Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The Southern Oregon University men’s basketball team has been named the “Team of the Week” for December 25-31, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced.
The No. 9 ranked Raiders received a late Christmas present Friday night from Matt Boudreaux who tipped in basket with three-tenths of a second remaining in regulation to tie the game with No. 25 Warner Pacific. SOU went on to win the game in overtime 104-98. The extra stanza was the only time the Raiders had a lead in the contest the entire night. Boudreaux, playing in his first action of the season since competing as a wide receiver on the SOU football team, contributed 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and collected three offensive rebounds. Kenny Meyer had 26 points, six rebounds and four assists off the bench to lead the Raiders.
Saturday night did not provide the same late game heroics but SOU did send The Multnomah Lions home with a lump of coal in their holiday stocking defeating the Lions 86-68. Ben DeSaulnier scored 19 points and the Southern Oregon bench added in 45 points in the win.
Southern (10-5, 5-1 CCC) will travel to No. 19 Oregon Tech on Tuesday January 2.