Ottumwa -- Indian Hills saw its long home court winning streak come to an end Saturday night in a 88-78 loss to Marshalltown CC in the final regular season game for both teams. The defeat, coupled with a road loss at Moberly on Tuesday, also gave the Warriors (26-4, 7-1) back-to-back losses for the first time in two years.
It was the first time in 37 home games under second-year coach Barret Peery that IHCC failed to get a victory. And it was the only defeat in eight regular season conference games for the Warriors.
Marshalltown (22-8, 3-5) was in control virtually the entire game in avenging an earlier loss to Indian Hills that was accomplished when IHCC's Ronald Ross drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Ross was one of five Warriors who missed the MCC game, serving the second game of suspensions handed down after the SCC game a week before.
Indian Hills took their first lead in this contest against the Tigers when Martin Dixon-Green, making his first start of the season, hit a 3-pointer for a 13-12 score. The Warriors' Jameel McKay, who was superb with 21 points and 16 rebounds, later tied the score at 17-all.
An 18-7 run allowed MCC to go ahead by 11 and the Tigers took a 40-34 lead at intermission.
After trailing by nine points early in the second half, Indian Hills managed to tie the score three times, the last at 51-51. Chris Caird's jump shot gave MCC the lead, part of a 17-point second half for theTiger sophomore.
Marshalltown would eventually stretch the advantage to 12 points at 74-62. Indian Hills rallied to within four at 79-75 on a basket by Jelan Kendrick with 1:22 to play, but couldn't get any closer and MCC sealed the win at the free throw line.
Caird's 21 points led the Tigers, whose biggest contribution may have come from Jamal Gatali, who hit five 3s and scored 20 points. Frank Williams added 17 to McKay's 21 points for the Warriors.
MARSHALLTOWN 88, INDIAN HILLS 78
INDIAN HILLS
Jameel McKay 8 5-6 21, Trinson White 4 0-0 11, Jelan Kendrick 5 2-3 12, Frank Williams 7 0-0 17, Gary Williams, Jr. 2 4-6 8, Martin Dixon-Green 2 0-0 5, Majok Deng 2 0-0 4 Gary Ross 0 0-0 0 Team 30 11-15 78
MARSHALLTOWN
Rahiem Holloway 3 2-3 8, Matej Delinac 2 5-6 11, Chris Caird 6 7-8 21, Jamal Gatali 7 1-2 20, Troidell Carter 6 0-0 12, Cameron Robinson 2 4-6 8, Jamyles Coleman 0 0-0 0 Lamont Adair 4 0-0 8 Team 30 19-25 88
Halftime score: Marshalltown 40, Indian Hills 34; Three-point field goals: MCC 9 (Gatali 5; Delinac, Caird 2), IHCC 7 (White, F. Williams 3; Dixon-Green 1)
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