ASHLAND – COVID-19 issues within Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)'s men's and women's basketball programs have forced the cancelation of Saturday's games at Southern Oregon.

Per Cascade Conference guidelines, the games will not be made up. The Raiders will receive forfeit victories the day of as long as they have enough individuals cleared for competition.

LC State's issues arose Friday prior to its games at Oregon Tech.

SOU will also accept a pair of forfeit victories next Saturday, Jan. 15, at Warner Pacific, which announced a department-wide two-week shutdown on Thursday due to a significant increase of COVID-19 cases.