The Southern Oregon women's basketball team rolled to an 80-68 victory over Concordia tonight in Portland and wrapped up the No. 7 spot in next week's Cascade Conference Postseason Tournament.
Southern Oregon finished the regular season 19-10 overall and 8-10 in conference play with the victory. The Raiders will travel to Warner Pacific Tuesday for the first round of the postseason tournament. Concordia finishes the regular season 13-15 overall and 7-11 in conference action and will open the tournament at No. 1 seed College of Idaho.
Jacki Speer (Centralia, Wash./Centralia) had another huge night for the Raiders. The senior made 9 of 14 shots for 27 points and also pulled down seven rebounds.
Emily Brookins (Central Point, Ore./Crater) finished with 14 points and
Ashley Baker (Grand Junction, Colo./Fruita) had 10 points. Junior
Jamie Roupp (Ashland, Ore./Ashland) finished with nine assists and nine rebounds to go along with four points.
Danielle Clauson led the Cavs with 22 points.
The Raiders led 37-36 at half and then began to pull away in the second half.
Brookins and Baker opened the half with back-to-back baskets for a 41-36 lead. Speer had back-to-back bucks and the Raiders were up 45-38 with 17:30 to play.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by
Carly Wood (Sacramento, Calif./Bella Vista) gave the Raiders a double-digit lead at 54-44 at the 12:15 mark and a 3-pointer by Brookins had the Raiders up 20 at 71-51 with just over five minutes to play.
The trip to the postseason marks four straight years for the Raiders.