Ottumwa, IA – The No. 9 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men's Basketball squad opened up Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) play with a 92-57 win over Marshalltown Community College on Saturday night. The Warriors move to 16-4 overall on the year and 1-0 in league play.
Five players went for double-figures on the night, led by sophomore Abdoulae Fall (Dakar, Senegal) who tallied 20 points to go along with a game-high nine rebounds. Sophomore Kayden Nation (Peoria, IL/Western Nebraska) added 12 points on four three-point shots while Tayshawn Bridges (Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Academy of Science) and Trenton Walters (Frisco, TX/Radford) each added 11. Amonte Allen-Johnson (Flint, MI/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) chipped in 10 for the Warriors.
Indian Hills forced 27 turnovers on the night to run past the Tigers for the 27th consecutive contest. On the offensive front, the Warriors limited their miscues to just 11 as Indian Hills earned a 37-8 advantage in points off turnovers.
The Warriors upped their effort in the second half, shooting 58.6 percent from the floor and 54.5 percent from three-point range over the final 20 minutes to pick up the conference win. As a team, the Warriors have now connected on double-digit three-point shots in each of the last two outings. Indian Hills also used a 38-22 edge in points in the paint and a 14-0 advantage on fastbreak points.
Fall collected his fourth 20-point affair of the year while his nine rebounds were a season-high.
Walters suffocated the Tiger offense with a career-high seven steals. As a team, all 10 Warriors that saw court time recorded at least one steal, with five tallying multiple swipes.
Indian Hills will turn its attention to league foe Southeastern Community College on January 18. The two ICCAC squads will square off at the Hellyer Center at 7:0 PM.
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