South Medford junior Joey Clevenger drives to the hoop for a basket against Grants Pass Tuesday evening in Medford.

South Medford started slow but it was all about the Panthers’ finish Friday night as they erased an 11-point deficit in the final quarter to edge South Eugene, 48-47, for a Southwest Conference boys basketball road triumph.

Cole Adee, Quinton Ritchie and Joey Clevenger each scored five points in a 20-point fourth quarter surge that allowed South Medford (7-10, 3-2 SWC) to earn its third victory in the four outings — with only four points deciding the last three games.

Adee finished with 16 points, three steals and three rebounds as the only Panther to reach double figures, while Ritchie had eight points and three rebounds and Clevenger finished with six points, four rebounds, three blocks and three assists.

The fourth quarter was a far cry from the opening frame, when Jed Johnson knocked down a 3-pointer and tacked on a pair of free throws for South Medford’s lone points in falling behind 13-5 to the Axe (10-6, 2-2).

Johnson finished with six points to go with five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Jake VonStrahl also added five points — including a fourth-quarter 3-pointer — to go with six rebounds, two blocks and two assists.

Cameron Perry scored 15 points and Levi Hawes had 11 points for South Eugene, which went 2-for-6 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.

SOUTH MEDFORD (48): Tannaci 2, Adee 16, Dufour 0, Spires 5, Ritchie 8, Clevenger 6, Johnson 6, VonStrahl 5, Mitchell 0. Totals: 15-46 14-18 48.

SOUTH EUGENE (47): Johnson 2, Hawes 11, Rue 2, Heckard 0, Kaster 0, Gabriel 8, Perry 15, Yoder 9. Totals: 18-45 9-14 47.

South Medford 5 13 10 20 — 48

South Eugene 13 9 17 8 — 47

3-point goals — South Medford 4-14 (Adee 1, Ritchie 1, Johnson 1, VonStrahl 1), South Eugene 2-6 (Hawes 1, Yoder 1).

CHURCHILL 69, CRATER 44: At Central Point, Crater junior Julien Grant led Crater with 16 points and five assists but the depleted Comets couldn’t keep up with Churchill in the Midwestern League loss.

Grant also had three blocks, three rebounds and two steals and freshman Tremaine Smith added 10 points and four rebounds for Crater, which was without senior Elijah Bryant (illness) and lost senior Ben Higginson to an automatic ejection in the second quarter after receiving a second technical foul.

Jakobi Cole produced eight points and seven rebounds for the Comets (8-9, 2-3 MWL), who fell behind by nine points after one quarter and saw the Lancers (8-7, 3-1) gradually pull away.

CHURCHILL (69): Mann 2, Gutierrez 16, Reyes 0, Bousquet 2, Litten 16, Wright 8, L. Read 11, Ramos 0, T. Read 14. Totals: 26 9-9 69.

CRATER (44): Rodriguez 0, Leland 6, Smith 10, Higginson 2, Converse 0, Grant 16, Barlow 2, Khalsa 0, Cole 8. Totals: 17 5-8 44.

Churchill 19 17 18 15 — 69

Crater 10 12 12 10 — 44

3-point goals — Churchill 8 (Gutierrez 4, Litten 2, L. Read 2), Crater 5 (Smith 3, Leland 2). Technical fouls — Higginson 2.

NORTH EUGENE 64, EAGLE POINT 60: At Eugene, Eagle Point saw a shot at a big MWL road victory disappear in the fourth quarter after leading until the final minute against North Eugene.

The host Highlanders (10-7, 3-2 MWL) seized an opportunity after a pair of missed free throws by the Eagles, scoring with 36 seconds remaining to take the lead. Eagle Point (6-11, 1-3) had a chance to tie but instead committed a turnover and a foul on the play, with North Eugene tacking on two free throws for the final margin of victory.

Connor Neyt scored 19 points and Easton Raber had 12 points to lead EP, which was outscored 20-8 in the fourth quarter.

EAGLE POINT (60): Clark 2, Raber 12, Cervantes 8, Moreno 9, Spangle 6, Neyt 19, Devry 2, Farquhar 2. Totals: 24 7-11 60.

NORTH EUGENE (64): Harris 9, Fisher 5, Kik-Down 0, Gray 21, Ireland 12, Morgan 0, Keith 17. Totals: 24 11-17 64.

Eagle Point 22 10 20 8 — 60

North Eugene 12 14 18 20 — 64

3-point goals — Eagle Point 5 (Neyt 3, Raber 1, Moreno 1), North Eugene 5 (Keith 3, Harris 1, Gray 1). Technical fouls — North Eugene coach Gee.

ASHLAND 67, SPRINGFIELD 41: At Ashland, Ashland scored its second straight home victory to improve to 2-2 in MWL play and 9-7 overall.

PHOENIX 71, HENLEY 42: At Phoenix, Lucas Wihtol and Tobias Akpan each scored eight points in a decisive third quarter that locked up a sixth win in the last seven games for Phoenix.

Akpan finished with 21 points and Wihtol added 18 for the Pirates (10-6, 4-1 Skyline), while Martin Ortega recorded 16 points.

Phoenix led 21-11 after one quarter but put Henley away with a 26-8 advantage in the third quarter.

HENLEY (42): B. Montag 4, Sabayton 0, Schmerbach 6, Ibarra 6, Siems 6, Charlton 0, Mick 4, Bennett 0, Hamilton 12, K. Montag 0, Brunick 2, Frank 2. Totals: 17 1-4 42.

PHOENIX (71): Decker 0, Phillips 0, Pyeatt 8, McQueen 4, Akpan 21, Ortega 16, Dobbins 1, Petrone 0, Roman 3, Wihtol 18. Totals: 32 3-7 71.

Henley 11 14 8 9 — 42

Phoenix 21 14 26 10 — 71

3-point goals — Henley 7 (Schmerbach 2, Ibarra 2, Siems 2, Hamilton 1), Phoenix 4 (Ortega 2, Roman 1, Wihtol 1).