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When you coach a team that has trouble scoring a lot of points, and it is facing a team that doesn't seem to have any issue finding the bucket, there is reason to worry.

The Charlotte 49ers welcome a second ACC opponent in as many years to Halton Arena when they battle 15th ranked Georgia Tech to kick off the New Year on Saturday, January 2. The tip is set for 7pm, with the game being televised on Fox SportSouth.

Nine games into the 2009-10 college basketball season, the Charlotte 49ers are 8-1, off to their best start in recent memory.

Josh Carpenter Sports Editor Behind a season-high 17 points from senior point guard Dijuan Harris and 10 points off the bench for junior Phil Jones, the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team won convincingly over ECU Wednesday night, 80-68. In just 32 minutes of game action, Harris turned in his most productive game of the season, scoring 17 ...

The Charlotte 49ers posted their sixth straight win, 95-66, over Gardner-Webb on the strength of double-digit scoring efforts from six different players to improve to 8-1 on the young season.

When you looked at the Gardner-Webb University men's basketball schedule before the season, the names of folks at Duke, North Carolina and Texas jumped out at you quickly.

The Charlotte 49ers return to Halton Arena for a pair of home games this week following Saturday's impressive 22-point, 87-65 victory at #20/#18 Louisville.

Jerry Smith wore an argyle sweater and jeans. Peyton Siva wore a T-shirt and sweatpants.

Is there a new favorite in the Atlantic 10? There are at least two teams with claims to unseat Dayton as the expected champion of the conference.

Chris Braswell recorded his fourth double-double this season, scoring 16 points and pulling down 15 rebounds, to lead Charlotte to a 94-52 victory over Winston-Salem State on Tuesday night.

Chris Braswell's 21 points and 14 rebounds Saturday keyed Charlotte's 87-65 trouncing of 18th-ranked Louisville.

The Charlotte 49ers travel to #20/#18 Louisville Saturday at 7:00 p.m. to complete Old Homecoming Week in Conference USA.

The Charlotte 49ers host East Carolina Wednesday @ 8:00 p.m. after completing a string of four straight road games in the DICK'S Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. Charlotte went 3-1 in the event to improve to 4-1 for the first time since 2000-01, when it started 6-1 on its way to the NCAA Tournament.

Charlotte holds off Hofstra 80-72 Eds: APNewsNow. Charlotte 80, Hofstra 72. HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. Shamari Spears scored 26 points to lead Charlotte to an 80-72 victory over Hofstra on Tuesday night.

Shamari Spears scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half and Charlotte beat Elon 75-61 on Monday night in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Rashad Coleman added 11 points and Dijuan Harris had 10 for the 49ers .

The 49ers hope to improve off of a disappointing 11-20, 2008-09 campaign. The team returns the entire backcourt from last year's team.

Shamarr Bowden scored 21 points and Charlotte's coach Bobby Lutz won his 200th career game in a 86-70 victory over North Carolina-Asheville in the teams' season opener Friday night.

The term "To drink the Kool-Aid" is generally used to describe the blind acceptance of something, whether it be a high-stress work environment, an order from a superior, or someone just taking a blind stab at something.

Final record: 21-9 Entering his 12th year as 49ers head coach, Bobby Lutz and the 49ers are looking to rebound off what was possibly the worst season of Lutz's career.

It's thin with a touch of gray, but Bobby Lutz might as well be Tom Selleck to the group of fans that successfully coaxed the Charlotte coach to grow back his mustache.