Ottumwa -- A big second half and the strong all-around play of sophomore Jerome Jones led Indian Hills to its Region XI win, a 76-53 rout of Iowa Western at the Hellyer Center on Saturday night.
The Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory, their first in two league games. All four of the conference teams are 1-1 after two weeks of the league slate.
Indian Hills shot 61% in the second half and outscored the Reivers 47-27 over the final 20 minutes in notching their 17th win of the season.
Jones had 16 of his season-high 23 points in the last half and received plenty of help from freshman guard Gary Ricks, Jr. who scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half.
Jones was also the game's leading rebounder with 13.
Jeremy Robinson had a double-double for Iowa Western with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
The game was close through the first half. A three-pointer by Dijon Farr, the only made 3 out of 13 attempts in the opening half for IHCC, gave the Warriors a 27-24 lead. Ricks, Indian Hills' season scoring leader, hit a jump shot from the right of the lane for his first points of the game to give the Warriors a 29-26 lead at the half. They had trailed at halftime in every game in the three-game losing streak.
When Ricks hit a field goal to start the second-half scoring the Warriors were off and running. They used an 8-0 run to open up a 40-28 lead and a later 11-0 burst put the lead at 20.
Indian Hills, after struggling from behind the three-point arc in the first half, hit half of its 10 three-point tries in the second half.
Indian Hills committed only 10 turnovers and held Iowa Western to 32% shooting for the game.
The Warriors have a non-conference game at home against NIACC on Wednesday night before returning to conference play at Marshalltown next Saturday night.
INDIAN HILLS 76, IOWA WESTERN 53
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 4 4-4 12, Jerome Jones 8 6-11 23, Derrick Hill 1 0-0 2, Dijon Farr 3 0-2 7, Trey Starks 0 0-0 0, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Riley Stuve 0 0-0 0, Chad Dillard 3 2-4 9, Gary Ricks, Jr. 6 0-0 14, Latroy Taylor 3 0-0 7 Team 29 12-21 76
IOWA WESTERN Jeremy Robinson 7 0-0 14, Alonzo Traylor 1 2-2 4, Kelvin Dixon 2 2-2 6, Montez Blair 2 0-0 5, JC Guzman 1 0-0 2, Tyrone Black 0 0-0 0, Tim McDavid 1 0-0 2, Chance Rucker 0 0-0 0, Zaahir Smith 1 2-2 5, Wayne Wiggins 1 0-0 2, Jordan Weaver 3 5-6 13 Team 19 11-12 53
Halftime score: Indian Hills 29, Iowa Western 26; Three-point field goals: IHCC 6 (Ricks 2, Jones 1, Farr 1, Dillard 1, Taylor 1), IWCC 4 (Weaver 2, Blair 1, Smith 1)
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