Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Notes
24th Annual Dr Pepper Classic Championship Game
Maine vs. Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Monday – Dec. 30, 2014
TEAM
- The Chattanooga Mocs won their 16th Dr Pepper Classic with an 86-80 win over Maine tonight. UTC improves to 6-8 overall while the Black Bears drop to 2-10.
All-Tournament Team
Z. Mason – Chattanooga – MVP – 31 points, 26 rebounds, 7 blocks in two games.
Ronrico White – Chattanooga
Dimitry Coronel – Maine
Shaun Lawton – Maine
Shawn Jones – Middle Tennessee
Killian Larson – Grand Canyon
- Chattanooga hit a season-high 11 3-pt. FGs…11-24 (44%)…UTC was 5-8 (62.5%) from behind the arc in the second half.
- UTC had 20 assists on 31 baskets…second-most assists of the season.
- Mocs 47 points in the second half are the most against a DI opponent.
- UTC was whistled for a season-low 13 fouls.
- Each team held an 11 point lead in the game…Maine went up 34-26 on a Troy Reid-Knight jumper with 6:24 left in the first half…UTC was up 58-47 after Gee McGee converted an and-1 with 14:05 left in the game.
- Trailing 39-43 at the break, UTC used a 10-0 run out of the locker room to go ahead 49-43 just three minutes in…the Mocs led by 10 (64-54) after a Greg Pryor three at the 11:30 mark, but went cold for the next five minutes…Z. Mason stopped the bleeding with a layup at the 6:43 mark, but Maine took the lead (69-68) on a Reid-Kinght three on the next possession with 6:24 left to play.
INDIVIDUAL
Casey Jones – So.-G
- Career-high 20 points…tied for team-high.
- Shot 9-11 from the field…2-2 from the FT line.
- Made his first seven baskets.
- Tied a career-high with three steals.
Z. Mason – Sr.-F
- Tournament MVP.
- Third-straight double-double with 15 points and 15 boards.
- Fourth double-double of the season…11th of his career.
- Added three blocks.
Gee McGee – So.-G
- Double-double with 17 points and 10 assists.
- Most assists by a Moc since Keegan Bell had 12 against Western Carolina on Jan. 5, 2012.
- First double-double with assists by a Moc since Bell (10 pts., 16 a) against Longwood in the opening game of the 2011 Dr Pepper Classic on Dec. 29.
- Second career double-double.
- Had a total of 14 points in the previous four games.
- Shot 6-13 from the field, 2-6 from 3-pt. range and 3-7 from the FT line.
- Came into the game 0 for last 10 from behind the arc.
Ronrico White – Jr.-G
- All-Tournament Team.
- Tied for team-high with a season-high 20 points off the bench.
- Shot 6-10 from the field, 5-5 from 3-pt. range and 3-6 from the FT line.
- Added four boards.
