Humphrey Jackson had 19 points in the win over Willamette.
Raiders Roll Past Bearcats
ASHLAND, ORE. -- The Southern Oregon men shot 63 percent in the second half en route to a 95-81 victory over Willamette tonight in the final game of the Flagship Inn Invitational.
Oregon Tech knocked off William Jessup 72-51 in the first game tonight. Both SOU and OIT went 2-0 in the Invitational.
Southern Oregon (7-1) was led by Humphrey Jackson’s 19 points and Chris Mackovjak’s 18 off the bench.
Willamette (1-3) received 18 points from Marcus Holmes.
The Raiders led 42-35 at the half after holding the Bearcats to 29 percent shooting from the field.
In the second half, SOU’s offense took over - mostly with layups.
Mackovjak gave the Raiders a 69-57 lead with a layup at the 9:48 mark. Justonn Smith added a 3-pointer and a layup to push it to 77-62 with 7:44 to play and the Raiders never looked back.
Joe White pushed the advantage to 23 at 87-64 with a 3-pointer with 5:14 to play for SOU’s biggest lead.
Smith added 13 points for SOU, while Roland Johnson had 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks and Ryan Staker had 11 points and six rebounds.
SOU opens up Cascade Conference play next Friday against Concordia.