Both teams found the rim frequently for the first few minutes of Sunday's championship game of the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic.
Then the Father Tolton Trailblazers found a bit of a rhythm and led for the final 23 minutes in a 59-49 victory against the Lausanne Collegiate (Tenn.) Lynx for their first Classic title since 2015.
Playing without their 7-foot center Moussa Cisse after a flagrant foul in Saturday's's semifinal win against Jefferson City, the Lynx scored the game's first four points.
Coban Porter, who was named the tournament MVP and scored 11 points, got Father Tolton on the board more than four minutes into the game with a pair of free throws.
Nate Schwartze tied the game at 8 with a layup in the final minute of the first quarter, Jevon Porter gave the Trailbalzers the lead with a layup at the 7:12 mark of the second quarter and the Lynx never took the lead back.
Coban Porter capped off a 12-0 run with a layup at the 4:25 mark of the second quarter, giving Father Tolton an 18-8 lead.
The final basket of the first half came with 2:51 on the clock on a Lael Haile floater, making the halftime score 20-13.
The lead reached 16 at 37-21 on a Duece Tatum 3-pointer with 3:22 left in the third quarter.
The Trailbalzers (8-1) entered the fourth quarter with a 43-31 advantage.
Lausanne chipped away at the lead a bit, cutting the deficit to 51-43 midway through the fourth quarter after Jalen Montgomery converted a three-point play.
The Lynx never got within striking distance, though, as Schwartze and Coban Porter each made a pair of three throws and Chase Martin slammed the door with a two-handed jam to cap off an 8-2 run for a 59-45 lead with just 1:39 remaining.
Montgomery, who scored 12 points, and Johnathan DeJurnett, who had a game-high 18 points and nine rebounds, were named to the all-tournament team for Lausanne.
Jevon Porter, who tallied 11 points, and Schwartze joined Coban Porter, who finished with a game-high 10 rebounds, as the Trailblazers' all-tournament honorees.