1. Chris Braswell is on pace to have one of the greatest freshman seasons in 49er history. The reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week followed up his fantastic performance at Louisville with another outstanding effort against Winston-Salem State. Braswell scored 16 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in just 19 minutes of action. In doing so, he passed Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, Kevin King, Curtis Withers and Rodney White on the all-time list with his fourth double-double as a freshman.
2. Charles Dewhurst is doing just fine after his knee injury last year. The junior forward suffered a season-ending knee injury against Maryland last year but is showing no ill-affects this season. In 15 minutes of game-time, Dewhurst went a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, grabbed four rebounds and had just one turnover.
3. Gokhan Sirin can really shoot the ball. After a few jittery games to start the season, the freshman came in and made a real impact in Tuesday night's game. Sirin came off the bench in the second half and buried 3-of-5 3-pointers, much to the delight of the crowd in just seven minutes. He also had three offensive rebounds.
4. An'Juan Wilderness made season-debut after missing the first seven games with a calf injury. The junior saw limited minutes in his return but still crashed the boards for six rebounds. His shooting touch looked a little rusty but with more playing time, that should come back.
5. The 49ers have scoring options all over the floor. Against Louisville, the guard combo of Derrio Green and Shamarr Bowden provided much of the scoring for Charlotte when Shamari Spears was shut down on the inside. Tuesday night, with Green and Bowden relatively held in check, Spears and Chris Braswell dominated on the inside. Spears scored a game-high 17 points and Charlotte had four players reach double-figures for their highest scoring output of the season.
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