No. 23 Coyotes Shut Down No. 16 Raiders

The Coyotes held off that run, but a pair of Speer free throws cut the lead to 81-73 with 7:00 to play and a free throw by Rhiannon Dickison had the lead down to seven at 83-76, but that’s as close as the Raiders would get.

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ASHLAND, Ore. - The 23rd-ranked College of Idaho women’s basketball team got 36 points from Nicole Gall and downed 16th-ranked Southern Oregon 98-86 tonight at McNeal Pavilion.

The Coyotes are now 10-1 overall and 2-0 in Cascade Conference play. Southern Oregon fell to 8-1 overall and 1-1 in conference. The loss snapped SOU’s 21-game home winning streak.

Gall tied a school-record with her 36 points and also tied a school record with eight 3-pointers. The performance overshadowed an impressive performance by SOU’s Jacki Speer.

Speer had 20 points, 20 rebounds and three blocks for the Raiders.

The Coyotes came out and took a commanding 55-33 halftime lead and held the Raiders to 32 percent shooting for the first 20 minutes.

The lead grew to 25 at 65-40 with 16:44 to play before SOU took off.

A 15-0 run over the next three minutes cut the gap to 65-55 on an Ashley Baker layup.

The Coyotes held off that run, but a pair of Speer free throws cut the lead to 81-73 with 7:00 to play and a free throw by Rhiannon Dickison had the lead down to seven at 83-76, but that’s as close as the Raiders would get.

Dickison added 21 points for the Raiders and Baker came up with 11 points and nine rebounds. Alexandria Allen had 15 points for the Coyotes.

SOU returns to non-conference action next Friday when they face Willamette in Klamath Falls.

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