COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. – Freshly adorned with the NAIA's No. 3 ranking, Southern Oregon helped itself to all the easy buckets it could eat and shot 60% from the field for the first time since 2017 in Friday's 94-48 win against Walla Walla (Wash.) at Windemuth Court.

The Raiders, now 24-0 overall and 18-0 in the Cascade Conference, trimmed their magic number to clinch another CCC championship to two. They outscored the Wolves 53-18 in the second half while dropping in 20-of-30 attempts.

Senior forward Morgan Baird scored 20 points for the fourth time this season on a 10-of-16 display, adding six rebounds and five assists. Eliza DiGiulio went 6-of-11 for 15 points and six boards off the bench, and five more Raiders totaled at least eight points apiece.

All 12 players in uniform cracked the scoring column as SOU got 44 points from its bench compared to seven for the Wolves. Behind Baird and DiGiulio, the Raiders also had a 48-20 edge in paint points and didn't surrender a single second-chance bucket.

The Wolves (7-18 and 4-15) were swept in the season series by SOU for the ninth year in a row.

The Raiders, winners of 21 straight road games dating back to last season, will turn around to visit third-place Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) at 4 p.m. Saturday. If LC State defeats second-place Oregon Tech on Friday, a win would guarantee them no less than a share of the title and the top seed in the CCC Tournament.

Friday's game was the sixth this season they've won by 40-plus points. Meghan McIntyre accrued eight points, five rebounds and four steals. She and Emma Schmerbach both went 4-of-7 from the field, and Clara Robbins hit all four of her attempts. Mallory Williams contributed a game-high eight rebounds.

Jaylo Bello scored 15 to lead Walla Walla. Chariah Daniels, the Wolves' top scorer on the season, was limited to five points and went 3-of-15 combined in two matchups with SOU.