Ottumwa -- All 13 players scored, six of them with 11 or more points, as Indian Hills bounced back from an overtime loss to Kirkwood two nights earlier to wallop Future Academy, 108-66, at the Hellyer Center on Friday night.
The point total was the second-most of the season for the Warriors who got big games from four freshmen. The quartet of Latroy Taylor, Giovanni Smith, D.J. Bennett and Riley Stuve combined to score 52 points, with Taylor scoring a team-high 17 and collecting 10 rebounds.
Taylor had scored 21 points for the entire season before exploding against Future Academy. Smith entered the game having scored just seven points and had 13, including three 3's.
The Warriors ran out to a quick 13-3 lead. Future Academy, thanks to the long-range shooting of Brandon Johnson, cut the lead to 15-14. IHCC then used a 31-3 run to blow the game open.
The Warriors shot a blistering 69% in the opening half and led by 31 points at halftime.
Indian Hills also had a season-high 64 rebounds as the two teams combined for 152 field goal attempts.
Johnson led all scorers with 27 points for Future Academy.
Indian Hills concludes play in the HyVee Classic on Saturday night against New Creations Basketball Academy.
INDIAN HILLS 108, FUTURE ACADEMY 66
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 1 2-2 4, Jerome Jones 5 2-2 12, Derrick Hill 2 2-2 6, Dijon Farr 5 1-3 11, Kelvyn Valdez 3 0-2 6, Trey Starks 1 1-2 3, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Riley Stuve 4 3-6 11, Chad Dillard 1 1-2 3, Gary Ricks, Jr. 3 0-0 9, Latroy Taylor 7 2-3 17, Giovanni Smith 5 0-0 13, D.J. Bennett 5 1-2 11 Team 43 15-26 108
FUTURE ACADEMY Brandon Johnson 11 0-0 27, Breon Jones 3 0-0 8, Steven Moody 1 0-0 2, Trey Owens 8 0-0 19, Joseph Rebollar 1 0-0 2, Danial Moody 4 0-1 8 Team 28 0-1 66
Halftime score: Indian Hills 57, Future Academy 26; Three-point field goals: IHCC 7 (Ricks 3, Smith 3, Taylor 1), FA 10 (Johnson 5, Owens 3, Jones 2)
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