Indian Hills Community College basketball coach Jeff Kidder has released information on this summer’s Warrior Basketball Camp. The camp, for those ages 6 through 16, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon July 12-14 in the air-conditioned comfort of the Hellyer Student Life Center on the IHCC Ottumwa campus.
Members of the Indian Hills coaching staff and Warrior players will provide instruction during the camp.
Registration cost is $60 which includes a camp t-shirt and prizes. For more information, call 641-683-5288 or 641-683-5190 or register online at the IHCC website at www.indianhills.edu.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
IHCC Has Five on All-Region Teams
Ottumwa -- Regular-season conference champion Indian Hills Community College had one player on the first team, one on the second team and three on the honorable mention list of the All-Region 11 basketball team announced by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.
The Warriors’ Larry Stone was the lone IHCC player on the five-player first team. Stone, a sophomore guard from Indianapolis and a transfer from IUPUI, was the second-leading scorer for Indian Hills with an 11.3 average. He also led the team in three-point field goals with 57.
Stone really came on in the second half of the season. He averaged 16.8 points a game in conference games, fourth in the league. Stone’s scoring average over the last half of the season was 15.0 and he scored in double figures in 13 of his final 15 games. His high game of 28 points came in a road win at Southeastern in the regular-season finale.
IHCC’s season scoring leader, Dijon Farr, was a second-team all-conference choice. Farr, from Pacolet, S.C., started all 33 games in his freshman campaign and averaged 11.9 points a contest. He was seventh in scoring in conference games (11.7) and also scored 10 or more points in 13 of his last 15 games. For the season, he reached double-figure scoring in 24 of 33 games. Farr also averaged nearly four rebounds a game.
The Warriors making the honorable mention all-league list were sophomore guards Dwan McMillan and Aaron Austin and freshman forward Bruno Ferreira.
McMillan, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, averaged 9.9 points a game and led the team in assists. Austin, from Newport News, Va., was third on the Warriors in scoring at 10.6 and was second in assists. Ferreira is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was IHCC’s leading rebounder, averaging over five boards a game, and also averaged five points a contest.
Joining Stone on the all-conference first team are sophomores Norvell Arnold and Steven Baker from Southeastern, and freshman Tyler Brown and sophomore Will Clyburn from Marshalltown. Clyburn led Region XI in scoring in conference games at 22.2 and Arnold was second at 20.8.
The second team includes Anthony Salter, Shay Shine and Petey Hausley, all from Iowa Western, and Southeastern’s Jeron Lee along with the Warriors’ Farr.
Named honorable mention all-league are Henrique Medeiros, DeMarcus Phillips and Michael Appel from Marshalltown, Rinaldo Mafra and Paris Gulley of Southeastern and Charlie Westbrook from Iowa Western in addition to the trio of Indian Hills players.
SCC’s Arnold was a repeat selection on the all-conference first team. Shine dropped from the first team last year to second team this year. The other first-team pick from last year who returned this season was Marshalltown’s Phillips who missed all but one regular-season conference game with an injury. IHCC All-Americans Dwight Buycks and Dwight Hardy were the other first-team choices last year.
The Warriors’ Larry Stone was the lone IHCC player on the five-player first team. Stone, a sophomore guard from Indianapolis and a transfer from IUPUI, was the second-leading scorer for Indian Hills with an 11.3 average. He also led the team in three-point field goals with 57.
Stone really came on in the second half of the season. He averaged 16.8 points a game in conference games, fourth in the league. Stone’s scoring average over the last half of the season was 15.0 and he scored in double figures in 13 of his final 15 games. His high game of 28 points came in a road win at Southeastern in the regular-season finale.
IHCC’s season scoring leader, Dijon Farr, was a second-team all-conference choice. Farr, from Pacolet, S.C., started all 33 games in his freshman campaign and averaged 11.9 points a contest. He was seventh in scoring in conference games (11.7) and also scored 10 or more points in 13 of his last 15 games. For the season, he reached double-figure scoring in 24 of 33 games. Farr also averaged nearly four rebounds a game.
The Warriors making the honorable mention all-league list were sophomore guards Dwan McMillan and Aaron Austin and freshman forward Bruno Ferreira.
McMillan, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, averaged 9.9 points a game and led the team in assists. Austin, from Newport News, Va., was third on the Warriors in scoring at 10.6 and was second in assists. Ferreira is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was IHCC’s leading rebounder, averaging over five boards a game, and also averaged five points a contest.
Joining Stone on the all-conference first team are sophomores Norvell Arnold and Steven Baker from Southeastern, and freshman Tyler Brown and sophomore Will Clyburn from Marshalltown. Clyburn led Region XI in scoring in conference games at 22.2 and Arnold was second at 20.8.
The second team includes Anthony Salter, Shay Shine and Petey Hausley, all from Iowa Western, and Southeastern’s Jeron Lee along with the Warriors’ Farr.
Named honorable mention all-league are Henrique Medeiros, DeMarcus Phillips and Michael Appel from Marshalltown, Rinaldo Mafra and Paris Gulley of Southeastern and Charlie Westbrook from Iowa Western in addition to the trio of Indian Hills players.
SCC’s Arnold was a repeat selection on the all-conference first team. Shine dropped from the first team last year to second team this year. The other first-team pick from last year who returned this season was Marshalltown’s Phillips who missed all but one regular-season conference game with an injury. IHCC All-Americans Dwight Buycks and Dwight Hardy were the other first-team choices last year.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Ruple's Basket Gives SCC Series Win
West Burlington, IA -- For the second year in a row, the Indian Hills Warriors were denied a chance to add a Region 11 postseason championship to their regular season title. And for the second consecutive season, archrival Southeastern CC was the team that kept the Warriors from the postseason crown.
Freshman Abby Ruple's layup with 5.4 seconds to play was the game-winner on Wednesday night as SCC pulled out a 62-60 win over Indian Hills (25-8) in the second game of the best-of-three regional title series.
The Warriors pushed the ball up the court following Ruple's basket, but E.J. Hicks misfired on a three-point attempt that would have won the game.
Instead, it's the BlackHawks (23-10) who move on to play in the District 11 championship game next Tuesday night on their home court.
Indian Hills and Southeastern had struggled to make shots in Game 1 of the series on Monday night, a 53-49 SCC win.
Both offenses were much more efficient on Wednesday. Southeastern shot 58.5% for the game and was even better than that from 3-point range -- 66.7% (8-of-12). The Warriors made 52.4% of their field goals and 7-of-15 3s (46.7%). Each team had only 11 turnovers.
Indian Hills took its final lead on the 7th lead change of the game when Hicks made one of two free throws with 3:15 remaining to make the score 56-55.
Steven Baker, who along with Paris Gulley led SCC with 14 points, then hit a jumper in the lane and followed with two free throws to put the BlackHawks on top 59-56.
Aaron Austin, IHCC's top scorer with 19, hit an acrobatic shot in the lane to bring the Warriors to within one. After an SCC free throw the Warriors had the ball with 29.8 seconds to play.
Following two straight IHCC time-outs, Larry Stone scored from the right baseline, his only points of the game, to knot the score at 60-all.
Southeastern called their final time out with 16.4 seconds left to set up the play on which Ruple scored the game-winner.
Indian Hills had two six-point leads in the first half, the largest advantage for either team in the game. Dwan McMillan, one of six Indian Hills sophs who saw their IHCC careers come to a close, scored on a three-point play to end the first-half scoring and put the Warriors ahead, 37-33, at the half.
Indian Hills had six threes in the first half along with two old-fashioned three-point plays and three free throws by Hicks after he was fouled on a three-point try.
SCC was down at halftime despite making nearly 61% of their field goal attempts. And the BlackHawks' leading scorer, Norvell Arnold, sat out most of the first half after getting two early fouls.
Arnold started the second half with three field goals in less than four minutes to bring SCC from behind. He wouldn't score again however and fouled out with 6:15 to play.
IHCC trailed briefly by four points, but Austin drained a three to cut the deficit to one and neither team led by more than three points the rest of the game.
Two free throws by Dijon Farr gave Indian Hills a 55-53 lead with a little under five minutes left, and it was Baker who tied the score at 55 for SCC. Hicks' free throw preceded Baker's four straight points and set the stage for the tense final two minutes.
Indian Hills outrebounded the BlackHawks, 25-20, and SCC, amazingly, had only three offensive rebounds the entire game. But SCC still managed to break the hearts of the Warriors, just as they had done in last year's title series when they scored in the final seconds to down IHCC in overtime.
SOUTHEASTERN 62, INDIAN HILLS 60
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 1 0-0 2, Steven Baker 5 3-4 14, Norvell Arnold 3 0-0 7, Mason Leggett 0 0-0 0, Paris Gulley 5 0-0 14, Jeron Lee 2 1-2 6, Rinaldo Mafra 1 0-0 2, Abby Ruple 4 0-0 9, Mansa Habeeb 3 2-6 8 Team 24 6-12 62
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 3 3-6 10, Aaron Austin 8 0-0 19, Brandon Garrett 1 0-0 2, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Dijon Farr 6 2-3 17, Larry Stone 1 0-2 2, Brian Wilson 2 0-0 4, E.J. Hicks 0 4-5 4, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 22 9-16 60
Halftime score: Indian Hills 37, Southeastern 33; Three-point field goals: SCC 8 (Gulley 4, Baker 1, Arnold 1, Lee 1, Ruple 1), IHCC 7 (Austin 3, Farr 3, McMillan 1)
Freshman Abby Ruple's layup with 5.4 seconds to play was the game-winner on Wednesday night as SCC pulled out a 62-60 win over Indian Hills (25-8) in the second game of the best-of-three regional title series.
The Warriors pushed the ball up the court following Ruple's basket, but E.J. Hicks misfired on a three-point attempt that would have won the game.
Instead, it's the BlackHawks (23-10) who move on to play in the District 11 championship game next Tuesday night on their home court.
Indian Hills and Southeastern had struggled to make shots in Game 1 of the series on Monday night, a 53-49 SCC win.
Both offenses were much more efficient on Wednesday. Southeastern shot 58.5% for the game and was even better than that from 3-point range -- 66.7% (8-of-12). The Warriors made 52.4% of their field goals and 7-of-15 3s (46.7%). Each team had only 11 turnovers.
Indian Hills took its final lead on the 7th lead change of the game when Hicks made one of two free throws with 3:15 remaining to make the score 56-55.
Steven Baker, who along with Paris Gulley led SCC with 14 points, then hit a jumper in the lane and followed with two free throws to put the BlackHawks on top 59-56.
Aaron Austin, IHCC's top scorer with 19, hit an acrobatic shot in the lane to bring the Warriors to within one. After an SCC free throw the Warriors had the ball with 29.8 seconds to play.
Following two straight IHCC time-outs, Larry Stone scored from the right baseline, his only points of the game, to knot the score at 60-all.
Southeastern called their final time out with 16.4 seconds left to set up the play on which Ruple scored the game-winner.
Indian Hills had two six-point leads in the first half, the largest advantage for either team in the game. Dwan McMillan, one of six Indian Hills sophs who saw their IHCC careers come to a close, scored on a three-point play to end the first-half scoring and put the Warriors ahead, 37-33, at the half.
Indian Hills had six threes in the first half along with two old-fashioned three-point plays and three free throws by Hicks after he was fouled on a three-point try.
SCC was down at halftime despite making nearly 61% of their field goal attempts. And the BlackHawks' leading scorer, Norvell Arnold, sat out most of the first half after getting two early fouls.
Arnold started the second half with three field goals in less than four minutes to bring SCC from behind. He wouldn't score again however and fouled out with 6:15 to play.
IHCC trailed briefly by four points, but Austin drained a three to cut the deficit to one and neither team led by more than three points the rest of the game.
Two free throws by Dijon Farr gave Indian Hills a 55-53 lead with a little under five minutes left, and it was Baker who tied the score at 55 for SCC. Hicks' free throw preceded Baker's four straight points and set the stage for the tense final two minutes.
Indian Hills outrebounded the BlackHawks, 25-20, and SCC, amazingly, had only three offensive rebounds the entire game. But SCC still managed to break the hearts of the Warriors, just as they had done in last year's title series when they scored in the final seconds to down IHCC in overtime.
SOUTHEASTERN 62, INDIAN HILLS 60
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 1 0-0 2, Steven Baker 5 3-4 14, Norvell Arnold 3 0-0 7, Mason Leggett 0 0-0 0, Paris Gulley 5 0-0 14, Jeron Lee 2 1-2 6, Rinaldo Mafra 1 0-0 2, Abby Ruple 4 0-0 9, Mansa Habeeb 3 2-6 8 Team 24 6-12 62
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 3 3-6 10, Aaron Austin 8 0-0 19, Brandon Garrett 1 0-0 2, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Dijon Farr 6 2-3 17, Larry Stone 1 0-2 2, Brian Wilson 2 0-0 4, E.J. Hicks 0 4-5 4, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 22 9-16 60
Halftime score: Indian Hills 37, Southeastern 33; Three-point field goals: SCC 8 (Gulley 4, Baker 1, Arnold 1, Lee 1, Ruple 1), IHCC 7 (Austin 3, Farr 3, McMillan 1)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
SCC Gains Upper Hand in Region 11 Series
Ottumwa, IA -- Heading into the postseason, Southeastern had won only three road games all year. Now, less than a week later, the BlackHawks are just one win away from the Region 11 postseason championship after two straight victories away from home.
On Monday night, Southeastern used a 16-1 second-half run to erase a 10-point deficit and down Indian Hills, 53-49, at the Hellyer Center in Ottumwa in the first game of the best-of-three regional title series.
SCC had won at Iowa Western last Wednesday to gain a spot in the series against Indian Hills, the regular season conference champ.
Both teams struggled to score all night long, but the Warriors looked like they had finally gotten untracked when they took a 43-33 lead on a three-pointer by Dijon Farr with around eight minutes to play.
Reserve Mansa Habeeb started SCC's game-deciding rally with a layup and Jeron Lee ended it with a three-pointer for a 49-44 BlackHawk lead with just over two minutes remaining.
Indian Hills went nearly seven minutes without a field goal. Larry Stone finally broke the drought with a three to bring the Warriors to within 49-47. After SCC's Abby Ruple made one of two free throws, Stone had a chance to tie the game, but his three-pointer was off the mark.
Southeastern made three of four foul shots to nail down the win and take a big first step toward what they hope will be their second postseason series win in as many years.
SCC's Norvell Arnold, the second-leading scorer in the conference, was held to only seven points. But Arnold had a key tip-in, one of his two field goals, to tie the game at 44 after his two free throws had made it 44-42, part of SCC's big run in the final minutes.
The Warriors were held to their second-lowest scoring total of the season and made only 31% of their field goal attempts. Southeastern wasn't much better at 35%.
The first half saw very little offense, especially early. The score was 14-11 with a little under five minutes to go in the half. Stone hit a three to give IHCC a six-point lead, but SCC quickly tied it at 17 on three straight points by Arnold and a three-pointer by Lee.
That was the first of four straight 3's as the shots finally started to fall. Paris Gulley's trey gave SCC a 23-20 advantage. Farr brought IHCC to within a point at halftime with a spinning baseline drive at the end of the half.
An 11-2 Indian Hills run to start the second half featured back-to-back goals by Stone, who led the Warriors with 14 points, a three by Farr and a putback by Aaron Austin.
Two free throws by Lee allowed Southeastern to cut the lead to six and that's when the Warriors' free throw shooting woes started. On five consecutive trips to the line, they made one and missed one, then Dwan McMillan missed both shots with four minutes to play.
Arnold had averaged 28 points in the two regular season meetings with IHCC, but was held in check by the Warrior defense. Lee was the only double-figure scorer for the BlackHawks with 14.
McMillan had 12 and Farr 10 to go along with Stone's 14 for Indian Hills.
The Warriors are now faced with a must-win situation for game two, in West Burlington on Wednesday. They can take a little comfort in knowing that they already have a victory there this year, winning 74-70 in the final regular season game on Feb. 20. IHCC has won on two of their last three trips to Loren Walker Arena, but SCC has now won three straight at the Hellyer Center.
Indian Hills has to win to send the series to a third game, which would be played on Friday night on the Warriors' home court.
SOUTHEASTERN 53, INDIAN HILLS 49
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 0 0-0 0, Steven Baker 4 0-0 9, Norvell Arnold 2 3-4 7, Mason Leggett 0 0-0 0, Paris Gulley 2 2-2 8, Jeron Lee 4 3-4 14, Rinaldo Mafra 0 0-0 0, Abby Ruple 2 3-4 7, Mansa Habeeb 4 0-0 8 Team 18 11-17 53
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 4 3-8 12, Aaron Austin 2 0-0 5, Brandon Garrett 0 0-0 0, Bruno Ferreira 0 0-0 0, Derrick Hill 0 0-0 0, Dijon Farr 3 2-2 10, Larry Stone 4 4-6 14, Brian Wilson 1 0-0 2, E.J. Hicks 2 1-2 6, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 16 10-18 49
Halftime score: Southeastern 23, Indian Hills 22; Three-point field goals: SCC 6 (Lee 3, Gulley 2, Baker 1), IHCC 7 (Farr 2, Stone 2, McMillan 1, Austin 1, Hicks 1)
On Monday night, Southeastern used a 16-1 second-half run to erase a 10-point deficit and down Indian Hills, 53-49, at the Hellyer Center in Ottumwa in the first game of the best-of-three regional title series.
SCC had won at Iowa Western last Wednesday to gain a spot in the series against Indian Hills, the regular season conference champ.
Both teams struggled to score all night long, but the Warriors looked like they had finally gotten untracked when they took a 43-33 lead on a three-pointer by Dijon Farr with around eight minutes to play.
Reserve Mansa Habeeb started SCC's game-deciding rally with a layup and Jeron Lee ended it with a three-pointer for a 49-44 BlackHawk lead with just over two minutes remaining.
Indian Hills went nearly seven minutes without a field goal. Larry Stone finally broke the drought with a three to bring the Warriors to within 49-47. After SCC's Abby Ruple made one of two free throws, Stone had a chance to tie the game, but his three-pointer was off the mark.
Southeastern made three of four foul shots to nail down the win and take a big first step toward what they hope will be their second postseason series win in as many years.
SCC's Norvell Arnold, the second-leading scorer in the conference, was held to only seven points. But Arnold had a key tip-in, one of his two field goals, to tie the game at 44 after his two free throws had made it 44-42, part of SCC's big run in the final minutes.
The Warriors were held to their second-lowest scoring total of the season and made only 31% of their field goal attempts. Southeastern wasn't much better at 35%.
The first half saw very little offense, especially early. The score was 14-11 with a little under five minutes to go in the half. Stone hit a three to give IHCC a six-point lead, but SCC quickly tied it at 17 on three straight points by Arnold and a three-pointer by Lee.
That was the first of four straight 3's as the shots finally started to fall. Paris Gulley's trey gave SCC a 23-20 advantage. Farr brought IHCC to within a point at halftime with a spinning baseline drive at the end of the half.
An 11-2 Indian Hills run to start the second half featured back-to-back goals by Stone, who led the Warriors with 14 points, a three by Farr and a putback by Aaron Austin.
Two free throws by Lee allowed Southeastern to cut the lead to six and that's when the Warriors' free throw shooting woes started. On five consecutive trips to the line, they made one and missed one, then Dwan McMillan missed both shots with four minutes to play.
Arnold had averaged 28 points in the two regular season meetings with IHCC, but was held in check by the Warrior defense. Lee was the only double-figure scorer for the BlackHawks with 14.
McMillan had 12 and Farr 10 to go along with Stone's 14 for Indian Hills.
The Warriors are now faced with a must-win situation for game two, in West Burlington on Wednesday. They can take a little comfort in knowing that they already have a victory there this year, winning 74-70 in the final regular season game on Feb. 20. IHCC has won on two of their last three trips to Loren Walker Arena, but SCC has now won three straight at the Hellyer Center.
Indian Hills has to win to send the series to a third game, which would be played on Friday night on the Warriors' home court.
SOUTHEASTERN 53, INDIAN HILLS 49
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 0 0-0 0, Steven Baker 4 0-0 9, Norvell Arnold 2 3-4 7, Mason Leggett 0 0-0 0, Paris Gulley 2 2-2 8, Jeron Lee 4 3-4 14, Rinaldo Mafra 0 0-0 0, Abby Ruple 2 3-4 7, Mansa Habeeb 4 0-0 8 Team 18 11-17 53
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 4 3-8 12, Aaron Austin 2 0-0 5, Brandon Garrett 0 0-0 0, Bruno Ferreira 0 0-0 0, Derrick Hill 0 0-0 0, Dijon Farr 3 2-2 10, Larry Stone 4 4-6 14, Brian Wilson 1 0-0 2, E.J. Hicks 2 1-2 6, Chad Dillard 0 0-0 0 Team 16 10-18 49
Halftime score: Southeastern 23, Indian Hills 22; Three-point field goals: SCC 6 (Lee 3, Gulley 2, Baker 1), IHCC 7 (Farr 2, Stone 2, McMillan 1, Austin 1, Hicks 1)
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Warriors Survive First-Round Scare
Ottumwa -- The Indian Hills Warriors breathed a big sigh of relief when Marshalltown's Tyler Brown missed the second free throw in a two-shot situation with 2.2 seconds left in regulation, leaving Wednesday's first round game between IHCC and MCC tied at 72. Given new life in overtime, Indian Hills outscored the visitors 22-11 and advanced to the best-of-three league title series next week with a 94-83 victory.
The Tigers, the number-four seed, were poised to upset Indian Hills (25-6) on its home court, taking a five-point lead three times in the final minutes of the second half.
Will Clyburn, the conference's scoring leader, made a free throw with 54 seconds to play to give MCC (17-9) a 68-63 lead. And the prospects of Indian Hills making it into the regional playoff series for the fourth year in a row didn't look good.
Aaron Austin hit a free throw for IHCC and, after a defensive stop, Larry Stone buried a three-pointer to shave the lead to one point. Brown, who led all scorers with 33 points, nailed a pair of foul shots immediately after Stone's three to push the lead back to three at 70-67.
Stone found E.J. Hicks for a layup to make it a one-point game.
Clyburn then made one of two free throws and Stone followed with another three-pointer to put IHCC ahead, 72-71.
Stone then fouled Brown with 2.2 seconds on the clock and the IHCC crowd held its collective breath. But Brown, who made his 10th straight free throw with the first attempt, misfired on the second.
Chad Dillard started the overtime scoring for Indian Hills with a baseline drive for a 74-72 lead and MCC never got any closer than that.
With Indian Hills up by three 80-77 and just over a minute left in OT, Aaron Austin was given credit for a three-point basket that MCC coach Brynjar Brynjarrson thought came after the shot clock had expired.
The Tigers' coach went onto the floor to argue his case and was assessed two technical fouls and ejected from the game.
Stone made two of the four free throws for the technicals to build the lead to eight at 85-77 and the Warriors hit seven of eight free throws in the final minute.
Indian Hills scored the first seven points of the game, five of them by Dwan McMillan. McMillan already had 17 points at halftime, two shy of his season high, but was shut out the rest of the game.
Marshalltown ran off eight straight points to take an 8-7 lead and there would be four ties and six more lead changes in the first half.
The game was tied at 41 at intermission.
IHCC began the second half with another 7-0 run on a three by Dijon Farr and two buckets by Brian Wilson.
Brown showed his defensive ability with two steals which he turned into layups leading the Tigers back to a 52-52 tie.
Indian Hills held a 58-57 lead after a three by Stone, but Brown made four consecutive free throws and Clyburn scored to put MCC ahead by five.
Austin's basket with 3:35 left started the IHCC comeback that saw them eventually go ahead briefly on Stone's late three pointer.
The teams combined to shoot 80 free throws. Brown made 17-of-19 for MCC; Stone was 11-for-13 for the Warriors.
Stone didn't score a point until a pair of free throws with 12:33 left in the second half. He led IHCC with 21. Austin had all but two of his 15 points in the second half and overtime. He and Stone teamed up for 17 of the Warriors' 22 OT points.
Brown recovered from a slow start -- he had only five points at the half -- for his second 30-plus point game against IHCC.
Clyburn had a double-double with 13 rebounds to go along with his 24 points.
Indian Hills and Southeastern will be matched up in the Region 11 playoff series for the second year in a row. For the second straight year, the BlackHawks lost both regular season games to Iowa Western and then knocked them out of the postseason. SCC won 74-67 at Council Bluffs on Wednesday night.
Game one of the series will be at the Hellyer Center on Monday night at 7:00. The two teams meet at SCC on Wednesday and, if a third game is needed, Indian Hills will host it at 7:00 next Friday night.
INDIAN HILLS 94, MARSHALLTOWN 83 (OT)
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 4 6-8 17, Aaron Austin 4 6-10 15, Brandon Garrett 1 0-0 2, Bruno Ferreira 2 2-5 6, Dijon Farr 4 4-5 14, Larry Stone 4 11-13 21, Brian Wilson 4 0-1 8, E.J. Hicks 3 0-0 6, Chad Dillard 2 1-2 5 Team 28 30-44 94
MARSHALLTOWN Will Clyburn 7 8-13 24, DeMarcus Phillips 5 1-2 11, Tyler Brown 7 17-19 33, Javier Valdez 1 2-2 4, Vesteinn Sveinsson 0 0-0 0, Henrique Medeiros 1 0-0 2, Michael Appel 3 0-0 9, Rashad Porter 0 0-0 0 Team 24 28-36 83
Halftime score: Indian Hills 41, Marshalltown 41; End of regulation: Indian Hills 72, Marshalltown 72; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (McMillan 3, Farr 2, Stone 2, Austin 1), MCC 7 (Appel 3, Clyburn 2, Brown 2)
The Tigers, the number-four seed, were poised to upset Indian Hills (25-6) on its home court, taking a five-point lead three times in the final minutes of the second half.
Will Clyburn, the conference's scoring leader, made a free throw with 54 seconds to play to give MCC (17-9) a 68-63 lead. And the prospects of Indian Hills making it into the regional playoff series for the fourth year in a row didn't look good.
Aaron Austin hit a free throw for IHCC and, after a defensive stop, Larry Stone buried a three-pointer to shave the lead to one point. Brown, who led all scorers with 33 points, nailed a pair of foul shots immediately after Stone's three to push the lead back to three at 70-67.
Stone found E.J. Hicks for a layup to make it a one-point game.
Clyburn then made one of two free throws and Stone followed with another three-pointer to put IHCC ahead, 72-71.
Stone then fouled Brown with 2.2 seconds on the clock and the IHCC crowd held its collective breath. But Brown, who made his 10th straight free throw with the first attempt, misfired on the second.
Chad Dillard started the overtime scoring for Indian Hills with a baseline drive for a 74-72 lead and MCC never got any closer than that.
With Indian Hills up by three 80-77 and just over a minute left in OT, Aaron Austin was given credit for a three-point basket that MCC coach Brynjar Brynjarrson thought came after the shot clock had expired.
The Tigers' coach went onto the floor to argue his case and was assessed two technical fouls and ejected from the game.
Stone made two of the four free throws for the technicals to build the lead to eight at 85-77 and the Warriors hit seven of eight free throws in the final minute.
Indian Hills scored the first seven points of the game, five of them by Dwan McMillan. McMillan already had 17 points at halftime, two shy of his season high, but was shut out the rest of the game.
Marshalltown ran off eight straight points to take an 8-7 lead and there would be four ties and six more lead changes in the first half.
The game was tied at 41 at intermission.
IHCC began the second half with another 7-0 run on a three by Dijon Farr and two buckets by Brian Wilson.
Brown showed his defensive ability with two steals which he turned into layups leading the Tigers back to a 52-52 tie.
Indian Hills held a 58-57 lead after a three by Stone, but Brown made four consecutive free throws and Clyburn scored to put MCC ahead by five.
Austin's basket with 3:35 left started the IHCC comeback that saw them eventually go ahead briefly on Stone's late three pointer.
The teams combined to shoot 80 free throws. Brown made 17-of-19 for MCC; Stone was 11-for-13 for the Warriors.
Stone didn't score a point until a pair of free throws with 12:33 left in the second half. He led IHCC with 21. Austin had all but two of his 15 points in the second half and overtime. He and Stone teamed up for 17 of the Warriors' 22 OT points.
Brown recovered from a slow start -- he had only five points at the half -- for his second 30-plus point game against IHCC.
Clyburn had a double-double with 13 rebounds to go along with his 24 points.
Indian Hills and Southeastern will be matched up in the Region 11 playoff series for the second year in a row. For the second straight year, the BlackHawks lost both regular season games to Iowa Western and then knocked them out of the postseason. SCC won 74-67 at Council Bluffs on Wednesday night.
Game one of the series will be at the Hellyer Center on Monday night at 7:00. The two teams meet at SCC on Wednesday and, if a third game is needed, Indian Hills will host it at 7:00 next Friday night.
INDIAN HILLS 94, MARSHALLTOWN 83 (OT)
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 4 6-8 17, Aaron Austin 4 6-10 15, Brandon Garrett 1 0-0 2, Bruno Ferreira 2 2-5 6, Dijon Farr 4 4-5 14, Larry Stone 4 11-13 21, Brian Wilson 4 0-1 8, E.J. Hicks 3 0-0 6, Chad Dillard 2 1-2 5 Team 28 30-44 94
MARSHALLTOWN Will Clyburn 7 8-13 24, DeMarcus Phillips 5 1-2 11, Tyler Brown 7 17-19 33, Javier Valdez 1 2-2 4, Vesteinn Sveinsson 0 0-0 0, Henrique Medeiros 1 0-0 2, Michael Appel 3 0-0 9, Rashad Porter 0 0-0 0 Team 24 28-36 83
Halftime score: Indian Hills 41, Marshalltown 41; End of regulation: Indian Hills 72, Marshalltown 72; Three-point field goals: IHCC 8 (McMillan 3, Farr 2, Stone 2, Austin 1), MCC 7 (Appel 3, Clyburn 2, Brown 2)
Monday, February 22, 2010
Warriors Get Comeback Win in Regular-Season Finale
West Burlington, IA -- The Indian Hills Warriors couldn’t have asked for a better way to conclude the regular season on Saturday night. The Warriors erased some of the bitter taste from a last-second loss to Moberly (Mo.) at home in their previous game and, at the same time, avenged their only conference loss with a 74-70 come-from-behind win at Southeastern CC.
IHCC had already wrapped up the conference title before the game and regained some momentum heading into the postseason with the win. Southeastern had knocked off the Warriors, 81-69, three weeks earlier at the Hellyer Center.
The BlackHawks certainly looked intent on sweeping the season series with the way they started this game. SCC jumped to an 11-0 lead in the first five minutes on four field goals, three of them three-pointers.
Dwan McMillan finally got IHCC on the scoreboard with two free throws 5:04 into the first half. Chad Dillard's layup off a feed from Aaron Austin and Austin's three-pointer quickly cut the lead to 11-7.
Indian Hills tied the score twice, both on shots by Larry Stone, then went ahead late in the half on three free throws. Southeastern's Abby Ruple scored to tie the game at 29-all at intermission.
Southeastern started the second half the same way they began the game. Seven points by Arnold, who led the BlackHawks with 22 points, allowed SCC to again take a double-digit lead, 50-40, midway through the second half.
A driving scoop shot by McMillan tied the game at 57 and Dillard, who was a clutch performer off the IHCC bench, buried a baseline jumper to give Indian Hills a brief lead. After Arnold tipped in a missed shot for another tie, Stone made two free throws to give IHCC a lead it would not give up.
Those foul shots, coming with 2:28 to play, started a stretch that saw Indian Hills make 15 of its final 18 free throws with Stone hitting 11-of-12.
Stone went to the line four times in the final 37.8 seconds and missed only one of eight free throws as the Warriors nailed down their 24th win of the season.
SCC cut the lead to 73-70 on a three-pointer by Mansa Habeeb. Austin's free throw with 4.8 seconds to play supplied the final point.
Stone had a season-high 28 points to lead IHCC. But his performance off the bench wasn't the only solid one by a Warrior reserve. Dillard (6 points, 6 rebounds), E.J. Hicks (7 points) and Alex Vouyoukas all gave Indian Hills key minutes as the Warrior bench outscored SCC's, 47-28.
Indian Hills made three fewer field goals than the hosts and two fewer three-pointers, but the Warriors nailed 30-of-39 free throws to 18-of-24 for SCC.
The top-seeded Warriors start postseason play at home against Marshalltown CC on Wednesday night at 7:00. Southeastern goes to Iowa Western in the other first round game. The winners meet the following week in a best-of-three series to determine the Region 11 champ.
INDIAN HILLS 74, SOUTHEASTERN 70
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 1 6-8 8, Aaron Austin 4 6-7 15, Brandon Garrett 1 2-2 4, Bruno Ferreira 0 0-0 0, Dijon Farr 1 1-2 3, Larry Stone 6 13-16 28, Brian Wilson 0 1-2 1, E.J. Hicks 3 1-2 7, Alex Vouyoukas 1 0-0 2, Chad Dillard 3 0-0 6 Team 20 30-39 74
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 0 0-0 0, Steven Baker 2 3-4 8, Norvell Arnold 8 5-8 22, Mason Leggett 0 2-2 2, Paris Gulley 2 1-2 6, Jeron Lee 3 0-0 8, Rinaldo Mafra 2 0-0 4, Abby Ruple 2 3-4 7, Mansa Habeeb 4 4-4 13 Team 23 18-24 70
Halftime score: Indian Hills 29, Southeastern 29; Three-point field goals: IHCC 4 (Stone 3, Austin 1), SCC 6 (Lee 2, Baker 1, Arnold 1, Gulley 1, Habeeb 1)
IHCC had already wrapped up the conference title before the game and regained some momentum heading into the postseason with the win. Southeastern had knocked off the Warriors, 81-69, three weeks earlier at the Hellyer Center.
The BlackHawks certainly looked intent on sweeping the season series with the way they started this game. SCC jumped to an 11-0 lead in the first five minutes on four field goals, three of them three-pointers.
Dwan McMillan finally got IHCC on the scoreboard with two free throws 5:04 into the first half. Chad Dillard's layup off a feed from Aaron Austin and Austin's three-pointer quickly cut the lead to 11-7.
Indian Hills tied the score twice, both on shots by Larry Stone, then went ahead late in the half on three free throws. Southeastern's Abby Ruple scored to tie the game at 29-all at intermission.
Southeastern started the second half the same way they began the game. Seven points by Arnold, who led the BlackHawks with 22 points, allowed SCC to again take a double-digit lead, 50-40, midway through the second half.
A driving scoop shot by McMillan tied the game at 57 and Dillard, who was a clutch performer off the IHCC bench, buried a baseline jumper to give Indian Hills a brief lead. After Arnold tipped in a missed shot for another tie, Stone made two free throws to give IHCC a lead it would not give up.
Those foul shots, coming with 2:28 to play, started a stretch that saw Indian Hills make 15 of its final 18 free throws with Stone hitting 11-of-12.
Stone went to the line four times in the final 37.8 seconds and missed only one of eight free throws as the Warriors nailed down their 24th win of the season.
SCC cut the lead to 73-70 on a three-pointer by Mansa Habeeb. Austin's free throw with 4.8 seconds to play supplied the final point.
Stone had a season-high 28 points to lead IHCC. But his performance off the bench wasn't the only solid one by a Warrior reserve. Dillard (6 points, 6 rebounds), E.J. Hicks (7 points) and Alex Vouyoukas all gave Indian Hills key minutes as the Warrior bench outscored SCC's, 47-28.
Indian Hills made three fewer field goals than the hosts and two fewer three-pointers, but the Warriors nailed 30-of-39 free throws to 18-of-24 for SCC.
The top-seeded Warriors start postseason play at home against Marshalltown CC on Wednesday night at 7:00. Southeastern goes to Iowa Western in the other first round game. The winners meet the following week in a best-of-three series to determine the Region 11 champ.
INDIAN HILLS 74, SOUTHEASTERN 70
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 1 6-8 8, Aaron Austin 4 6-7 15, Brandon Garrett 1 2-2 4, Bruno Ferreira 0 0-0 0, Dijon Farr 1 1-2 3, Larry Stone 6 13-16 28, Brian Wilson 0 1-2 1, E.J. Hicks 3 1-2 7, Alex Vouyoukas 1 0-0 2, Chad Dillard 3 0-0 6 Team 20 30-39 74
SOUTHEASTERN A.D. Simmons 0 0-0 0, Steven Baker 2 3-4 8, Norvell Arnold 8 5-8 22, Mason Leggett 0 2-2 2, Paris Gulley 2 1-2 6, Jeron Lee 3 0-0 8, Rinaldo Mafra 2 0-0 4, Abby Ruple 2 3-4 7, Mansa Habeeb 4 4-4 13 Team 23 18-24 70
Halftime score: Indian Hills 29, Southeastern 29; Three-point field goals: IHCC 4 (Stone 3, Austin 1), SCC 6 (Lee 2, Baker 1, Arnold 1, Gulley 1, Habeeb 1)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Shot at Buzzer Sends Moberly Past IHCC
Ottumwa -- Eric Saunders tipped in a missed shot at the buzzer allowing Moberly (MO) to post their first win in Ottumwa in nearly two decades. Saunders got inside position and put back Jahmon Smith's missed jump shot to give the visiting Greyhounds a dramatic 68-67 win over Indian Hills at the Hellyer Center on Tuesday night.
The winning basket produced the 10th lead change of the second half and broke the hearts of the Warriors who let a five-point lead slip away in the final 22.4 seconds.
Larry Stone made four straight free throws to put Indian Hills (23-6) ahead 66-61. Antwaun Boyd drove for an uncontested layup to cut the deficit to three. Stone was fouled again, but this time made only one of his two foul shots to leave the score at 67-63.
Smith answered with only his 7th three-pointer of the season, and his only basket of the game, to bring the 'Hounds back to within a point, 67-66. The Warriors then tried to break the Moberly press by throwing a long inbounds pass to the other end of the floor. The ball sailed over the head of IHCC's Dijon Farr and bounced untouched out of bounds.
Because Farr didn't touch the ball, it meant Moberly (22-5) got the ball under their own basket rather than having to go the length of the floor with just over four seconds to play.
The ball was inbounded to Smith who missed a contested shot from inside the free throw line. Saunders though was in a perfect spot to put in the game-winner for the Greyhounds, who had lost their last 10 meetings with Indian Hills and hadn't beaten the Warriors in Ottumwa since 1991.
The game was close throughout. The largest lead was 10 points. Moberly grabbed that advantage on their first two possessions of the second half, back-to-back three-pointers by Jerret Towns. Towns made six 3's in all in the final half.
The Warriors battled back from that 33-23 deficit to tie the game at 40-all. They went ahead on a free throw by Chano Rashiduddin.
Moberly's Brandon Williams started a pattern of lead changes with a field goal and Farr nailed two free throws to allow IHCC to regain the lead.
Indian Hills' Brian Wilson and Moberly's Karron Johnson had a good battle down the stretch. Wilson tied the game at 49-49 with a layup and later made a pair of free throws to give IHCC a four-point lead.
After a Towns' three and two free throws by the Warriors' Dwan McMillan, Johnson gave Moberly a one-point edge with a field goal and two free throws.
Wilson scored back-to-back baskets around a Johnson dunk to leave Indian Hills up by one. Wilson's two free throws with just over a minute left made it a three-point game and set the stage for the final-minute fireworks.
Indian Hills took the largest lead of the first half at 18-12 and, at that point, seven different Warriors had a field goal. Moberly ended the first half with a 15-5 run, however, and Boyd's bank shot at the buzzer provided a four-point lead at intermission and a little foreshadowing for the end of the game.
Wilson had his high-game for the season with 20 points to lead IHCC. Stone got untracked in the second half when he scored all of his 14 points.
Towns' three-point shooting in the second half led to a team-high 20 points for the Greyhounds.
The game was a battle between two teams at the top of their conference standings. Indian Hills will end the regular season with a game at Southeastern on Saturday, having already clinched the league title and home court advantage in the playoffs.
Moberly is a half game ahead of Three Rivers in the Region 16 race with two games to play.
MOBERLY 68, INDIAN HILLS 67
MOBERLY Karron Johnson 5 2-5 12, Antwaun Boyd 3 0-0 6, Jerret Towns 7 0-0 20, Eric Saunders 3 0-0 7, Dezmond Hickman 0 0-0 0, Victor Leak 0 0-0 0, Brandon Williams 3 2-2 9, Latrail McCoy 0 1-2 1, Darius Glover 3 2-2 8, Jahmon Smith 1 2-2 5 Team 25 9-13 68
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 2 2-2 7, Aaron Austin 3 1-2 8, Brandon Garrett 1 0-2 2, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Chano Rashiduddin 1 1-2 3, Dijon Farr 2 4-4 10, Larry Stone 3 6-8 14, Brian Wilson 6 8-8 20, E.J. Hicks 0 0-0 0, Chad Dillard 0 1-2 1 Team 19 23-30 67
Halftime score: Moberly 27, Indian Hills 23; Three-point field goals: MACC 9 (Towns 6, Saunders 1, Williams 1, Smith 1), IHCC 6 (Farr 2, Stone 2, McMillan 1, Austin 1)
The winning basket produced the 10th lead change of the second half and broke the hearts of the Warriors who let a five-point lead slip away in the final 22.4 seconds.
Larry Stone made four straight free throws to put Indian Hills (23-6) ahead 66-61. Antwaun Boyd drove for an uncontested layup to cut the deficit to three. Stone was fouled again, but this time made only one of his two foul shots to leave the score at 67-63.
Smith answered with only his 7th three-pointer of the season, and his only basket of the game, to bring the 'Hounds back to within a point, 67-66. The Warriors then tried to break the Moberly press by throwing a long inbounds pass to the other end of the floor. The ball sailed over the head of IHCC's Dijon Farr and bounced untouched out of bounds.
Because Farr didn't touch the ball, it meant Moberly (22-5) got the ball under their own basket rather than having to go the length of the floor with just over four seconds to play.
The ball was inbounded to Smith who missed a contested shot from inside the free throw line. Saunders though was in a perfect spot to put in the game-winner for the Greyhounds, who had lost their last 10 meetings with Indian Hills and hadn't beaten the Warriors in Ottumwa since 1991.
The game was close throughout. The largest lead was 10 points. Moberly grabbed that advantage on their first two possessions of the second half, back-to-back three-pointers by Jerret Towns. Towns made six 3's in all in the final half.
The Warriors battled back from that 33-23 deficit to tie the game at 40-all. They went ahead on a free throw by Chano Rashiduddin.
Moberly's Brandon Williams started a pattern of lead changes with a field goal and Farr nailed two free throws to allow IHCC to regain the lead.
Indian Hills' Brian Wilson and Moberly's Karron Johnson had a good battle down the stretch. Wilson tied the game at 49-49 with a layup and later made a pair of free throws to give IHCC a four-point lead.
After a Towns' three and two free throws by the Warriors' Dwan McMillan, Johnson gave Moberly a one-point edge with a field goal and two free throws.
Wilson scored back-to-back baskets around a Johnson dunk to leave Indian Hills up by one. Wilson's two free throws with just over a minute left made it a three-point game and set the stage for the final-minute fireworks.
Indian Hills took the largest lead of the first half at 18-12 and, at that point, seven different Warriors had a field goal. Moberly ended the first half with a 15-5 run, however, and Boyd's bank shot at the buzzer provided a four-point lead at intermission and a little foreshadowing for the end of the game.
Wilson had his high-game for the season with 20 points to lead IHCC. Stone got untracked in the second half when he scored all of his 14 points.
Towns' three-point shooting in the second half led to a team-high 20 points for the Greyhounds.
The game was a battle between two teams at the top of their conference standings. Indian Hills will end the regular season with a game at Southeastern on Saturday, having already clinched the league title and home court advantage in the playoffs.
Moberly is a half game ahead of Three Rivers in the Region 16 race with two games to play.
MOBERLY 68, INDIAN HILLS 67
MOBERLY Karron Johnson 5 2-5 12, Antwaun Boyd 3 0-0 6, Jerret Towns 7 0-0 20, Eric Saunders 3 0-0 7, Dezmond Hickman 0 0-0 0, Victor Leak 0 0-0 0, Brandon Williams 3 2-2 9, Latrail McCoy 0 1-2 1, Darius Glover 3 2-2 8, Jahmon Smith 1 2-2 5 Team 25 9-13 68
INDIAN HILLS Dwan McMillan 2 2-2 7, Aaron Austin 3 1-2 8, Brandon Garrett 1 0-2 2, Bruno Ferreira 1 0-0 2, Chano Rashiduddin 1 1-2 3, Dijon Farr 2 4-4 10, Larry Stone 3 6-8 14, Brian Wilson 6 8-8 20, E.J. Hicks 0 0-0 0, Chad Dillard 0 1-2 1 Team 19 23-30 67
Halftime score: Moberly 27, Indian Hills 23; Three-point field goals: MACC 9 (Towns 6, Saunders 1, Williams 1, Smith 1), IHCC 6 (Farr 2, Stone 2, McMillan 1, Austin 1)
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