Warriors Falter Late, Fall to Williston State

Scottsbluff, Neb. -- Indian Hills failed to hold onto a late 10-point lead and Williston State (ND) College stormed from behind for a 63-62 victory over the Warriors on Friday night in the Western Nebraska Thanksgiving Classic.

Williston's Blake Nash hit a jump shot with 10.4 seconds to play to give the Tetons the one-point advantage. IHCC's Dijon Farr was fouled with 2.7 seconds remaining and went to the line with a chance to tie the score or give IHCC the lead. But he missed the front end of the one-and-one and neither team could control the rebound before the buzzer sounded.

Indian Hills made up a five-point halftime deficit with a 10-0 run in the second half. Their lead would eventually grow to a dozen points when Chad Dillard nailed a three-pointer to make the score 56-44. After seven unanswered points by Williston State, Farr scored off a nice pass from Trey Starks and then hit a three to build the lead back to ten with 4:15 remaining.

But the Warriors wouldn't score again from the field. Their lone point the rest of the game came on a Stephen Coles free throw, that made the score 62-56.

WSC's Derek Detrick scored inside and Nick Markovich drilled his third 3-pointer of the second half to shave the IHCC lead to one with under a minute to play and set the stage for the Tetons game-winning possession.

Indian Hills' cause was hurt by 18 turnovers and 11-of-21 free-throw shooting.

Nash had 18 points to lead all scorers. Farr and Jerome Jones had 16 each for IHCC.

The Warriors wrap up their trip to Nebraska with a contest against the host school, Western Nebraska, on Saturday night.

WILLISTON STATE 63, INDIAN HILLS 62

INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 5 1-2 11, Jerome Jones 6 3-5 16, Dijon Farr 6 2-4 16, Trey Starks 0 2-4 2, Bruno Ferreira 0 0-0 0, Riley Stuve 1 0-0 3, Chad Dillard 3 2-2 10, Gary Ricks 1 0-0 3, Latroy Taylor 0 1-4 1, Giovanni Smith 0 0-0 0, D.J. Bennett 0 0-0 0 Team 22 11-21 62

WILLISTON STATE Thaddeus Perry 2 0-0 4, Derik Harvey 1 0-0 2, Blake Nash 7 0-0 18, Derek Detrick 6 0-0 12, Terrance Motley 1 2-4 4, Marc Price 0 3-4 3, Nick Markovich 3 0-0 9, Pierre Nakada 0 0-0 0, Moriba Debreitas 2 0-1 4, Charles Ward 3 0-2 7 Team 25 5-11 63

Halftime score: Williston State 35, Indian Hills 30; Three-point field goals: IHCC 7 (Dillard 2, Farr 2, Jones 1, Stuve 1, Ricks 1), WSC 8 (Nash 4, Markovich 3, Ward 1)