Leemire Goldwire led Charlotte with 26 points. (File Photo) |
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49ers Fall 81-69 at Temple
Feb. 24, 2007
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Mark Tyndale scored a career-high 37 points on 14-of-17 shooting to lead Temple to an 81-69 victory over Charlotte on Saturday.
Dionte Christmas added 13 points and Ryan Brooks had 10 as the Owls (12-15, 6-8 Atlantic 10) snapped their three-game losing streak. Tyndale, who made a season-high five 3-pointers without a miss, has scored 115 points in his last four games.
Leemire Goldwire scored 26 points and E.J. Drayton added 13 for the 49ers (13-14, 6-8), who had won four of five.
Temple jumped out to a 9-2 lead and led by as many as 17 in its fourth straight home win. Tyndale was 4-of-4 from the arc in the first half, when he also grabbed six of his nine rebounds.
Temple made eight of 12 3-pointers in the opening session, including three baskets during an 11-3 run near the end of the period on the way to a 43-31 halftime edge. Charlotte made just three of 12 3-pointers in the half and committed nine turnovers.
The 49ers narrowed the margin to 57-47 midway through the second half, but Tyndale converted a three-point play and knocked down a 3-pointer during an 8-2 run to restore Temple's comfortable margin.
Notes: (Supplied by Charlotte Sports Information)
Leemire Goldwire hit 6-of-10 three-pointers, becoming the 6th 49er to reach 200 career three-pointers. Goldwire now has 202 threes, good for sixth all-time. He needs nine more threes to catch Brendan Plavich at fifth all-time with 211.
With 26 points. Goldwire closed to within five points of becoming the 22nd player in school history to reach 1000 career points. Goldwire has scored 995 career points. He would be the 2nd 49er to reach 1000 points, this year. De'Angelo Alexander (1027) reached 1000 at Duquesne. The last teammates to score their 1000th points in the same year: Eddie Basden and Curtis Withers in 2005.
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E.J. Drayton grabbed eight rebounds -- the 20th time this year that Drayton has pulled at least eight rebounds -- impressive when you consider his career high in rebounds entering the season was nine.
Temple shot .519 from the floor. In four of the 49ers last five losses, their opponent has shot over 50% from the field.
De'Angelo Alexander was 0-for-6 from three-point range ... only the second time he has gone without a three-pointer this year (also at George Washington: 0-4).
Charlotte was beaten 39-34 on the boards and they still have not won a game in which they lost the battle of the boards (0-11).
Charlotte, which has won four straight home games, hosts George Washington (Thurs, 7:00 p.m. ESPN2) and St. Bonaventure (Sat., 7:00 p.m.) in their final two games of the regular-season.
