WOOSTER, Ohio – Strong outside shooting, which included a season-best 14 three-pointers, kept The College of Wooster men's basketball team in the hunt against top-ranked John Carroll University, but too many turnovers ultimately cost the Fighting Scots the big upset in Saturday's 91-86 loss to the Blue Streaks in the championship game of the 60th E.M. "Mose" Hole/Wooster Kiwanis Classic at Timken Gymnasium.

Wooster (5-7) twice worked its way back within five after trailing by 18 and 15 against John Carroll (10-1) in the second half. It was 50-32 John Carroll when tournament most valuable player Luke Chicone's second-chance driving layup went down with 16:02 to go.

Wooster beat the press with just under 12:40 remaining, and that opened sophomore Isaac Roeder up for a fast-break three-pointer that made it 56-51. Roeder's triple capped an 8-0 Wooster stretch that featured a three-pointer from junior Ashton Price following a Roeder offensive rebound and a floater from sophomore EJ Kapihe that fell through the net right after the clock dipped below 13 minutes.

Later, John Carroll was up 75-60 with 5:18 on the clock before Wooster tried its best to storm back. Sophomore Jaiden Cox-Holloway hit one of his career-high six three-pointers to start a 9-0 run, which marked Wooster's best of the game. A loose-ball foul against John Carroll on the three-ball turned into a five-point play for Wooster when senior JJ Cline sank both free throws. Senior Nick Everett scored following his third steal of the contest to pull the Scots within eight, then the forward was on the money at the charity stripe to get Wooster within 75-69 with 3:49 to go.

John Carroll's lead grew back to 12 with 2:02 remaining before Cox-Holloway hit again from range. Cline's jumper from just inside the three-point arc cut Wooster's deficit to eight with 13 seconds remaining, and another loose-ball foul on John Carroll kept possession with the Scots. Price hit both of those free throws to get the deficit down to 81-71 and his three-pointer in the final two seconds upped the point total to 20.

Points were found when Wooster took care of the ball in transition in the first half. That started with a Cox-Holloway triple that gave Wooster its second lead of the night at 10-9. From there, Cox-Holloway hit from range in transition, and Roeder sparked the Scots early, upping Wooster's advantage to 16-11 at the first stanza's 13:20 mark. Wooster led until Chase Toppin's driving layup on the runout with 11:58 to go before halftime.

Cox-Holloway's 20 points marked a career-best, and helped the sophomore to a well-earned spot on the all-tournament team. Cox-Holloway was 7-of-12 from the floor, 6-of-11 from range, blocked three shots, and led the team with seven rebounds.

Price's 20 points were followed by Cline's 15, and Cline was the other Scot earning all-tournament recognition. Billings matched his season-high with 10 assists, and the junior now has seven games with double-digit helpers.

Wooster shot 29-of-61 (47.5 percent) for the game, 14-of-35 (40 percent) on three-pointers, and had 27 turnovers, which led to 29 John Carroll points.

Chicone's 30 points led all players. The Blue Streaks' point guard was a defensive menace with eight of John Carroll's 16 steals. Henry Raynor was the defensive most valuable player after three steals in the championship game. Luke Frazier, who had 20 points and nine rebounds, was John Carroll's all-tournament team selection.

John Carroll shot 41.4 percent (29-of-70) from the floor, had 42 points in the paint to Wooster's 24, and doubled up the Scots 24-12 on second-chance points.

Edgewood College (Wisconsin) (5-7) downed Wheaton College (Illinois) (2-10) 61-57 in the consolation game. Edgewood's Drew Houtakker made it a four-point game at the free throw line with four seconds remaining. A pair of turnovers by Wheaton's Nick Schiavello were sandwiched around Houtakker extending Edgewood's lead to two possessions. On the first, Schiavello drove to the basket and looked to kick out to give Wheaton a chance for the lead, only his pass was stolen by Cade Ellingson. Ellingson again came away with the steal at the buzzer, this time in front of Wheaton's bench.

All-tournament team selection Trey Traeder scored 18 points to lead Edgewood. Wheaton's Nate Sock was the Thunder's representative on the all-tournament team. Sock scored 19 points and added a team-high nine rebounds. Edgewood shot 22-of-52 (42.3 percent) for the game and held Wheaton to 31.7 percent (20-of-63).

Saturday's game marked Wooster's first against the top-ranked team since the Scots knocked off Whitworth University (Washington) 76-66 in the sectional final (Elite 8) of the 2011 NCAA Div. III Championships. Wooster advanced all the way to the national title game that year.

Next, Wooster (1-2 North Coast Athletic Conference) resumes conference play with a 7 p.m. game at Kenyon College (4-8, 2-1 NCAC) on Wednesday, January 3.