The Washburn Ichabods (13-9, 9-6 MIAA) travel to Warrensburg, Mo., to take on the No. 12 ranked Central Missouri Mules on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The Ichabods had their three-game winning streak snapped in a 68-60 loss at Fort Hays State. The Ichabods are also looking to strengthen their position in the MIAA postseason tournament as they enter the game in a tie for fourth place. The Mules are in a tie for first place with Southwest Baptist and are coming off an 82-58 win at Emporia State on Feb. 4. The Mules have won their last six games and they are also one of nine schools in the nation to win at least their last 13 in a row at home.
Ichabods vs Central Missouri Last Time Out
Central Missouri 73, Washburn 64
Lead falls from Ichabods as they lose to Central Missouri
Jan. 3, 2009
Washburn took an eight-point lead in the second half after a tied halftime score but the Ichabods couldn't hold on as they fell, 73-64 to Central Missouri Saturday at Lee Arena.
DeAndre Eggins led the Ichabods with 18 points as he was 6 of 12 from the field with three 3-pointers. Lekheyhtan Malone scored 13 points off the bench and
Paul Byers scored 10 points and tied
Mario Scott for the team lead with seven rebounds.
Washburn shot 40 percent in the game and UCM (10-2, 3-2 MIAA) shot 42 percent. WU was out-rebounded 42-38.
Each team shot 16 free throws and UCM made 12 and WU made 10. The Ichabods were 6 of 19 from 3-point range while UCM was 5 of 18.
After a 32-32 score at halftime the Ichabods built an eight-point lead in the first eight minutes of the half. The Mules erased that lead with a 13-2 run that made the score 52-49, UCM.
Washburn led briefly after that and kept the game close until the Mules made 9 of 9 shots from the free throw line in the final 54 seconds to pull away. Scott led WU with four assists and two steals and Eggins had two of WU's six blocks.
Joe Young led the Mules with 24 points off the bench and he made seven of UCM's final nine free throws.
Washburn vs Central Missouri Series History
• This is the 84th meeting in school history and the UCM leads the all-time series 42-41.
• The Ichabods won two of the three games last year. Each team won its home game in the regular season and then Washburn defeated UCM in the MIAA quarterfinal. Last year was just the third time the two MIAA regular season games were split between the two.
• Prior to last year the Mules had won seven straight in the series. Prior to that winning streak, Washburn had won 12 straight.
• Washburn is 16-6 against UCM in Lee Arena and 19-14 in MIAA games.
• WU coach
Bob Chipman is 23-17 against the Mules and 6-9 coaching against UCM coach Kim Anderson.
Last Time Out for the Ichabods
Fort Hays State 68, Washburn 60
Ichabods' 3-game winning streak snapped by Tigers
Feb. 7, 2009
HAYS, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods had their three-game winning streak snapped and Fort Hays State won their seventh in a row in a 68-60 loss in Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Ichabods (13-9, 9-6 MIAA) trailed by five at 36-31 in the second half, but rebounded to knot the score at 36. A missed jumper by the Ichabods and a 3-pointer by the Tigers (16-5, 9-5 MIAA) pushed the lead to three at 39-36. Following a bucket by
Darnell Kimble, the Tigers hit a jumper and a 3-pointer to push the lead to 44-38 with 11:23 to go.
The Ichabods pulled back within 47-43 following a free throw by
Logan Stutz with 7:46 remaining, but a putback by Terry Jeffries stretched the lead back to six at 49-43 with 5:59 remaining.The Tigers hit a jumper and
Logan Stutz picked up a traditional 3-point play cutting the lead to five at 51-46 with 5:26 left in the game. Fort Hays State's Corbin Kuntzsch hit one of his three second half 3-pointers giving the Tigers a 54-46 lead with 5:05 left to play. On the Tigers' next possession, he would hit another one from 3-point range making the score 57-46 with 4:23 remaining. The Ichabods would get no closer than four the rest of the way when
DeAndre Eggins scored on a lay up with 1:08 to play cutting the Tigers lead to 61-57.
Washburn trailed 29-25 at the break after
Paul Byers picked a rebound of a 3-point attempt at the end of the half and hit a 15-foot jumper right before the half. Byers finished the half with seven points. The Ichabods shot 35 percent from the field while the Tigers were 13 of 32 for 41 percent. The Ichabods did commit eight turnovers leading to seven first half points for the Tigers.
Washburn was led by Eggins who scored 15 points. Williams scored 10 points for the Ichabods and Stutz and Byers each had nine. Kuntzsch had 23 to lead the Tigers while hitting all four 3-point attempts.
The Tigers held a slim 40 to 38 advantage on the glass.
The Ichabods were held to 36 percent shooting in the game hitting 21 of 58 from the field. Washburn finished with 13 turnovers leading to 13 points for the Tigers.
Ichabods continue stellar play in Lee Arena
The Ichabods started the year 6-0 at home and have since gone 4-1 for an 10-1 record at home. Washburn is out-scoring opponents by an average of 83 to 70 in Lee Arena. The Ichabods shoot 48 percent at home compared to 40 percent in away games.
Washburn unbeaten in midweek MIAA games
The Ichabods are 6-0 in midweek MIAA games this year with all the contests happening on Wednesdays. They are 5-0 in Lee Arena and their win Wednesday at NWMSU was their first midweek road trip in the MIAA. Washburn is balanced in the five games with six players averaging 8.0 points or more.
DeAndre Eggins leads with 13.6 a game and overall, Washburn scores 81.0 while opponents score 71.8 a game. WU shoots 49 percent in midweek MIAA games.
Ichabod Notes
10 • William McNeill • F • 6-0 • 190 • Fr. • 20 of 23 rebounds this season are defensive.
12 •
Moriba DeCoteau • F • 6-9 • 205 • Jr. • Has hit 2 of 5 field goal attempts this season.
14 •
Logan Stutz • F • 6-9 • 205 • So. • Eight rebounds against FHSU was a career high.
15 •
Paul Byers • F • 6-5 • 205 • Sr. • 520 career rebounds is 13th all-time at Washburn … needs four more to move into 12th and 32 to move into 10th all-time.
20 •
Lekheythan Malone • F • 6-6 • 205 • Sr. • 42 of 128 rebounds this season are offensive.
21 •
Darnell Kimble • F • 6-8 • 230 • Sr. • 50 career blocked shots is 10th all-time at Washburn.
22 •
DeAndre Eggins • G • 6-5 • 200 • Sr. • 116 free throws made this season is 17th all-time on the WU single-season chart.
32 •
Covier Carter • G • 6-2 • 185 • Jr. • 13 of 22 rebounds this season are offensive.
33 •
Nate Daniels • G • 6-3 • 190 • So. • Has hit 12 of 24 3-pointers this season.
35 •
Layne Nash • G • 5-9 • 155 • Fr. • Is redshirting this season.
40 •
Garrett Love • G • 6-4 • 190 • So. • Has hit both free throws this season.
44 •
Steve Feighny • F • 6-5 • 215 • Fr. • Has hit at least one 3-pointer in each of the last two game.
50 •
James Williams • G • 6-5 • 210 • Sr. • Seven of 14 from the field in the last two games (averaging 9.0 ppg)
52 •
Todd Eils • G • 6-2 • 175 • Fr. • Is redshirting this season.
'Bods n Ends
• The Ichabods have used six starting line ups this season with the group of Eggins, Williams, Byers, Malone and Stutz have made five starts.
• Washburn is outrebounding their opponents 39.6 to 33.4 in home games.
• The Ichabod starters are averaging 52.2 points per game while their opponents starters are averaging 52.9 points per game. The Ichabod starters are outrebounding their opponents starters 24-1 to 21.4 or 531 to 471.
• The Washburn bench is outscoring their opponents bench 26.2 to 20.1 points per game … or 576 to 443 this season.
• The Ichabods are averaging 41.0 ppg in the second half of games this season and 36.9 ppg in the first half. Opponents are averaging 38.9 ppg in the second half and 33.4 ppg in the first half of games this season.
• In home games, the Ichabods are outscoring opponents 902 to 745 this season or 82.0 ppg to 67.7 ppg. The Ichabods are being outscored 76.2 ppg to 71.9 ppg this season in road games.
• The Ichabods are 3-2 against ranked teams this season.
About the Mules
Central Missouri is 18-3 and tied for first in the MIAA at 11-3. The Mules have won six straight after topping Emporia State 82-58 in Emporia. Joe Young leads five Mules in scoring in double figures per game with 15.0 points per game. Sanijay Watts is scoring 14.0 and shooting 58 percent from the field. Tremaine Luellen is scoring 10.3 ppg and he leads the team with 5.5 rebounds. DeAndre Byrd is averaging 10.2 ppg. Alex Moosman is scoring 10.0 ppg. UCM leads the MIAA allowing just 63.3 points a game.
Coming up next
Following the game with Central Missouri on Feb. 11, Southwest Baptist will return to the road to face the Bearcats on Feb. 14. Washburn will return to Lee Arena playing host to Missouri Southern on Feb. 19. Washburn will make one more regular season road trip to Pittsburg State on Feb. 21 before wrapping up the regular season on Feb. 25 against Emporia State on senior night. The MIAA's regular season will wrap up on Feb. 28, but the Ichabods will have an “off night” as the other 10 schools will play their final regular season games. The MIAA Postseason Tournament will start on March 5.
