The College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball team ran into a 27-year-old freshman it just couldn’t stop.

Chemeketa (Ore.) Com-munity College’s Shiloh Rowland scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Storm opened its season with an 84-76 upset win against the Golden Eagles at the K&T Steel Tournament.

CSI (6-2) played without leading scorer Carrick Felix (flu) and missed his presence on both ends of the floor.

“We make no excuses,” said CSI head coach Steve Gosar. “Every team goes through it. We needed someone to step up tonight and it didn’t happen.”

Rowlund, a freshman from Salem, Ore., stepped up big time. He had 19 points in the first half and showed touch inside and out.

“That’s a heck of a ball player,” said Gosar.

Rowland’s outing surprised even him.

“I’ve always had a decent touch, but to be honest I surprised myself,” said Rowland, who had never attended college before this year. “It’s crazy. I’m really happy right now.”

CSI trailed 65-52 with 10:52 remaining, but Chuck Odum ignited a 12-2 run to get within three at 67-64. Two buckets by Rowland kept the Storm in front and Chemeketa freshman point guard Trent Roos scored 12 of his 15 points in the final three minutes to keep CSI at bay.

Chemeketa (1-0) also got 16 points and six assists from Tyrone Phillips and beautifully shared the ball on offense, piling up 22 assists to CSI’s 12.

“We need to do a better job of attacking offensively,” said Gosar. “We settled for too many 3s tonight because that’s what was easy. Unfortunately we were not knocking them down.”

Josten Thomas sat out the first half for CSI on a coach’s decision, but had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the final 18 minutes for the Eagles. Brandon Givens had 12 points and 11 boards, but scored only one basket after halftime as he sat for long stretches. Odum and Byago Diouf each scored 10 for CSI.

CSI’s biggest first-half lead came at 19-12 on a dunk by Odum, but the Storm took the lead back at 23-22 and it was tight from there until Chemeketa’s Greg McWilliams beat the first-horn to give his team a 40-38 halftime lead. The game was tied at 42-42 before Chemeketa hit consecutive treys to start a 12-2 run to take over the game.

Said Rowland: “We’re way better than we thought we were. I had a great time.”

CSI plays it final home game of 2009 today when its hosts Riverside Community College (Calif.) at 8 p.m. The Golden Eagles play eight straight away games, returning home Jan. 14, 2010, against the College of Eastern Utah.

Riverside CC 106, Lethbridge College 60

Kevin Bradshaw and Daniel Redmond put on a show as Riverside (Calif.) Community College dominated Canada’s Lethbridge College 106-60 in Friday’s early game.

Bradshaw had 27 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks, while Redmond dished out 15 assists to go with 11 points and eight steals. James Calhoun added 17 points and eight boards for the Tigers (3-1).

Lethbridge, held to 35-percent shooting, was led by Logan Mendenhall’s 13 points. Rob Olsen scored 12.

Chemeketa CC 84, CSI 76

CHEMEKETA (84)

Tyrone Phillips 7-13 0-0 16, Alex France 2-8 1-2 6, Greg McWilliams 5-10 1-2 11, Seiji Blume 0-1 0-0 0, Shiloh Rowland 14-23 0-0 29, Patrick Adelman 0-1 0-0 0, Trent Roos 5-7 4-5 15, Raveon Samuel 1-5 0-0 3, Jon Zarate 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Coleman 0-1 0-0 0, AJ Freeman 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 36-74 5-8 84.

CSI (76)

Byago Diouf 4-12 1-2 10, Brandon Givens 4-8 4-6 12, Pierre Jackson 3-12 0-0 6, Romario Souza 3-6 3-4 9, Charles Odum 5-7 0-2 10, DJ Stennis 0-0 1-2 1, Antonio Owens 1-7 3-3 6, Kenny Buckner 4-6 0-3 8. Totals 30-71 14-27 76.

Halftime: Chemeketa 40, CSI 38. 3-point goals: Chemeketa 7-25 (Phillips 2-5, France 1-7, McWilliams 1-3, Blume 0-1, Rowland 1-2, Roos 1-2, Samuel 1-4, Freeman 0-1); CSI 2-14 (Diouf 1-6, Jackson 0-5, Odum 0-1, Owens 1-2). Rebounds: Chemeketa 34 (Rowland 11); CSI 57 (Givens 11). Assists: Chemeketa 22 (Phillips 6); CSI 12 (Jackson 5). Turnovers: Chemeketa 13; CSI 18. Total fouls: Chemeketa 23; CSI 13. Fouled out: none.

Riverside CC 106, Lethbridge College 60

RIVERSIDE (106)

Daniel Redmond 5-9 1-2 11, Orion Palmer 8-9 1-2 17, Kevin Bradshaw 10-15 7-9 27, Donovan Buford 3-10 0-0 7, Valentine Ike 3-3 2-3 9, Terrel Jasper 0-0 0-0 0, Willie Trimble 3-8 0-0 9, Larry Thompkins 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Fish 3-5 2-2 9, James Calhoun 6-11 2-2 17, Davie Champagine 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 41-73 15-20 106.

LETHBRIDGE (60)

Tyler Antal 1-3 0-0 2, Spencer Wenzel 2-5 0-0 4, Josh Watson 0-5 0-0 0, Logan Mendenhall 6-12 0-0 13, Ravi Athwal 3-8 0-0 7, Jared Baker 3-11 2-4 8, Alexi Frigon 0-2 3-4 3, Logan Reiter 3-4 2-3 8, Redmond Crowfoot 1-2 0-0 3, Sean Seastrand 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-69 9-13 60.

Halftime: Riverside 52, Lethbridge 27. 3-point goals: Riverside 9-16 (Redmond 0-1, Buford 1-3, Ike 1-1, Trimble 3-6, Fish 1-1, Calhoun 3-3); Lethbridge 3-15 (Mendenhall 1-4, Athwal 1-4, Baker 0-5, Crowfoot 1-1, Seastrand 0-1). Rebounds: Riverside 51 (Bradshaw 15); Lethbridge 30 (Olsen, Baker 5). Assists: Riverside 25 (Redmond 15); Lethbridge 14 (Baker, Seastrand 3). Turnovers: Riverside 20; Lethbridge 25. Total fouls: Riverside 16; Lethbridge 17. Fouled out: Lethbridge, Antal.