{"id":459185,"date":"2026-02-05T03:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/459185\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:10:13","slug":"mingos-offensive-outburst-not-enough-to-overcome-shockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/459185\/","title":{"rendered":"Mingo\u2019s Offensive Outburst Not Enough to Overcome Shockers"},"content":{"rendered":"

WICHITA, Kan \u2014\u00a0Dezayne Mingo<\/a> nearly rewrote his career record book on Wednesday, but it fell just short of leading Charlotte to a win.<\/p>\n

The 49ers made a late charge, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a six-plus-minute cold spell that allowed Wichita State to pull ahead for good in a 74\u201364 loss, snapping Charlotte’s four-game road winning streak against American Conference opponents and a four-game spree overall.<\/p>\n

“That’s a tough environment against an even tougher team,” head coach Aaron Fearne<\/a> said. “You’re going to face those in this conference, and it’s how you respond that determines wins and losses.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, we didn’t have a good enough response to pull through.”<\/p>\n

Mingo put the opening touches on his highlight reel to pull Charlotte close at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n

His 3-pointer with seven seconds left in the first half capped an 8\u20132 run that pulled the visitors within one at 35\u201334, just part of his team-high 10 points in the opening 20 minutes and team-high 24 points overall \u2014 two shy of tying his career high set when the two teams met last month.<\/p>\n

The back-and-forth tilt continued into the second half before a 6:13 stretch from 12:39 to 6:23 saw Charlotte go without a field goal after Mingo’s pull-up jumper. It wasn’t until the guard floated a layup over the outstretched arms of Wichita State defenders that the run ended, cutting the deficit to 62\u201347.<\/p>\n

Ra\u00fal Villar’s and-one through contact minutes later cut the Shockers’ lead further to 65\u201358. Kenyon Giles, as he had several times en route to a game-high 23 points, hit a contested jumper falling backward at the shot-clock buzzer with 2:36 left to tilt the momentum right back to the hosts.<\/p>\n

Arden Conyers’<\/a> free throws in the final minute cut it to seven once again, but Wichita State’s defense held strong to keep the 49ers at bay the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

“I loved our fight to the end,” Fearne said. “It’s about putting that fight together for a full 40 minutes, and we didn’t quite do that tonight.”<\/p>\n

Golden Outputs<\/p>\n

Mingo’s 24 points marked his third game of at least 20 points this season and his 17th game in double figures. It came on a 9-for-15 mark from the field, his third most efficient game of the year.<\/p>\n

Major Freeman<\/a> added 11 points, and Conyers scored 10 to round out Charlotte’s double-digit scorers. It marked Freeman’s first game with at least 11 points since Nov. 27, 2025, against Illinois State.<\/p>\n

Up Next<\/p>\n

Charlotte returns home for a brief stay before heading back out to face Memphis at the FedExForum on Sunday at 2 p.m. The 49ers are looking to end a four-game losing streak against Memphis and capture their first win over the Tigers since Feb. 23, 2005.

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