LEWISTON, Idaho – Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) had the final say in a back-and-forth game Saturday night at the P1FCU Activity Center, topping Southern Oregon 84-79 to widen the gap between the third- and fourth-place teams in the Cascade Conference standings.

Ten straight points gave the Raiders a 58-47 cushion with 13 minutes to play, but the Warriors shot 13-of-19 from that point on to survive behind sophomore forward Alton Hamilton's 22 points and 12 rebounds.

John Lustig scored 14 of his 20 in the second half for LC State (20-6 overall, 15-5 CCC). He hit four consecutive free throws in the final 30 seconds to ice the win.

Of SOU's seven CCC losses, six have been decided by five or fewer points.

The result put a damper on SOU forward Bryce Dyer's career-high 21-point output. The sophomore from North Medford went 9-of-14 and added 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the weekend and eighth of the season.

The Raiders, who'd won nine of their previous 10 games, fell to 17-8 and 12-7 in the CCC. Entering a three-game homestand that starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with Oregon Tech and runs to the end of the regular season, they're 2 ½ games behind the Warriors and a half-game up on fifth-place Multnomah.

Elijah Jackson, after scoring 30 in Friday's win at Walla Walla, went for 20 more against the Warriors. He tallied 13 during the first half as the teams went to the break tied 38-38.

Dyer and Joe Juhala drilled bookend 3-pointers during the run that put the Raiders up 11. LC State responded with its own 10-0 surge, but didn't take the lead until Dylan Skaife hit his fourth 3-pointer to make it 69-68 with 5:35 left. It never changed hands again.

Hamilton scored inside to make it a four-point game with 1:38 left, and after forcing a turnover the Warriors extended the lead with a pair of free throws.

Juhala and Whittaker scored eight apiece for the Raiders, who shot 50 percent from the field. LC State finished at 55% and had a 9-2 edge at the free-throw line.