CCC CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY U.S. BANK
TUESDAY – QUARTERFINALS
5:30 p.m. – (8) Corban at (1) Southern Oregon
5:30 p.m. – (7) Evergreen at (2) Oregon Tech
5:30 p.m. – (6) College of Idaho at (3) Lewis-Clark State
5:30 p.m. – (5) Bushnell at (4) Eastern Oregon
FRIDAY – SEMIFINALS
5:30 p.m. – Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed
5:30 p.m. – Other Quarterfinal Winners (at higher seed)
MARCH 4 – CHAMPIONSHIP
5:30 p.m. – Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed

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THE MATCHUP: Southern Oregon's reward for winning its first regular-season title in seven years is the top seed in the Cascade Conference Championships presented by U.S. Bank and a quarterfinal date with No. 8 seed Corban at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday inside Lithia Motors Pavilion. The No. 22-ranked Raiders (24-4 overall, 20-2 CCC) swept the Warriors (8-20, 7-15) in the regular-season series, winning 74-49 on Jan. 19 in Ashland and 81-49 on Feb. 17 in Salem. SOU guard Sierra Scheppele hit 16-of-21 3-point attempts in those games – breaking SOU's single-game record with 10 makes in the first – and Corban shot 34 percent combined. The Raiders have won seven consecutive matchups and are 49-29 in the all-time series. The teams last met in the postseason in 2011, when Corban prevailed in the quarterfinals.

IF THEY ADVANCE: The Raiders have homecourt advantage throughout the tournament, meaning they'd be home for Friday's 5:30 p.m. semifinals and next Monday's 5:30 p.m. championship. The tournament is not bracketed: If the Raiders move on, they'll face the lowest remaining seed, which would be Eastern Oregon if every team performs true to seeding in the quarterfinals.

POSTSEASON PICTURE: The Raiders have already secured the CCC's first automatic bid for the 64-team NAIA Championships. They'll be making their fourth consecutive national postseason appearance when the first and second rounds play out March 15-16 on campus sites across the country, and they hope to be among the 16 hosts named when those sites are announced Thursday (the same day that the final NAIA Top 25 coaches' poll is released). The complete bracket reveal is scheduled for March 7 at 5 p.m. The CCC's second automatic bid goes to the tournament champion, unless SOU wins it, in which case it goes to the other finalist.

McINTYRE'S WEEKLY NOD: After logging her sixth and seventh 20-point games of conference play to close the regular season, Meghan McIntyre was voted the CCC's Rize Laboratory Player of the Week on Monday. McIntyre went 11-of-17 with 23 points against Walla Walla and 8-of-18 with 20 against Lewis-Clark State, and has now scored at least 12 points in 12 consecutive outings. During that stretch, she has averaged 18.3 points on 48-percent shooting from the field and 40 percent from 3, 4.3 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals. On the final CCC-only leaderboard, she finished sixth in scoring (16.7), second in assists (4.0) and sixth in steals (2.2).

WALK TALK: Kami Walk came supplied with the most dramatic moment of her accomplished career Saturday, a game-winning and championship-clinching bucket with 1.6 seconds left that gave the Raiders a 60-58 win over No. 6 Lewis-Clark State. The 14-point, 11-rebound performance marked her 25th career double-double, and it was far from the first time she's come through in clutch, big-game situations. Of her 1,576 career points (she's seven away from taking over the No. 3 spot on SOU's all-time list), 187 have been recorded over 13 postseason games. In last year's first round of the NAIA Tournament, she completed SOU's historic 29-point comeback against Wayland Basket by hitting the game-winner with four seconds left. Two years ago in the CCC Tournament championship at LC State, she starred with 20 points and nine rebounds in a stunning 56-34 triumph.

ON GUARDING: SOU's defense now belongs in all-time great conversations within the Cascade Conference. The Raiders allowed 52.3 points in conference play, the lowest average for any CCC team in the last 20 years. Their overall points-allowed average (52.9) ranks fifth out of 228 NAIA teams, and their defensive rating (76.6 points allowed/100 possessions) ranks 10th. Pressure from all angles is their staple, but three different Raiders (Clara Robbins, Emma Schmerbach and Walk) are among the CCC's top-seven in blocked shots and their overall blocks average (4.9) is fifth on the national leaderboard.

STILL STREAKING: Winners of 14 consecutive games, the Raiders have never brought a streak this long into the postseason. It stands as the fourth-longest in team history, and the longest since they established a team record with 21 straight in 2016-17. The Raiders have won eight in a row at home and are 12-1 overall inside Lithia Motors Pavilion. In Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt's three seasons as head coach, they own a 38-4 home record.

SOU TOURNAMENT HISTORY: The Raiders are in the CCC Tournament for the 17th consecutive season and are hosting with a top-four seed for the 10th straight postseason. They own seven titles, winning most recently in 2022, and have advanced to the championship game five of the last seven seasons. They went out in the semifinals last year, 80-69 at LC State, but have won nine of their last 10 quarterfinal games.

ABOUT CORBAN: The Warriors limped to the finish line with six consecutive losses and have one win against the rest of the tournament field, a 66-60 decision over No. 7 seed Evergreen on Jan. 6. They're seeking their first quarterfinal win since 2020. Maddie Godwin, a senior guard, averages a team-high 16.1 points and is complemented in the backcourt by freshman Autumn Agnew (12.3 points). They struggle shooting as a team, hitting at 36 percent from the field and 24 percent from 3.