It’s halftime, we’re up by 2, 40-38.
We cant seem to rebound
We still take horrible three shots
I havent really noticed much else in this game.
Random observations:
Is it just me or do a lot of teams wear the ohio state-style jerseys? The feed on channelsurfing.net SUCKS. It cuts out, there ren’t any announcers, the camera guy likes talking on the phone and thinks we’re good.
I’m done
both lee and mack have been on the bench some…good to see. lee looks to be getting out of the slump. anjuan and ian looking good. get phil in there to rebound…we suck at that right now.
It's halftime, we're up by 2, 40-38.We cant seem to rebound
We still take horrible three shotsI havent really noticed much else in this game.
Random observations:
Is it just me or do a lot of teams wear the ohio state-style jerseys? The feed on channelsurfing.net SUCKS. It cuts out, there ren’t any announcers, the camera guy likes talking on the phone and thinks we’re good.I’m done
None of the threes have been horrible, they are all wide-open.
…at least we have video…
We’re shooting 47% from 3, haven’t missed a FT and only have 6 turnovers at half…and only a 2 point lead against St. Bonnaventure…rebounding is killing is.
Should have been a blow out tonight, we dominated everywhere but the boards. They outscored us 23-9 on 2nd chance points, make that even and we win by 18. 28 points in the 2nd half for Lee is better than his 24 first half points against Dayton last year.
we only beat them by 4pts…wow
Lee with a good shooting night (12-17, 8-13 for 3, 7-7 free throws, and 5 steals). He was clearly on tonight, as he was hitting some tough shots. Pretty much the same kind of shots he took in the previous two games imo, though a couple were more open (and one wide open that he missed). I’m happy for him to have a great shooting night, though I still wish he’d take fewer of those bad shots when he’s covered.
Our perimeter D reminded me of previous years rather than this year. Seemed like too much help on the drives leaving guys wide open outside. But our guards seemed to struggle to stop their penetration, and the help D often left their guys wide open for either the pass or a rebound. Hope we play better D at home next week.
Others: Wilderness with 14 (4-6 shooting, and 6-7 freethrows!), nice game. Mack took some tough shots, hit 1-6 from three. The one he hit was done right, he was wide open top of the key after gerrity drove in. But a couple others were pretty far out there. Mack also hit 6-6 from free throw line, which was big! Harris hit a nice three pointer, like to see him take more of those, and also played some active D. Not wild about that teardrop layup attempt…
Not much from our bench tonight, Dew was quiet though he had a nice block. Gerrity had 7 assists but he’s not really a bench player, right? Ian hit 2-4 from 3, though some of his shots looked like he wasn’t really set.
Overall, 22-24 from the free throw line! Awesome! That must be some kind of record for us, right?
Lutz took some well-timed timeouts I thought, helped slow their comebacks in the second half
St. Bonnie is not good, but they are a little tougher at home at least. I’m glad we got the win, hope we improve D for Wednesday. And Goldwire’s going to have a tougher time with X’s Burrell on him, hope someone else can help on O.
The feed came and went a ton, so I might have missed something but:
The box score says Javarris Barnett played 1 minute. WHAT? IS THIS TRUE?
The feed came and went a ton, so I might have missed something but:The box score says Javarris Barnett played 1 minute. WHAT? IS THIS TRUE?
Actually box score says he played 0 minutes which means a random stat was assigned to a random player without them actually getting into the game. Stat should have just gone in the team category instead. What does it all mean? Inexperienced scorer.
Lee got back and played well tonight. Thank God. Just a little more consistency, please.
However, whats been really disappointing during this little bad streak we’ve had the last 3 games is our defense. It seems like we’re either going to steal the ball or the other team is going to score on us. We’ve got to be more solid with our D. In the past 3 games vs Richmond, Dayton, and St. Bonnies we have allowed them to shoot:
an average of 49.3% overall and 41.3% from 3…
We used to allow teams to shoot about 40% against us. We’ve kind of lost our identity as a defensive team, and that scares me a little for our future games. Definitely need to shore up the D (especially the perimeter D) when Xavier comes into town.
Niners with [B][I]91.7%[/I][/B] from the line. My prayers were answered. We’re ready for Xavier.
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Niners with [B][I]91.7%[/I][/B] from the line. My prayers were answered. We're ready for Xavier.I don’t mean to be negative, but we just beat St Bonaventure (7-15 (1-7), 240~ rpi, worst team in the A10) by 4, and you say we’re ready for the #14 team in the nation? :huh::49ers:
I don't mean to be negative, but we just beat St Bonaventure (7-15 (1-7), 240~ rpi, worst team in the A10) by 4, and you say we're ready for the #14 team in the nation? :huh:
#13!!
[QUOTE=eason49;293354]I don’t mean to be negative, but we just beat St Bonaventure (7-15 (1-7), 240~ rpi, worst team in the A10) by 4, and you say we’re ready for the #14 team in the nation? :huh:[/QUOTE]
Yes, furry little one. You’re being negative. Have you forgotten we handed Clempsun one just a short time ago? When they were #17 in the nation. I know tigers are furry, too. May be that was the reason why you forgot. :shades: We ate their lunches in their den. Just a few spots different than Xavier. But, who’s counting. 
Just in case you’ve forgotten. We are [SIZE=5][COLOR=DarkGreen][I][B]Niners[/B][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE], ain’t we? Think big and keep on digging my friend. . . you’ll strike gold one day.
http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/02/09/sports/doc47ae793a372c2207853664.txt
[QUOTE]Saturday, February 9, 2008 11:36 PM EST
By VINNY PEZZIMENTI
Olean Times Herald
ST. BONAVENTURE - It’s just St. Bonaventure’s luck.
If Charlotte and star Leemire Goldwire had just visted the Reilly Center last week, maybe things would’ve been different.
That was when Goldwire was mired in a horrid two-game slump - so bad that 49ers fans were calling for coach Bobby Lutz to bench the guard.
Lutz knew better.
Goldwire broke out of it in a big way, scoring a career-high 39 points in propelling Charlotte past Bona, 87-83, Saturday in front of 4,299 at the RC.
The senior tallied 28 points in the second half and 11 of Charlotte’s last 13 points to help the 49ers finally dispatch the underdog Bonnies.
Bona fought back from a 9-point deficit in the second half only to be undone by Goldwire’s antics and poor foul shooting. Though the Bonnies never led after intermission, they weren’t out of it until Golwire drained a pair of free throws with 3.3 seconds left.
The Bonnies failed to build on last Saturday’s emphatic victory over Duquesne and missed out on jumping into a tie for 12th place in the Atlantic 10. Despite putting a scare into a Charlotte club that owns seven wins against top 100 RPI teams, Bona fell back to conference cellar.
“We’re competing,” coach Mark Schmidt said. “We can compete in this league. The question is, can we win?”
The answer to the question was simple, at least on this night.
“If we hold him to his average, it’s a victory for us,” Schmidt said of Goldwire, who was going for 19 a game. “We’re playing well. It takes a guy to get 39 to beat us. That says a lot about our team.”
Free throw woes were Bona’s other bugaboo.
Forward Michael Lee missed three from the line inside four minutes to play and Guard Zarryon Fereti, an 89 percent shooter, was off on a front end of a 1-and-1 with 53.9 seconds left and his team trailing by four.
Lee’s misses were most discouraging. The first one would’ve give the Bonnies a 72-71 lead. The other two came with Bona down one.
“It’s very frustrating. There’s nothing you can do,” said Lee, who led Bona with 21 points and eight rebounds. “You practice and practice them, and you’re expected to make them in the games. If you don’t it can cost your team, and cost my team when I didn’t make my foul shots.”
The 49ers, meanwhile, hit their last eight free throws, six of them from Goldwire, who scored five points total in a loss Wednesday to Dayton.
Goldwire, who was 3-for-his-last-25 from the field, drained 12-of-17 from the field and 8-of-13 3-pointers in producing his fourth 30-point game of the season.
During one stretch in the second half, Goldwire drained three straight triples. His driving left-hand scoop shot gave the 49ers a their largest lead, 63-54, with 9:42 left.
The Bonnies tried zone and man. Many of Goldwire’s shot were contested.
“I don’t remember him missing too many shots in the second half,” Schmidt said.
Just three on 11 attempts.
“I tried to guard him as well as I could and contest his shots,” said Fereti, who was often matched up with Goldwire. “When you can shoot the ball like that, and you hit a couple and get going … you just have one of those nights. Shooters have those nights. It’s tough.”
And this was a player who was chided this week on Internet message boards for taking too many ill-advised shots.
“He’s willing to take the big shot, he’s willing to take the responsibilites, and he’s willing to take the accountability,” Lutz said. “There’s not many of those guys around anymore. A lot of guys want the glory but want to point the finger when things go bad. He stands up and gets blasted by some of our idiot fans for taking shots. Well, they should’ve been here tonight.”
Nevertheless, the Bonnies almost pulled off another shocker. They led by as many as seven points in the first half and came back to tie the game, 71-71, with 3:39 left.
Goldwire’s 3-pointer off an offensive rebound with 1:48 remaining was the backbreaker. That gave the 49ers a 77-72 lead.
“As hard as we played - and we played extremely hard - we just couldn’t make that play to put us over the hump,” Schmidt said.
“It hurts a lot,” said Fereti, who produced 15 points and six rebounds. “We had chances where we could’ve take the lead.”[/QUOTE]
From Bonnies’ board . . .
[QUOTE]Re: Charlotte 87-83
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Chuck…Don’t know what opponent/s may have scored more than Goldwire in the RC but there are only 2 Bonnies who have done so. Lanier (3 times) & Sanders. This is the 4th time this year he has gone for 30+. Coach knew he had to be shadowed & various players attempted to deny him the ball but he has a great knack of going in low, then streaking to the arc for a pass while losing his defender off of screens.
Z’s obvious gimpiness the second half fed into Goldwire’s great shooting in the 2nd half. He was overdue for a great shooting night following a 2 game slump.
As mentioned, Eleby’s penetrations & feeds to Morgan were special. Glad to see that our three frosh, who combined for 47 minutes of play, had only 1 TO of the 15 made. Love the way Morgan moves to get position for those assists. But I was thrilled to see him knock down that 17 footer which he regularly drains in warmups.
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[QUOTE]Re: Charlotte 87-83
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Unless somebody’s gone for 40 since the 02-03 season (since I’m looking at the 03-04 media guide), the previous record was 37 by Phil Sellers (Rutgers, 1975).
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[QUOTE]“He’s willing to take the big shot, he’s willing to take the responsibilites, and he’s willing to take the accountability,” Lutz said. “There’s not many of those guys around anymore. A lot of guys want the glory but want to point the finger when things go bad. He stands up and gets blasted by some of our idiot fans for taking shots. Well, they should’ve been here tonight.”
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Awesome quote by Lutz…I now have more respect for him than before. Some of our fans are so clueless and have never played a sport in their life, much less played in college.
Lutz is taking up for his captain and best player…exactly what a coach SHOULD DO. Lee should just keep on caring only what the coaches and players think, not some “idiot” message board posters.
Great job Lutz, Lee, and company.
Lee with a good shooting night (12-17, 8-13 for 3, 7-7 free throws, and 5 steals). He was clearly on tonight, as he was hitting some tough shots. Pretty much the same kind of shots he took in the previous two games imo.one big difference is that the guy guarding him was maybe lee's height. the previous two teams he was smoothered by a small forward in his face that was a good half foot taller than him.
Is that a niner record for Free Throws?
Kind of worries me if we put out just a slightly better than avg. FT game and/or Lee only scores 35 we lose. We have to get better at rebounding, as of last night per KenPom, st. bonaventure was the 255th best offensive rebounding team so we didn’t face a team that crashes the boards extremely well.
Perimeter D was not great, but some of the threes they were landing were ridiculous
“He’s willing to take the big shot, he’s willing to take the responsibilites, and he’s willing to take the accountability,” Lutz said. “There’s not many of those guys around anymore. A lot of guys want the glory but want to point the finger when things go bad. He stands up and gets blasted by some of our idiot fans for taking shots. Well, they should’ve been here tonight.”
Have Lutz and Dubois been consulting each other on responses? Good to see Lee takes accountability, I would love to see Lutz take some one day. I think blaming a loss on Lee was wrong for some on this board to do. I was however in agreement with what NA was saying, taking Lee out of the game to get his head back on track was neeeded.