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(AP) -- Gary Ricks, Jr. and Jameel McKay top a list of eight Indian Hills players who were named to the All-Region 11 basketball team.

Ricks and McKay were the Warriors’ first-team selections on the squad while Roderick Bobbitt, Dustin Hogue and Brandon Spearman were picked for the second team and D.J. Bennett, DeAndray Buckley and Michael Haynes were honorable mention choices.

Playing in all 70 IHCC games over the past two seasons, Ricks was one of the best three-point shooters in school history.

He had a total of 170 3-pointers, three shy of the school record held by Dwight Hardy.

His 97 3’s this year were five fewer that Hardy’s single-season record.

Ricks averaged in double figures in each season and had a career average of 11.2. 

He also led the team in free-throw percentage both years.

He was a second-team All-Region choice as a freshman.

McKay, a freshman and the other first-team choice, led Indian Hills in scoring (14.6) and rebounding (7.7) this season and was named to the All-Tournament team at last week’s NJCAA National Tournament.

He had double figures in points and rebounds in each of IHCC’s four games at Hutch and his 50 rebounds led the tournament. 

He shot nearly 62% from the field for the season.

Bobbitt, also a freshman, had a solid national tournament, leading the tourney in assists with 24.

He was the Warriors’ assists leader with a 6.0 average for the season and also led the team in steals with 107 while scoring 9.4 points a game.

His season-best scoring output was 19 points against Southern Idaho at the national tourney.

Courtesy IHCC

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