SALEM – Southern Oregon's comeback bid fell short and 19th-ranked Corban never trailed in a 73-66 Cascade Conference win Friday night at the C.E. Jeffers Center.
Emily Yost scored 22 points and Jordan Woodvine had 15 points and five assists for the Warriors (19-7 overall, 13-3 CCC), who picked up their 13th win in 14 games and completed a regular-season sweep of the Raiders (16-7, 12-5). In the fourth quarter, Yost and Woodvine combined for 13 points with 6-of-6 shooting at the free-throw line.
Corban's largest lead was 51-36 with four minutes left in the third quarter following a 15-6 run. SOU got the deficit down to 10 going into the fourth quarter, and back-to-back
Daranda Hinkey 3-pointers cut it to 57-52 with six minutes left.
That was as close as the Raiders would get. With four minutes to go, Treasure Farmer's bucket inside followed by a Woodvine 3-pointer pushed it back to 67-55.
The Raiders got 20 extra field-goal attempts thanks to advantages of plus-10 in offensive rebounds and plus-five in turnovers forced. They shot just 32 percent from the field (23-of-71), however, while the Warriors hit at a 47-percent clip (24-of-51).
Hinkey and
Syd Fryer led SOU with 15 points apiece, and
Dominique Harding totaled 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Freshman guard
Kalei Iwami – who had missed the Raiders' previous 13 games with an injury – scored 10 with a pair of 3-pointers off the bench.
The result kept Corban in second place and put the Raiders in fourth. They'll play their final road game of the regular season at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Northwest Christian.