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)