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Game No. 14
Washburn Ichabods at Fort Hays State Tigers
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
7:30 p.m.
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Where: Hays, Kan.
Arena: Gross Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 6,814
Rankings: Both teams unranked in January 8 NABC national poll
WU Record: 10-3, 2-2 MIAA
FHSU Record: 8-4, 1-3 MIAA
Series Record: WU leads 82-59
Last Meeting: FHSU 58-57 on 02/21/07 (A)
Last WU win: 69-57 on 01/10/07
WU Coach Bob Chipman: 638-243 (.724) in his 29th season at WU and overall
FHSU Coach Mark Johnson: 127-59 (.683) in 7th season at FHSU and overall
Ichabods conclude three-game road swing with trip to Fort Hays State Wednesday
Washburn's three-game road trip will come to an end as the Ichabods head to Fort Hays State Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. MIAA contest at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Ichabods (10-3, 2-2 MIAA) will be looking for another win after defeating No. 16 Northwest Missouri State Saturday on the road while the Tigers (8-4, 1-3 MIAA) will look to snap a three-game losing streak.
The game will be carried live on AM580 WIBW throughout the Topeka and Northeast Kansas area and will also be streamed live at wusports.com for free by following the link under men's basketball. Fans can also watch the game for $5.50 at themiaa.tv through a live video stream.
Notes of Interest
• Despite being held scoreless on five shot attempts Saturday, Angel Santiago still leads the Ichabods with 11.5 points a game and 30 made 3-pointers.
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Paul Byers needs four more blocks to move into a tie for sixth in WU school history. He has 58 in three years.
• Washburn will be looking for its first two-game road winning streak since ending the 2004-05 season and it's first two-game MIAA winning streak since February 2006.
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Andrew Meile is eighth in school history with 121 3-pointers and 311 attempts in his four years.
• WU's win Saturday was its third this year when trailing at some point in the second half.
About the Fort Hays State Tigers
The Tigers have lost three straight games and are 1-3 in the MIAA and 8-4 overall. Fort Hays State is 7-1 at home with the loss coming against Truman. In their three straight losses they are averaging 51.3 points while allowing 71.6 per game. Shawn Emerick and Jake Sims lead the team with 9.9 points a game each. Emerick leads with a .634 field goal percentage while Sims leads with 5.6 rebounds. The Tigers are scoring just 582. points a game and shooting 35 percent in their four MIAA games.
WU-FHSU series notes
• This is the 142nd meeting between these schools in a series that goes back to 1918-19. It is the third most played series for WU behind Emporia State and Pittsburg State. Washburn leads the series 82-59.
• The two teams played each other three times last year with FHSU winning twice. FHSU's win towards the end of the year eliminated the Ichabods from the postseason tournament.
• These two schools shared five CSIC titles and three NAIA national championships during the 1980's. They also played each other 27 times during that time with WU winning 14 games. Six of those meetings came in the NAIA playoffs with FHSU winning four of them.
• Washburn's 1983-84 team was 24-8 heading into the district final against the Tigers. The Ichabods were sent on the road to play them for a chance to advance to the national tournament. WU's president arranged to have the team flown there for the game on a twin-propeller airplane. Despite their first class travel arrangements, the Ichabods ended up losing the game and Fort Hays State went on to win the national title. The Ichabods got their revenge in the 1986-87 season when they beat the Tigers three times on their way to a national title.
• These two teams have met in overtime six times with FHSU holding a 4-2 lead. The last OT meeting came last year when the Tigers won 70-69 in the Eastern New Mexico Shootout.
Washburn hopes for second straight MIAA win
After knocking off 16th-ranked Northwest Missouri State 61-56 Saturday, Washburn will be looking for its first two-game road winning streak since ending the 2004-05 season and it's first two-game MIAA winning streak since February 2006. The Ichabods are 2-3 on the road this year and 2-2 in MIAA games, alternating wins and losses.
The Tigers have lost their last three games but boast a 7-1 record at home. They are ninth in the MIAA in scoring with 68.2 points a game but are allowing 62.2 points a game, third lowest in the league. While no Tiger cracks the MIAA rankings in scoring or rebounding, Tim Peinter is fourth in the conference with 1.17 blocks per game.
Ichabods get another comeback win at Northwest Missouri
The Ichabods trailed the Bearcats by four points, 49-45 at the 6:40 mark of the second half Saturday at No. 16 Northwest Missouri. Washburn rallied for a 61-56 win to improve to 3-3 this year when trailing at some point in the second half.
Washburn's biggest second half comeback this year came at home against Central Missouri on January 5. The Ichabods trailed by five at halftime and then three minutes into the period they were down by nine points. Washburn came back for an 82-76 win. Washburn also managed a comeback at home December 4 against Central Oklahoma, turning around a four-point deficit at 4:08 for a 71-68 win.
Washburn undefeated when shooting 50 percent or better
The Ichabods are a perfect 5-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field this year. All five of those games came in the non-conference season with the most recent being December 18 at St. Mary's when the Ichabods were actually out-shot, 53 percent to 50 percent, but held on for a 77-75 win. That game was also the last of three straight that the Ichabods made at least half of their shots.
Washburn is averaging 94.2 points a game when shooting at least 50 percent and is holding opponents to 64.4 points. Washburn's most efficient night from the field came November 16 when it was 54 percent, making 37 of 68 field goals. The Ichabods were also 53 percent from 3-point range that night (10 for 19).
The Ichabods are 9-1 overall this year when out-shooting their opponents and 1-2 when their opponent shoots at least 50 percent.
Santiago is coming off the bench to lead the team in scoring
Junior guard Angel Santiago had reached double figures in scoring in his last eight games, all off the bench, after he led the team with 18 last Wednesday at Emporia State. That streak ended Saturday when he was held scoreless at No. 16 Northwest Missouri State. Santiago still leads the team in scoring with 11.5 points a game off 42 percent shooting. In WU's first three MIAA games Santiago scored 20.3 points a game off 46 percent shooting from the field and 44 percent from 3-point range.
Santiago is third on the team with 21 steals and second with 40 assists. He is one of three Ichabods to lead the team with nine double-figure scoring games and he leads
James Williams with five games leading the team in scoring.
Point guard Mario Scott leads the Ichabods offense
Sophomore guard
Mario Scott started every game this year at the point for the Ichabods until Saturday's game at Northwest Missouri when he came off the bench. He leads the team with 57 assists and he's tied for second in the MIAA with 4.4 per game. At Missouri Western he had 10 assists to become the first Ichabod to reach double figures since Jerad Head did it in 2004-05. Scott also leads the team with 25 steals and 1.9 per game, sixth best in the league. Scott scored a season-high 18 points against Lincoln and has reached double figures five times. He is averaging 8.5 points and 3.9 rebounds.
James Williams second on the team in scoring
Junior guard
James Williams is second on the team with 10.8 points and he has reached double figures in scoring in each of the last three games after putting in 11 at Northwest Missouri Saturday. He also led the team for the first time this year with nine rebounds.
After he scored 14 at ESU and 10 points against UCM last week, he has reached double figures a team-high nine times and he has led the team in scoring five times this year. His season high was 17 points against then-No. 17 Central Oklahoma. Williams is second on the team with 22 steals and he leads the Ichabods with 14.4 points a game in five home games.
Byers moves up career blocking record chart
Junior forward
Paul Byers is tied for seventh in school history with 58 career blocks. He needs four more to move into a tie for sixth and eight more will get him into the top five. He had 17 blocks last year and in 2005-06, his freshman year, he had 31, the eighth highest single-season total at Washburn. Byers begins the year fifth in school history with 0.9 blocks a game. Byers has 10 blocks this year with a team season-high of three twice this year, the last coming Saturday against UCM. Along with three blocks, Byers had 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the year and second of his career.
In the last seven games Byers is scoring 11.3 points off 62 percent shooting and he's pulling in 7.0 rebounds. In the four MIAA games he has 14.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and he's shooting 63 percent (24-38). Overall, Byers is scoring 9.8 points a game and leads the team shooting 63 percent from the field (56-89). His 6.2 rebounds a game is second best on the team.
Byers scored 16 points at Emporia State to tie his season high. He also had 16 at Missouri Western off 8 of 11 shooting. He had a career-high 12 rebounds against Central Missouri.
Meile enters top 10 in career 3-pointers made
Senior guard
Andrew Meile has 121 3-pointers in his career, the eighth most in school history. He needs 28 more to catch Eric Carter, who had 149 from 1997-2001. He is also eighth in 3-point attempts with 311 and ninth in 3-point shooting percentage at 39 percent.
Meile has started every game the last two years and is averaging 7.2 points a game this year off 48 percent shooting and he's 20 of 47 from 3-point range. He is third on the team with 38 assists.
Sisk scoring in double figures for Ichabods
Senior forward
Brady Sisk started his first two games of the year in the Ichabods' two wins at the St. Mary's Classic. Since then he has come off the bench to average 10.0 points a game and shoot 54 percent in the last three games. He co-led the team Saturday at Northwest Missouri with 13 points.
He led the team in the two games at St. Mary's with 14.5 points a game and 83 percent shooting (10 of 12). He also picked up 14 rebounds in the two games to lead the team. Sisk has reached double figures in scoring six times this year and 32 times in his career. His 30th double-figure scoring game came December 17 against Southeastern Oklahoma State.
He is scoring 10.3 points a game this year with 4.9 rebounds and he's second with 9.4 points a game off the bench.
Kyle Snyder leads Ichabods in rebounds
After limited playing time last year with an injury, senior
Kyle Snyder has played in every game this year and has started three at forward, including Saturday's win at Northwest Missouri. He leads the team with 7.2 rebounds this year and is scoring 5.6 points a game off 51 percent shooting.
Snyder was 4 for 4 from the field Saturday at NWMSU for eight points with seven rebounds. He led the Ichabods with 10 rebounds last Wednesday at Emporia State and he had a season-high 13 rebounds last Saturday against UCM. He had his third career double-double on December 4 against then-No. 17 Central Oklahoma with 11 points and 11 rebounds. In his three games as a starter he is averaging 8.3 points and shooting 69 percent (11 for 16).
Hargett starts his first game this year
Senior guard
Grant Hargett started his first game this year Saturday at NWMSU after earning 13 starts last year. Hargett had two assists, three rebounds and a block in the game. He is Washburn's second-leading bench scorer with 101 points and he's averaging 8.4 per game. He's shooting 44 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range. He scored 10 points at ESU and has reached double figures six times this year with a season-high of 12 coming three times.
Darnell Kimble solid in the post for Ichabods
Junior forward
Darnell Kimble is fifth on the team with 8.6 points a game off 46 percent shooting. He leads the team shooting 79 percent from the free throw line (26-33) and has 11 blocks, a team high. Kimble has scored in double figures six times with a season-high 14 against Lincoln.
Bods and Ends
• Washburn leads the MIAA in rebounding with 41.6 a game and is second with a +7.5 rebounding margin.
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Mario Scott leads the MIAA with a 2.11 assist/turnover ratio. He has 57 assists and 27 turnovers. Five times this year he has had five assists or more and three times he has gone without a turnover. Scott's 10 assists at Missouri Western is the highest individual total in the MIAA this year.
• The Ichabods are fourth in the MIAA with 10.1 steals a game. Last year they only averaged 5.6 steals.
• The Ichabods have reached the 100-point mark twice this year. In 2004-05 they scored 100 or more three times and in 2003-04 they did it five times.
• Washburn set a school and MIAA record last year with five overtime games. The Ichabods went 3-2 in the games, taking two of them to double overtime.
• The Ichabods are 31-24 all-time in overtimes with one win this year. Washburn is 6-7 all-time in 13 games that went into at least double-overtime.
Final notes on the Northwest Missouri game
• In the 82nd meeting between the two schools, Washburn leads the all-time series 51-31 in the series that dates back to 1940-41.
• The win snapped a four-game winning streak for the Bearcats and was the first win for Washburn in Bearcat Arena since February 16, 2005.
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James Williams led the Ichabods in rebounding for the first time this year, grabbing nine boards.
• Eight different Ichabods had at least one assist and Washburn had 16 assists on 24 made baskets.
• The Ichabods won the rebounding battle for the 10th time this year (44-31) and improved to 9-1 when doing so.
• Washburn's 24 points in the second half was a season low since scoring just 18 in the opening half of the season opener at Kansas.
A winning history
• The Ichabods are 1,346-928 (.592 in 2,274 games) and are in their 103rd season of basketball.
• Starting their 24th season in Lee Arena, the Ichabods are 313-55 (.851).
• In 19 seasons now as an NCAA II school, the Ichabods have 10 NCAA tournament appearances and nine MIAA titles.
• Washburn won the 1986-87 NAIA national championship with a 35-4 record under head coach
Bob Chipman in his eighth year as coach.
• The Ichabods suffered their first losing season in 2005-06 since 1976-77 and first of head coach
Bob Chipman's career. They also failed to advance to the MIAA tournament for the first time since joining the league in 1989-90.
Ichabods on TV
Once again, Washburn's three home games against its three MIAA opponents from Kansas will be broadcast live on KTWU from Lee Arena. The first broadcast will be February 9 against Pittsburg State. The next will be the February 23 game against Emporia State and the final broadcast will be the February 27 game against Fort Hays State.
All three games are set for 7:30 p.m. tip offs and can be seen on channel 11 in Topeka and on K30AL, channel 30, in Iola, Kansas. KTWU is also available on various cable systems throughout the state including Cox Cable channel 8 in Topeka.
