First-Half Blitz Buries Carl Sandburg

Ottumwa -- Visiting Carl Sandburg College had to feel pretty good about the way they started out in Saturday's final game of the Reed Overhead Doors Classic against home-standing Indian Hills. Chad Thompson had three early three-pointers for the Chargers and when Zach Grover nailed a long three Carl Sandburg had a 20-13 lead.

But when the Warriors finally got untracked they did so in a big way. A 34-0 run overwhelmed the Chargers and vaulted IHCC into a lead that grew to 54-25 by halftime. The Warriors outscored Carl Sandburg 41-5 to close the first half and didn't let up in the second half as Indian Hills ended a stretch of six games in the first nine days of the season in a 117-59 blowout win.

It was the third time this season that Indian Hills eclipsed the 100-point mark and it pushed their season scoring average to 103.2 points a game.

All 13 players who saw action for the Warriors scored and seven were in double figures, led by Kieran Woods with 17. Jameel McKay had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Ronnie Stevens also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards.

Thompson, who had the hot hand early for the Chargers, led all scorers with 25 points and hit six 3s.

Indian Hills made it through their opening six games unbeaten and will have some time off before taking on Three Rivers CC in the first game of the Bob Sechrest Classic at Mineral Area College next Friday. Three Rivers was ranked 10th in the NJCAA preseason poll, one spot behind Indian Hills.

INDIAN HILLS 117, CARL SANDBURG 59

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 5 3-6 14, Gary Ricks 2 1-2 7, DeAndray Buckley 5 0-0 11, D.J. Bennett 5 0-0 10, Kieran Woods 7 1-2 17, Jameel McKay 7 1-1 15, Frank Williams 2 0-0 5, Dustin Hogue 1 0-1 2, Ronnie Stevens 5 0-0 10, Trinson White 4 2-4 10, Devin Delaney 3 1-2 8, Roderick Bobbitt 1 3-4 5, Gary Ross 1 0-0 3 Team 48 12-22 117

CARL SANDBURG Chad Thompson 7 5-6 25, Dakota Grider 1 0-0 3, Seth Wickert 3 2-2 8, Spencer Pratt 1 0-1 2, Marvin Nunn 2 1-4 5, Caleb Lepisto 1 1-4 3, Chris Martin 0 0-0 0, Zach Grover 2 4-4 10, Jordan Hart 1 0-0 3 Team 18 13-21 59

Halftime score: Indian Hills 54, Carl Sandburg 25; Three-point field goals: IHCC 9 (Ricks, Woods 2; Spearman, Buckley, Williams, Delaney, Ross 1), CSC 10 (Thompson 6, Grover 2, Grider, Hart 1)