Indians Slam the Door Late to #BeatNE
In a rivalry game you do not win with one hot stretch or one big shot. You win it by answering every swing, owning the glass and making the other team work for everything. The Indians did all of that in an 89-76 win over Northeast Thursday night.
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41 | 48 | 89 |
Team Stats
Northeast Mississippi Community College
| Game Statistics | Northeast Mississippi Community College | Itawamba CC |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (22-57) | (29-54) |
| Field Goal % | 38.6% | 53.7% |
| Rebounds | 35 | 41 |
| Assists | 16 | 18 |
| Turnovers | 16 | 13 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 13 | 11 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 17 | 8 |
| Pts in the Paint | 26 | 36 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 4 | 6 |
| Bench Pts | 21 | 33 |
FULTON, MS - In a rivalry game you do not win with one hot stretch or one big shot. You win it by answering every swing, owning the glass and making the other team work for everything.
The Indians did all of that in an 89-76 win over Northeast Thursday night.
Tim Holliday scored 15 points, Kyler Fox controlled the paint and the Indians beat Northeast 89-76 in a conference matchup that stayed tense until ICC sent the Tiger faithful to the exits in the final minutes of the contest.
ICC (10-6, 1-1 MACCC) took a 43-29 lead into halftime, then came out of the locker room looking to finish the job. Jason Johnson opened the second half with a layup off a Damarion Winston assist. On the next trip, Fox sent a Northeast shot back to half court, to get the student section and the rest of the crowd rolling in the DEC.
Johnson later made a sequence of plays that summed up the night for the Indians.
He missed a dunk, grabbed his own rebound, missed again, got it back again, and finally finished at the rim anyway. It was a grinder of a possession that helped ICC keep the Tigers from finding any rhythm early in the half.
The Tigers (10-8, 0-2 MACCC) still made a push. Javion Stephen hit a three to start it, Buddy Spearman and Tayler Berryhill added threes, and Northeast cut it to 67-59 with 7:49 left.
ICC answered right away. Jordan Frazier knocked down a three to push it back to 70-59, and the Indians went back to what was working: get stops, rebound, attack the paint. Fox finished through traffic and later threw down back-to-back dunks in the final two minutes to put an exclamation point on the victory.
Harper had 14 points with six assists and two steals. Fox finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks. Johnson and Frazier added 12 points each while DJ Davis chipped 10 as six different players scored in double figures for the Indians.
The Indians will travel to Senatobia on Tuesday to take on Northwest (12-5, 1-1 MACCC). The Rangers dropped a 95-85 decision at Holmes (13-2, 2-0 MACCC) on Thursday.