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)