Lucas Siewert scored 17 points to lead the Colorado Buffaloes (9-3) to a 68-53 win over the Charlotte 49ers (3-8) in the seventh-place Diamond Head Classic game.
Colorado struggled before going on a 19-2 run at the 5:20 mark of the first half, taking a 35-26 lead into halftime. Nine of those points came from Namon Wright to offset bad shooting early. The Buffs went 2-of-7 (28.5%) from 3-point range in the first half with all five misses by different shooters. They finished 24-of-53 (45.3%) from the field on the night, and 7-of-20 beyond the arc.