Lorenzo Charles Dies at 47; Made Winning Dunk in 1983 N.C.A.A. Title Game

I remember that game. It has to be in the all time top ten of college basketball championships. I was pulling for Houston in that game. This is such a tragedy. I hope his family will be taken care of.

Lorenzo Charles, whose dunk in the final seconds of the 1983 National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship game propelled North Carolina State University to victory over Houston and himself to the realm of basketball legend, died Monday when the charter bus he was driving crashed in Raleigh, N.C. He was 47.

North Carolina State announced the death. It occurred on Interstate 40 as Charles was driving a bus for Elite Coach. News reports said the bus, which had no passengers, veered off the highway and sustained heavy damage to its front end.

The police did not immediately comment on how or why the accident occurred. Charles had been a bus driver for 10 years.

His moment came in his sophomore year, when he leapt to rebound a teammate’s shot that fell short of the basket and jammed the ball through the hoop, giving the Wolfpack a 54-52 victory.

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