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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods started three true freshman for the first time in at least 25 years and rolled to an 87-66 win over Truman. Washburn (6-2, 1-2 MIAA) will take a two-game hiatus from conference play as they will take part in the third annual Great Western Shootout in Las Vegas, Nev., when they will face Western Washington on Dec. 17 and Central Washington the following day.

The trio of Bobby Chipman, Mitch Allen and Bryce Simons joined De'Andre Washington and William McNeil lin the starting line up. It was the first starts of the season for Chipman, Allen and McNeill and they responded with committing only one turnover in 112 minutes of action. The Ichabods as a team turned the ball over only six times. Coming into the game the Ichabods had been averaging 15.6 per game.

The Ichabods led from start to finish jumping out to a 10-3 lead over the Bulldogs (3-5, 1-2 MIAA) while holding a 13-6 lead at the first media timeout. The Ichabods would go on to lead by as many as 23 in the opening stanza at 45-22 following a pair of free throws by Allen with 28 seconds to play in the half.

Washburn shot 45 percent in the first half hitting 17 of 38 attempts from the field including 7 of 16 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs were held to 9 of 24 shooting and 3 of 11 from behind the 3-point line.

In the second half, the Ichabods kept the Bulldogs at least 15 points away as Truman cut the score to 70-55 with 6:27 remaining, but they would get no closer. Truman outscored the Ichabods in the second half 44 to 42 after hitting 58 percent of their shots. The Ichabods were also above 50 percent for the half hitting 17 of 32 attempts.

Washington led the Ichabods with 22 points with 12 coming in the first half. He was 3 of 6 from 3-point range. McNeill scored 20 points on 7 of 12 shooting while hitting 5 of 6 of his 3-point attempts. Also in double figures was Virgil Philistin who scored 11 off the bench.

Vesko Filchev paced the Bulldogs with 14 points. Ethan Freeman and Alex Henderson each had 12.

Washburn finished 34 of 70 from the field for a 49 percent average. Truman was 24 of 50 for a 48 percent clip. The Bulldogs held a slim 34 to 33 advantage on the glass while Washburn had 14 offensive rebounds leading to 14 second chance points. The Ichabod bench also outscored the Bulldog reserves 36 to 16.

Notes:
• The win lifted the Ichabods to 36-16 all-time against the Bulldogs while improving to 24-3 all-time against Truman in Lee Arena … the Bulldogs have not won in Lee Arena since a 67-65 win on Feb. 1, 1999 - a streak of 11 straight games.