64 home decision against Saint Louis.
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 27 games have been decided by seven points or less (10-10); 11 have been decided by 4 points or less: 5-6. Ten of Charlotte's losses are by seven points or less, only two losses are by double figures (at Tulsa; at Temple). 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 five games and only given up five runs of 10 or more straight points, this season
Charlotte is coming off a 75-61 loss at Temple. The 49ers won their last home game, beating Saint Louis, 81-64, last Saturday, for the 49ers largest margin of victory against an A-10 opponent, this year.
The game will be the 49ers annual Senior Day, honoring Leemire Goldwire and Sean Phaler.