desaulnier
Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo
77
Southern Oregon SOU 18-13
89
Winner Oregon Tech OIT 23-8
Southern Oregon SOU
18-13
77
Final
89
Oregon Tech OIT
23-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Oregon SOU 37 40 77
Oregon Tech OIT 48 41 89

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

Raiders go down in CCC quarterfinals

KLAMATH FALLS – Fifth-seeded Southern Oregon ran out of answers in the second half Wednesday night at 22nd-ranked Oregon Tech, falling 89-77 in the quarterfinal round of the Cascade Conference Tournament presented by U.S. Bank.

The fourth-seeded Owls (23-8), who tied for second place during the regular season, stayed perfect at home and advanced to play at third-seeded College of Idaho in Saturday's semifinal round.

SOU junior guard Ben DeSaulnier scored 14 of his team-high 23 points in the second half. The Raiders trailed 48-37 at the break, but tied it by the 16-minute mark with a 15-4 run that DeSaulnier sparked with seven points and capped with a 3-pointer.

It was 56-56 with 13 minutes to go when the Owls made their move. Tyler Heib's 3-pointer made it 64-58, and later, with 6:30 remaining, Joel Yellow Owl gave OIT a 73-63 advantage by stepping into and hitting a 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock.

The Raiders finished with a record of 18-13. Eleven of those losses were against top-25 teams.

Yellow Owl had a game-high 25 points on 8-of-22 shooting. Mitchell Fink tallied 17 points and seven assists and three more scored in double figures for the Owls, who shot 44 percent (32-of-73) to SOU's 47 (31-of-66) but had a 15-4 advantage on the offensive glass.

Jordan Hunt scored 15 with six rebounds, Tristen Holmes had 13 points and six assists, Conor Carroll poured in 12 off the bench and Kenny Meyer added nine for the Raiders.

Justin Martin, the team's lone senior, made the 139th and final 3-pointer of his career in the first half.
 
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