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)