Lopsided Win for Warriors to Open Season

Ottumwa -- An early 20-0 run enabled Indian Hills to take control and the No. 9-ranked Warriors went on to rout Indiana Dabney University, 119-57, in IHCC's season opener in the Jack Blackwell Tire Company Classic on Friday night.

The visitors were playing only the second game in the program's history. They had lost an overtime contest to Malcolm X earlier in the week.

They grabbed a 7-3 lead as the Warriors started slowly on the offensive end. But Indian Hills finally got untracked, ran off 20 points in a row and never looked back.

The Warriors put up 101 shots, grabbed 70 rebounds and attempted 36 free throws as 13 of the 15 players who saw action scored.

Dustin Hogue led the way with 20 points for Indian Hills, 13 of them coming in the first half as IHCC opened up a 61-31 lead at intermission.

Hogue was one of six players in double figures. Kieran Woods added 18 points and Michael Haynes 17 for Indian Hills in new head coach Barret Peery's Warrior debut.

Michael Skinner was the lone IDU player in double digits with 10 points.

Indian Hills will take on Highland (Ill.) CC on the second night of the tourney on Saturday night. Highland rallied in the second half to down the William Penn JV, 74-61, in Friday's first game.

INDIAN HILLS 119, INDIANA DABNEY UNIVERSITY 57

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 4 4-4 12, Gary Ricks, Jr. 0 0-0 0, DeAndray Buckley 1 0-1 4, Michael Haynes 6 4-6 17, D.J. Bennett 5 1-1 11, Kieran Woods 6 5-5 18, Jameel McKay 4 2-4 10, Frank Williams 4 0-0 9, Dustin Hogue 9 2-5 20, Ronnie Stevens 1 0-0 2, Trinson White 1 2-2 5, Devin Delaney 1 2-2 4, Roderick Bobbitt 2 2-2 6, Rawane Ndiaye 0 1-4 1, Gary Ross 0 0-0 0 Team 45 25-36 119

INDIANA DABNEY Brandon Hill 0 0-2 0, Kyle Holmes 4 0-1 8, Sodiq Ayanlaja 1 4-6 6, Steve Hilal 0 0-0 0, Tony Jones 2 0-2 4, Charles Outlaw 1 5-6 7, Michael Skinner 3 3-6 10, Andre Lemott 0 0-0 0, Shawn Starks 2 4-6 8, Jeremy Shedrick 2 2-2 8, Archie Boyd 3 0-6 6 Team 18 18-37 57

Halftime score: Indian Hills 61, Indiana Dabney 31; Three-point field goals: IHCC 4 (Haynes, Woods, Williams,White 1); IDU 3 (Shedrick 2, Skinner 1)