Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Warriors' Streak to Eight with Win over Moberly

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills broke open a close game over the final six minutes of the first half and the Warriors went on to handle Moberly Area CC, 94-81, at the Hellyer Center Tuesday night.

IHCC used a 23-5 run to close the first half to take a 20-point halftime lead on the way to its eighth straight victory, a season-high winning streak.

Jameel McKay carried the Warriors early, scoring 12 points in the first 10 minutes.  Dustin Hogue ignited the late first-half run and Ronald Ross and Jelan Kendrick ended the spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers. 

McKay led IHCC with 19 points, Ross and Kendrick tallied 16 each and Hogue had 15.

After grabbing the big halftime lead, the Warriors increased the advantage to as many as 24 in the second half.  The closest the Greyhounds got after that was the 13-point final margin.

Moberly received solid performances in the second half from Mike Anderson and Brennen Hughes.  Both had seven second-half field goals, just one fewer than the entire team had in the first half.  Anderson scored 17 of his game-high 21 points after halftime and Hughes had 15 of his 18.

The Warriors had struggled from three-point range in the previous two games, but made eight 3s, half of them by Ross, who leads the team with 60.

The victory pushed Indian Hills' home court winning streak to 34 with 14 of those wins coming this season.

It was the first of three home games in a row for the Warriors who return to conference play on Saturday night against Northeast (Neb).

INDIAN HILLS 94, MOBERLY 81

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 7 5-7 19, Richard Amardi 3 2-2 8, Dustin Hogue 6 2-3 15, Ronald Ross 5 2-2 16, Jelan Kendrick 4 7-8 16, Frank Williams 4 0-0 10, Gary Williams, Jr. 2 2-2 6, Majok Deng 1 0-0 2, Rawane Ndiaye 1 0-0 2  Team 33 20-24 94

MOBERLY

Mike Anderson 7 5-5 21, Kevin Jordan 2 0-0 4, Rayshawn Simmons 2 1-1 6, Trent Washington 4 3-4 14, Evan Singletary 2 0-0 4, T.J. White 2 0-0 4, Zeke Williams 0 5-6 5, Malcolm Hamilton 2 0-0 4, Brennen Hughes 8 2-5 18, Kwai Pearson 1 0-2 2  Team 29 17-25 81

Halftime score: Indian Hills 47, Moberly 27; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (Ross 4; F. Williams 2; Hogue, Kendrick 1), MACC 6 (Washington 3; Anderson 2; Simmons 1)

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Ross' Three at Buzzer Allows IHCC to Escape

Marshalltown, IA -- As it turned out, there was just enough time for the Indian Hills Warriors and Ronald Ross.  Ross buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to allow the Warriors to escape with an 80-77 win over Marshalltown Saturday night.

The game-winning shot came after MCC's Cameron Robinson hit a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 77.  Richard Amardi got the ball inbounds to Dustin Hogue who delivered a pass to Ross.  The sophomore guard had just enough time to turn and release his shot from about 30 feet out.  The ball was in the air when the horn sounded.

It was a disappointing loss for Marshalltown, which led for almost the entire game.  Indian Hills led 2-0 and 4-2, but a 3-pointer by Chris Caird put MCC on top, a lead they held until late in the second half.

Ross hit a driving bank shot with 1:18 on the clock to give IHCC its first lead since the opening minutes.  Robinson went to the foul line with 54.7 seconds to play and hit both free throws to put MCC ahead 75-74.

Amardi was fouled with 38.8 seconds remaining and calmly drained both attempts to give Indian Hills a 76-75 advantage.  The Warriors then forced a turnover and Jelan Kendrick was fouled with 11.3 seconds to go.  He made one of two free throws to put the lead at two before Robinson again hit both free throws with just under three seconds to play, setting the stage for Ross' heroics.

Marshalltown became the first team this year to lead Indian Hills at halftime, taking a 44-35 lead into the locker room.  It was the Tigers' third nine-point lead of the opening half and they eventually went on top by 12 at 61-49 with 11 minutes to play.

Jameel McKay was in the middle of the Warriors' comeback, scoring 16 of his team-high 24 points in the second half.  McKay had another double-double with 10 rebounds to go along with his point total.  Amardi had a season-best 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Caird led all scorers with 26 points for MCC.  The Tigers' Troidell Carter had 18 points in the first half, but didn't score in the second half and picked up his fourth foul with 14:22 to play.

Both teams struggled shooting the ball, each shooting around 42 percent.  Indian Hills outrebounded the Tigers 48-32 with second-chance points playing a big part in the Warriors' ability to come back.

Indian Hills finishes the first half of the conference schedule with a 4-0 record and is 21-2 overall.  MCC is 15-6 and 0-4.  The Warriors have a seven-game winning streak for the third time this season.  They will host Moberly Area CC on Tuesday night.   

INDIAN HILLS 80, MARSHALLTOWN 77

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 9 6-10 24, Richard Amardi 6 4-4 16, Trinson White 0 0-0 0, Dustin Hogue 1 4-6 6, Ronald Ross 8 1-2 19, Jelan Kendrick 2 3-9 7, Frank Williams 2 0-0 5, Gary Williams, Jr. 0 1-2 1, Majok Deng 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 1 0-0 2  Team 29 19-33 80

MARSHALLTOWN

Rahiem Holloway 1 0-0 2, Matej Delinac 4 1-1 9, Chris Caird 10 2-2 26, Jamal Gatali 0 0-0 0, Troidell Carter 8 2-2 18, Cameron Robinson 0 5-6 5, Jamyles Coleman 1 2-2 5, Marlon Williams 4 4-5 12, Lamont Adair 0 0-0 0  Team 28 16-18 77

Halftime score: Marshalltown 44, Indian Hills 35; Three-point field goals: IHCC 3 (Ross 2, F. Williams 1), MCC 5 (Caird 4, Coleman 1)

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Late Rally Sends Warriors Past SCC

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills used a late 10-0 run and their best free throw shooting of the season to finally subdue Southeastern, 82-70, in the renewal of their rivalry on Wednesday night.

After SCC's Joe Scott tied the game at 67-all with a 3-pointer with just under five minutes to play, the Warriors started their run with a nice feed from Dustin Hogue to Jameel McKay who finished with a dunk.  Then Ronald Ross set up Jelan Kendrick for a hoop and Ross added two straight baskets.  By the time Ross assisted on a McKay bucket the Warriors were home free with a 10-point lead and two minutes to play.

Kendrick led the IHCC scoring with 15.  Richard Amardi scored 14, 12 of them in the second half, and pulled down nine rebounds.  McKay had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds and he blocked four shots.  Ross wound up with 13 after going scoreless in the first half.

Indian Hills was 25-of-31 at the foul line, outscoring SCC by 18 points at the free throw stripe.

Jordan Stevens scored 10 straight points in the opening half as SCC used that burst to get untracked and take an 18-10 lead.

The Warriors got a nice contribution off the bench by Rawane Ndiaye who tied the game twice -- at 25 on a layup and at 27 on two free throws. 

When Frank Williams hit a scoop shot with two seconds to play in the first half, it kept the Warriors' streak alive of leading at halftime in every game this season.

The IHCC lead was as large as 11 points in the second half, the last time at 60-49 on a tip-in by Williams.  That's when the Black Hawks started their comeback that culminated with two tying 3s by Scott. 

Indian Hills ended the game on a 15-3 run that began with the 10 unanswered points.

Tyrie Orosco already had a double-double for SCC at halftime and he wound up with 19 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.  Stevens had 18 points. 

With the win, the Warriors go to 3-0 in conference play and 20-2 overall; SCC is 2-2 and 19-5.

IHCC takes its unbeaten league record to Marshalltown on Saturday night.


INDIAN HILLS 82, SOUTHEASTERN 70

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 4 4-7 12, Richard Amardi 7 0-0 14, Dustin Hogue 1 6-6 8, Ronald Ross 4 5-5 13, Jelan Kendrick 5 5-6 15, Frank Williams 4 3-4 12, Gary Williams, Jr. 0 0-0 0, Majok Deng 1 0-1 2, Rawane Ndiaye 2 2-2 6  Team 28 25-31 82

SOUTHEASTERN

Jordan Stevens 8 0-2 18, Tyrie Orosco 7 5-6 19, Dontay Jackson 2 0-2 4, Joe Scott 5 0-0 13, Denzel McCauley 5 1-3 11, Warren Jones 0 0-0 0, Ar-Tese Harris 1 1-2 3, Marlon Cort 0 0-0, Debonair Edwards 0 0-0 0, Lawrence Fejokwu 1 0-0 2  Team 29 7-15 70

Halftime score: Indian Hills 33, Southeastern 32; Three-point field goals: IHCC 1 (F. Williams), SCC 5 (Scott 3; Stevens 2)

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Warriors Hand Iowa Western Its First Loss

Ottumwa -- In a battle of two teams ranked in the top-ten in the nation, No. 10 Indian Hills knocked third-rated Iowa Western from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Warriors ran their home court winning streak to 32 with a 79-64 win over the Reivers at the Hellyer Center Saturday night.

Iowa Western came into the game with a school-record 20-game winning streak, but was held 21 points below its season scoring average in losing for the sixth consecutive time to Indian Hills.

The Warriors outscored the visitors, 40-30, in the second half and held Iowa Western to just 28-percent shooting from the floor over the final 20 minutes in winning its fifth straight game and 19th in 21 games on the season.

Iowa Western made only four-of-29 three-point attempts and was outrebounded by IHCC, 57-44.

Indian Hills jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead, but the Reivers, who were scoreless for the first 3 1/2 minutes, recovered to take their own seven-point lead at 21-14. 

With Iowa Western ahead 29-24 with around five minutes to go in the half, Indian Hills started a run that would put them ahead for good.  Ronald Ross had consecutive baskets, the second after a backcourt steal and layup, and Jelan Kendrick followed with a go-ahead bucket.  When Jameel McKay, who led all scorers with 21 points, finished a fast break with a dunk, the Warriors were on top 32-29 and they never trailed again.

The two teams had only one 3-pointer each in the first 19 minutes of play until IHCC's Frank Williams drained back-to-back 3s and Devin Brooks hit one for Iowa Western just before the first-half buzzer to make it 39-34 at intermission.

Iowa Western got to within three points in the second half at 43-40 and still trailed by only four at 53-49 before IHCC used another 8-0 spurt to gain control.

Rawane Ndiaye made a nice move for a reverse layup, his only points of the game to start the run with Williams, McKay and Ross all adding field goals for the Warriors' first double-digit lead of the game with just over nine minutes remaining.

The lead eventually grew to 17 in the final minutes as the Warriors picked up the victory, despite their second-lowest point total of the season.

McKay added 11 rebonds to go along with his game-high 21 points; Ross had 18 and Kendrick 17 for IHCC.  Brooks topped IWCC with 16 and Tavian Pomlee scored 14.

Indian Hills, alone in the conference lead at 2-0, will host Southeastern CC on Wednesday night and then travel to Marshalltown CC on Saturday.

INDIAN HILLS 79, IOWA WESTERN 64

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 9 3-8 21, Richard Amardi 2 1-2 5, Dustin Hogue 2 4-6 8, Ronald Ross 7 2-3 18, Jelan Kendrick 7 2-6 17, Frank Williams 3 0-0 8, Gary Williams, Jr. 0 0-0 0, Majok Deng 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 1 0-0 2  Team 31 12-25 79

IOWA WESTERN

Devin Brooks 7 1-2 16, Dinjihl Walker 5 1-2 12, Tavian Pomlee 5 3-4 14, Ryan Bowie 2 0-0 5, Josiah Coleman 0 3-4 3, Michael Hudson 5 2-2 12, Tyrone Haughton 1 0-2 2, Kashief Thomas 0 0-0 0, Aaron Schmid 0 0-0 0  Team 25 10-16 64

Halftime score: Indian Hills 39, Iowa Western 34; Three-point field goals: IHCC 5 (Ross, F. Williams 2; Kendrick 1), IWCC 4 (Brooks, Walker, Pomlee, Bowie 1)

Thursday, January 17, 2013

League Season Begins with a Bang for IHCC

Norfolk, Nebraska -- Indian Hills scored 31 points over the final 7:20 of the first half and went on to rout Northeast CC, 120-89, on Wednesday night in the Warriors' conference opener.

Sean Scott hit a 3-pointer to help Northeast shave a 13-point IHCC lead to six at 30-24 with just over seven minutes to play in the opening half.

That's when the Warriors took off.  They outscored Northeast 31-11 the remainder of the half to build a 26-point lead at intermission.  And they steadily pulled away in the second half, forcing 30 NCC turnovers for the game and scoring 59 more points in the final 20 minutes.

The Warriors (18-2, 1-0) took a whopping 103 shots and when they weren't scoring on the initial attempt they pounded the offensive glass, corraling 31 offensive rebounds.  Both teams shot just under 50-percent for the game, but IHCC had 28 more shot attempts than the Hawks (13-7, 1-1).

Indian Hills' Jelan Kendrick poured in 14 second-half points and led all scorers with 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field. Dustin Hogue helped the Warriors' first-half explosion, scoring 16 points in the opening half.  He ended the night with 18.

Richard Amardi had a solid game for IHCC with 10 points, 10 rebounds and five steals.  Indian Hills had eight players in double figures.  Two of them were Ronald Ross and Frank Williams, who hit back-to-back 3s at the end of the first half.  Ross also dished out nine assists.  His 3-pointer with over eight minutes to play put IHCC over the 100-point mark for the 11th time this season.

Scott had 19 points to lead Northeast and Khapri Alston had 18, all of them in the second half.

The win gives the Warriors a four-game winning streak and some momentum heading into Saturday's game with Iowa Western at the Hellyer Center.  Iowa Western is 20-0 and ranked third in the nation.  Tipoff is at 7:00.

INDIAN HILLS 120, NORTHEAST 89

INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 4 3-5 11, Richard Amardi 5 0-1 10, Trinson White 4 0-0 9, Dustin Hogue 7 4-5 18, Ronald Ross 5 0-0 13, Jelan Kendrick 10 2-2 22, Frank Williams 4 0-0 10, Ronnie Stevens 0 0-0 0, Gary Williams, Jr. 6 0-0 12, Martin Dixon-Green 0 0-0 0, Majok Deng 3 4-4 11, Gary Ross 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 2 0-2 4  Team 50 13-19 120

NORTHEAST
K.J. Bluford 3 2-3 11, Khapri Alston 9 0-1 18, Kyle Kilgore 2 4-4 8, Sean Scott 7 2-2 19, Corey Mitchell 1 1-2 3, Rasheed Fairley 1 0-0 2, Sean McGary 4 0-0 8, Blake Heppner 1 0-0 2, Jabbar Washington 3 0-0 6, J.R. Tolliver 1 0-0 2, Oral Rahming 5 0-0 10  Team 37 9-12 89

Halftime score: Indian Hills 61, Northeast 35; Three-point field goals: IHCC 7 (R. Ross 3; F. Williams 2; White, Deng 1), NCC 6 (Bluford, Scott 3)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Warriors Win Road Battle at Three Rivers

Poplar Bluff, MO -- Jelan Kendrick's layup with 1:30 to play provided the eighth lead change of the final seven minutes and Indian Hills didn't trail again after the Kendrick field goal, finally disposing of Three Rivers CC, 81-77, on Wednesday night.

After the Warriors got a defensive stop following Kendrick's bucket, Frank Williams made one of two free throws to give IHCC a 75-73 lead.  Jalen Lacy then went to the line with a chance to tie the score, but made only one free throw to leave TRCC a point behind.

Indian Hills' Dustin Hogue then made the biggest shot of the night when he was fouled while making a shot in the lane.  He added a free throw to give the Warriors a four-point lead with 17.2 seconds to play.

The Warriors' Jameel McKay -- who had a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds -- rebounded a missed shot and dropped in two free throws for an 80-74 lead with 9.1 seconds remaining.

James Macklin's three-pointer for Three Rivers and a Kendrick free throw finished the scoring.

Three Rivers had all kinds of trouble hanging onto the ball in the first half as they turned it over 24 times.  Cutting their turnovers to only two in the second half allowed the Raiders to make up an 11-point halftime deficit. 

They took their first lead at 61-60 on a tip-dunk by Ibrahim Djambo with 6:51 to play.  McKay's tip-in on the next possession allowed IHCC to regain the lead and the game stayed closed the rest of the night.

Djambo led all scorers with 26 points and he added 11 rebounds.  Indian Hills' Hogue also had a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards.

The Warriors sprinted out to a 9-0 lead and, helped greatly by Three Rivers' inability to take care of the basketball, eventually built the lead to 27-14 on a 3-pointer by Hogue.  Djambo banked in a three at the end of the half to allow the Raiders to get to within 11 at intermission.

Three Rivers finally got untracked offensively in the second half and the Raiders' John Meyer, Djambo and Lacy all scored 12 or more points over the final 20 minutes.

Like Three Rivers, Indian Hills had turnover problems in the opening half, committing 17.  They actually wound up with one more than TRCC, 27-26. 

INDIAN HILLS 81, THREE RIVERS 77

INDIAN HILLS

Jameel McKay 8 6-9 22, Richard Amardi 4 2-5 10, Dustin Hogue 5 6-7 17, Ronald Ross 2 4-6 9, Jelan Kendrick 4 5-10 13, Frank Williams 3 1-4 8, Ronnie Stevens 0 0-1 0, Gary Williams, Jr. 1 0-0 2, Majok Deng 0 0-0 0  Team 27 24-42 81

THREE RIVERS

Eli Sample 2 1-2 5, Ayinde Sprewell 0 0-0 0, Jordan McGowan 2 0-0 6, Nelson Ollie 0 0-1 0, John Meyer 4 5-8 13, Ibrahim Djambo 8 7-9 26, James Macklin 1 0-0 3, Leonard Smith 0 2-2 2, Brandon Strickland 2 0-0 4, Jalen Lacy 5 8-10 18  Team 24 23-32 77

Halftime score: Indian Hills 37, Three Rivers 26; Three-point field goals: IHCC 3 (Hogue, Ross, F. Williams 1); TRCC 6 (Djambo 3; McGowan 2; Macklin 1)

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Warriors End Trip With Big Win at Mesa

Mesa, AZ -- Indian Hills jumped on Mesa CC with a big, early lead and went on to roll over the Thunderbirds, 83-69, on Saturday in the Warriors’ final game of their three-game trip to Arizona.
The IHCC win came on the same floor where Mesa had dominated No. 1-ranked South Plains (Tex.) in a 67-46 blowout earlier in the week.
The Warriors (16-2) scored the first 12 points and held Mesa (12-4) without a field goal for over eight minutes to start the game.  After grabbing the 12-0 lead, Indian Hills didn’t let up, eventually building a 20-point lead at 37-17.
With four minutes remaining in the opening half, the Warriors’ Jameel McKay already had a double-double and he finished the night with 20 points and 16 rebounds, both game-highs.
Frank Williams had his third straight outstanding performance off the bench for IHCC, draining five 3-pointers, four of them in the first half, on his way to 17 points.
The lead was 14 points at the half and Indian Hills withstood a couple of Mesa comeback attempts in the second half.
The Thunderbirds’ biggest charge got them to within 62-56 with 7:23 to play in the second half after a Khalfuni Marks layup.  Jelan Kendrick had the answer for the Warriors, hitting a pull-up jumper with the shot clock winding down.
That basket started a 10-0 IHCC run over the next four minutes that effectively put the game away.   Richard Amardi had two of the buckets in that run and Mesa never got closer than 10 points the rest of the contest.
Dustin Hogue had 12 points for the Warriors and Kendrick had seven assists to go along with 10 points.
Tylor Wimbish had 17 points to lead the Mesa scoring.
Indian Hills had a huge edge on the backboards, out-rebounding the hosts 38-20.
There are two more games left in the Warriors’ stretch of five straight road tests.  They will play at Three Rivers (Mo.) on Wednesday night and then begin league play against conference newcomer Northeast (Neb.) on Jan. 16.
INDIAN HILLS 83, MESA 69
INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 8 4-8 20, Richard Amardi 4 0-0 8, Dustin Hogue 6 0-0 12, Ronald Ross 3 0-0 7, Jelan Kendrick 3 3-5 10, Trinson White 0 2-2 2, Frank Williams 5 2-2 17, Gary Williams, Jr. 2 0-0 5, Majok Deng 1 0-0 3, Ronnie Stevens 0 0-0 0  Team 32 11-17 83
MESA
Khalfuni Marks 3 0-1 7, Shyheim McClelland 0 4-6 4, Tylor Wimbish 7 1-3 17, Anthony Hatfield 1 0-0 2, Christian Griggs-Williams 4 2-2 10, Tre Ogles 0 2-2 2, Angel Ung 1 3-4 6, Kyle Tomlinson 0 0-0 0, Eric Hunt 2 0-1 5, Tyler Fink 2 8-11 14, Jeffrey Bonner 0 2-2 2  Team 20 22-32 69
Halftime score: Indian Hills 44, Mesa 30; Three-point field goals: IHCC 9 (F. Williams 5; Ross, Kendrick, G. Williams, Deng 1), MCC 7 (Wimbish, Fink 2; Marks, Ung, Hunt 1)

Friday, January 4, 2013

Indian Hills Wallops South Mountain

Phoenix, AZ -- Using an early 9-0 run to take control, Indian Hills bounced back from a loss in the first game of its Arizona trip to wallop South Mountain CC, 120-69, on Thursday night.
The Warriors, now 15-2, trailed 4-2 before getting untracked.  Once they did, they used an assortment of three-pointers, dunks and fast-break layups to overwhelm South Mountain, a team that was ranked No. 2 in the preseason Division II poll.
Dustin Hogue, who led the Warriors in scoring, helped IHCC open up a huge first-half lead with 16 of his season-high 21 points.  The Warriors owned a 69-32 halftime advantage and already had six players with at least eight points by intermission.
The 69 points were only eight fewer than Indian Hills scored when they lost to Central Arizona Tuesday night.
The point total of 120 against South Mountain raised the Warriors’ scoring average to 105.8 points a game, best in the nation in Division I.
South Mountain never recovered from the early IHCC onslaught.  The Cougars committed 29 turnovers and shot just over 30 percent from the field.
Jameel McKay and Ronald Ross scored 17 points each for the Warriors.  Frank Williams had 14, and Richard Amardi and Jelan Kendrick added 13.
Johnell Thompson’s 23 points paced South Mountain, who made 10 threes, one fewer than the Warriors.
Indian Hills will get a much stiffer test as they wrap up their trip with a game at Mesa CC at 8:30 Iowa time Saturday night.
Mesa is coming off a 67-46 drubbing of top-ranked South Plains (Tex.) on Wednesday.
INDIAN HILLS 120, SOUTH MOUNTAIN 69
INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 8 1-1 17, Richard Amardi 6 1-1 13, Trinson White 0 0-0 0, Dustin Hogue 9 3-5 21, Ronald Ross 7 0-1 17, Jelan Kendrick 4 3-5 13, Frank Williams 5 0-1 14, Ronnie Stevens 2 1 -2 5, Gary Williams, Jr. 1 0-0 2, Martin Dixon-Green 2 0-0 4, Majok Deng 3 0-1 8, Gary Ross 2 2-2 6, Rawane Ndiaye 0 0-0 0  Team 49 11-19 120
SOUTH MOUNTAIN
Grant Ellender 4 2-4 12, Dalon Stafford 5 5-6 17, Rayvonte Adams 0 2-2 2, John Renzi 0 0-2 0, JT Estrada 3 1-3 8, Josh Eaves 0 0-0 0, Alex Eddy 1 2-2 4, Johnell Thompson 6 6-7 23, Keenen Knowles 1 0-0 2, Casey Lenz 0 1-2 1  Team 20 19-28
Halftime score: Indian Hills 69, South Mountain 32; Three-point field goals: IHCC 11 (F. Williams 4; R. Ross 3; Kendrick, Deng 2); SMCC 10 (Thompson 5; Ellender, Stafford 2; Estrada 1)

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Warriors Shot Down in First Game in Arizona

Coolidge, AZ -- Indian Hills failed to hold onto a late lead and the Warriors dropped an 84-77 decision to Central Arizona College on Tuesday night.  It was the Warriors’ second loss of the season and came in the first of three contests they’ll play in Arizona this week.
Frank Williams’ field goal with just over a minute to play gave IHCC (14-2) a 77-74 lead.  But the Warriors didn’t score again as CAC (12-3) closed the game on a 10-0 run.
The Vaqueros started their run with a free throw and ended it with six straight foul shots.  Their lone field goal in the final minute was a 3-pointer by Austin Cooke that put them on top, 78-77.
Cooke was instrumental in helping Central Arizona make up a 14-point deficit in the second half.  He hit three 3s in the final half on his way to a team-high 17 points.
Jameel McKay led Indian Hills with 19 points.  His layup with 1:35 to play gave the Warriors the lead at 75-74 and Williams, who scored 14 points off the bench, extended the lead to three 30 seconds later.  But the Warriors couldn’t hold on.
After Central Arizona held a couple of early leads, Indian Hills raced away to a 14-point bulge in the first half.
Majok Deng helped IHCC gain control by scoring eight points, six on back-to-back 3s.
The Warriors owned a 54-41 advantage early in the second half, but the Vaqueros pulled within two at 58-56 about midway through the half.  Vincentas Alexsandravicius drained a trio of 3-pointers to help CAC come back.
Sparked by two straight baskets by Williams, the Warriors stemmed the tide and built the lead back to 13 at 71-58 with around six minutes to play.
Again, the hosts surged, this time with an 11-0 run in less than three minutes to cut the deficit to 71-69.
 There were two lead changes after that with Cooke’s 3-pointer with 27.2 seconds remaining giving CAC the lead for good.
Ronald Ross scored 17 points for the Warriors and hit four 3s.  He was one of three IHCC players to foul out.
The loss came in the Warriors’ first of five consecutive road games.  They’ll play two more times on the current trip, at South Mountain CC on Thursday night and Mesa CC on Saturday night.  Both games start at 8:30 Iowa time.
CENTRAL ARIZONA 84, INDIAN HILLS 77
INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 8 3-6 19, Richard Amardi 2 2-4 6, Trinson White 2 0-1 5, Dustin Hogue 3 2-4 8, Ronald Ross 6 1-2 17, Frank Williams 5 3-3 14, Gary Williams, Jr. 0 0-0 0, Majok Deng 3 0-0 8, Gary Ross 0 0-0 0, Rawane Ndiaye 0 0-0 0  Team 29 11-20 77
CENTRAL ARIZONA
DesJuan Newton 6 3-5 16, Deandre Mathieu 3 8-10 14, Vincentas Aleksandravicius 4 4-6 15, Herve Aholode 6 2-8 14, LeBrent Walker 0 1-3 1, Zakarius Wells 1 0-0 2, Austin Cooke 6 0-0 17, Caleb Carter 2 1-2 5  Team 28 19-34 84
Halftime score: Indian Hills 43, Central Arizona 31; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (R. Ross 4; Deng 2; White, F. Williams 1); CAC 9 (Cooke 5; Aleksandravicius 3; Newton 1)