Life on the Road Not So Good for IHCC

Cedar Rapids, IA --After winning their first five games of the season, all on their home court, the Indian Hills Warriors went on the road for the first time Tuesday and found out how difficult life away from home can be. The Warriors dropped a 66-55 decision to Kirkwood CC in a game in which IHCC didn't lead after the first six minutes of the first half.

Kirkwood's Brandon Pullman came off the bench to hit a three-pointer to give the Eagles the lead at 10-9, and then followed with a layup. The Warriors forged two ties, at 16-all and 18-all, but never led again on the way to their first loss of the year.

Larry Stone tried to keep the Warriors in the game in the opening half. The 5-7 guard scored nine straight points in one stretch. His fourth straight field goal brought the Warriors to within four points, but Pullman and Jordan Stoermer hit consecutive three-pointers for Kirkwood to help the Eagles grab their first double-digit lead with just over four minutes left in the half.

When Kaylon Williams scored right before the buzzer at the end of the half, Kirkwood took a ten-point lead to the lockerroom. The Warriors weren't able to get closer than six points in the second half.

Aaron Austin had back-to-back baskets to bring IHCC within six at 48-42 seven minutes into the second half. But the Warriors couldn't score on two straight possessions after that with a chance to reduce the deficit even further.

Austin fouled out with 6:51 to play. He tied Stone for team scoring honors with 14. Dwan McMillan added 13 points for Indian Hills.

Stoermer led all scorers with 15 for Kirkwood.

The Warriors failed to get much production from their big men. The guard trio of Austin, Stone and McMillan combined for 41 of IHCC's 55 points.

The road doesn't get any easier for the Warriors. They head to Park Hills, Missouri this weekend for games against Three Rivers CC on Friday and Mineral Area College on Saturday.

KIRKWOOD 66, INDIAN HILLS 55

KIRKWOOD Trevell Rivers 5 1-2 11, Richie Thompson 1 0-0 2, Lamar Wall 4 1-2 10, Jordan Gentry 0 0-0 0, Jarvis Williams 3 2-3 8, Brandon Pullman 3 0-0 8, Kaylon Williams 5 0-0 11, Jordan Stoermer 5 1-3 15, Alex Coleman 0 1-2 1, Nick Kohlof 0 0-0 0 Team 26 6-12 66

INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 5 2-3 13, Aaron Austin 5 2-2 14, Brandon Garrett 1 3-4 5, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-1 2, Chano Rashiduddin 0 0-0 0, Derrick Hill 1 0-1 2, Dijon Farr2 0-0 4, Larry Stone 6 0-0 14, Brian Wilson 0 0-0 0, E.J. Hicks 0 1-2 1, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 21 8-14 55

Halftime score: Kirkwood 35, Indian Hills 25; Three-point field goals: KCC 8 (Stoermer 4, Pullman 2, Wall 1, K. Williams 1), IHCC 5 (Stone 2, Austin 2, McMillan 1)