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)