Autumn Durand scored 19 points in SOU's 83-74 win at Corban.
SALEM – The Southern Oregon University women's basketball team moved up the Cascade Collegiate Conference standings by holding off the Corban Warriors and scoring a critical 83-74 road win Friday night.
Allison Gida led the Raiders offensively for the fourth time in six games with 20 points and seven rebounds. Autumn Durand added 19 points, four rebounds and four assists.
With the victory, the Raiders improved to 18-6 overall and 7-5, and avenged an 82-79 loss to Corban on Jan. 4. They and the Warriors (11-13, 6-6) were part of a three-way tie for fifth place entering the night, one game out of a three-way tie for second.
Trailing by 13 with six minutes left, Corban went on a 17-7 run and cut it to 77-74 with 80 seconds left on Kelli Christenson's 3-pointer. Carly Meister responded with a basket-and-one on a dish from Kristen Schoenherr on the other end, and Claussen hit four straight free throws to seal it.
Corban's last lead of the game came three minutes in, but a Durand layup put SOU up for good. A last-second jumper by Durand gave SOU a 42-36 halftime lead.
Southern Oregon piled on by starting the second frame with a 9-2 run, and a jumper by Gida gave the Raiders their largest lead of the night, 68-53, with 7:31 to play.
Tara Vanweerdhuizen led the way for the Warriors with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Jade Lowery and Sadie Pilgeram contributed 18 points and 12 points, respectively.
Meister had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Schoenherr was limited by foul trouble to 19 minutes but contributed 10 points, four rebounds and three assists.
SOU made 26 of 33 free throws and Corban was 17-for-27.
The Raiders will complete their road trip at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at Northwest Christian before returning home next week.
-- Jake Coburn, SOU Sports Information Assistant