Box Score ASHLAND – The 23rd-ranked Southern Oregon men's basketball team hung with NAIA Div. I Lewis-Clark State throughout the game, but in the end the Warriors held on for an 87-84 win over the Raiders Saturday night at the Flagship Inn Classic at Bob Riehm Arena.

Southern Oregon falls to 6-3 with the loss, while Lewis-Clark State improves to 9-0 on the season. The Raiders return to action next weekend, when they open the 2012-13 Cascade Collegiate Conference season on the road against Northwest Christian and Corban.

David Sturner (Philomath, Ore./Philomath) led the Raiders with 16 points and eight rebounds to go with three assists. Kyle Tedder (Coos Bay, Ore./Marshfield), Jeff Bush (West Linn, Ore./West Linn), Dex Daum (Fallon, Nev./Churchill), Eric Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) and Terriel Thomas (Boise, Idaho/Borah) all added 10 points as the Raiders shot 55.6 percent (35-of-63) in the game. Jacob Champoux scored a game-high 25 points for the Warriors, with P.J. Bolte tallying 22 points and Nick Fromm adding 13.

After the opening minutes, Lewis-Clark State held a small advantage throughout the first half, leading by as many as eight points in the opening period before taking a 51-46 advantage into the break. Southern Oregon opened the second half on an 11-5 run, claiming a one-point lead following a layup by Daum with 15:39 remaining.

For the next seven minutes the teams exchanged points, with neither team leading by more than three during that stretch. Southern Oregon's final lead of the game came on a Tedder layup that made it 67-66 with 8:38 to play. Lewis-Clark State outscored SOU 13-3 over the next four minutes to take a nine-point lead – its largest of the night – with under five minutes to go.

Southern Oregon battled back to within two points following a Thompson layup in the final minute, but the Warriors made five of six free throw attempts in the in the closing 30 seconds to hold off the hosts 87-84.