Vs. South Carolina State (0-4) Halton Arena, Charlotte, NC
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Charlotte (0-2) vs. South Carolina State (0-4) Halton Arena, Charlotte, N.C. - December 7, 2020 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PROBABLE STARTERS Record: 0-2 (Home: 0-2) NOVEMBER Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG HOMETOWN 25-26 at Volunteer Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) G 1 Jahmir Young 6-2 185 So. 15.0 6.0 Hyattsville, Md. 25 at #12 Tennessee Canceled G 3 Brice Williams 6-7 215 So. 7.5 5.0 Huntersville, N.C. 26 vs. VCU Canceled F 5 Milos Supica 6-9 240 Sr. 5.5 3.0 Belgrade, Serbia 27, 30 49ERS TIP-OFF CLASSIC G 13 Jordan Shepherd 6-4 190 R-Sr. 15.0 4.0 Asheville, N.C. 27 EAST CAROLINA L, 57-66 G 30 Jhery Matos 6-5 195 Gr. 11.0 6.0 Santo Domingo, D.R. 30 BELMONT ABBEY Canceled OFF THE BENCH DECEMBER G 0 Caleb Stone-Carrawell 6-7 215 R-Fr. 2.5 3.5 Concord, N.C. 4 GEORGIA STATE L, 65-76 G 2 Caleb Byrd 6-1 160 Fr. - - Conyers, Ga. 7 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 6 p.m. G 10 Marvin Cannon 6-5 170 Sr. - - Richmond, Va. 11 APPALACHIAN STATE (ESPNU) 5 p.m. G 12 Jackson Threadgill 6-6 185 Fr. 2.5 1.5 Concord, N.C. 15 at Davidson (ESPN+) 7 p.m. G 14 Regin Larson 6-6 185 So. - - Charlotte, N.C. 19 NORTH CAROLINA A&T TBA F/C 15 Aly Khalifa 6-10 255 Fr. - - Alexandria, Egypt 22 at George Washington (ESPN+) TBA F 25 Jared Garcia 6-8 245 Fr. 0.0 2.0 Katy, Texas JANUARY F/C 31 Anzac Rissetto 6-10 255 So. 2.0 1.5 Auckland, New Zealand 1 WKU* (Stadium) 4 p.m. G 35 Luka Vasic 6-8 190 R-Jr. - - Pirot, Serbia 2 WKU* (Stadium) 4 p.m. 8 at Marshall* (Stadium) 6 p.m. BLOCK PARTY – The 49ers eight blocked shots against Georgia State (December 4) marked 9 at Marshall* (Stadium) 4 p.m. the most blocks by the Niners since nine blocked shots at Georgia State last season (November 15 UAB* (ESPNU) 5 p.m. 27, 2019). Brice Williams and Milos Supica each tallied a career-high three blocked shots in the 16 UAB* (ESPN+) 4 p.m. game. Jordan Shepherd also recorded a career-high with two blocks. 22 at Florida Atlantic* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 23 at Florida Atlantic* (ESPN+) 4 p.m. SHEPHERD AND YOUNG SCORING – Jordan Shepherd (15 points) and Jahmir Young (20 29 FIU* (ESPN+) TBA points) both scored in double-figures in Charlotte’s game against Georgia State (December 4). 30 FIU* (ESPN+) TBA This marks the 20th time in their careers and the ninth straight game that Shepherd and Young FEBRUARY have tallied double-figure scoring games in the same game. 5 at Middle Tennessee* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 6 at Middle Tennessee* (ESPN+) 5 p.m. SCORING IN DOUBLE-FIGURES IN DEBUT - Jhery Matos,who is a graduate transfer from 10 OLD DOMINION* (ESPN+) TBA Dayton, scored 14 points against East Carolina (November 27), which was his first game playing for the 49ers. Five other players on the 2020-21 roster also scored in double-figures in their first 13 at Old Dominion* (ESPN+) 4 p.m. games in a Charlotte uniform. Last season, in Charlotte’s season-opening game at James Madison 19 UTSA* (ESPN+) TBA (November 6, 2019) three Niners scored in double-figures in their 49ers debut. Jahmir Young (16 20 UTSA* (ESPN+) TBA points), Jordan Shepherd (15 points), and Brice Williams (11 points) all recorded double-figure 26 at UTEP* (ESPN+) 9 p.m. scoring games in that game. Milos Supica scored 18 points and Luka Vasic scored 10 points in 27 at UTEP* (ESPN+) 8 p.m. their first game at Charlotte against Methodist (November 10, 2017). MARCH 10-13 at Conference USA Tournament BEGINNING THE SEASON AT HOME - The South Carolina State game marks the third (Frisco, Texas) game of Charlotte’s four-game season-opening home stand. This is the sixth season in the pro- * - Conference USA game gram’s history that the 49ers have begun the season with at least four home games. Charlotte All times Eastern played their first four games at home in the 2018-19 season as well. The 1967-68 and 1988-89 Home games in bold played inside Halton Arena seasons, Charlotte played their first five games at home. The 1981-82 and 1984-85 seasons, the 49ers played their first six games at home. GAME FACTS Media Relations: Brent Stastny - Site: Halton Arena, Charlotte N.C. (9,105) Office: 704-687-1021; Cell: 980-253-4946; Halton Arena Record: 226-108 (25th season) Emaill address: [email protected] Watch: Charlotte 49ers YouTube Channel Radio: ESPN 730 The Game (Matt Swierad, Trevor Wilt) Follow 49ers online - Charlotte49ers.com Audio: Tunein.com/radio/Charlotte Basketball SOCIAL MEDIA: Live Stats: Charlotte49ers.com Twitter.com/CharlotteMBB Twitter Updates: @CharlotteMBB Instagram.com/49ersbasketball Charlotte-South Carolina Series History: Charlotte leads 1-0 (1-0 home) Facebook.com/CharlotteMBB Last Meeting: Charlotte 90, South Carolina State 81 (Nov. 13, 2010 at Charlotte) 2020-21 GAME NOTES HALTON ARENA - This season marks the 25th season that the Charlotte 49ers have called Halton Arena home. The 49ers are 226-108 all-time in Halton Arena. Charlotte has won at least 10 home games in 15 seasons since they began playing in Halton Arena including last season’s record-setting 13 wins. SEASON OPENER - Charlotte has a 37-19 all-time record in their season openers. Since 2000, the 49ers are 15-6 in their season opener. With the 49ers beginning the season at home last Friday against East Carolina, this marked the 37th season in the program’s history that Charlotte has played their season- opener at home. LATER START - Charlotte’s game against East Carolina (Nov. 27) marked the latest the 49ers have started their season in 26 years, since opening the 1994-95 season at home against Coastal Carolina, Dec. 1, 1994. The last time the 49ers played their second game of the season on December 4 was during the 1992-93 season. PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA - Guards redshirt senior Jordan Shepherd STATISTICAL COMPARISON and sophomore Jahmir Young were both voted preseason All-Conference USA by the league’s 14 head coaches. Shepherd and Young were both third-team All-Conference USA selections last season. CHARLOTTE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 0-2 .......................................RECORD...........................................0-4 RESURGENT 2019-20 SEASON - Charlotte finished the season with a 16-13 over- 61.0 ..........................POINTS PER GAME .............................58.3 all record and a 10-8 Conference USA record. Charlotte’s 16 wins were the most by 71.0 ..........................SCORING DEFENSE .............................83.5 the Niners since winning 17 games in the 2013-14 season. Charlotte’s ten Conference -10.0......................... SCORING MARGIN .............................-25.3 USA wins were the most league wins by the Niners since going 11-5 in the Atlantic 10 33.0 ......................REBOUNDS PER GAME .........................33.3 in 2005-06. The 49ers, who finished the regular-season in fourth place in Conference -4.0 ......................REBOUNDING MARGIN........................-13.3 USA, were picked 12th in the preseason coaches’ poll. 10.0 ......................... ASSISTS PER GAME .............................12.8 5.0 ............................BLOCKS PER GAME ................................3.0 Charlotte vs. South Carolina State Series History 4.5 ............................STEALS PER GAME ................................9.0 Series Record: Charlotte leads 1-0 38.5 ..................FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .....................35.1 Only Meeting: 28.9 ............3-PT. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ...............24.2 70.5 .................FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ....................61.8 Nov. 13, 2010 - Charlotte 90, South Carolina State 81 in Charlotte, N.C. 0.8 ....................ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ........................0.7 HOME AT HALTON: The 49ers are now in their 25th season playing in Halton Arena. Last Charlotte - South Carolina State Game Charlotte has won at least 10 home games in 15 of the previous 24 November 13, 2010 seasons and averages 9.4 wins per season at Halton Arena. With Charlotte 90, South Carolina State 81 the 56-43 win over North Texas (March 4, 2020), the 49ers set a Charlotte, N.C. - Halton Arena school-record with their 13th win in Halton Arena. 1996-97 10-2 NCAA 2nd; White Div. Champs FG 3 FG FT REB 1997-98 10-1 NCAA 2nd Charlotte Min M-A M-A M-A O-T F TP A T B S 1998-99 11-2 NCAA 2nd; C-USA Champ Wilderness 18 3-4 0-0 1-2 4-7 5 7 3 2 1 0 1999-00 9-3 NIT Spears 33 5-11 2-4 13-16 3-6 4 25 2 3 0 1 2000-01 10-2 NCAA 2nd; C-USA Champ Braswell 23 2-4 0-0 11-7 2-7 4 15 0 1 1 1 Green 39 3-10 2-6 3-4 0-1 4 11 3 1 1 1 2001-02 11-3 NCAA 1st Briscoe 39 5-13 1-5 4-7 0-8 4 15 4 6 0 4 2002-03 11-4 Barnett 25 4-7 0-3 0-1 1-6 2 8 0 2 0 1 2003-04 10-3 NCAA 1st; C-USA co-champ Sirin 11 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-2 1 6 0 0 0 0 2004-05 12-2 NCAA; Record 10 straight wins Lewis 12 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 3 0 2 0 1 2005-06 9-6 NIT; A-10 runner-up Totals 200 25-54 7-22 33-49 15-43 26 90 12 17 3 9 2006-07 10-4 2007-08 12-2 NIT FG 3FG FT REB 2008-09 9-6 S.C.