CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Denzel Ingram netted a career-high 16 points off the bench as Charlotte routed Lamar for a 70-49, nonconference victory Saturday night.
The 49ers (3-0) held the Cardinals (0-3) to 31.1 percent (19 of 61) from the field and 0 for 10 on 3-point tries. Lamar turned the ball over 22 times, creating 25 points for Charlotte, and had just nine assists as a team.
The Cardinals led briefly in the first half, but a 25-4 49ers' run put Lamar behind 29-12 with 6:55 left in the stanza. The visitors never recovered.
Charlotte led 39-22 at the half, shooting 53.1 percent (17 of 32) in the opening 20 minutes.
DeMario Mayfield had 12 points for Charlotte, and Terrence Williams had 10.
Ingram, a freshman, also had four steals and three assists.
Rhon Mitchell led Lamar with 14 points, and his 10 rebounds were second only to Stan Brown's 11.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lamar (0-3) | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| Charlotte (3-0) « | 39 | 31 | 70 |
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| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell, F | 32 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| S. Brown, F | 24 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Wilson, F | 22 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| D. Minor, G | 31 | 1-10 | 4-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Minton, G | 21 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Acosta | 20 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| K. Blanks | 18 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| O. Ebomwonyi | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Hancock | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Norman | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Curran | 3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| H. Webb | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 19-61 | 11-16 | 49 | 9 | 16 | 49 | |
| 31.1% | 68.8% | ||||||
| Charlotte 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Clayton, F | 20 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Clark, F | 17 | 2-3 | 4-6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| P. Henry, G | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Williams, G | 23 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| E. Nickerson, G | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ingram | 22 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Braswell | 21 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| D. Mayfield | 15 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Thompson | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| I. Benkovic | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Thorne | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| I. Ivankovic | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lewis | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Bradbury | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-68 | 9-16 | 39 | 15 | 16 | 70 | |
| 42.6% | 56.3% | ||||||
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