Ben DeSaulnier scored 13 points off the bench. Raider fend off No. 22 Cal Maritime, 74-70 11/28/2014 4:53:00 PM SOU Sports Information ATHERTON, Calif. – The hot-handed Southern Oregon men's basketball team went 8-for-16 from deep and held off 22nd-ranked Cal Maritime 74-70 on Friday afternoon at Menlo's Bud Presley Classic. The 17th-ranked Raiders (8-1 overall), who never trailed in the second half, were led by Eric Thompson (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg)'s 21 points, Jordan West (Gymea Bay, Australia/Port Hacking)'s 15 points and seven rebounds, and Tim Weber (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg)'s 12 points and eight assists. Three days after getting exactly zero points off the bench in a win at Simpson, SOU received a spark in the form of freshman Ben DeSaulnier (Philomath, Ore./Philomath)'s career-high 13 points on 4-for-6 shooting. Despite shooting 50 percent from the floor (27-for-54), the Keelhaulers trailed by as many as 16 in the second half. Roman Delgado scored 19 points for them, and Harley Ruder added 14. Leading 44-37 with 15 minutes left, SOU hit four of its next five 3-point attempts – two by Thompson, one by Weber and the last by Kenny Meyer (Sparks, Nev./Spanish Springs) – to take a 58-44 lead that was extended to 16 points by West's jumper. The Keelhaulers chipped away with some sharp shooting of their own, cutting it to 69-66 with a Ruder triple at the two-minute mark. Following two West free throws, they made it a three-point game again when Delgado made a jumper with 30 seconds left, but one free throw from Thompson and two from DeSaulnier put the game away. Thompson went 8-for-12 from the field and made all three of his 3-point attempts. West was 5-for-7, going 2-for-3 from downtown, and Joel Spear (Adelaide, Australia/St. Michaels) chipped in eight points. The Raiders shot 51 percent (26-for-51) as a team, going over 50 for the fifth time this season. The Raiders have their final tuneup for Cascade Conference play at 4 p.m. Saturday against Menlo.