Council Bluffs, IA --- Indian Hills used a tenacious defensive effort to defeat Iowa Western, 63-49, and take over sole possession of first place in the conference on Saturday night. The Warriors (19-4, 2-0) held Iowa Western to 32% percent field goal shooting, just 26% in the second half, as IHCC won their second straight Region XI contest in their first league road test.
Iowa Western (15-5, 1-1) made only 1-of-12 three-point attempts and the Warriors used a late 11-1 run to open up a comfortable lead and coast to their 8th win in a row overall and their 14th win in their last 15 games.
Indian Hills trailed only once all night after the Reivers' Charlie Westbrook scored the first basket of the game. The Warriors responded with six consecutive points on field goals by Aaron Austin, Bruno Ferreira and Chano Rashiduddin to take a lead they would never relinquish.
Iowa Western was within a point at 24-23, but IHCC scored the next five points. Austin's pair of free throws allowed the Warriors to take a five-point halftime lead.
Freshman guard Derrick Hill gave Indian Hills a spark off the bench when he scored nine straight points in the opening half. Hill entered the game about midway through the half and promptly nailed three shots in a row - a couple of three-pointers and another bucket with his foot on the three-point line - and then added a free throw. Hill made another three-pointer in the second half and led all scorers with 12 points.
Indian Hills opened the second half with a 6-1 spurt to build the lead to 10 and the home team didn't get closer than seven points the rest of the night.
Brian Wilson had four points and six rebounds in a reserve role for IHCC. His free throw gave the Warriors a 46-32 lead with a little over 12 minutes to play. Iowa Western whittled the deficit to 52-45 and that's when Indian Hills clinched the victory by scoring 11 of the next 12 points.
Larry Stone fed Dijon Farr for a bucket, Dwan McMillan made two free throws, Stone added a hoop and Farr threw down a vicious one-handed dunk on a breakaway. The Warriors put the exclamation point on the win when Austin buried a three from the corner.
Iowa Western managed only six second-half field goals and the 49 points they scored were 31 under their season average.
Farr added 10 points to Hill's 12 for IHCC. Westbrook, Sammy Emile and Petey Hausley all scored 10 for the Reivers.
A key to the IHCC win was the Warriors' defensive job on Iowa Western guards Anthony Salter and Shay Shine, both preseason All-Americans. They were a combined 2-of-18 from the floor.
Indian Hills is the only conference team to make it through the first two weeks of league play unscathed. They are a game ahead of both Iowa Western and Southeastern, which defeated Marshalltown 75-72 in West Burlington Saturday night.
Next up for the Warriors is a visit by Southeastern. The last time the BlackHawks played in Ottumwa they ended the Warriors' season with an overtime win in the deciding game of the Region XI best-of-three series last March. Tipoff will be at 7:00 this Saturday night at the Hellyer Center. .
INDIAN HILLS 63, IOWA WESTERN 49
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 2 3-5 9, Aaron Austin 2 4-4 9, Brandon Garrett 0 0-0 0, Bruno Ferreira 2 1-2 5, Chano Rashiduddin 3 0-0 6, Derrick Hill 4 1-2 12, Dijon Farr 4 2-2 10, Larry Stone 3 2-2 8, Brian Wilson 1 2-4 4, E.J. Hicks 0 0-0 0, Alex Vouyoukas 0 0-0 0, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 21 15-21 63
IOWA WESTERN Anthony Salter 2 0-0 4, Shay Shine 0 4-6 4, Charlie Westbrook 3 4-5 10, Sammy Emile 3 4-5 10, J.R. Weathers 1 1-2 3, Wesley Cox 0 3-4 3, Jimmy Williams 0 0-0 0, Jeff Allgood 1 0-0 3, Emarri Bailey 1 0-0 2, Petey Hausley 4 2-6 10 Team 15 18-29 49
Halftime score: Indian Hills 31, Iowa Western 26; Three-point field goals: IHCC 6 (Hill 3, McMillan 2, Austin 1), IWCC 1 (Allgood 1); Rebounds: IHCC 30 (McMillan, Ferreira, Wilson 6), IWCC 26 (Weathers 7); Turnovers: IHCC 20, IWCC 18; Blocks: IHCC 4 (Farr 2), IWCC 4 (Westbrook 2); Steals: IHCC 8 (McMillan 4), IWCC 7 (Westbrook, Emile 2)
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