Southern Oregon's Jordan Highland helped the Raiders to a CCC-opening road sweep last weekend.
SOU's Highland Earns Weekly Red Lion Honors
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Southern Oregon University’s Jordan Highland, a 6-5 junior forward from Tualatin, Ore., has been named the Red Lion Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
In two games, Highland averaged 24 points and 6.5 rebounds to help the Raiders open CCC action with a 2-0 record. Highland shot 76 percent (19 of 25) from the field and 75 percent (3 of 4) from 3-point range as SOU (8-2, 2-0 CCC) posted road victories over Concordia (Ore.) and Warner Pacific (Ore.).
Highland had 31 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals vs. Concordia, then came back with 17 points and three rebounds vs. Warner Pacific.
Highland made 13 of 16 field goal attempts in the win over Concordia.
Honorable mention: Jordan Carter, Corban; Matt Ballenger, College of Idaho; Kellen Spicer, Northwest Christian; JC Cook, Eastern Oregon; Joseph Foster, Oregon Tech; Adam Herman, Concordia.