Ottumwa, IA – No. 13 Indian Hills Men's Basketball rolled to a 93-52 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) victory over Marshalltown Community College at the Hellyer Center on Saturday night. The Warriors moved to 3-0 in league play on the year at 17-5 overall this season.
The Warriors used a blistering start to the game, connecting on 12 of team's first 15 shots of the contest to pull away from Tigers in conference action. Indian Hills finished the night with a 53.7 field goal percentage, the team's seventh game this season shooting above 50.0 percent in a contest.
Sophomore Braden Sparks (Villa Rica, GA/Merce) poured in a game-high 17 points to lead 11 different players in the scoring column while contributing a game-high six assists. Sophomore Davontae Hall (Chicago, IL/Hyde Park) chipped in 15 points and four assists while William Beugre-Kassi (Pontoise, France/Albert Thomas) added 14 points on 5-7 shooting to go along with six rebounds.
Trevion LaBeaux (Waterloo, IA/Ames) tallied nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds, the sophomore's 11th game with double-digit rebounds on the year.
As a team, the Warriors connected on 36-67 field goals, including 11-27 from three-point range, the team's sixth contest making at least 40.0 percent of its long-range shots. The Warriors also shot 71.4 percent from the free throw line, the first time this season the program has produced a 50/40/70 line on the year.
The Warriors saw a dominant night on the glass with a 47-27 edge in the rebounding battle while holding the Tigers to just 4-17 from three-point range, including 0-8 in the second half alone.
An early 11-9 deficit proved to be of little concern to the Warriors as Hall drained a three-point shot to put the home team back on top. Hall contributed seven of the team's first 12 points on the night for an early spark. Indian Hills used a late surge to close out the first half on a 26-14 run for a 44-31 halftime lead.
The momentum carried over to the second frame as the Warriors produced a 12-0 run coming out of the break. A three-point shot from Amarion Nimmers (Rock Island, IL/Iowa) followed by a jumper from Kheni Briggs (Kannapolis, NC/Charleston Southern) gave Indian Hills its largest lead of the night, 77-46 with under seven to play. The Warriors poured it on over the final five minutes of action for the team's fourth contest of at least 90 points on the year.
Indian Hills has now won 25 consecutive contests over Marshalltown.
Saturday night's contest was also a part of the Indian Hills Athletics Hall of Fame Night where four individuals and one team were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Photo Gallery: 2024 Indian Hills Hall of Fame Night
Next up for the Warriors is a trip to Missouri State Universit – West Plains on Tuesday night with a 7:00 PM tip-off.
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