Charlotte 49ers NCAA Basketball News

The 49ers inside tandem of junior Shamari Spears and freshman Chris Braswell powered Charlotte to a 94-52 victory over visiting Winston-Salem State, Tuesday night.

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.

You can say it was just one early December college basketball game, an evening that will be forgotten by mid-January - maybe sooner.

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.

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

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

Charlotte #5 Phil Jones dunks as East Carolina 23 Erin Straughn watches in Wednesday evening's East Carolina at UNC Charlotte men's college basketball game at Halton Arena.

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 80, Eas4 Carolina 68. AP Photo NCCHN103, NCCHN102, NCCHN101 B9 MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. DiJuan Harris had 17 points and six assists and Charlotte continued its impressive star4 to the season with an 80-68 victory over East Carolina on Wednesday night.

Upon further review, Mack McCarthy wasn't quite as excited about his team's 82-61 win at UNC Greensboro on Saturday.

For the first time since 1995 when Bill Clinton saw George Washington upset No. 1 UMass at the Smith Center, the school named for the nation's first president hosted the current commander-in-chief for a basketball game.

Virginia Tech 71, Campbell 60: J.T. Thompson scored a season-high 17 points and Virginia Tech pulled away late for a victory against Campbell last night in Buies Creek.

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 a career-high 28 points to lead Charlotte in an 88-74 win over Yale on Monday.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer 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.

Preview: This will be Minnesota's first tough test of the regular season after Sunday's 84-45 home-court rout of Lamar.

Despite some rocky moments because of foul trouble, Shamari Spears' much-anticipated debut for the Charlotte 49ers had a satisfying conclusion.

Despite being slightly undermanned, Duke has played well against some lesser competition in its first two games of the season.