Box Score PORTLAND – The Southern Oregon University men's basketball team needed one weekend win to take the No. 2 seed to the Cascade Conference Tournament but didn't get it, going down quietly Saturday night with a 78-53 loss to Concordia at Cavalier Gym.

The Cavaliers (22-8 overall, 11-7 CCC) forced a second-place tie with the 14^th-ranked Raiders (22-8, 11-7) and a split in the season series, but won the tiebreaker. SOU will host sixth-seeded Northwest Christian on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the CCC Tournament.

NCU (16-12, 10-8), which finished in a three-way tie for fourth place with Warner Pacific and Northwest, won the first two meetings with SOU.

Concordia took the fun out of Saturday's game early and a 54-21 lead into halftime. They shot 21-for-41 in the first period, forced 12 SOU turnovers, grabbed 12 offensive rebounds and held the Raiders to 3-for-17 shooting from beyond the arc. Adam Herman scored 20 of his game-high 30 points in the first and pulled down nine rebounds.

Willy Ligon scored 12 points and Esvan Middleton went for six points and 16 rebounds. Middleton had eight offensive boards, helping the Cavaliers to 19 as a team.

David Sturner (Philomath, Ore./Philomath) registered 13 points and seven rebounds, Eric Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) had 13 points and six rebounds, and Jeff Bush (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) had 10 points, six boards and three assists to lead the Raiders.

A night after going 3-for-34 from 3-point range, they went 7-for-37. In just two games, SOU's 3-point percentage dropped from a league-best 38.9 to 36.5.

SOU had won five of six against the Cavaliers and four straight on their home floor.