ASHLAND – With three reserves scoring in double figures and a 25-4 sprint to the finish line, the No. 24-ranked Southern Oregon women's basketball team exploited Bushnell's lack of depth for a 69-56 win Saturday at Lithia Motors Pavilion.

SOU point guard Meghan McIntyre scored nine of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, but a 32-0 advantage in bench scoring – assembled by Makayla Scurlock (11 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Mallory Williams (11 points) and Emma Schmerbach (10 points, 4 assists, 2 steals) – was ultimately the difference.

The Raiders upped their record to 13-4 overall and finished the first half of Cascade Conference play at 9-2 ahead of a five-game road swing. Bushnell – which dressed only seven players and amassed 16 bench minutes compared to SOU's 79 – fell to 9-8 and 5-6.

Thanks in large part to Aspen Slifka, who scored 21 of her 22 points through the first three quarters, the Beacons led by 12 early and were up 52-44 before Scurlock's 3-pointer triggered SOU's decisive rally with 8:20 remaining. The Raiders went on to score 12 unanswered, a run capped by Clara Robbins' first 3-pointer of the season, to go in front for good.

In a two-point game, McIntyre supplied dagger 3s on back-to-back possessions inside the three-minute mark.

Robbins finished with nine points, five rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot for the Raiders, who improved to 8-1 on their home court. McIntyre added six rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Libby Mathis supplied 11 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks for the Beacons. They've lost 14 consecutive games in Ashland.

The Raiders remain one game behind CCC co-leaders Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and Oregon Tech. They visit fourth-place Eastern Oregon and sixth-place College of Idaho next weekend.