McKay's Career Night Paces Warriors

Ottumwa -- One night after he was benched for a "violation of team rules," Jameel McKay returned to the lineup in a big way, scoring a career-best 31 points as Indian Hills blasted Independence (Kan.) CC, 117-94 on Saturday night in the Warriors' own PCS Classic.

McKay had 21 of his points in the second half and he added 11 rebounds in the Warriors' 11th win against only one loss.

He had lots of help as the Warriors put five other players in double figures and went over the 100-point scoring total for the seventh time in 12 games, matching the number of 100-point games they had all of last year in 37 games.

Independence was able to whittle a big IHCC lead down to 13 points early in the second half.  The Warriors then ran off 13 straight points in 2:29 to push the lead back to 82-58 and they never led by fewer than 20 points after that.

Dustin Hogue complemented McKay's big night with 16 points and hit 11-of-14 free throws.  Gary Williams, Jr. added 15 and Frank Williams had 14.

Indian Hills never trailed, opening up an early 6-0 lead.  The Warriors broke away from an 8-7 score with a quick 16-4 burst and led by 21 at the half.

TraVaughn White had a huge night in a losing cause, scoring 37 points for ICC.  The Pirates attempted 45 free throws, and made 34, as the Warriors continue to give their opponents plenty of opportunities at the foul line.

The Warriors won't play again until next weekend's HyVee Classic.  They will take on Clinton CC on Friday night and Mineral Area College on Saturday.

INDIAN HILLS 117, INDEPENDENCE 94

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 15 1-2 31, Richard Amardi 5 2-4 12, Trinson White 1 0-0 3, Dustin Hogue 2 11-14 16, Ronald Ross 2 0-1 4, Frank Williams 5 2-2 14, Ronnie Stevens 4 5-6 13, Gary Williams, Jr. 5 4-5 15, Martin Dixon-Green 1 0-0 3, Gary Ross 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 2 2-4 6  Team 42 27-38 117

INDEPENDENCE

TraVaughn White 10 14-20 37, Peyton Botts 1 0-0 3, Christopher Spotser 4 1-2 10, Julian Edmonson 5 4-4 15, James Pegues 2 9-11 13, Dominique Jefferson 3 0-0 6, Jamal Goodwin 1 0-0 2, Jervon Hooks 0 6-8 6, Daylin Billiingsley 2 0-0 4  Team 27 34-45 94

Halftime score: IHCC 61, ICC 40; Three-point field goals: IHCC 6 (F. Williams 2; White, Hogue, G. Williams, Dixon-Green 1), ICC 6 (White 3; Botts, Spotser, Edmonson 1)