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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Ichabods gave up a late 7-0 run and then failed to get off a shot in the final half second as they suffered their fourth one-point loss of the year Saturday night, 50-49 to Northwest Misosuri in a semifinal of the MIAA Championship Tournament. Washburn ended its season 18-11 with the loss while the Bearcats improved to 22-7.

Darnell Kimble was 5 of 6 with 15 points and Grant Hargett had 10 points with a pair of 3-pointers. Kimble was 4 of 5 in the first half and the entire team shot 45 percent en route to a 29-23 lead at halftime. The Bearcats shot just 29 percent in the first half and 35 percent in the second half. They overcame their poor shooting by making 16 of 20 free throws while Washburn was just 8 of 14. NWMSU also forced 18 turnovers while comitting just 10.

Both teams hit 3-pointers on their first possessions of the game but things slowed from there on. Washburn went on a 5-0 run to lead 17-8 and didn't allow NWMSU to get into double figures until Hunter Henry hit two free throws at 9:30. Paul Byers had a layup on the next possession and Washburn led by nine, its biggest lead of the game with 8:57 remaining in the first half.

Washburn started the second half 16-0 when leading at halftime but the Bearcats slowly chipped away af the lad and went on a 7-0 run to take their first lead of the game, 45-44 at the 5:43 mark of the second half.

The Ichabods went up by a point on a free throw from Kimble but next five points in the game were scored on Bearcat free throws. Hargett then hit a 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining and then after a missed shot from NWMSU, Washburn was unable to make a shot in the final seconds.

Meile tied his career high with five steals and he had four assists. Kyle Snyder led WU with eight rebounds and Meile had seven.


Notes
• Once again Andrew Meile and Grant Hargett started at guard and Paul Byers, Kyle Snyder and Darnell Kimble started at forward. This is the seventh time this combination has started and the five are 5-2 when starting together. Meile and Byers have started every game this year and Meile has started 69 straight games. His last non-start was December 30, 2005, at Truman.
• Andrew Meile finished his four-year career sixth in WU career history with 162 3-pointers, sixth with 276 assists and tied for seventh with 112 steals. His 81 career starts is the seventh most in school history.
• Brady Sisk ended his four-year career with 935 points, the 21st most in school history.He finished 25th with 427 rebounds.
• Kyle Snyder finished with 551 career rebounds, the 10th most at Washburn.
• Washburn fell to 26-12 in the MIAA tournament, 3-4 against NWMSU and 8-6 in the semifinal.
• The 49 points scored is the second fewest since Washburn joined the NCAA in 1989-90. The lowest point total is 45, scored last year at Truman.
• The 50 points allowed is the fewest Washburn has allowed and still lost since joining the NCAA. The 99 points scored is the lowest combined point total in a Washburn game since joining the NCAA.
• Washburn finished the year 0-4 in one-point games and 3-7 in games decided by five points or less.
• The Ichabods had a 10-game improvement in total wins after last year's 8-19 season. They had their first winning season and first trip to the MIAA tournament since 2004-05.