Indian Hills Goes to 8-0 with Win in Missouri

Park Hills, Mo. -- The Indian Hills Warriors head into a 10-day break with a perfect record after the Warriors took care of Mineral Area College, 73-69, on the Cardinals' home floor on Saturday night.

The win was the third straight for the Warriors against a Missouri school and came one night after Mineral Area had knocked off No. 12 Wabash Valley. But Mineral Area couldn't make it two straight wins against ranked opponents as the No. 4 Warriors, even though they had trouble subduing Mineral Area, escaped with an 8-0 record.

Indian Hills led 42-31 in the early stages of the second half, but the Cardinals quickly shaved the lead to 48-47. After a MAC free throw, Gary Ricks, Jr., who had not scored up to that point, drilled back-to-back 3s to give the Warriors some breathing room.

DeAndray Buckley had a key play late in the game for Indian Hills, hustling the length of the floor to follow up a missed layup with a putback to give IHCC a seven-point advantage.

Roderick Bobbitt then nailed down the win for the Warriors, going to the free throw line three times in the final 33.4 seconds and hitting both ends of a one-and-one each time.

Bobbitt had a season-high 16 points for Indian Hills which withstood the outside shooting of the Cardinals in the second half. Mineral Area made seven 3s in the final half, four of them by Miguel Felipe. Jerome Davis and Darian Hooker had 20 points apiece for MAC.

Indian Hills won't play again until they travel to Iowa Falls to take on Ellsworth CC on Nov. 29.

INDIAN HILLS 73, MINERAL AREA 69

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 5 0-0 11, Gary Ricks, Jr. 2 0-0 6, DeAndray Buckley 2 0-1 4, Michael Haynes 2 0-0 4, D.J. Bennett 2 0-0 4, Kieran Woods 4 2-4 10, Dustin Hogue 3 6-7 12, Ronnie Stevens 2 2-7 6, Trinson White 0 0-0 0, Devin Delaney 0 0-0 0, Roderick Bobbitt 4 8-8 16 Team 26 18-27 73

MINERAL AREA Jerome Davis 6 4-6 20, Darian Hooker 6 6-9 20, Miguel Felipe 4 0-0 12, Corrion Johnson 0 0-2 0, Fred Garmon 3 0-0 6, Randrick Caruthers 0 0-0 0, Donavan Jones 0 0-0 0, Jermaine Jones 2 0-0 4, Devontae Flanagan 0 0-2 0, Miguel Gotti-Ramos 2 3-6 7 Team 23 13-25 69

Halftime score: Indian Hills 33, Mineral Area 26; Three-point field goals: IHCC 3 (Ricks 2, Spearman 1); MAC 10 (Davis, Felipe 4; Hooker 2)