CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Ronrico White netted a career-high 21 points and Chattanooga topped High Point 68-61 Friday night in first-round action at the Dr. Pepper Classic.
White was 5-of-10 shooting and 9 of 11 from the foul line, while Z. Mason netted 15 points with nine rebounds for the Mocs (4-8).
John Brown again paced the High Point (4-7) offense with 23 points and 16 rebounds and is averaging 22.4 points and 10.8 boards over his past four games.
The Mocs entered with the 26th best rebound margin (plus-8.1) in the country, but Brown helped the Panthers win the battle on the glass 45-32.
Devante Wallace pulled High Point within 62-61 with a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left, but White hit 4 of 4 free throws and Mason 2 of 2 to close out the scoring.
Chattanooga is 37-6 all-time in its holiday tournament, including 22-1 in the opening round.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| High Point (4-7) | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| Chattanooga (4-8) « | 30 | 38 | 68 |
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| High Point Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Brown, F | 33 | 8-15 | 7-11 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| B. Mikulic, F | 19 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Weary, G | 33 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Simms, G | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Edwards, G | 16 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Cugini | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| D. McGaughy | 22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| D. Wallace | 20 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| C. Law | 8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| H. McIntyre | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 12-19 | 45 | 16 | 25 | 61 | |
| 39% | 63.2% | ||||||
| Chattanooga Mocs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Mason, F | 30 | 5-9 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Zlovaric, F | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| R. White, G | 35 | 5-10 | 9-11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| G. McGhee, G | 31 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| F. Cobb, G | 24 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bareika | 20 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| S. Watson | 18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| J. Bryant | 14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Bran | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| E. Robertson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-55 | 20-28 | 32 | 12 | 21 | 68 | |
| 41.8% | 71.4% | ||||||
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