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Senior Day Match-up Pits No. 7/6 GW vs. Charlotte Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN
March 3, 2006
Game 27 • Atlantic 10 Conference game • Senior Day
Date: Saturday, Mar. 4, 2006 • Time: 2:00 pm (EST)
Location: Smith Center (5,000) • Washington, DC
Radio: WMET 1160, WAGE 1200 AM (Byron Kerr)
TV: ESPN (Dave Barnett/Tim McCormick)
Series: Charlotte leads, 7-6
The Coaches:
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 89-54 (.622) 5th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 47-32 (.595) 5th season
Career Record: 89-54 (.622) 5th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Charlotte: 2-1
UNCC COACH: Bobby Lutz (Charlotte `80)
Record at UNCC: 153-93 (.622) 8th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 11-4 (.733) 1st season
Career Record: 334-184 (.645) 17th season
Pfeiffer 181-91
Lutz's Record vs. GW: 4-2
Senior day: Owners of the nation's longest winning streak at 17 straight, the No. 7/6 Colonials (25-1, 15-0 A-10) are having a historic year and are off to the best start in the 92-season history of the program. Today marks the final home game for seniors Mike Hall, Alex Kireev, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Dior Toney and Omar Williams, all of whom will be honored in a pregame ceremony.
• A victory today would give GW a perfect 16-0 A-10 record, marking only the fourth time in the 30-year history of the conference a team has gone undefeated in league play.
• GW is the only one-loss team left in Division I.
• GW's win Wednesday at St. Bonaventure broke GW's single-season record for most victories with 25, eclipsing the previous record of 24 which has been accomplished twice before (1953-54 and 1997-98). GW clinched its second straight A-10 regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the A-10 Tournament with a 78-67 victory over Fordham last Saturday at Rose Hill Gym.
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• Pops Mensah-Bonsu suffered a slight tear in his left meniscus (knee cartilage) during the La Salle game and has undergone successful arthroscopic surgery He missed the Fordham and St. Bonaventure games and will miss today's game.
• Charlotte is coming off a 77-71 victory over Duquesne Wednesday at home for its fourth victory in its last five outings.
A Closer Look at Charlotte: Charlotte, one of the two new members of the A-10, is coached by Bobby Lutz. The 49ers are led by Oklahoma transfer De'Angelo Alexander's 16.8 ppg (81 threes) and Curtis Withers' 16.1 ppg and league-leading 10.9 rpg. Withers has 43 career double-doubles. Sophomore G Leemire Goldwire averages 13.3 ppg and has knocked down 72 threes. He ranks fifth in the A-10 in FT shooting at .798 (79-99). Mitchell Baldwin leads the A-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio. Charlotte has had more success on the road (9-3) this season than at home where the 49ers are 8-6. Charlotte has A-10 road victories over Dayton, La Salle, Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, Fordham and Massachusetts. Charlotte leads the league in three-point FGs made (8.54) and in offensive rebounding (14.61).
• The 49ers are 9-3 on the road this season and 2-3 vs. GW at Smith Center.
• GW defeated the 49ers (83-69) in the first meeting this season, on Jan. 21 at Charlotte.
Next Game: As the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Tournament, GW received a first-round bye and will play the winner of the 8-9 game on Thursday at noon. The game will be televised on the A-10 TV Network and will be broadcast live in the Washington area on WMET 1160, WAGE 1200 AM as well as via www.GWsports.com.
