Indian Hills Drills Clinton for Win No. 23

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills forced a whopping 41 tunrovers and turned many of them into easy baskets as the fourth-ranked Warriors destroyed Clinton CC, 97-53, at the Hellyer Center on Saturday night.

On a night when the first class was inducted into the IHCC Athletic Hall of Fame at halftime, the Warriors played some tenacious defense in building a 26-point lead midway through the opening half and rolling to their 23rd win of the season.

Clinton actually led early, by a single point at 4-3, before the Warriors ran away from the visitors. A 10-0 run put IHCC on top and the issue was never in doubt after that.

Indian Hills already had 36 points around halfway through the first half and 59 by halftime. Even though they scored only 38 second-half points, the Warriors still held Clinton to the lowest point total by an IHCC opponent this year.

Seven Indian Hills players scored 10 or more points. Two of the double-digit scorers had season-highs -- Frank Williams with 14 points and Rawane Ndiaye with 10. Dustin Hogue led the scoring with 15 and also had seven steals.

Robert Jones paced the Cougars with 13 points and nine rebounds.

It was the fourth game in a row in which the Warriors scored over 90 points, after they had scored a season-low 68 in their lone loss against Missouri State-West Plains.

Indian Hills played without starting point guard Roderick Bobbitt, who was held out of action with a sore knee.

Things get considerably tougher for the Warriors when they travel to Vincennes, Indiana to take on the sixth-ranked Trailblazers on Tuesday night. Vincennes will be looking to avenge an earlier 84-73 loss to IHCC, one of only two losses for VU on the season. It will be the first-ever trip to Vincennes for an IHCC basketball team.

INDIAN HILLS 97, CLINTON 53

INDIAN HILLS Brandon Spearman 5 1-1 12, Gary Ricks, Jr. 4 0-0 10, Michael Haynes 0 0-2 0, D.J. Bennett 3 0-0 6, Kieran Woods 5 1-2 12, Jameel McKay 5 0-2 10, Dustin Hogue 6 3-3 15, Ronnie Stevens 3 0-0 6, Trinson White 0 1-2 1, Frank Williams 5 1-2 14, Rawane Ndiaye 5 0-2 10, Gary Ross 0 0-3 0, Tucker Henderson 0 1-2 1 Team 41 8-21 97

CLINTON Rico Phillips 3 2-4 8, Demtri Conwell 3 5-7 11, Ryan Frazer 1 1-2 3, Antione Brown 2 0-0 6, Virshaun Grant 3 0-0 6, Robert Jones 6 1-2 13, Dane Barun 3 0-0 6 Team 21 9-17 53

Halftime score: Indian Hills 59, Clinton 32; Three-point field goals: IHCC 7 (Williams 3, Ricks 2; Spearman, Woods 1), CCC 2 (Brown 2)