Opening Tip
•           The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball squad hits the road for its next two games starting with Central Missouri on Jan. 27 in Warrensburg, Mo.
•           The Ichabods (11-6, 7-5 MIAA) are coming off a 70-62 win over Emporia State last time out on Jan. 23 in Lee Arena.
•           The Mules (12-6, 6-6 MIAA) had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 90-86 double overtime loss at Central Oklahoma.
•           The Mules lead the series 49-47 and won the last two meetings.
•           The Ichabods have played in three overtime games this season going 2-1. Washburn is 33-33 all-time in overtime games. The Ichabod single season record for overtime games is five set during the 1994-95 and 2006-07 seasons.
•           In Washburn's 11 wins this season they are averaging 78.5 ppg while allowing 69.7 ppg … in the six losses they are averaging 68.7 ppg while allowing 80.7 ppg.
•           In Washburn's 11 wins they are +9.5 in rebound margin, while in the losses they are -10.8 on the glass.
•           From the field in the Ichabod wins, they are shooting 47 percent while opponents are shooting 39 percent … from the free throw line the Ichabods are 67 percent in the wins and 68 percent in the losses.
•           From 3-point land the Ichabods are shooting 61 of 167 (37 percent) in the wins and only 28 percent in the losses (32 of 113) … opponents are shooting 61 of 149 (41 percent) in the Ichabods' six losses from 3-point range.
•           The Ichabods are averaging 14.4 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.1 ppg opponents are scoring off the Ichabods.
•           Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman recorded his 782nd win against Lincoln moving him into 15th all-time on all-time NCAA coaching list passing former Arizona Wildcat head coach Lute Olson and Lou Henson who coached at Illinois and New Mexico State.
•           Next up on the all-time NCAA coaching chart is Lefty Driesell and Jim Smith with 786 wins.
•           Washburn's bench is averaging 21.9 ppg compared to 25.6 ppg for its opponents.
•           Washburn is scoring 32.7 ppg in the paint compared to 24.7 ppg for its opponents.
•           In Washburn's 10 wins this season, they have overcome deficits of 14 against Augustana, 11 against Peru State, Fort Hays State and Lincoln, eight against Pittsburg State, six against Lindenwood, five against Southwest Baptist and four against Saint Mary.
•           Washburn's led from start to finish against Tabor, Missouri Western and Emporia State.
•           The Ichabods are undefeated when outscoring their opponents this season.
 
 Ichabod Notes
•           Overall the Ichabods have a balanced scoring attack with four players averaging at least 9.1 points per game and they have five averaging at least 6.5 ppg.
•           Washburn is ninth in the MIAA in scoring at 75.0 ppg and sixth in scoring defense allowing 73.6 ppg.
•           Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 40 percent shooting.
•           The Ichabods are +2.4 in rebound margin this season, which is fifth in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 39.1 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.1 per game.
•           Christian Ulsaker has played in 104 games at Washburn in his career.
•           Brady Skeens' 39 blocked shots this season is ranked sixth on the single season chart and his 2.3 blocks per game ranks first on the single season chart ahead of Dan Buie's 1.7 blocks per game (27 games) in 1995-96 … his 51 career blocked shots is 12th on the career chart and his 1.7 career blocks per game average is first … the single season block record is 52 set in the 2004-05 season by Travis Robbins.
•           Brady Skeens tied career highs with 15 points and 16 rebounds against Emporia State last time out and his five free throws made and eight attempts were also career highs.
•           Javion Blake's 232 points is ninth on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart … his 26 3-pointers are fourth on the Ichabod freshman chart … he needs 12 to tie Gary Woodland for third. The freshman record is 54 set by Shannon Kruger during the 1998-99 season.
•           Brady Skeens' 39 blocks are second on the Ichabod sophomore class chart trailing Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.

 Ichabods on Radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK radio with Jake Lebahn and Pat Strathman calling the action. Game will also be streamed live on the wusports.com website by following the listen live links on the men's basketball schedule page.

 The Coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman
•           is in his 37th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•           a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•           is 784-336 overall.
•           has 542 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
•           is the MIAA's all-time winningest coach by victories with 542.
•           has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason MIAA tournament championships.
•           has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
•           in home games, he is 461-87 going 410-76 in Lee Arena.
•           is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•           his 784 coaching wins is 15th in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
•           led the Ichabods to the 1987 NAIA National Championship and a 2001 NCAA National game, which was later vacated by Kentucky Wesleyan.
•           Chipman played for legendary coach Jack Hartman earning two letters.
 
Central Missouri head coach Doug Karleskint . . .
•           is 37-13 in his second season as the head coach at Central Missouri and 127-47 (.743) overall in his sixth season as a head coach.
•           spent five seasons at Arkansas Tech, including the last four as head coach. He compiled a 90-34 (.726) record with the Wonder Boys with four conference championships and four trips to the NCAA-II National Tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2012.
•           is 1-0 against Washburn. 

  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 80, Emporia State 72 -- Jan. 23, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team took the first meeting of two of the Turnpike Tussle with a 70-62 win over Emporia State on Saturday night in Lee Arena. The Ichabods will be back in action on Wednesday at Central Missouri.
The Ichabods (11-6, 7-5 MIAA) led from start to finish in the game over Emporia State (8-10, 5-7 MIAA) building a lead of as many as 14 in the first half after an 8-0 run put the Ichabods up 33-19 with 2:30 to play before the half. The Hornets finished the half on a 10-1 run cutting the Ichabod advantage to 34-29 entering the break.
The Hornets continued their run pushing it up to a 14-1 run over a four-minute stretch trimming the Ichabod lead to one at 34-33 with 18:39 to go in the game before Cameron Wiggins and Brady Skeens each hit back to back lay ups pushing the lead back to five. The Ichabods would go up by 12 after a Skeens free throw with 5:44 to play before the Hornets again came back with an 8-2 run cutting the lead to six at 61-55 with 1:55 to play in the game.
Emporia State would get as close as four with 44 seconds to play, but Washburn hit three of four free throws to rest of the game holding the eight-point win over the Hornets.
Skeens led the ichabods with 15 points adding a career-high 16 rebounds for his fifth double double of the season hitting 5 of 7 shots going 5 of 8 from the free throw line. He also had four blocks and two assists in 33 minutes of work. Javion Blake had 14 points with five assists. Cameron Wiggins scored 10 points while Christian Ulsaker, Randall Smith and Jeremy Lickteig each had eight points.
Terrence Moore led the Hornets with 15 points.
The Ichabods outshot the Hornets 45 percent to 29 percent as Washburn finished 22 of 49 from the field compared to 19 of 65 from the field for the Hornets. Both teams had 39 rebounds, but 22 came on the offensive end for the Hornets. Washburn had 14 fast break points compared to six for the Hornets and outscored ESU 36 to 24 in the paint.  
 
 About Central Missouri
•           the Mules are 12-6 this season and 6-6 in the MIAA after having a three-game winning streak snapped in double overtime at Central Oklahoma.
•           the Mules are averaging 74.7 points per game while shooting 46.1 percent from the field. Opponents are averaging 69.6 points per game on 42.3 percent shooting.
•           the Mules are shooting 35 percent (127-of-363) from 3-point range compared to 31.3 percent (115-of-368) for the opposition.
•           the Mules are 10th in the MIAA in scoring offense and third in scoring defense. They are eighth in the league in field goal percentage and third in field goal percentage defense and first in three-point field goal percentage defense.
•           ten different players have scored in double figures for the Mules and six different players have led the team in scoring.
•           D'Marnier Cunninghman leads the Mules with a 17.6 ppg average while Roosevelt Scott (11.8 ppg) and Spencer Reaves (11.4) also average double figures.
•           Marquiez Lawrence is scoring 9.7 ppg with a team-high 7.6 rpg.
•           The Mules are -3.9 in rebound margin this season.
 Series History with Central Missouri
•           Wednesday's meeting will be the 96th between these two teams
•           UCM leads the all-time series 49-47 and have won the last two.
•           Washburn is 19-8 against UCM in Lee Arena and 22-22 in all-time MIAA games.
•           In road MIAA games played in Warrensburg, the Ichabods are 8-14 after falling 77-63 on Jan. 6, 2014.
•           The Ichabods have won five of the last eight meetings.
•           The last time the teams met in the conference tournament was during the 2010 season when the Ichabods as the No. 8 seed topped the No. 1-seeded Mules 79-60.
•           The Ichabods are 5-1 all-time against Central Missouri in the MIAA Tournament.
 
 Last meeting with Central Missouri
(Jan. 5, 2015) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team trailed by as many eight points and tied the score at 48 with under five minutes to play and led by two with 4:19 to play but could not hold on in a 63-60 loss to No. 8-ranked Central Missouri.
The Ichabods and Mules were tied at 48 with 2:46 to play after a pair of free throws by Alex North, but the Mules scored five-straight points taking a 53-48 lead. Washburn cut the lead back to four at 53-49 on a free throw by Kevin House. Three free throws by the Mules stretched the lead out to seven before a 3-point play by Kyle Wiggins with 53 seconds to play trimmed the lead back to four.
The Mules went back ahead by seven with 42 seconds to play before a lay up by Wiggins with 33 seconds to play cut the lead back to five and then after a Washburn steal House hit two more free throws with 29 seconds to play.
The Mules then scored two more to take a 61-56 lead with 15 seconds to play. A layup by Wiggins with nine seconds to play made it a 61-58 Central advantage. After a pair of Mules free throws with eight seconds to play the Ichabods' Wiggins was fouled attempting a three. He hit the first two making the score 63-60 and after intentionally missing the third the clock ran out on the rebound before the Ichabods could get another shot off.
Wiggins led the Ichabods with 22 points as he went over the 1,000-point mark in his career becoming the 22nd Ichabod to do so. House had 13 points, which was a career-high for him.
Brennen Hughes and Kyle Wolf had 12 to lead the Mules.
Washburn was 20 of 51 overall after going only 8 of 20 from the field in the first half. The Mules finished 18 of 42 overall from the field and went 23 of 32 from the free throw line including 20 of 26 in the second half from the charity stripe. Washburn finished 14 of 20 overall from the free throw line.  

 Last time out for Central Missouri
(Jan. 23, 2016) The Mules had late leads in regulation and overtime, but couldn't close it out and fell 90-86 in double overtime at Central Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Mules fall to 12-6 overall and 6-6 in MIAA play.
 The Mules (12-5, 6-5 MIAA) scored the first points of the game on a Tereke Eckwood jumper, but the Bronchos (9-9, 5-7 MIAA) responded with a 6-0 run to grab the lead. A layup from Eckwood cut the lead to two, but an 8-0 run gave UCO a 14-4 lead just over five minutes in to the game.
 The Mules pulled to within four at 16-12 halfway through the opening period, but again the Bronchos answered with a run. A 9-2 spurt made it 25-14 with 6:11 left in the first half.
A Jakob Lowrance layup started a 7-0 run for UCM that ended with a Kyle Wolf three-pointer. When it was done UCM trailed 25-21 with 3:54 to play. UCO answered with a three from Seth Heckart to push the lead back to seven, but Wolf was fouled while making a three and converted the four-point play to make it 28-25 with 1:56 left in the half. The Bronchos closed the half with four of the final five points and led 32-26 at the break.
 UCO pushed the lead to eight out of the intermission, but the Mules kept it close. Garrett Sandbothe's jumper at the 17:16 mark cut the UCO lead to 36-33, but five quick points from the Bronchos made it 41-33.
 UCM roared back with a 10-0 run with six points from D'Marnier Cunningham and four from Marquiez Lawrence, to regain the lead at 43-41. The Bronchos buried a three to regain the lead, but Tony Cochran answered with one of his own and UCM led 46-44 with 9:20 to play in the game.
 UCO went back in front with a 7-0 run that gave them a 51-46 lead with 6:37 to play in regulation. Cunningham scored four straight fast break points to pull UCM within one, but the Bronchos answered right back with a layup from Corey Alpough to go up 53-50.
 The Mules came right back to take a 55-54 lead on a Cunningham three. The game was tied two more times before Cunningham made two of three free throws to put UCM in front 58-56. Spencer Reaves then made one of two at the line to give the Mules a three-point lead. A UCO jumper was followed by two Cunningham free throws to make it 61-58 with :16 left. The first UCO three-pointer was off the mark, but the Bronchos got an offensive board and Garen Wright hit a three with 2.8 to play to force overtime.
 In the first OT the Mules grabbed a four-point lead at 67-63 on layups from Marquiez Lawrence and Cunningham, but back-to-back turnovers by UCM allowed the Bronchos to tie the game at 67. The game was tied at 69-all with25 seconds to play when Brett O'Neil buried a three as the shot clock was winding down.
 The Bronchos scored a quick two on their next possession and the Mules were fouled with :06 to play. Cunningham made one of two free throws to give UCM a 73-71 lead, but Cornell Neal drove the length of the floor for a game-tying layup as the buzzer sounded to force a second overtime.
 UCO scored eight of the first 11 points in the second OT to grab an 81-76 lead with 1:28 to play. The lead went to seven on a pair of free throws, but Reaves drained a three to make it 83-79. Following two more foul shots Reaves hit another triple and it was 85-82 with :30 to play.
 The lead was 87-84 with :16 to play, but Reaves' three was short and UCO snagged the rebound. Two foul shots gave UCO a five point advantage. Cunningham went coast-to-coast for a layup to pull UCM within three, but Neal made one of two free throws to ice the game for the Bronchos.
 Cunningham led all scorers with 33 points to go along with four assists and four steals. Lawrence finished with 13 points and nine rebounds and O'Neill had 11.
 UCM was 29-of-63 from the field for 46 percent, but made just 8-of-27 three pointers for 29 percent. The Mules were 20-of-28 at the free throw line for 71 percent.
 Neal led UCO with 26 points and seven steals. Wright and Jarred Bairstow each had 16 in the game. UCO was 28-of-63 for 44 percent, 9-of-27 from beyond the arc for 33 percent and 25-of-36 at the foul line for 69 percent.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•           The Ichabods are 1,516-1,042-2 (.592) all-time in the 111th year in the program's history.
•           Washburn is the eighth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.
•           Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 542-255 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
•           The Ichabods have recorded 25 20-win seasons and they have one 30-win seasons after going 35-4 during the 1986-87 NAIA Championship season.
•           Washburn has won 21 conference championships including 10 MIAA titles.
•           Washburn has received 12 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.

 Home sweet home
•           The Ichabods are 410-76 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•           The 2015-16 season marks the 31st season of play in Lee Arena.
•           The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
 
 Up next
•           The Ichabods will return to the road to face Southwest Baptist on Jan. 30 before starting another three-game homestand starting on Feb. 2 with Pittsburg State followed by Feb. 6 hosting Missouri Southern and Feb. 10 with Central Missouri.