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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods opened their 104th season of collegiate basketball with a 71-41 win over Peru State. Washburn will be back in action on Thursday when they will host Saint Mary at 7 p.m. in Lee Arena.

The Ichabods trailed only once at 7-6 as the Bobcat lead lasted 20 seconds before the Ichabods took the lead for good on a Nate Daniels jumper and they never looked back building a lead as many as 15 in the opening stanza right before the halftime break. Washburn shot 43 percent in the first half hitting 15 of 35 shots from the field as 11 different Ichabods scored.

In the second half, Washburn came out of the locker room on a 27-4 run over the first 13 minutes of the half pushing the lead to 37 on two different occasions before wrapping up the 30-point win. Washburn held the Bobcats to 30 percent shooting in the second half as they hit 6 of 20 attempts from the field.

De'Andre Washington led the Ichabods with 17 points and eight rebounds. He was 8 of 13 from the field and also had four assists. He was the only Ichabod to reach double figure scoring, but five other Ichabods had at least six points in the game.

Steven Burks led the Bobcats with 10 points.

The Ichabods finished the game shooting 38 percent from the field connecting on 27 of 71 attempts while Peru State was limited to 16 of 51 shooting for a 31 percent clip. The Bobcats were 2 of 18 from 3-point range.

Washburn forced 30 Bobcat turnovers turning them into 27 points. Washburn also recorded 27 second chance points.