Staff and wire reports

Oregon Tech&

s bus arrived an hour late Saturday night but it arrived early enough for the Owls to paste the Southern Oregon women&

s basketball team with a 72-54 Cascade Conference setback at McNeal Pavilion.

OIT (13-5, 4-3 Cascade) scored the first five points of the contest and never trailed in toppling the Raiders (9-9, 2-5) for the sixth consecutive encounter.

Seniors Samantha Gilbert and Laura Ivancie each scored 15 to lead the Owls, who extended a 34-18 halftime edge to a 22-point bulge to 53-31 with 11 minutes remaining.

SOU, which scored only 10 points over the first 14 minutes and registered baskets on back-to-back possessions only once in the opening stanza, received a game-high 19 points from junior guard Jenna Ayers.

Oregon Tech shot only 34 percent (22 of 64) but compensated by going 20-for-27 from the free-throw line, out-rebounding SOU 50-41 and limiting the home squad to a 21-for-63 clip (33 percent).

Four Raiders fouled out in the team&

s third straight home loss.

OREGON TECH (13-5, 4-3)

Gilbert 5-12 5-8 15, Haylett 4-12 1-2 12, Carmichael 3-9 2-2 9, DuBrey 4-11 2-2 10, Doherty 3-8 2-4 11, Cooke 0-2 0-0 0, Ivancie 3-8 8-8 15, Unruh 0-0 0-0 0, Parrish 0-2 0-1 0. Totals: 22-64 20-27 72.

SOUTHERN OREGON (9-9 2-5)

Ayers 8-19 0-0 19, Zimmerman 4-11 2-3 11, Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Richards 2-10 6-6 10, Brough 0-2 0-0 0, Hafner 1-2 0-0 2, Butler 0-3 0-0 0, Moore 0-3 0-0 0, Sampson 0-0 0-0 0, Cox 1-3 0-0 2, Beyer 1-3 0-0 2, Backer 4-7 0-0 8. Totals: 21-63 8-9 54.

Halftime&

Oregon Tech 34, Southern Oregon 18. 3-point goals&

Oregon Tech 8-26 (Gilbert 0-4, Haylett 3-8, Carmichael 1-4, Doherty 3-7, Cooke 0-1, Ivancie 1-2), Southern Oregon 4-19 (Ayers 3-6, Zimmerman 1-7, Richards 0-2, Hafner 0-1, Butler 0-1, Moore 0-2). Rebounds&

Oregon Tech 50 (Gilbert, DuBrey, Doherty 9), Southern Oregon 41 (Brough 8). Assists&

Oregon Tech 16 (Haylett 6), Southern Oregon 9 (Brough 3). Fouled out&

Ayers, Zimmerman, Richards, Brough. Total fouls&

Oregon Tech 13, Southern Oregon 26. A&

1,250.

SOU Wrestling

At Portland, a long layoff didn&

t deter the Southern Oregon University wrestling team.

The Raiders took out Simon Fraser 29-6, then narrowly upset Nebraska-Kearney before falling, 25-19.

Seventh-ranked SOU had been off for three weeks heading into Saturday&

s double dual meet at the Portland State University campus.

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It was an interesting day,&

said SOU coach Mike Ritchey. &

We haven&

t wrestled in three weeks, so we were a little bit flat.

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We wrestled competitively, just not good enough to win against Nebraska Kearney.&

Against Nebraska-Kearney, ranked fourth in Division II, the Raiders got a pin from Jimmy Ulrey at 149 pounds. Teammate Jimmy Grochowsky scored a 7-3 decision at 165 and David O&

Brien won by major decision, 12-4, at 174.

SOU took every weight division in the matchup against Simon Fraser except 197 and 285 pounds.

Neb.-Kearney 25, S. Oregon 19

125- Trevor Charbonneau (UNK) dec. Trevor Loftstedt (SOU), 3-1 OT1

133&

Barry Johnson (PSU) wins by forfeit.

141&

Jeff Rutledge (UNK) dec. Matt Holt (SOU), 4-1

149&

Jimmy Ulrey (SOU) by pin over Brandon Brill (UNK), 2:16

157&

Joe Ellenberger (UNK) by pin over Kyle Temple (SOU), 6:59

165&

Jimmy Grochowsky (SOU) dec. Brent Hille (UNK), 7-3

174&

David O&

Brien (SOU) major dec. Paul Sutton (UNK), 12-4

184&

Tanner Linsacum (UNK) dec. Rick Story (SOU), 6-4 OT1

197&

Jeff Sylvester (UNK) by pin over Grant Thompson (SOU), 5:43

285&

Tervel Dlagnev (UNK) major dec. Taylor Wilkinson (SOU), 20-7

S. Oregon 29, Simon Fraser 6

141&

Matt Holt (SOU) dec. Bo Gregson (SFU), 5-0

149&

Joey Jansen (SOU) major dec. Hardeel Aujla (SFU), 12-3

157&

Kyle Temple (SOU) dec. Kaveh Banihashemi (SFU), 4-2 OT4

165&

Jimmy Grochowsky (SOU) dec. David Krawczyk (SFU), 3-1

174&

David O&

Brien (SOU) major dec. Paul Murphy (SFU), 11-4

184&

Rick Story (SOU) tech. fall Pat McDonald (SFU), 21-6

197&

Rusbeh Banihashemi (SFU) dec. Abe Ewing (SOU), 6-4

285&

Makail Abdul-Latif (SFU) dec. Taylor Wilkinsen (SOU), 8-2

125&

Trevor Loftstedt (SOU) dec. Rafiq Charania (SFU), 4-0

133&

Barry Johnson (SOU) dec. Isaac Wing (SFU), 7-3