{"id":5090,"date":"2025-05-20T18:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gazellegroup.com\/main\/blog\/cbi-finals-game-3-recap\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:54:45","slug":"cbi-finals-game-3-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gazellegroup.com\/main\/blog\/cbi-finals-game-3-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Captures CBI Presented by Five Four Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wyoming Captures CBI Presented by Five Four Championship<\/strong>
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Marchl 31, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

LARAMIE, Wyo.<\/strong> – For the second game in a row, Wyoming never trailed in capturing an 83-59 win over Coastal Carolina to earn the championship of the 2017 CBI presented by Five Four.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are the second consecutive Mountain West Conference team to earn the CBI title, following Nevada, who also won the CBI in three games a year ago. Ironically, both won with first-year head coaches as Allen Edwards joins Eric Musselman in that exclusive club. It also marks Wyoming\u2019s first national postseason title since winning the 1943 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Wyoming broke the game open with a 15-0 run over a 6:38 span to take a 35-19 first half lead, highlighted by three 3-pointers by Hayden Dalton. Wyoming outscored Coastal 22-4 over the final 10:53 of the first half, limiting the Chanticleers to two free throws and one field goal, to enter halftime with a 42-23 lead.<\/p>\n

After Coastal got the lead down to 10, 44-34, with 15:39 to play, the Cowboys went on a 9-3 run to get it back up by 16 points, 53-37, and never looked back.<\/p>\n

\"DominiqueMatthews_02\"Justin James (pictured right<\/em>) led Wyoming with 17 points, five rebounds, and four assists in earning CBI Most Valuable Player honors. Dalton ended the game with 19 points and a game-best 11 boards. Louis Adams had nine points and Alexander Aka Gorski added eight points.<\/p>\n

Demario Beck paced the Chants with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Jaylen Shaw netted 10 points.<\/p>\n

Wyoming shot 29-of-68 (43%) from the field, including 13-of-37 (35%) from three. Defensively, the Pokes held Coastal to 21-of-62 (34%) field goal shooting and 4-of-21 (19%) 3-point shooting. Over the last two games, Coastal was just 9-of-47 (19%) from the arc.<\/p>\n

A crowd of 6,321 fans witnessed the game. <\/p>\n

In joining Nevada as CBI champions, Wyoming joins the Wolfpack as the only teams in Mountain West Conference history to win national basketball championships.<\/p>\n

(photos by: Troy Babbitt)<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>