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Free-throw woes haunt SOU men again in nail biter loss to Northwest College ASHLAND - Josh Bull nailed a 12-foot shot at the buzzer to give the Northwest College men's basketball team a 59-57 win over Southern Oregon University in the Cascade Conference opener for both teams on Tuesday. After squandering a pair of double-digit, second-half leads and with the score knotted at 57 with six seconds remaining, Northwest's Bull, a junior guard, drilled the left-handed runner. The Eagles improved to 5-8 overall and spoiled a 14-point second-half by SOU's Hamilton Barnes. Barnes, who finished with 18 points, hit four 3-pointers to help rally the Raiders from a 39-27 deficit with 17:30 remaining. "We started to get into an offensive and defensive flow in the second half," said Raider coach Brian McDermott. "But we never should have been in a position to lose on a buzzer shot." Southern Oregon, which outrebounded the Eagles 46-31 but missed 9 of 12 free throw attempts, dropped its sixth game over the past seven outings to fall to 4-6 overall and 0-1 in league play entering today's home clash with Evergreen State (4-5, 0-1). SOU senior center Jeff Tacheny registered 13 points in a reserve role. NORTHWEST COLLEGE (5-8, 1-0) Williams 1-5 0-0 2, Prohn 4-7 1-2 9, Bull 5-8 2-2 12, Fulford 7-15 2-2 16, Ellis 2-7 2-4 6, Bogrand 0-0 0-0 0, Lindseth 1-3 0-0 3, Wildeboer 1-3 0-0 2, Schneider 4-11 0-0 9. Totals: 25-59 7-10 59. SOUTHERN OREGON (4-6, 0-1) Barnes 7-11 0-0 18, Caughell 0-6 0-0 0, Sorensen 2-4 2-2 6, DeGroot 2-5 0-4 4, Zosel 2-8 0-1 4, Olson 1-6 0-0 2, Coen 1-4 0-0 2, Knudsen 0-0 0-0 0, Tacheny 6-12 1-4 13, Rodriguez 4-6 0-1 8, Tharp 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 25-62 3-12 57. Halftime-Northwest 30, S. Oregon 27. 3-point goals - Northwest 2-12 (Williams 0-1, Prohn 0-2, Bull 0-1, Fulford 0-1, Lindseth 1-2, Wildeboer 0-1, Schneider 1-4), S. Oregon 4-13 (Barnes 4-7, Caughell 0-1, Olson 0-2, Coen 0-3). Rebounds - Northwest 31 (Fulford 8), S. Oregon 27 (Zosel 8). Assists - Northwest 14 (Prohn 5), S. Oregon 19 (Barnes 5). Fouled out - None. Total fouls - Northwest 15, S. Oregon 14. A - 400. Women WESTERN OREGON 64, SOUTHERN OREGON 54 - Western Oregon rallied to tip SOU in the non-conference clash at McNeal Pavilion. Senior forward Shannon Copple helped the Wolves (7-2) capture their seventh straight victory by scoring 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second stanza, including four 3-pointers. SOU led 31-25, but two Copple treys squared the game. It was tied at 46-46 before Western pulled away. Southern fell to 5-5 despite 11 points from junior center Ashley Nunley and 12 rebounds from junior forward Kara Magee-Arick. Former Eagle Point High star Becky Gregory scored 15 points and collected eight steals for WOU. WESTERN OREGON (64) Matthews 3-10 0-0 8, Laats 5-16 2-2 12, Gregory 4-10 7-9 15, Dinan 2-8 3-8 7, Copple 7-18 2-3 20, Anderson 0-1 0-0 1, Chase 0-2 2-4 2, Schwenk 0-1 0-1 0, Ragone 0-1 0-0 0, Bainter 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 21-68 16-27 64. SOUTHERN OREGON (54) Hilaire 2-8 0-2 4, Core 1-2 1-2 3, Stanford 4-5 0-0 8, Nunley 5-8 1-2 11, Marks 2-10 2-2 6, Magee-Arick 1-7 0-0 2, Dexter 2-9 2-4 6, Tangedahl 4-9 0-0 9, Dolezal 0-1 0-2 0, Beers 2-3 0-0 5, McMullen 0-0 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Harline 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 23-63 6-14 54. Halftime - S. Oregon 27, W. Oregon 22. 3-point goals - W. Oregon 6-13 (Matthews 2-5, Copple 4-6, Chase 0-2), S. Oregon 2-11 (Hilaire 0-4, Marks 0-2, Magee-Arick 0-1, Dexter 0-1, Tangedahl 1-1, Beers 1-1, Harline 0-1). Rebounds - W. Oregon 51 (Laats, Dinan 11), S. Oregon 46 (Magee-Arick 12). Assists - W. Oregon 14 (Gregory 5), S. Oregon 15 (Marks 5). Fouled out - Matthews, Marks, Tangedahl. Total fouls - W. Oregon 16, S. Oregon 22. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.