McKay's 23 Leads IHCC to Blowout Win

Ottumwa -- After playing three tight games to start the January portion of its schedule, Indian Hills settled Friday's game with Olive-Harvey in the first few minutes. The No. 2-ranked Warriors scored the first 10 points of the game and rolled to a 127-59 dismantling of the visitors from Chicago on the first night of the HyVee Classic at the Hellyer Center.

Olive-Harvey didn't get on the scoreboard until Deven Williams, who led all scorers with 24 points, hit a three-pointer with the game 4 1/2 minutes old. Williams scored again for the Panthers to cut the early IHCC lead to five, but from there, the Warriors sprinted out to a 36-point halftime advantage and get building on the lead in the final 20 minutes.

By the end of the night, the Warriors had their highest point total of the season, their 6th game with at least 100 points and their largest margin of victory in their 18-0 start.

Jameel McKay was one of five IHCC players who surpassed or equaled his previous season high. McKay had 23 points, one of six players in double figures.

Sophomore DeAndray Buckley had a solid night for Indian Hills. He scored 12 points which included a 10-for-10 performance at the free throw line. Buckley also had 8 rebounds, 8 assists and five steals.

Freshman Ronnie Stevens was one player who took advantage of increased playing time, scoring a season-best 14 points. And freshman guard Gary Ross, who had scored only three points while playing in four games, came on late for the Warriors and made two three-pointers and a free throw.

Indian Hills will take on another one of the City Colleges of Chicago on Saturday night when they face Kennedy-King. Kennedy-King lost Friday's opener to Marshalltown CC, 78-52.

INDIAN HILLS 127, OLIVE-HARVEY 59

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 5 3-4 14, Gary Ricks, Jr. 6 0-0 15, DeAndray Buckley 1 10-10 12, D.J. Bennett 1 3-6 5, Kieran Woods 1 4-4 6, Jameel McKay 10 3-5 23, Roderick Bobbitt 1 2-5 5, Dustin Hogue 6 0-1 12, Ronnie Stevens 6 2-3 14, Trinson White 2 0-0 6, Frank Williams 2 1-2 6, Rawane Ndiaye 1 0-0 2, Gary Ross 2 1-2 7 Team 44 29-42 127

OLIVE-HARVEY Deven Williams 10 0-2 24, Myles Horton 1 0-0 2, Michael Wilson 2 0-0 4, Richard Whitehurst 2 0-0 4, Antoine Williams 2 4-6 9, Darryl Brown 3 0-0 6, Desmond Owens 1 0-0 2, Billy Thompson 3 0-1 8 Team 24 4-10 59

Halftime score: Indian Hills 67, Olive-Harvey 31; Three-point field goals: IHCC 10 (Ricks 3; White, Ross 2; Spearman, Bobbitt, Williams 1), OHC 7 (D. Williams 4, Thompson 2, A. Williams 1)