FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Trey Barber scored 25 factors — together with a driving layup as time expired — and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jahn Hines scored 18 factors and Christopher Newport beat Mount Union 74-72 Saturday to win the primary NCAA Division III championship in program historical past.

The Captains (30-3) ended their season with a 15-game win streak, courting to a 64-59 loss to then-No. 2 Randolph-Macon School — the defending nationwide champion — on Jan. 11.

Barber was 10-of-15 capturing and had his eighth double-double of the season. Caleb Furr tied his career-high with 4 3-pointers on as many makes an attempt to complete with 12 factors and Matthew Brodie additionally scored 12 factors for Christopher Newport.

Christian Parker scored 10 factors in a 12-4 run that culminated with when his layup with 17 seconds left gave Mount Union a 70-69 lead. Ty Henderson transformed a three-point play 4 seconds later to place the Captains again in entrance by two factors, Parker scored inside to make it 72-all with 4.2 seconds left however Barber took the inbounds go, calmy labored the ball up the court docket and drove the correct facet of the lane earlier than he kissed a contested buzzer-beater off the glass.

Parker scored a career-high 31 factors and grabbed 14 rebounds with two steals and two blocks for the Purple Raiders.

Mount Union’s Jeffery Mansfield hit a 3-pointer to make it 54-all with 6:51 to play however Furr answered with a nook 3 simply 12 seconds later and, after Parker scored inside to drag the Purple Raiders again inside a degree, Furr made one other from behind the arc to present Christopher Newport a 60-56 benefit with six minutes to play.

No. 3 Mount Union (30-3), which made its first nationwide championship look in program historical past, had its 14-game win streak snapped and misplaced for the primary time since a 74-72 defeat at then-No. 8 John Carroll on Jan. 25.

Darrell Newsom hit a 3-pointer that gave Mount Union a 26-12 lead with 5 minutes left within the first half however the Captains scored 14 of the subsequent 17 factors to trim their deficit to 3 factors on the break.

Christopher Newport improved to 9-0 this season when behind at halftime. The Captains, who shot simply 20.1 % from the sector and made 2 of 12 from 3-point vary within the first half, hit 19 of 37 from the ground (4 of seven from behind the arc) after intermission.

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