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Although it wasn't their most artistic performance of the first half of the season, third-ranked Indian Hills still put 93 points on the scoreboard and maintained their perfect record with a 93-69 victory against Missouri State-West Plains at the Hellyer Center on Tuesday night.

It was the 14th straight win for the Warriors, who were not able to put away the visiting Grizzlies until a late 19-0 run.

Missouri State-West Plains had five players suspended for the game and was forced to deal with the Warriors' full-court style with only seven players.

But the Grizzlies more than held their own with their depleted roster, especially in the first half when they had two six-point leads.

Sophomore guard Kevin Nelson drained four 3s in the opening half in helping MS-WP build leads of 27-21 and 30-24.

After trailing by six, the Warriors caught fire and ran off 10 straight points to take the lead for good.

A slam dunk by Dustin Hogue tied the game at 30 and buckets by Brandon Spearman and Jameel McKay finished the run.

Spearman scored 15 of his game-high 21 points in the first half, Hogue netted 16 points and McKay had a dozen points and seven rebounds.

The Warriors took a five-point lead into the locker room at the half and built the advantage to 12 at 57-45.

The Grizzlies then made one last push, scoring the next eight points and forcing IHCC coach Barret Peery to use a timeout.

Indian Hills responded by steadily pulling away after that and the late run, which moved the score from 70-63 to 89-63 and finished off the weary Grizzlies.

Gary Ricks, Jr. had back-to-back 3s in the late spurt for IHCC and Roderick Bobbitt, who had 10 assists to go along with 10 points, ended the run with a three of his own.

Four of the seven Grizzlies who played scored at least 15 points, led by Kervin Remeau's 17.

The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for MS-WP, who will get a chance to avenge the defeat when they host Indian Hills on January 17.

The Warriors have two weeks off to prepare for their first game of 2012 -- a home contest against ninth-rated Vincennes (Ind.) on Jan. 3.

Courtesy IHCC