Marshalltown, IA -- Sophomore guard Chad Dillard matched his career high with 17 points and Indian Hills made all but one of its 18 free-throw attempts -- going 9-for-10 in the final 36.6 seconds -- to knock off Marshalltown CC, 67-61, on Saturday night. The win moves IHCC into a tie with Southeastern atop the Region 11 standings. Those two teams will square off next Saturday in Ottumwa.
Dillard's previous 17-point game had come in the Warriors' other conference road game at SCC.
His big night against MCC started in the first half when Dillard scored 11 straight points to help the Warriors build a 15-point lead.
Dillard drilled a three-pointer to give Indian Hills (19-6, 2-1 Region XI) its first double-digit lead at 18-8. After a 3 by the Tigers' Chris Caird, Dillard hit 3's on the next two IHCC possessions and then added a driving layup for the first of two 15-point, first-half leads for the Warriors.
Marshalltown (10-11, 1-2) fought back to within four when Sherman Blanford came off the bench to score nine points. But a Riley Stuve basket and a three by Gary Ricks, Jr. gave the Warriors a nine-point lead at intermission.
Marshalltown was within two points in the second half at 37-35, when Dillard drained two more 3's.
With the Tigers trying to make a late run, Indian Hills got two big baskets with the shot clock about to expire. Ricks made the first, a three-pointer, to put the score at 56-49 and Dijon Farr made a driving, spinning layup to give the Warriors some breathing room at 58-51 with just over a minute to play.
Ricks and Jerome Jones then hit the foul shots in the final minute to allow Indian Hills to become the first road team to win a conference game.
The Warriors had only eight field goals in the second half, but made 15 of their 16 foul shots.
Jones and Ricks each scored 14 points to support Dillard's 17-point effort for IHCC. Tyler Brown had 24 for Marshalltown.
The Warriors have a full week to prepare for Southeastern. SCC won the earlier matchup, 64-58, in West Burlington.
INDIAN HILLS 67, MARSHALLTOWN 61
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 5 2-2 12, Jerome Jones 2 9-10 14, Derrick Hill 0 0-0 0, Dijon Farr 2 0-0 4, Trey Starks 0 0-0 0, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Riley Stuve 1 0-0 2, Chad Dillard 6 0-0 17, Gary Ricks, Jr. 3 6-6 14, Latroy Taylor 1 0-0 2, D.J. Bennett 0 0-0 0 Team 21 17-18 67
MARSHALLTOWN Tyler Brown 9 2-3 24, Veisteinn Sveinsson 1 0-0 2, Sherman Blanford 6 2-3 14, Chris Caird 5 0-1 12, Rashaad Brown 0 0-0 0, Michael Appel 1 0-0 3, Luiz Santos 1 0-0 2, Nilson Santana 1 2-2 4 Team 24 6-9 61
Halftime score: Indian Hills 33, Marshalltown 24; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (Dillard 5, Ricks 2, Jones 1), MCC 7 (T. Brown 4, Caird 2, Appel 1)
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