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EMPORIA - DeAndre Eggins led all scorers with a career-high 31 points but the Ichabods let a 15-point second half lead slip away in an 85-75 loss at Emporia State Saturday.

Washburn (10-7, 6-4 MIAA) will return to action Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Nebraska-Omaha.

Eggins was 11 of 23 from the field and he hit five 3-pointers. He also pulled in seven rebounds with three assists. Darnell Kimble, Lekheythan Malone and Covier Carter scored 10 points each.

The two teams started the second half tied, 41-41. Washburn opened with a 14-0 run to take a 55-41 lead at the 17:01 mark. The Ichabods then took their biggest lead, 15 points at 58-43 at the 15:41 mark.The Hornets then went on a 10-0 run to pull within five and then they took the lead, 65-64 with a 3-pointer at 9:29. Washburn led by two with three minutes left but the Ichabods were out-scored 16-4 the rest of the way.

Washburn shot 42 percent in the game while the Hornets shot 53 percent to become just the second team to shoot at least 50 percent against the Ichabods. Washburn was just 46 percent from the free throw line while ESU was 70 percent.

Washburn won the rebound battle, 37-34 but committed 13 turnovers while ESU gave the ball away 11 times.

Mario Scott led WU with five assists and Eggins led with two steals. Malone led with eight rebounds.

Dustin Andrews led the Hornets with 19 points and four others reached double figures.


Notes
• In the 189th meeting between the two schools Emporia State took a 95-94 lead in the all-time series. The series was tied beforehand.
• ESU has won four straight in White Auditorium and six of the last seven overall.
• This marked the 64th straight year these two have played each other. This is the most played series for Washburn.
• DeAndre Eggins scored a career-high 31 points. His previous high was 25 points on December 17 against BYU-Hawaii. His 11 made field goals was also a career high after hitting six thee different times. His five 3-pointers tied a record.
• Eggins became the first person to score at least 30 points for Washburn since Frank Phifer had 32 on February 14, 2007, at Norhtwest Missouri State.
• Emporia State shot 53 percent from the field, the highest field goal percentage of the year against Washburn. It was also the second time a team shot at least 50 percent against WU. The previous time was a 52 percent effort by Southwestern Oklahoma State on November 28