Junior Lamont Mack averaged 11.3 points at the Paradise Jam. |
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GAME NOTES: Charlotte vs. Wake Forest
Nov. 28, 2007
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format 
Nov. 29, 2007
Charlotte 49ers (3-2) vs. Wake Forest (4-0)
7:00 p.m. EST
Bobcats Arena (18,000)
The Coaches:
Bobby Lutz, Charlotte
Career: 352-205 (19th year)
at Charlotte: 171-114 (10th year)
Dino Gaudio, Wake Forest
Career: 72-124, 8th year
at Wake: 4-0, 1st year
Series Record: Wake leads, 5-1
The two teams have met only once in the Bobby Lutz era, with Wake Forest winning, 59-56, in Winston-Salem, Feb. 11, 2006. The previous meeting came in 1987. Charlotte has hosted Wake Forest just once, with the Jeff Mullins-coached Niners falling 68-67 at the Charlotte Coliseum (Cricket Arena), Nov. 26, 1985. Charlotte's lone win in the series came Feb. 15, 1986 at Wake Forest, 62-61. Four of the six meetings have been decided by three points or less. Charlotte is 1-2 at Wake; 0-1 at home and 0-2 in neutral site contests.
THE GAME: The Charlotte 49ers (3-2) host unbeaten Wake Forest (4-0), at Bobcats Arena, Thursday (7:00 p.m. -- Radio: WFNA: Matt Swierad; TV: Time Warner Cable: Mike Solarte, Dave Telep). The 49ers will be playing their first-ever game at Bobcats Arena. Charlotte is 2-0 at home thus far, beating both High Point and Appalachian State at Halton Arena, to open the season.
There was a time when the 49ers regularly played home games at an NBA Arena. For five years from the 1988-89 season to the 1992-93 season, the 49ers played home games at the new Charlotte Colisem, home of the Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte had an overall record of 39-21 at the Coliseum, all under head coach Jeff Mullins. Since the debut of Halton Arena, in 1996, Charlotte has played only two other games in Charlotte away from Halton. Charlotte went 0-2 at the 1996 Harris Teeter Pepsi Challenge at the new Charlotte Coliseum, falling to South Carolina, 75-60 and Southern Cal, 65-61.
This will be the second of four Charlotte games vs. ACC opponents, this year. The 49ers lost to Georgia Tech, 82-77, at the Paradise Jam. Charlotte hosts Maryland at Bobcats Arena, Jan. 5 and plays at Clemson, Jan. 9. In Bobby Lutz's 10 years as head coach, he holds a 6-6 records against teams currently in the ACC.
Following the Wake Forest game, Charlotte hosts Davidson (Dec. 5, 7:30) and Southern Illinois (Dec. 8; 7:00) at Halton Arena. Both Davidson and SIU have been ranked in the Top 25 this year.
GOLDWIRE LEADING THE WAY: Leemire Goldwire has either led or shared the lead for team high-scoring honors in all five games this year. Goldwire is avearging a team-high 19.6 scoring average and boasts a career-high 33-point scoring effort vs. Appalachian State. He's scored in double figures all five games. His three-pointer with 12 seconds left gave Charlotte a two-point lead that it never surrendered in beating Illinois-Chicago, 64-63. He hit 8 of 10 free throws in the final 1:14 to ice the win over Appalachian State. Goldwire also leads the team with 10 steals and the Niners average 7.8 steals per game.
A DECADE OF 49ER PRIDE: Charlotte has been to post-season play in seven of Bobby Lutz's nine seasons, including a school-record five NCAA Tournament appearances. In the last four years, Charlotte has posted one first-place and two second-place finishes in league play (2004 C-USA Champs; 2005 C-USA Runner-up; 2006 A-10 Runner-up). With 171 career wins, Lutz is 11 shy of the school record of 182 coaching victories, held by Jeff Mullins.
GOOD AS GOLD: Senior Leemire Goldwire is now in 17th-place all-time with 1141 career points and fifth all-time with 232 career three-pointers. He needs 3 three-pointers to tie Diego Guevara for 4th all-time (235 career threes). Goldwire has been the 49ers top scorer in each game: he led the team with a career-high 33 points (5-of-11 3FG) vs. Appalachian State, 18 vs. Monmouth and 16 vs. High Point and shared the team scoring lead with 17 vs. Georgia Tech and 14 vs. UIC, including the game-winning three.
49ers All-Time Career Scoring: 1. Henry Williams 2383 1988-92
2. Lew Massey 2149 1974-78
3. Chad Kinch 2020 1976-80
4. DeMarco Johnson 2005 1994-98
5. Jarvis Lang 1855 1990-95
6. Cedric Maxwell 1824 1973-77
7. Curtis Withers 1750 2003-06
8. Jobey Thomas 1737 1998-00
9. Byron Dinkins 1657 1985-89
10. Melvin Johnson 1635 1980-84
11. Demon Brown 1563 2000-04
12. Robert Earl Blue 1536 1971-74
13. Kevin King 1517 1975-79
14. Phil Ward 1309 1978-82
15. Keith Williams 1240 1983-87
16. Diego Guevara 1210 1997-00
17. Leemire Goldwire 1141 2005
18. Norris Dae 1103 1968-72
19. De'Angelo Alexander 1073 2006-07
20. Eddie Basden 1066 2001-05
21. Shanderic Downs 1059 1993-97
22. George Jackson 1019 1973-75
Three-Pointers Made:
1. Jobey Thomas 346 1998-02
2. Demon Brown 341 2001-04
3. Henry Williams 308 1988-92
4. Diego Guevara 235 1997-00
5. Leemire Goldwire 232 2005-
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