desaulnier
Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo
Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo.
93
Winner Southern Oregon SOU-M 14-8 / CCC 8-4
85
The Evergreen State College ESCM 5-14 / CCC 2-11
Winner
Southern Oregon SOU-M
14-8 / CCC 8-4
93
Final
85
The Evergreen State College ESCM
5-14 / CCC 2-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Oregon SOU-M 39 54 93
The Evergreen State College ESCM 39 46 85

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

Sharp second half gives Raiders another road 'W' at Evergreen

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Tristen Holmes shot 9-of-10 from the field and Ben DeSaulnier hit eight straight free throws in the final minute to ice Southern Oregon's 93-85 defeat of The Evergreen State on Saturday night at the Costantino Rec Center.

Tied at 43-all with 19 minutes left, the Raiders (14-8 overall, 8-4 Cascade Conference) went on a 16-2 run spurred by 3-pointers from Kenny Meyer and Holmes and capped by DeSaulnier's three-point play. Holmes finished with 22 points and seven assists, Meyer scored 18 points and shot 4-of-5 from 3-point range, and DeSaulnier had 18 points and eight rebounds.

When the Geoducks (5-14, 2-11) trimmed SOU's lead to 72-64 at the seven-minute mark, Meyer drilled back-to-back triples from straight on – the first from well beyond the line as the shot clock expired, and the next in transition. The Raiders took their largest lead at 85-70 with 2:49 left after Holmes' three-point play and Conor Carroll's floater inside.

SOU forward Tate Hoffman chimed in with his most well-rounded game of the season, going for 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four blocks. Jason Simmrin added six points, six boards and three blocks off the bench.

The Raiders, who scored a 94-91 win Friday at Northwest (Wash.), moved from sixth place to fourth and are just a game out of second going into next weekend's games in Ashland against Multnomah and Warner Pacific. They're now 5-1 on the road in CCC play.

Holmes, a sophomore point guard from Medford, has put together four of his best games consecutively. Over the last two weekends, he's averaged 22.3 points on 67-percent shooting, 6.8 assists and four rebounds.

As a team, the Raiders have shot over 50 percent in four of their last five games. They were at 51 percent Saturday thanks to an 18-of-32 showing in the second half.

Jonathan Jack-Nixon's 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench led Evergreen.
 
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