There’s no place like home for the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team. Tuesday evening brought a packed crowd – and more importantly, a Raider win. On rivalry night vs Oregon Tech, two late free throws by Ben DeSaulnier secured the…
Category: Men’s Basketball
Raider Men Win 9th Straight At Home Behind DeSaulnier’s 22
The Southern Oregon Men’s basketball team continued their run of dominance at home, defeating Walla Walla University 79-59 Saturday night. The win marks the ninth consecutive home victory for the Raiders, and their win streak now stands at five. Saturday’s…
Raider Men Resilient in Consecutive Victories
A pair of pivotal conference games saw the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team come out unscathed, with wins Saturday against Northwest University and Sunday versus Evergreen State College. The Raiders now sit at 16-6 overall, and 10-2 in the Cascade…
Men’s Basketball Doubles Down On Weekend Wins
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team conquered crunch-time in the opening weekend of Cascade Conference play, defeating Corban University 86-84 on Saturday and Northwest Christian University 80-75 on Sunday. Following the weekend action, coach Brian McDermott echoed the importance of…
New Leaders Stepping Up For Men’s Basketball
The Southern Oregon University men’s basketball team had substantial shoes to fill entering the season. Following last season’s run to the Elite 8 of the NAIA tournament, SOU lost NAIA All-American and all-time winningest players Eric Thompson and Tim Weber. But,…
SOU Dream Run Comes To An End In Elite 8
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team won one more game in the NAIA tournament than the women, advancing to the Elite 8 before eventually losing to Embry-Riddle University on Saturday 71-79. In Friday’s Sweet 16 game, SOU outlasted Grace University…
Final Second Victory Keeps Raider Men Alive in Missouri
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team slowed down one of the hottest teams in the nation and last season’s NAIA runner-up Midland University, winning 73-71 to advance to the round of 16 teams of the NAIA tournament in Point Lookout,…
Men’s Basketball Submits their Resume
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team avenged two previous regular season defeats against Warner Pacific College in the conference semifinals on Saturday. As a result of the 81-66 victory, the Raiders advanced to Tuesday’s conference championship game against the College…
Men Drop Pair; Set Sights on Tournament Play
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team didn’t fare as well as the women in their games this weekend, losing 78-90 to Warner Pacific College on Friday and 88-96 to Concordia University on Saturday. Warner Pacific’s staple has been their zone…
Battle of the Birds
The Valentine’s Day matchup between Southern Oregon University and the visiting Oregon Institute of Technology was anything but lovely for the conference rivals on Saturday night. Tensions ran high as the packed crowd in Riehm Arena welcomed the 230th battle…