Stone's 3's Lead to Home Victory

Ottumwa -- A big second half by sophomore guard Larry Stone, who scored 17 of his season-high 23 points in the final 20 minutes, vaulted Indian Hills to an 87-65 non-conference win over Northeast (Neb.) at the Hellyer Center on Wednesday night.

Stone had his best scoring game since the season-opener against Carl Sandburg when he scored 20. Included in his night's work were six three-point baskets, also a season-high.

Northeast closed to within eight points early in the second half on a three-pointer by Zach Towle. They had scored the final six points of the first half and Towle's three made it 44-36.

Dijon Farr answered with a baseline drive and basket that began a 15-3 run by the Warriors that effectively put the game away.

Farr had two breakaway dunks in the first half around another dunk by Brian Wilson as IHCC used a 12-0 run to break open a tight game.

Northeast scored six straight points to cut the IHCC lead to 25-24 before the Warriors sprinted away. Dwan McMillan had three steals and four assists in the burst.

The Warriors shot 58% for the game (33-57) and Stone made six-of-nine from three-point range. He leads Indian Hills with 44 3's for the season.

Northeast shot 49% (23-47) and was led by Thomas Colbert's 22 points.

Wilson had his second consecutive double-digit effort off the bench for IHCC with 16 points. The Warriors got 53 points from their bench.

Indian Hills returns to Region XI conference play on Saturday night, hosting Iowa Western at 7:00. IHCC enters the weekend with a one-game lead in the conference with two games to play.

INDIAN HILLS 87, NORTHEAST 65

INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 0 0-0 0, Brandon Garrett 3 3-4 9, Bruno Ferreira 3 1-2 7, Chano Rashiduddin 2 0-0 4, Derrick Hill 2 0-0 5, Dijon Farr 6 0-0 13, Larry Stone 8 1-2 23, Brian Wilson 5 6-9 16, E.J. Hicks 2 2-3 6, Alex Vouyoukas 2 0-0 4, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 33 13-20 87

NORTHEAST Zach Towle 3 3-4 12, Thomas Colbert 9 4-5 22, Nicholas Mabbutt 0 0-0 0, David Taylor 5 1-5 11, Lahkeem Trotter 1 2-2 4, Brad Pieper 0 1-2 1, Sean Stevens 0 0-0 0, Matthew Julkes 2 2-4 8, Dol Kutey 1 0-2 2, Jayvin Reynolds 2 1-3 5 Team 23 14-28 65

Halftime score: Indian Hills 44, Northeast 33; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (Stone 6, Hill 1, Farr 1), NCC 5 (Towle 3, Julkes 2)