Xavier vs. Charlotte January 28, 2009

There are a lot of people tonight. I was not expecting this many people to show up considering the weather. The fans are pumped up, can't wait for this game!

First Half
18:43: After a poor pass that ended up in a turnover #15 Lamont Mack got really angry with his teammate #2 Charlie Coley. #3 DiJuan Harris stepped in to calm down his teammates. BJ Raymond's three pointer got the crowd up to a thunderous applause.

16:00: The Charlotte bench looked dejected going scoreless for the first four minutes until Lamont Mack's layup.

12:55: The whole Charlotte bench stood up as Kenny Frease tossed the ball away. The Xavier student section is exceptionally loud tonight, they are trying to give the Muskies as much energy as they can.

8:26: What an odd series of events. The Muskies had the ball, turned it over and then the stole the ball back from Charlotte on a fast break. Defense seems to be the theme of the game.

10:48: The 49ers seem to be a little off, Coley almost lost the ball again! The Muskies need to take advantage with a big play to get the crowd back into the game.

7:01: Even though they are on the bench right now, Derrick Brown and Jamel McClean are trying to cheer on their teammates. The bench cannot take their eyes off of the ball.

5:08: This is turning into a bit of a physical game. Derrick Brown ran into Charlie Coley and the refs let them play on.

3:33: Kenny Frease's dunk got all his teammates jumping off the bench and the student section really energized.

1:00: Terrell Holloway just made a jumper that barely beat the 35-second buzzer!

Second Half
17:34: Balloons were just distributed to the student section. They are trying their best to distract the Charlotte players.

16:23: BJ Raymond got the crowd excited going into the media timeout by making a 3-pointer. The Xavier chant (X-A-V-IER) was really loud. After going after a loose ball, Derrick Brown got up grimacing. The trainer is looking at him right now, he seems to be ok.

10:36: #11 Ian Andersen and BJ Raymond got a little physical in the post resulting in a foul called on Andersen.

9:42: Anymore points for Kenny Frease and he has a new career high in points. I think the crowd can sense this because everytime he touches the ball they yell "Shoot!".

8:52: Kenny just got his career high in points on a dunk! Charlotte called a timeout and all the Muskies rushed over to Kenny to congratulate him.

7:39: What a couple of plays! First, BJ Raymond managed to strip the ball away from a 49er and pass it to Terrell Holloway. Terrell then took it home with a great crossover and a layup! That was the perfect play to get the fans excited going into the ball toss!

5:59: The out-of-town score board just showed the score of the Duke vs. Wake Forest game. When the fans saw that Duke lost (68-70), they errupted in applause. I guess they saw it as some type of payback.

3:20: Almost two identical plays happened back to back. Dante Jackson turned to ball over and Charlie Coley dunked on a fast break. Terrell Holloway is set to come back in.

1:15: The student section is going crazy as Joe Hughes, Andrew Taylor and Stephen Duckett get to see some playing time.

Well that's the game......Xavier 69 Charlotte 47.

Thanks for reading! The Muskies are back in action this Saturday against UMass here at Cintas!