Box Score ASHLAND – Evergreen took its first lead of the game midway through the second half, and the Geoducks held off Southern Oregon late to knock off the Raiders 58-53 in Cascade Collegiate Conference women's basketball action Saturday night at Bob Riehm Arena.

The loss drops Southern Oregon's record to 14-13 overall and 5-11 in conference play, while Evergreen improves to 6-20 overall and 4-13 in the CCC.  Southern Oregon concludes its home schedule with a 7-7 home record and will face Corban and Northwest Christian on the road next week to close out the regular season.

RaTanya Newsome (Tucson, Ariz./Tucson) led the Raiders with 17 points and added five rebounds, four assists and four steals. Krysten Copeland (Rohnert Park, Calif./Santa Rosa High School) finished with 12 points and five rebounds in the loss.

Danielle Swain finished with a game-high 21 points and added eight rebounds. Maddie Graves tallied 12 points and Jessica Edge finished with 10 for the Geoducks.

Southern Oregon led 13-5 early in the first half, but Evergreen scored the next eight points to tie it as SOU went six minutes without making a basket. Molly Doran (Corvallis, OR/Crescent Valley) hit a jumper to put the Raiders back on top, but Swain made a layup at the other end to tie the score once again. Newsome made a pair of free throws with three minutes to play, and the Raiders closed the half on a 7-2 run to take a 22-17 halftime lead.

Evergreen hung within six points of the Raiders early in the second half, and the Geoducks tied it up at 33-33 on Sami Clark's jumper with 11:50 to play. After Angelica Cahee (Oroville, Calif./) hit a jumper to put the Raiders back on top, Maddie Graves and Swain made back-to-back shots to give the visitors their first lead of the game at 37-35.

The Geoducks built their largest lead to that point when Graves made it 45-41 Evergreen with six minutes remaining. A couple minutes later Mele Rich made a pair of free throws to put the Geoducks up 54-48, and Graves followed with a layup to make it an eight-point game with only 75 seconds to play.

Doran hit a three-pointer with exactly one minute to play to pull SOU within five, but Swain made a pair of free throws and the Raiders were unable to grab rebounds on the front end of a couple one-and-one misses.

Evergreen shot only 20.6 percent (7-of-34) in the first half, but the Geoducks made 63 percent (17-of-27) of their shots in the second half to earn the win. Southern Oregon shot 27.6 percent (16-of-58) in the loss.