Warriors Pass First Road Test

Sedalia, MO -- Indian Hills coach Barret Peery was anxious to see how his team would respond to its first road game after his Warriors opened the season with back-to-back homecourt wins. And he had to be pleased with the Warriors' play in a 91-86 win at State Fair CC on Tuesday night.

The game wasn't decided until IHCC's Brandon Spearman hit two free throws with 1.1 seconds on the clock. Spearman's foul shots came after teammate Jameel McKay hit one of two free throws with 16.1 seconds left.

State Fair then had two chances to get to within one point, but missed both shots before Spearman was fouled and iced the win.

With the Warriors leading by four at 88-84, SFCC's Kenny Chery, who led all scorers with 31 points, stole a pass and made a layup to cut the lead in half. State Fair then got another steal in the IHCC backcourt, but couldn't score from in close and McKay rebounded the miss. That's when he hit one free throw to make it a three-point game.

The game was tight throughout with 12 ties and six lead changes. The Warriors owned the biggest lead of the night when Frank Williams hit consecutive field goals to build a 42-34 advantage. Chery's late first-half bucket cut the lead to two at the half.

State Fair had a couple of brief leads in the second half. With the game tied, Spearman scored on a driving layup to give IHCC the lead for good at 70-68. Williams nailed a three-pointer in transition to make it 78-72 with around five minutes to play, but again, the Roadrunners came back.

They were within a point after a Michael Bradley free throw with just over four minutes remaining. Michael Haynes had two big baskets for the Warriors and McKay added a layup off a steal to help Indian Hills hold on.

Spearman led the IHCC scoring with 19 points and Haynes added 15.

Indian Hills plays three more games this week, all at home, starting with a contest against Mid Michigan CC on Thursday night.

INDIAN HILLS 91, STATE FAIR 86

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 7 4-4 19, Gary Ricks 2 2-2 7, DeAndray Buckley 2 2-2 7, Michael Haynes 6 3-4 15, D.J. Bennett 0 0-0 0, Kieran Woods 5 2-4 14, Jameel McKay 3 2-4 8, Frank Williams 5 0-0 12, Ronnie Stevens 0 0-0 0, Roderick Bobbitt 4 1-2 9, Rawane Ndiaye 0 0-0 0 Team 34 16-22 91

STATE FAIR Kenny Chery 11 9-10 31, Fred Wilson 5 6-10 17, Ayodele Ojo 2 2-4 6, Antonin Galaya 2 4-4 10, Michael Bradley 5 3-4 13, Lucas Kidane 1 0-0 2, Charles Beard 0 2-2 2, D'Angelo Tucker 1 2-2 5 Team 27 28-36 86

Halftime score: Indian Hills 46, State Fair 44; Three-point field goals: IHCC 7 (Williams, Woods 2, Spearman, Ricks, Buckley 1; SFCC 4 (Galaya 2, Wilson, Tucker 1)