Power of prayer
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I’m sure SOU soccer player, Presley Lambert, made this half-court shot a couple years ago, with Rocky Raider praying so fervently and all…
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Raiders may be one win away from a #1 seed
Ashley Claussen scored 20 points (and also had four assists and two steals) in 23 minutes tonight
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#5 Southern Oregon easily handled Northwest Christian tonight in Cascade Conference semifinal action in Ashland, 92-62. #4 St. Francis was upset at home. #2 St. Xavier also lost at home. SOU’s odds of moving up to the #4 or even #3 spot in the country improved greatly. They will need a win on Monday night against OIT to possibly seal the deal on a well-deserved #1 seed in the national tournament.
Semifinals
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Tomorrow night’s game will likely be the last one in Ashland for the men’s team this season. The only way they will get another home game is if they win AND Northwest Christian loses their home game taking place at the same time in Eugene.
Raiders advance to semis
Joel Spear
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Two things are similar about this year’s basketball teams. They are both perfect at home, and they are both advancing to the semifinals. Beyond that the games couldn’t look more different. The men’s team is 12-0 in close games, while the women are 23-0 in blowouts.
Catch the women this Friday night at 7 and the men on Saturday night at the same time. Both games will be at Ashland High School.
Autumn Durand
#1 seed?
Carly Meister
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The SOU women’s basketball team’s winning ways, combined with a couple key upsets, could earn them a #1 seed in the national tournament. The Raiders ended the regular season with a 26-1 record.
Saint Xavier, ranked #1 before tonight, dropped their regular season finale to #12 Stritch in OT on the road. They will likely fall to somewhere between #3 and #5 in the rankings.
Marian, ranked #3 before last night, dropped their final two games of the regular season. They lost to a 5-23 team on the road before losing their home finale tonight. They will likely drop out of the top eight with those losses.
#6 SOU will move up at least one spot in the rankings. If they don’t move ahead of Saint Xavier they will need to sweep the conference playoffs at home and hope for another upset of a higher ranked team to crack the top four and receive a #1 seed in the national tournament.
CCC playoffs in Ashland
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Danny Miles Trophy
Danny Miles shakes hands with his former player and current SOU women’s basketball coach Alex Carlson before his final game in Ashland
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Beginning with the 2016-17 season, the Cascade Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Trophy will be renamed the Danny Miles Trophy. More details here.
Danny Miles was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and baseball at Southern Oregon State College in the 1960s.
New basketball rankings
Kristin Smeaton
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After a 3-0 week, Massey Ratings has the 24-1 Raiders in the top 4, a position they need to get to in the coaches’ poll in order to receive a #1 seed in the national tournament. The coaches had SOU at #6 last week, and the teams ahead of SOU did not lose so it is doubtful the coaches will change things.
The coaches have College of the Ozarks at #4 while Massey has them at #14. Also, note that Massey is counting SOU’s exhibition loss to San Jose State, an NCAA Division 1 school, as a regular game.
Players of the Week
Victoria Mackey
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Details here.
Joel Spear
Alexa Gonzalez
Autumn Durand
Regular season home finale weekend
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Saturday night and Sunday afternoon will wrap up the home games for the regular season for the SOU basketball teams. Incredibly, neither team has lost at home (Ashland High School). Their combined home record is 20-0. Not that the games haven’t been close. The women had to come from behind to beat Oregon Tech this past Tuesday. The men have turned nearly every game into a nail biter, and they rarely lead at half time.
The men should earn at least one home game in the Cascade Conference playoffs. They have to play conference-leading Northwest Christian on the road so achieving all home playoff games will take some work.
The women should have all home playoff games before the national tournament, where they will likely be a #2 seed.