Southern Oregon lights up Geoducks in pair of routs
Published 9:46 pm Friday, December 15, 2023
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Southern Oregon hit 18 of 39 3-point attempts and produced six double-figure scorers to remain perfect in Cascade Conference play with a 92-51 drubbing of Evergreen (Wash.) on Friday night at the Costantino Recreation Center.
Three weeks after registering their highest 3-point total in 25 years, the Raiders (5-4, 3-0 CCC) submitted the No. 2 entry on that list while shooting 54% overall from the field against the Geoducks (1-8, 0-4).
Nine different Raiders made at least one behind the arc, and junior point guard Teron Bradford led the way by shooting 4-for-6 from deep to score a game-high 14 points. Redshirt-freshman forward Bryce Dyer turned in his third double-double in five games with 13 points, 12 rebounds and five assists — shooting 5-for-6 from the field and 2-for-3 from 3 — and freshman guard Gio Evanson drilled 4 of 7 3s to contribute 12 points.
Elijah Jackson and Cole McAninch scored 11 apiece, Dominic McGarvey had 10 and Mason Whittaker added eight for the Raiders, whose reserves outscored Evergreen’s entire roster with 53 points combined.
The Raiders closed the first half on a 36-13 surge and led by 27 at the break. They shot 10-of-19 from 3 in the period.
Women’s Basketball
SOU 59, EVERGREEN 31: At Olympia, Wash., No. 20-ranked Southern Oregon put the clamps on Evergreen (Wash.), sinking the Geoducks to the lowest point total for an opponent in over five years.
Kami Walk posted 16 points and seven rebounds to lead the Raiders, who bumped their record to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the Cascade Conference. They, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and Oregon Tech are the last remaining unbeaten teams in circuit play.
The Geoducks (1-5, 1-3) committed 23 turnovers and shot 32% from the field. They logged a double-figure point total in only one quarter, and scored 12 total in the second half.
SOU’s Meghan McIntyre had 11 points, five rebounds and two steals. Izzy Hernandez came off the bench to score nine points on 4-for-5 shooting, grab four rebounds and collect three steals. Sierra Scheppele chipped in eight points and Keeley Wright had seven.
The Raiders have allowed just one of their last five opponents to score more than 55 points. They’re up to No. 7 on the NAIA leaderboard in average points against (50.8).