Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Observations from Wednesday's win at Richmond

-With two players now missing from the season-opening roster, Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz used his bench extensively Wednesday. Reserves Gokhan Sirin and Javarris Barnett who have not seen a much first-half action so far this season, both played at least five minutes and both knocked down a 3-pointer as Charlotte closed the half with a 15-3 run.
Barnett continued to see action in the second half, scoring seven points and adding five more rebounds to finish with his first career double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds).

-Forward Shamari Spears was battling a head cold but it didn’t seem to slow him down. He finished with 12 points in the first half on 5-of-10 shooting. He ended the night with 20 points, five rebounds and two assists.

-Point guard DiJuan Harris has had a stellar career at Charlotte but until Wednesday night he had never beaten Richmond in his two-plus seasons with the 49ers. “Every win is big, but it’s good to beat Richmond – finally,” he said.

-Charlotte senior RaShad Coleman is scheduled to undergo surgery today to repair a season-ending kneecap injury he suffered in the 49ers’ 63-61 overtime win Sunday over Saint Louis. Coleman scored on a breakaway layup in OT – his only basket of the game – and fell to the ground clutching his left knee.

-Some of the cheers from fans for the halftime mascot basketball game were louder than the Spiders got during the game, especially after they fumbled away a seven-point first-half lead.

8 comments:

Mike "Pork Chop" Dickson said...

FORTY!!!

Jon said...

NINERS (mike, tell your dad I said hello)

Anonymous said...

It looks like the Niners are back.

Anonymous said...

Javarris Barnett should have been playing more all season. Jim can you explain this to anyone?

Anonymous said...

Good info, but what was the score? Don't see it on charlotte.com anywhere.

Thanks.

Josh Carpenter said...
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Josh Carpenter said...

71-59. Watching the game online, the Richmond fans seemed to be pretty out of it. Pretty sad considering they were 31st in the RPI

Anonymous said...

Team America Fuck yeah