Mason County led by 15 points at the half and by 20 at the end of the third quarter.
The Tomcats closed to within 85-74 with 1:08 to play, but could get no closer.
Ashland senior guard Chase Villers scored 24 of his game-high 41 points in the fourth quarter. He made eight three-pointers in the game including five in the fourth quarter.
Leevi Dunaway led Mason County in scoring with 27 points before fouling with 1:33 to play.
Xylon Frey scored a career-high 25 points and was 3-of-3 beyond the arc.
Jaylen Lofton had a double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds.
Malkolm Devine also hit three treys and added 13 points.
Mason County outrebounded Ashland 52-38 and had 25 second chance points.
"I thought we could win tonight; I thought we would play well tonight, but I didn't see 91 coming, I gotta be honest about that," Mason County coach Buddy Biggs said. "It's a very, very good defensive team; they're very disciplined in the halfcourt, and for us to come out and hang this kinda number on them, I thought in a weird way, it was kind of a credit to our defense even though the game was so so high-scoring because we were able to get them out of what they wanted to do. They were jacking up a lot of contested shots and Villers was going one-on-one a lot, which ended up working out. He had a great fourth quarter, but before that, I thought that was one of the reason we had a 20-point lead- we got 'em out of their offensive structure, got a lot of long rebounds, got some runouts on the other end."
It's just the third loss of the season for Ashland.
Mason County hosts Harrison County Friday night.
MC (15-10) Dunaway 27, Lofton 22, Perkins 2, Frey 25, Devine 13, Brammer 2
A (20-3) Ch. Villers 41, Robinson 12, Hudson 10, Co. Villers 11, Brandt 11, Bradley 3
MC 14 30 21 26- 91
A 12 17 16 35- 80
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