Peery Picks Up 100th Win as Warriors Stay Unbeaten

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills overcame 21 turnovers and 53-percent free-throw shooting to stay undefeated on the season as the Warriors led from wire-to-wire in an 84-73 victory against No. 9-ranked Vincennes (Ind.) on Tuesday night at the Hellyer Center.

It was the 100th career win for first-year IHCC head coach Barret Peery -- who recorded the first 85 of those victories at College of Southern Idaho. Peery remained perfect at IHCC, the Warriors notching their 15th win in a row.

But there were some anxious moments in the second half after the Warriors used a 20-7 run to open the second half to go ahead 58-32. Vincennes, which was charged with a whopping 31 turnovers, got untracked after a slow start to the second half by scoring 13 unanswered points to cut the deficit in half.

The Trailblazers chipped away at the Indian Hills lead after that, but never got closer than seven points with around three minutes to play.

VU was down eight, but missed two free throws and then lost a chance at a steal when the ball rolled out of bounds. Dustin Hogue, who led the Warriors with 18 points, got a dunk to build the lead to 10 and the Warriors closed it out, handing the Trailblazers only their second loss in 17 games.

Hogue scored four straight baskets for Indian Hills in the first half as the Warriors were opening up a double-digit lead. Two of those goals came on slam dunks after IHCC had forced turnovers with their full-court pressure.

The IHCC lead was 13 points at the half and a 20-7 spurt to start the second half gave the Warriors the cushion to withstand their turnover problems and 20-of-38 performance at the foul line.

Vincennes was even worse in free-throw shooting, going 14-of-31.

Ronald Ross, after getting only four points in the opening half, poured in 20 in the second half and led all scorers with 24. Deshawn Delaney had 14 of his 16 points in the second half for VU.

Brandon Spearman hit back-to-back 3s in the opening stages of the second half, on his way to 15 points for the Warriors.

Indian Hills plays its sixth straight home game on Saturday night, hosting Paris Junior College from Texas.

INDIAN HILLS 84, VINCENNES 73

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 6 1-2 15, Gary Ricks, Jr. 1 5-8 7, DeAndray Buckley 3 4-5 10, Michael Haynes 3 0-1 6, D.J. Bennett 3 0-0 6, Kieran Woods 0 0-0 0, Jameel McKay 2 1-5 5, Roderick Bobbitt 4 3-4 12, Dustin Hogue 7 3-9 18, Ronnie Stevens 1 3-4 5, Trinson White 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 0 0-0 0 Team 30 20-38 84

VINCENNES Darius Carter 4 2-7 10, Deshawn Delaney 7 1-4 16, Ronald Ross 7 6-8 24, Bryant Smith 0 1-2 1, Monte Burney 0 2-2 2, Jeremiah Williams 5 2-4 12, Jerrod Gaston 1 0-2 2, Ray Lester 1 0-1 2, Lamine Dieng 1 0-0 2, Jacob Williams 1 0-0 2 Team 27 14-31

Halftime score: Indian Hills 38, Vincennes 25; Three-point field goals: IHCC 4 (Spearman 2, Bobbitt, Hogue 1); VU 5 (Ross 4, Delaney 1)