Moberly, Mo. -- Indian Hills' bid for a second straight comeback win came up short and the Warriors dropped a 57-53 decision to Moberly Area Community College on Tuesday night.
The Warriors (20-7, 3-1 Region XI) were down by 11 points with under two minutes to play and then ran off nine straight points to get to within 55-53 with 20 seconds remaining. Moberly's Rodney Givens, scoreless to that point in the game, was fouled with 16.1 seconds left and calmly dropped in two free throws to ice the game.
A layup attempt by IHCC's Dijon Farr rolled around the rim and was tipped in by D.J. Bennett only to be waved off for basket interference. Moberly (15-9, 2-3 Region XVI) missed a pair of free throws with 4.1 seconds to play, but the Warriors couldn't get a shot off and the Greyhounds escaped with the win.
Indian Hills had rallied from 17 points down in the second half in their previous game against Southeastern and appeared poised to possibly duplicate that effort against Moberly.
With his team trailing 55-44, Indian Hills' Derrick Hill hit a jumper in the lane. Riley Stuve, who led IHCC with 14 points, then tallied five quick points on a steal and layup followed by a three-pointer to cut the lead to four with 27.2 seconds on the clock.
After an MACC turnover, Hill found Bennett alone for a dunk and the Warriors were within two points for the first time since midway through the first half. But Givens' free throws stemmed the tide and gave Moberly its third straight win against the Warriors dating back to a one-point win at the end of the 2009-10 regular season.
The Greyhounds had beaten IHCC, 65-50, on January 10 of this year at the Hellyer Center.
Indian Hills had a four-game winning streak broken. The Warriors return to action this Saturday night, trying to protect a one-game lead in the conference standings when they travel to take on Iowa Western.
In the earlier meeting between Indian Hills and Moberly, the Warriors never led. They had one lead in this game at 10-9 after a basket by Stuve. But the lead was short-lived when Ronnie Boggs had a field goal for MACC on their next possession.
And Indian Hills was playing catchup the rest of the game.
Moberly used an 11-2 run -- the only IHCC points on another basket by Stuve -- to take control.
Gary Ricks, Jr. hit a three-pointer early in the second half to get the Warriors to within three points, but Moberly really hurt Indian Hills with a string of offensive rebound baskets.
The Greyhounds' first three baskets of the second half came on putbacks, and the third one, by Denmark McDonald, turned into a conventional three-point play after he was fouled on a putback.
McDonald had two more field goals around a basket by IHCC's Chad Dillard. After Ricks made a pair of foul shots, Daylen Robinson scored five consecutive points to give MACC their biggest lead at 45-33.
Indian Hills tried to mount their comeback after that, but couldn't fight all the way back in suffering their 7th loss of the season.
Boggs had a game-high 20 points for the Greyhounds. Ricks added 12 to Stuve's 14 for the Warriors.
MOBERLY 57, INDIAN HILLS 53
MOBERLY Jon Gilliam 2 0-2 6, Ronnie Boggs 8 4-6 20, Daylen Robinson 4 3-4 13, Denmark McDonald 4 1-2 9, Cortez Connors 0 0-0 0, Nathan Bitner 1 2-2 5, Anthony Rule 1 0-0 2, Kenroy Wood 0 0-0 0, Rodney Givens 0 2-2 2 Team 20 12-18 57
INDIAN HILLS Stephen Coles 2 0-0 4, Derrick Hill 2 0-0 5, Dijon Farr 0 1-2 1, Bruno Ferreira 0 1-2 1, Riley Stuve 5 2-2 14, Chad Dillard 1 2-3 4, Gary Ricks, Jr. 4 3-4 12, Latroy Taylor 3 0-0 8, D.J. Bennett 2 0-1 4 Team 19 9-14 53
Halftime score: Moberly 27, Indian Hills 23; Three-point field goals: MACC 5 (Gilliam 2, Robinson 2, Bitner 1), IHCC 6 (Stuve 2, Taylor 2, Hill 1, Ricks 1)
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