Charlotte 49ers’ rally against FIU falls short for 6th straight loss
The Charlotte 49ers dropped their sixth consecutive game Thursday, falling 69-66 to Florida International in Miami.
The Panthers (11-5, 2-1 Conference USA) had to hold off the 49ers (3-11, 0-3), who rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit. Charlotte’s Jon Davis made a 3-pointer to cut the FIU lead to 67-66 with 13 seconds left. After FIU’s Brian Beard missed a free throw with nine seconds left with the score 68-66, the 49ers had a chance to tie the game, but Davis lost the ball out of bounds with one second left.
Davis, C-USA’s leading scorer, had 24 points for the 49ers. Freshman guard Brandon Younger had a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds, and forward Milos Supica added 12 points and eight rebounds. Although the 49ers held FIU to 37.3 percent shooting and outrebounded the Panthers 41-38, they turned the ball over 23 times, resulting in 23 Panthers points.
Trejon Jacob led FIU with 19 points.
Freshman guard Cooper Robb returned to Charlotte’s lineup after missing seven games with a stress fracture in his foot.
The 49ers wrap up their Florida road trip Saturday at Florida Atlantic.
FIU 69, CHARLOTTE 66
Charlotte | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Mangum | 16 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Supica | 31 | 3-6 | 6-8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
Davis | 37 | 6-18 | 8-10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
McGill | 31 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Younger | 35 | 7-13 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
Blight | 24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Robb | 15 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Kitoko | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haslem | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 22-53 | 17-25 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 66 |
Percentages: FG .415, FT .680. 3-Point Goals: 5-12, .417 (Davis 4-8, Robb 1-1, Mangum 0-1, McGill 0-1, Younger 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 20 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Blight 3, Davis, McGill, Supica). Turnovers: 20 (Davis 8, McGill 3, Supica 3, Younger 2, Blight, Kitoko, Mangum, Robb). Steals: 9 (Kitoko 2, Mangum 2, Blight, Davis, Robb, Supica, Younger). Technical Fouls: None.
Fiu | Min | FG-A | FT-A | R | A | F | Pt |
Andrews | 23 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Osaghae | 23 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
Beard | 36 | 2-16 | 3-5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Daye | 31 | 3-8 | 4-9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Jacob | 29 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Nunez | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Dieng | 12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Douglas | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Banks | 11 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Smith | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 22-59 | 18-31 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 69 |
Percentages: FG .373, FT .581. 3-Point Goals: 7-21, .333 (Jacob 3-6, Nunez 3-6, Beard 1-6, Andrews 0-1, Banks 0-1, Daye 0-1). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 18 (23 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Osaghae 7, Dieng). Turnovers: 18 (Osaghae 4, Beard 3, Daye 3, Andrews 2, Banks 2, Dieng 2, Jacob, Nunez). Steals: 11 (Beard 5, Osaghae 3, Douglas, Jacob, Nunez). Technical Fouls: None.
Charlotte | 25 | 41 | — | 66 |
FIU | 34 | 35 | — | 69 |
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David Scott: @davidscott14
This story was originally published January 10, 2019 at 9:29 PM with the headline "Charlotte 49ers’ rally against FIU falls short for 6th straight loss."