Champs! Phillips’ Double-Double Leads 49ers to Title

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In a game eerily similar to how it played Saturday, the Charlotte women's basketball team used the first career double-double by redshirt junior Jade Phillips to close out the hosts, Lehigh, 62-60, Sunday afternoon to win the Christmas City Classic tournament crown. It marks the second in-season tournament the 49ers have won during head coach Cara Consuegra's tenure.

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Phillips put her team on her back in the fourth quarter, tallying 16 points in the frame, including the decisive winner with 5.9 seconds to go, as part of her career-high 27. She finished 12-of-21 from the field, including 2-of-5 from behind the 3-point arc, in addition to grabbing 14 rebounds, 10 on the…