Observations from Davidson's 87-78 overtime victory Wednesday over the 49ers:
-- No Pierria Henry for Charlotte, no De'Mon Brooks for Davidson -- it was a wash. Although Denzel Ingram played a turnover-free game, Henry's defensive presence was missed, as well as his ability to control things at crunch time, when the 49ers were often left with ill-advised long jumpers. Davidson didn't stand a chance on the boards without Brooks, and that's what happened with Charlotte outrebounding the Wildcats 42-30. Brooks would certainly have been able to bang with the 49ers' Willie Clayton (12 boards).
-- The 49ers knew of Davidson's ability to get to the basket, both off the dribble and by back-door cuts, but didn't do much about it until they went into a zone.
-- Davidson's Chris Czerapowicz had made six 3-pointers all season, and made four against the 49ers.
-- A guess is that Henry won't be back Sunday at Appalachian State, but would return for the Dec. 17 contest at Florida State.
-- Center Mike Thorne wasn't much of a factor, a testament to Davidson's swarming interior defense. He had four points on 1-of-6 shooting and seven rebounds.
-- First time Davidson's ever won at Halton. Wildcats coach Bob McKillop remembered some great games from the past, including a 49ers victory in which Charlotte's Leemire Goldwire and Davidson's Stephen Curry engaged in a 3-point extravaganza.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Observations from Davidson's 87-78 OT victory the Charlotte 49ers
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49ers win the game by 10 if both players are healthy.
And I am a Davidson fan.
I'm so glad locked in AM for seven more years....
NO ONE expected us to be good this year. Alan has already exceeded people's expectaions.
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!
We are gonna dominate Favison!
Hop on the bus!
I watched the second half. The 49ers played no defense. The arena was half full and that is generous. There was no passion on display until the 12-2 run by the 49ers. Something is amiss at Charlotte. Major is minor in enthusiasm. At least he took blame for the poor defense in his post game show. Hard to be a fan. BAD loss.
I observed NO defense and that wasn't a lack of Henry problem.
FIVE MORE YEARS!
^^^^
Well, if you watched only the second half, you aren't a fan anyway. Arena half full? Oh, no. Davidson was well represented by its hundred or so supporters. If Niner Nation ever had that poor of a showing at that glorified high school gym Davidson plays in, I'd be ashamed,no matter what kind of a year the 49ers were having!
Thanks for posting, though. Come back when we lose again. Always nice to have some half baked criticism.
We didn't play very well last night, and Davidson played a tenacious defense. However, the "what ifs" are many. In a game that went overtime, the flagrant foul call on Clayton in regulation made the difference, and I swear I didn't see any contact at all, certainly not "flagrant", and I was sitting maybe 30 feet from it. I DVR'd the game, and will look at it tonight, but that call seemed excessive, and the technical FT essentially forced OT.
Of course, Williams missed numerous point-blank shots (DUNK the ball!), our FT shooting was terrible, and that halfcourt prayer that fell in at the halftime buzzer...
Arena was more than 75% full. 10:43 is an idiot.
Just like unc concord jv football, no one goes to unc concord BB either.
@7:55
The weakest attempt at trolling in a while.
got to hit your easy shots and your free throws or you'll lose, besides the niners not playing defense, that's what I saw
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