ATHERTON, Calif. – Jordan Hunt's lowest-scoring outing of the season included his biggest bucket, a go-ahead three-point play with 3.6 seconds left that made 22nd-ranked Southern Oregon a 71-68 winner against No. 21 Menlo (Calif.) on Friday afternoon at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.

Hunt, a junior forward who was SOU's leading scorer when the day started, was limited to one field goal until the Raiders' final possession. With the game tied, Tristen Holmes let the clock bleed before backing his defender into the paint and finding Hunt cutting to the basket. Holmes' bounce pass wasn't handled cleanly by Hunt, but the brief fumble allowed him to draw contact while bouncing in a layup.

Tez Allen picked off Menlo's desperation pass on the other end of the floor as the Raiders improved to 9-1 going into Cascade Conference play next weekend.

Freshman guard Teron Bradford scored a team-high 14 points, closing the first half with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that gave the Raiders a 34-31 lead and opening the second with another. SOU trailed at just two points in the second half – 62-60 with 5:20 to go and 64-63 a minute later – but Bradford answered with buckets both times.

Junior forward Tate Hoffman turned in his second double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds and Jake Virga had eight points and five assists. With them and Conor Carroll (9 points) leading the way, the Raiders' bench accounted for 28 of their 34 first-half points and allowed them to erase what was a 9-0 deficit just 1:24 into the game.

Holmes scored nine of his 12 after halftime as SOU went up by as many as seven midway through the second half.

Menlo (2-4) trailed 68-64 after an Allen drive with 2:41 left before back-to-back Henry Cornelious finishes at the rim tied it.

The Raiders will open their CCC schedule on the road, playing next Friday at Eastern Oregon and Saturday at defending champion College of Idaho.