SOU-Evergreen State Boxscore

The Southern Oregon men's basketball snapped a four-game losing streak and shocked 10th-ranked Evergreen State with an 86-81 victory in Eugene tonight.

Southern Oregon improved to 6-13 overall and 4-6 in Cascade Conference play. Evergreen State dropped to 11-6 overall and 7-3 in conference action. SOU also knocked off then fifth-ranked Eastern Oregon in December to start off Cascade Conference play.

Five Raiders finished with double-digit scoring, led by Humphrey Jackson (Redwood City, Calif./Woodside)'s 19 points. Eli Thornton (Victorville, Calif./Victorville) finished with 17 points and Josh McDermott (Ashland, Ore./Ashland) and Joe White (Springfield, Ore./Thurston) both had 12 points and Dustin Vaughn (Harrisburg, Ore./Harrisburg) had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Nate Menefee led Evergreen State with a game-high 23 points, but shot only 8-for-26 from the field.

The Raiders started off hot early taking a 6-0 lead before the two teams battled back and forth with Evergreen State leading 17-16 with 14:36 to play.

But the Geoducks quickly went on a 9-0 run in just over a minute of action to push the lead to 26-16.

SOU didn't go away though, trimming the lead to 40-37 on a Humphrey Jackson (Redwood City, Calif./Woodside) jumper at the halftime buzzer. Menefee led Evergreen with 15 points in the first half.

White tied the game for the third time in the half at 63-63 with a free throw and McDermott tied it at 65-65 with a basket to get the Raiders back in the game.

Evergreen then went on a 7-0 run to push the advantage to 72-65.

Jackson hit a late 3-pointer cut the lead to 77-74 with 25 seconds to play, and an Evergreen turnover with 11 seconds to play set up White's 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, Thornton hit a basket, got fouled and made the free throw to give SOU an 80-77 lead. McDermott then went 1-for-2 from the line to push the advantage to four at 81-77.

White then put the dagger in the Geoducks with a breakaway layup to push the lead up to 85-77.

SOU returns to McNeal Pavilion Friday night when they host Northwest University.