CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Z. Mason scored a career-high 26 points and tied his career best with 13 rebounds as Chattanooga pulled away from Utah Valley 76-69 Saturday night to win its 15th Dr Pepper Classic crown.
The Mocs (5-8), who have won four of the past five Dr Pepper tournaments, overcame a career-high 37-point performance by the Wolverines' Holton Hunsaker.
Chattanooga led by seven at the 2:01 mark and 30-27 at the break, but the second half went back and forth.
After Hunsaker's 3 gave Utah Valley (7-9) a 56-55 lead with 7:05 left, the Mocs launched a 10-2 run, with Ronrico White hitting two 3-pointers in the spurt.
The Wolverines could get no closer than four the rest of the way and were outrebounded 48-33.
White and Gee McGhee scored 11 points apiece for Chattanooga, which has won three straight since a four-game skid.
Ben Aird had 13 rebounds for Utah Valley.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Utah Valley (7-9) | 27 | 42 | 69 |
| Chattanooga (5-8) « | 30 | 46 | 76 |
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| Utah Valley Wolverines | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Hubbard, F | 39 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| N. Thompson, F | 28 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| B. Aird, C | 38 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| H. Hunsaker, G | 40 | 12-22 | 5-5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| J. Johnson, G | 21 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown | 23 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Enos | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Jones | 2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| W. Sinclair | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 12-17 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 69 | |
| 40.4% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Chattanooga Mocs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Mason, F | 30 | 8-15 | 9-12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| D. Zlovaric, F | 24 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| G. McGhee, G | 29 | 1-5 | 9-12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| R. White, G | 29 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| F. Cobb, G | 18 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Bareika | 20 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Watson | 18 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Bran | 12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| E. Robertson | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Bryant | 8 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-63 | 20-29 | 48 | 12 | 13 | 76 | |
| 39.7% | 69% | ||||||
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