Another big game for Hardy:
http://ihccathletics.blogspot.com/2008/12/basketball.htmlMonday, December 01, 2008
Basketball:
Fort Smith, Arkansas -- The fifth-ranked Indian Hills basketball team picked up their second wire-to-wire win in less than 24 hours when they defeated Ranger Junior College, 85-62 on Saturday at the Lions Thanksgiving Classic in a game that began at 11am.
The Warriors weren't bothered at all by the early start time as they roared out to a quick 21-7 lead, with Dwight Hardy scoring the final 10 points in the barrage. Hardy was coming off a season-high 25 points against Weatherford the day before and nearly matched that with 23 against the Rangers.
Ranger finally got untracked offensively after trailing by 14 points and cut the IHCC lead in half with a 7-0 run. Corin Henry did his best to keep the Rangers in the game in the first half, pouring in 18 points in the opening 20 minutes. But Henry got in foul trouble in the second half and added only three points in the final stanza.
Meanwhile, Indian Hills took advantage of 34 fouls called against RJC by making 73 percent of their 48 free-throw attempts. Not bad for a team that was shooting under 60 percent for the season from the foul line coming into the game. Dwight Buycks shot 22 free throws and made 16 of them on his way to a season-high 24 points that led the IHCC scoring. He and Hardy were the lone Warrior players with more than 10, but James Washington added nine and Leon Powell and Delvon Johnson had eight apiece.
Ranger matched IHCC's total of 23 field goals, but was hurt by 1-of-15 shooting from three-point range and the large number of fouls, including four technical fouls, whistled against the Texans.
The sweep in Arkansas capped a stretch of three straight road games for the Warriors who now play their next four games at home, starting with a contest against Moberly Area CC on Tuesday night at 7:00.
INDIAN HILLS 85, RANGER 62
INDIAN HILLS Dwight Hardy 7 7-7 23, James Washington 2 4-6 9, Dwight Buycks 4 16-22 24, Leon Powell 2 4-4 8, Delvon Johnson 4 0-0 8, Marcus Relphorde 1 2-4 4, Damian Windham 0 0-0 0, Wellington Alvarenga 0 0-0 0, Jerome Van Der List 1 0-0 3, Khaliq Gross 2 2-5 6, Brad Burgus 0 0-0 0, Donald Davis 0 0-0 0 Team 23 35-48 85
RANGER Corin Henry 9 2-3 21, Bryant Purvis 2 0-0 4, Duwan Kornegay 2 0-0 4, Darren Enemuch 0 2-2 2, Malik Edwards 2 2-5 6, Louis Crane 0 0-0 0, Marvin Storey 0 1-2 1, Jerome Burgos 1 0-0 2, Fred Williams 0 0-0 0, George Ceniceros 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Dean 3 7-11 13, Rondell Thomas 1 0-0 2, Tanner Bruffey 1 1-3 3, Chris O'Neal 1 0-0 2 Team 23 15-26 62
Halftime score: Indian Hills 42, Ranger 35; Three-point field goals: IHCC 4 (Hardy 2, Washington 1, Van Der List 1), RJC 1 (Henry 1)