Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The No. 6 ranked Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for February 8-14, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced.
The eight-year drought between CCC regular season championships ended, fittingly, on senior day, as the Raiders completed the weekend sweep of rivals Eastern Oregon and College of Idaho.
On Friday it was seniors Carly Meister and Ashley Claussen who provided the kryptonite to the three-time defending regular season champion Mountaineers. Meister dominating the inside with 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and added 10 rebounds and three steals. Claussen, whose shooting touch was cold the first half, heated up and went 5-for-6 in the third quarter finishing with 21 points, five assists and two steals in the 83-63 win. The victory also avenged the only blemish on the SOU record so far this year as EOU defeated the Raiders January 16
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With the win over College of Idaho the Raiders would lock up the regular season championship, the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CCC tournament and secure the first of two automatic bids to the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Tournament. Five Raiders would score in double figures in the 92-48 victory led by Claussen with 18 points.
SOU (24-1, 17-1 CCC) will close out the regular season on the road at Northwest Christian and Corban Feb. 19-20.