Ottumwa -- Indian Hills was finally able to pull away from visiting Southwestern CC with an 11-0 run over the final three minutes as the Warriors snapped a two-game losing streak with a 67-52 victory at the Hellyer Center Tuesday night.
Southwestern fell behind by 12 points in the first half, but cut the deficit to eight at halftime. The Spartans were within a point at 38-37 in the early part of the second half and Indian Hills (21-8) wasn't able to take control until Gary Ricks' three-pointer started the late-game burst.
Riley Stuve, who made only his second start of the year and responded with 14 points, and Jerome Jones each made a pair of free throws and Stuve and Farr added field goals as the lead grew to 18 points.
The only points for SWCC (14-12) in the final three-plus minutes came on a late 3 by Tyler Smith.
Stephen Coles helped the Warriors get off to a good start, scoring six of IHCC's first 10 points. Coles had all of his 10 points for the game in the first half.
Austin Emerson had 13 first-half points for Southwestern and was their only double-figure scorer with 15.
The Warriors' largest lead of the opening half was 27-15 after a couple of goals by Stuve, including a three, and a trey by Jones.
Southwestern ran off seven straight points to cut the lead back to five. The margin was never greater than eight after that until the late surge by IHCC.
Jones led the Warriors with 16 points.
Indian Hills now sets its sights on this Saturday's battle with Marshalltown at the Hellyer Center. It will be the final regular season game for the Warriors, who are tied for the top spot in the conference with Southeastern, one game ahead of both Marshalltown and Iowa Western.
INDIAN HILLS 67, SOUTHWESTERN 52
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 5 0-0 10, Jerome Jones 6 2-3 16, Derrick Hill 1 0-0 2, Dijon Farr 2 0-6 4, Riley Stuve 4 5-6 14, Chad Dillard 2 2-2 6, Gary Ricks 4 2-2 12, Latroy Taylor 1 0-0 3, Giovanni Smith 0 0-0 0, D.J. Bennett 0 0-0 0 Team 25 11-19 67
SOUTHWESTERN Alec Hall 2 0-0 4, Luke Sealer 3 1-1 8, Tyler Smith 2 0-0 5, Dominique Outley 0 0-0 0, Austin Emerson 6 2-2 15, Keenan Joiner 2 0-0 4, David Goddard 1 0-0 3, Collin Artinger 0 0-0 0, David Farmer 1 0-0 2, De'Everett Williams 1 0-0 2, Sam Duggins 3 1-3 7 Team 21 4-6 52
Halftime score: Indian Hills 36, Southwestern 28; Three-point field goals: IHCC 6 (Jones 2, Ricks 2, Stuve 1, Taylor 1), SWCC 6 (Emerson 3, Sealer 1, Smith 1, Goddard 1)
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