Updated at 8:39 p.m., Saturday, December 23, 2006
Charlotte tips Wyoming to take 5th in Rainbow Classic
Associated Press
DeAngelo Alexander scored 23 points to lead Charlotte to a 79-78 win over Wyoming for fifth place in the Rainbow Classic today.EJ Drayton added 19 points for the 49ers (5-6), and Carlos Williams contributed 23.
Brandon Ewing led four players in double figures for Wyoming (9-4) with 19 points. Daaron Brown added 18; James Spencer, 17, and Brad Jones, 16.
Charlotte made seven of its first 13 3-point attempts to lead by as much as 19, 43-24, with 4:57 remaining in the first.
But the 49ers missed their final eight field goal attempts of the half, and Wyoming closed the half on an 11-2 run to pull to within 10, 45-35, at the half.
Wyoming pulled to within three, 76-73, on a banker by Ewing with 23.6 seconds remaining. But Charlotte made three of four free throws in the final 21 seconds to hold on for the win.
