ASHLAND – The offensive breakout Southern Oregon had been awaiting arrived on Friday night at Lithia Motors Pavilion. Behind seniors Elijah Jackson and Joe Juhala, it victimized defending national champion College of Idaho in a Cascade Conference shootout.

The Raiders compiled the highest point total the Yotes have allowed in eight seasons for a 95-81 victory that put them in a three-way tie for first place. Juhala shot 9-of-15 with career-highs of 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Jackson went 9-of-15 with six 3-pointers to ring up 28 points and four assists.

Gio Evanson contributed 16 points on eight field-goal attempts and four assists for the Raiders (9-6 overall, 6-1 CCC), who shot 54% from the field and 14-of-30 from 3. They also collected nearly as many offensive rebounds (17) as C of I did total rebounds (18), earning a 21-7 edge in second-chance points.

The Yotes (10-5, 5-2) stayed in the game behind guards Dougie Peoples (29 points) and Utrillo Morris (20 points, 7 assists), cutting what had been an 18-point deficit midway through the second half to five with two minutes to play. They'd won 13 of their last 14 games against SOU and hadn't surrendered 95-plus points since a 100-93 loss in Ashland on Dec. 3, 2017.

The Raiders have won seven of their last eight entering back-to-back home games against the teams they're tied with atop the standings – Eastern Oregon at 5 p.m. Saturday and Oregon Tech at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

They led C of I for the final 32 minutes, taking control behind Jackson and Juhala's combined 31 first-half points. Juhala's three-point play started 13-5 run capped by back-to-back Jackson 3-pointers that gave them their largest lead of the first at 50-38. They opened the second on a 10-4 surge to go up 60-44.

The Yotes got within seven points on a Peoples triple at the three-minute mark before Evanson responded with a floater in the lane. After back-to-back Yotes buckets cut it to 86-81, SOU hit 9-of-12 at the line while C of I went scoreless the rest of the way.

The Raiders' 14-of-30 3-point display was their best of the season. They entered the matchup at 31% beyond the arc and were coming off a road trip in which they went 12-of-53. They connected on six of their first seven attempts against the Yotes.

Brady Rice helped with a pair of 3-pointers and nine points. Luke Wagstaff shot 3-of-3 with seven points and six rebounds off the bench, and Bryce Dyer tallied six rebounds and five assists without a turnover.

Dating back to last season, SOU has won nine consecutive home games.