DeSaulnier
Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo
Ben DeSaulnier contributed 13 points off the bench Friday.
70
Cal Maritime CSUM 4-5
74
Winner Southern Oregon SOU 8-1
Cal Maritime CSUM
4-5
70
Final
74
Southern Oregon SOU
8-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cal Maritime CSUM 26 44 70
Southern Oregon SOU 31 43 74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | SOU Sports Information

Raiders fend off No. 22 Cal Maritime, 74-70

ATHERTON, Calif. – The hot-handed Southern Oregon men's basketball team went 8-for-16 from deep and held off 22nd-ranked Cal Maritime 74-70 on Friday afternoon at Menlo's Bud Presley Classic.

The 17th-ranked Raiders (8-1 overall), who never trailed in the second half, were led by Eric Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg)'s 21 points, Jordan West (Gymea Bay, Australia/Port Hacking)'s 15 points and seven rebounds, and Tim Weber (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg)'s 12 points and eight assists.

Three days after getting exactly zero points off the bench in a win at Simpson, SOU received a spark in the form of freshman Ben DeSaulnier (Philomath, Ore./Philomath)'s career-high 13 on 4-of-6 shooting.

Despite shooting 50 percent from the floor (27-for-54), the Keelhaulers trailed by as many as 16 in the second half. Roman Delgado scored 19 points for them, and Harley Ruder added 14.

Leading 44-37 with 15 minutes left, SOU hit four of its next five 3-point attempts – two by Thompson, one by Weber and the last by Kenny Meyer (Sparks, Nev./Spanish Springs) – to take a 58-44 lead that was extended to 16 points by West's jumper.

The Keelhaulers chipped away with some sharp shooting of their own, cutting it to 69-66 with a Ruder triple at the two-minute mark. Following two West free throws, they made it a three-point game again when Delgado made a jumper with 30 seconds left, but one free throw from Thompson and two from DeSaulnier put the game away.

Thompson went 8-for-12 from the field and made all three of his 3-point attempts. West was 5-for-7, going 2-for-3 from downtown, and Joel Spear (Adelaide, Australia/St. Michaels) chipped in eight points. The Raiders shot 51 percent (26-for-51) as a team, going over 50 for the fifth time this season.

The Raiders have their final tuneup for Cascade Conference play at 4 p.m. Saturday against Menlo.
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