ROSEBURG – The No. 1 ranked Umpqua women improved to 25-0 on the year with a lopsided 108-48 victory over the Portland Panthers on Saturday. The RiverHawks jumped ahead 31-9 at the end of the first quarter and it was never close from there.

Six Umpqua players finished in double figures, led by Bria Thames with 19.

The UCC ladies gained a slightly larger lead on first place in the South Region, thanks to a loss by Clackamas. The RiverHawks lead the standings by two games with four left to play.

The Umpqua men were hoping to inch closer to first place with a win over No. 2 Portland, but the RiverHawks couldn’t finish off a second half comeback in a 95-79 loss.

UCC trailed by 18 at halftime, but rallied back to within four points with two minutes left to play in regulation. Portland responded with a 13-1 run to finish the game and UCC’s hopes of the upset.

Ethan Betts led the way for Umpqua with 21 points.

Up next, the Umpqua men and women will Chemeketa in Salem on Wednesday.