Thomas McCarthy came off the bench for 19 points as eighth-ranked Eastern Oregon scored a 80-68 victory over Southern Oregon tonight at McNeal Pavilion.

Eastern Oregon improved to 11-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Southern Oregon dropped to 8-4 overall and 2-1 in conference. SOU hosts College of Idaho tomorrow at 5:30.

McCarthy had 19 points, including four 3-pointers. Jason Mumm finished with 14 points and JC Cook added 13.

Southern Oregon was led by Jordan Highland (Tualatin, Ore./Tualatin)'s 20 points. Freshman Kyle Tedder (Coos Bay, Ore./Marshfield) finished with 17 points and made three 3-pointers.

The Raiders cut the lead to four early in the second half with a Tedder lead to cut it to a 46-42 advantage. A layup by Herrera cut the lead to 46-44.

Eastern pushed the lead back to 55-46 on a 3-pointer by Thomas McCarthy with just over 14 minutes to play. McCarthy then pushed the lead to a dozen at 60-48 with a layup at the 12 minute mark and layup by Jason Mumm had the Mountaineers up 66-51.

After that Eastern rolled to victory.

Eastern shot 51 percent in the second half and made 12 of 15 free throws (80 percent).

Kellen Hawley (Cordova, Alaska/Cordova) led SOU with seven rebounds and Herrera had three assists and three steals.