Ottumwa -- Playing their 18th game in 38 days, the Indian Hills basketball team earned a well-deserved break after pummeling New Creations Basketball Academy, 80-54, in the HyVee Classic on Saturday night.
The Warriors ended the first half of their schedule with back-to-back wins to take a 15-3 record into the holiday break. They don't return to action until January 7 against Northeast (NE) in the Golden Eagle Classic in West Burlington.
Indian Hills ended the first half by outscoring New Creations, 39-11, and coasted after that. The visiting Flyers had cut an early deficit to a single point before the IHCC onslaught.
By halftime, Gary Ricks, Jr. of the Warriors had equaled the entire scoring output for New Creations. Ricks had 21 at the half and made four straight three-point shots, three of them as the Warriors pulled away from an 11-10 lead.
Ricks added just two points in the second half, but still tied his season-high with 23. Latroy Taylor finished off an outstanding weekend with 14 points for IHCC, giving him 31 in the last two games.
Chase Campbell had 17 to pace the Flyers.
INDIAN HILLS 80, NEW CREATIONS 54
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 0 0-0 0, Jerome Jones 3 3-4 9, Derrick Hill 1 0-0 3, Dijon Farr 2 1-2 5, Kelvyn Valdez 1 2-2 4, Bruno Ferreira 0 1-2 1, Riley Stuve 3 0-0 6, Gary Ricks, Jr. 7 4-4 23, Latroy Taylor 6 1-2 14, Giovanni Smith 2 0-0 5, D.J. Bennett 4 2-3 10 Team 29 14-19 80
NEW CREATIONS Chase Campbell 5 3-6 17, Tristan Hicks 2 3-4 7, Marshall Bennett 3 4-5 10, Phillip Barner 1 2-2 4, DeVaughn Cole-Rodney 1 0-0 2, Darius Stevens 3 2-3 8, Jah Skelton 2 0-0 6 Team 17 14-20 54
Halftime score: Indian Hills 50, New Creations 21; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (Ricks, Jr. 5, Hill 1, Taylor 1, Smith 1), NC 6 (Campbell 4, Skelton 2)
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