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SOU women shake off rust to beat EOU It took a little longer than expected, but the Southern Oregon women�s basketball team was able to take care of business Friday night at McNeal Pavilion. Coming off a nine-day break for the holidays, the Raiders showed definite rust as Eastern Oregon managed a 14-3 lead in the Cascade Conference game. After a timeout and some words of encouragement from SOU coach Shirley Huyett, the Raiders quickly returned to form in outscoring Eastern Oregon 62-19 over the remaining minutes for a 65-33 triumph. Buoyed by more intensity on the defensive side of the court, SOU improved to 6-8 overall and 3-0 in league play. Eastern Oregon dropped to 2-8 and 0-2. Tiwana Merritt led SOU with 21 points, six assists and four steals, while Ali Richards chipped in eight steals, five assists and four points. Huyett was especially encouraged by Merritt�s play. The 5-foot-5 senior guard has came into her own over the past few games for the Raiders. Merritt and crew will get a big test tonight as the Raiders play host to St. Francis of Indiana at 5:30 p.m. St. Francis is the No. 1-ranked team in NAIA women�s basketball. EASTERN OREGON (2-8, 0-2) Haddock 0-5 0-0 0, Kennedy 1-5 0-0 2, Sellards 2-13 1-1 5, McMurphy 3-13 0-1 7, Dianda 3-10 0-0 6, Niemeyer 1-4 1-1 3, A. Johnson 0-0 2-2 2, Lowe 3-6 1-2 7, Burk 0-0 1-2 1, K. Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 13-57 6-9 33. SOUTHERN OREGON (6-8, 3-0) Merritt 7-15 6-8 21, Richards 1-6 2-4 4, Core 3-10 2-4 8, Stanford 2-5 5-6 9, Petersen 2-7 0-0 4, Wiley 0-1 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Nunley 1-2 1-2 3, Tangedahl 1-3 0-1 2, Hilaire 2-8 4-4 9, Magee-Arick 2-2 0-0 5. Totals: 21-59 20-29 65. Halftime�Southern Oregon 27, Eastern Oregon 20. 3-point goals�Eastern Oregon 1-17 (Haddock 0-4, Kennedy 0-1, Sellards 0-7, McMurphy 1-5), Southern Oregon 3-10 (Merritt 1-5, Core 0-2, Hilaire 1-2, Magee-Arick 1-1). Rebounds�Eastern Oregon 50 (McMurphy 10), Southern Oregon 39 (Tangedahl 7). Assists�Eastern Oregon 11 (Haddock 4), Southern Oregon 16 (Merritt 6). Personal fouls�Eastern Oregon 27, Southern Oregon 14. Men�s Basketball SOUTHERN OREGON 75, EVERGREEN STATE 68 � A three-point play by Tom Chipps with 21 seconds left sealed a Raider comeback in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. SOU (7-5, 1-0) erased a seven-point deficit to tie the game at 65 with nine minutes to play and the Raiders took over from there. EVERGREEN ST. (4-8, 0-1) Stewart 7-12 0-0 17, Richardson 3-8 4-5 10, Koeltzow 0-4 0-0 0, Robinson 5-6 2-3 17, Spencer 5-10 6-10 17, Adam 0-0 0-0 0, Zwar 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 1-5 0-2 3, LaBree 0-0 0-0 0, Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-49 12-20 68. SOUTHERN OREGON (7-5, 1-0) Barnes 3-6 0-0 6, Paris 7-11 8-12 25, Zosel 6-9 0-2 12, Chipps 5-11 7-8 18, Haynes 0-0 0-0 0, Wightman 3-5 1-1 9, Caughell 1-4 0-0 2, DeGroot 1-1 0-0 2, Sorensen 0-0 1-2 1. Totals: 26-47 17-25 75. Halftime�Southern Oregon 30, Evergreen St. 25. 3-point goals�Evergreen St. 10-21 (Stewart 3-5, Koeltzow 0-2, Robinson 5-6, Spencer 1-4, Johnson 1-4), Southern Oregon 6-14 (Barnes 0-3, Paris 3-3, Chipps 1-2, Wightman 2-4, Caughell 0-2). Rebounds�Evergreen St. 26 (Robinson 7), Southern Oregon 31 (Zosel 9). Assists�Evergreen St. 12 (Spencer 4), Southern Oregon 18 (Caughell 5). Personal fouls�Evergreen St. 23, Southern Oregon 19. Wrestling SOUTHERN OREGON 35, CENTRAL WASHINGTON 13 � At Ellensburg, Wash., the Raiders got three pins in a row and four total, and heavyweight Devin Cole won the biggest match of the night. Cole, ranked second, defeated No. 8 Jess Workman, 3-0, in a battle of the two best big men in the Northwest Wrestling Conference. The Raiders got pins from Nolan Harris at 125, Jeremy Wynia at 141, Colin Murphy at 149 and Scott Armstrong at 157. SOU is 2-0 in dual matches. 125 � Nolan Harris, SOU, pinned Jamie Garza, 4:59; 133 � Ross Kondo, CWU, d. Jason Chao, 12-4; 141 � Jeremy Wynia, SOU, pinned Cole Denison, :52; 149 � Colin Murphy, SOU, pinned Ken Salvini, 5:08; 157 � Scott Armstrong, SOU, p. Brian Vierela, 1:29. 165 � Matt Ballad, CWU, d. John Sills, 9-4; 174 � Ryan Schumann, SOU, d. Franco Santiago, 9-7; 184 � Ty Roberts, CWU, pinned Willie Falvey, 4:57; 197 � Devin Parks, SOU, tech. fall over D.C. Hazen, 16-0, 2:45; Hwt � Devin Cole, SOU, d. Jess Workman, 3-0. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.