GAME NOTES: Kelly Tires C-USA Tournament First Round Game
March 10, 2003
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vs. #9 Seed UAB (Mar. 12; 7:00 -- WAXN-TV; WFNZ 610 AM): #8 seed Charlotte faces #9 seed UAB, in the first round of the Kelly Tires C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 49ers, who have advanced to the C-USA semifinals in each of the last six years and to the title game in four of the last five, defeated UAB, 78-58, in Birmingham, earlier this year. Charlotte owns a 2-0 record vs. the Blazers in the C-USA Tournament. Head coach Bobby Lutz is 3-2 all-time vs. UAB, with a 1-0 record vs. the Blazers in the C-USA Tournament. In the 49ers win over UAB earlier this year, junior guard Demon Brown broke the 49ers school record with nine three-pointers made.
Brown Leads Nation in Three-Pointers: Junior guard Demon Brown leads the nation in three-pointers made per game (134; 4.79/gm) and is shooting a career-best .394 from long-range. His 134 threes rank 6th all-time in NCAA history (chart on page 4) and he is hoping to become just the 2nd player in NCAA Div. I history to average at least 5.0 threes per game. He has broken the 49ers and C-USA's single-season record for threes in a season and for threes in C-USA games (78; 4.88/gm). He broke the 49ers single-game school record (shared by Brown; Diego Guevara and Henry Williams) with nine threes at UAB on his way to a career-high 32 points. The NCAA record for threes in a season is 158 (5.64/gm) by Darrin Fitzgerald of Butler in 1987. Fitzgerald is the only player to average at least 5.0 threes per game.
C-USA's Top Freshman Rebounder: Freshman forward Curtis Withers leads C-USA freshman in rebounding (6.6) and is 4th among league frosh in scoring (9.7). And those numbers improve in C-USA play (10.1 ppg; 7.1 rpg). He could become just the 2nd 49er to be named to C-USA's all-Freshmen team (Rodney White, 2001). He has scored in double figures 15 times, including 10 of 16 C-USA games. He has three double-doubles, including a 15p-10r outing vs. Louisville and a 13p-13r effort vs. Houston. Other top games include an 18-point performance at DePaul, 13 points at Cincinnati and 11 points at Marquette.
What Can Brown Do For You?: Junior guard Demon Brown has scored 20 or more points in eight of the last 16 games and 12 games overall. He's 5th in C-USA with an 17.1 scoring average that improves to 17.5 points in C-USA play (4th). He has scored 15 or more points in 19 games and has scored in double figures in all but four games (1-3). Brown is 2nd on the team with 36 steals. He became the 18th player in 49ers history to score 1000 career points when he scored 22 at Cincinnati. With 264 career threes, Brown is #3 all-time for the 49ers, behind Jobey Thomas and Henry Williams and #2 all-time in C-USA, trailing all-time leader Thomas.
That's Nash-ty: Helping the 49ers late season rally, senior Curtis Nash has scored in double figures in six of the last 11 games, including 20 in the win vs. Cincinnati and 21 in the win at East Carolina.
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