Game 25 Washburn Ichabods (13-11, 9-8 MIAA) vs Missouri Southern (17-9, 7-9 MIAA) Thursday, Feb. 19 • 7:30 p.m. Where: Topeka, Kan. Arena: Lee Arena Capacity: 3,907 Rankings: none Series Record: WU leads 43-21 Last Meeting: MSSU 82-67 on 1/10/09 in Joplin Last WU win: 82-75 on 02/04/06 (H) Last MSSU win: MSSU 82-67 on 1/10/09 in Joplin WU Coach Bob Chipman: 659-262 (.717) in his 30th season at WU and overall MSSU Coach Robert Corn: 308-256 in 19 years at MSSU

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The Washburn Ichabods (13-11, 9-8 MIAA) will return home to face Missouri Southern (17-9, 7-9 MIAA) in a key late-season match up in Lee Arena on Thursday, Feb. 19 with a 7:30 p.m. tip off. The Ichabods are looking to snap a three-game slide with all three setbacks coming on the road and two the three to top 10 opponents. The Ichabods are in a tie for fifth place in the MIAA standings and the Lions enter the game in eighth place in the conference race. The top eight teams will qualify for the MIAA postseason tournament March 5-8 in Kansas City.

Ichabods vs Missouri Southern Last Time Out
No. 12 Missouri Southern 82, Washburn 67
Ichabods fall short at No. 12 Missouri Southern
Jan. 10, 2009
JOPLIN, Mo. - The Ichabods led by two at the midway point of the second half but couldn't pull off their second straight win against a ranked opponent as they fell, 82-67 at No. 12 Missouri Southern Saturday.
Washburn fell to 9-6 overall and 5-3 in the MIAA while MSSU went to 15-2 and 5-2. Washburn will return home and host Pittsburg State Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Arena.
DeAndre Eggins led WU with 16 points and Darnell Kimble and Covier Carter came off the bench to score in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Both teams shot 42 percent in the game and WU out-reboudned the Lions, 43-26. Washburn was doubled up on turnovers with 20 while MSSU committed 10.
The teams were tied at halftime and Lekheythan Malone hit a 3-pointer to open the second half and WU led until the 15:18 mark. MSSU went up by six after that but Carter's 3-pointer gave WU a 56-55 lead at 11:01.
The Lions regained the lead and built it to 11 points at the 5:35 mark and Washburn never got within nine after that.
Eggins led the Ichabods with six assists and Mario Scott had two steals.
MSSU stole the ball 13 times from WU and four players reached double figures in scoring, led by 16 from Marium Price.

Washburn vs Missouri Southern Series History
• This is the 65th meeting between these two schools in a series that dates back to 1968-69. Washburn leads the all-time series, 43-21.
• The Lions have won five straight in the series and three straight in Joplin.
• Washburn is 20-9 in MIAA games against the Lions and 9-8 on the road against MSSU since joining the league in 1989-90.
• The two teams have met at least once a year since 1976-77.
• WU coach Bob Chipman is 36-17 against Missouri Southern and 23-12 against MSSU coach Robert Corn.

Last Time Out for the Ichabods
No. 5 Southwest Baptist 86, Washburn 84
Ichabods bucket and the buzzer comes too late in 2-point loss at No. 5 SBU
Jan. 14, 2009
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- For the second straight game, the Washburn Ichabods pushed a top 10 opponent on their home court with a second half rally, but came up short as they fell 86-84 to No. 5 Southwest Baptist.
In the second half, Washburn pulled with six with 12:33 to play at 62-56, but a 3-pointer and a transition lay up by the Bearcats stretched the lead back to 11 with 11:18 to play. Washburn pulled within five at 67-62 with 9:37 to play.
Nate Daniels nailed a 3-pointer to cut the score to 67-65, but SBU hit one of their own stretching the lead back to five with 8:11 left. Following a pair of free throws by Daniels and a lay up by Eggins, Washburn trailed by four with 6:36 to play. Washburn's Paul Byers hit a 3-pointer from about 26 feet to bring the Ichabods to 73-72 with 5:47 to go. Byers hit another on the Ichabods' next possession from the corner with 4:49 to play giving Washburn its first lead of the game at 75-73 with 4:45 to go following an SBU timeout.
After a lay up by Washburn's Byers, SBU responded with a 3-pointer by Matt Rogers knotting the score at 77-all with 3:48 to play in the game.
A lay up by James Williams gave Washburn a 79-77 lead with 3:35 to go and Tomas Brock hit one of two free throws with 3:30 to go pulling SBU within one.After a Washburn missed jumper on offense, D'Ante Harris hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key putting SBU up 81-79 with 2:59 to play in the game. Harris would hit another 3-pointer putting the Bearcats up by five, but with 1:05 to go, Darnell Kimble scored his 17th point of the game on a lay up pulling Washburn back to within three at 84-81.
Washburn forced a shot clock violation and took possession with 28.9 second s to go. Daniels' lay up with 19 seconds to play putting the Ichabods down one at 84-83. Nick Kovacevich was fouled and went to the line. After connecting on the first attempt with 13.5 seconds remaining, he hit both putting SBU up three at 86-83.
Eggins was fouled on a two-point attempt with 5.5 just behind the arc fouling out Matt Rogers. Eggins hit the first and after intentionally missing the second, WU regained the possession with 2.5 seconds left. Eggins 3-point attempt at the buzzer missed and Lekehthan Malone's follow-up dunk was just after the buzzer.
The Ichabods trailed 49-38 at the break as Brandon Clemons hit his second of two 3-pointers in the first half. Washburn was 11 of 30 from the field hitting 37 percent while the Bearcats hit 14 of 33. The Ichabods hit 12 of 14 free throw attempts and DeAndre Eggins led the Ichabods with eight points in the frame.
Eggins led the Ichabods with 18 points and Byers finished with 17 coming off the bench hitting 7 of 10 from the field. Daniels finished with 13 points including three 3-pointers.
Kovacevich led five Bearcats in doublefigures with 17 points.
Washburn was 28 of 64 for the game and 17 of 34 in the second half. The Bearcats finished 27 of 53 while going 13 of 20 in the second half and 6 of 13 from 3-point range.

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.

Ichabod Notes
10  • William McNeill  • F • 6-0 • 190 • Fr.  • 4 of 9 from the field in the last two games (averaging 4.5 ppg and 3.5 assists per game)
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.  • 8 of 17 from the field in the last two games scoring 10.5 ppg and 5.5 rebounds per game
15  • Paul Byers  • F • 6-5 • 205 • Sr.  • Needs one 3-pointer to move into 15th on all-time 3-pointers made chart
20  • Lekheythan Malone  • F • 6-6 • 205 • Sr.  • Has hit last six free throws
21  • Darnell Kimble  • F • 6-8 • 230 • Sr.  • 50 blocks rank 10th all-time at Washburn.
22  • DeAndre Eggins  • G • 6-5 • 200 • Sr.  • 128 free throws made is 10th in WU's single-season history and 163 attempts is 19th all-time in a single season
32  • Covier Carter  • G • 6-2 • 185 • Jr.  • Scored 10 points in first meeting with Missouri Southern
33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • So.  • Has averaged 8 points per game in two starts 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. • Eight of nine rebounds have been defensive this season
50  • James Williams  • G • 6-5 • 210 • Sr.  • Averaging 5.5 assists per game in last six games
52  • Todd Eils  • G • 6-2 • 175 • Fr. • Is redshirting this season.

'Bods n Ends
• The Ichabods have used seven starting line ups this season with the group of De'Andre Eggins, James Williams, Nate Daniels, Lekheythan Malone and Logan Stutz made their first collective group start against Southwest Baptist.
• Washburn is outrebounding their opponents 39.6 to 33.4 in home games.
• The Ichabod starters are averaging 51.2 points per game while their opponents starters are averaging 53.6 points per game. The Ichabod starters are outrebounding their opponents starters 23.7 to 21.3 or 568 to 511.
• The Washburn bench is outscoring their opponents bench 27.5 to 20.7 points per game … or 660 to 496 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 77.8 ppg to 73.0 ppg this season in road games.

About the Lions
Missouri Southern is 17-9 on the season and 7-9 in the MIAA. They are led by last season's MIAA Freshman of the Year Skyler Bowlin who is averaging 13.8 points per game on the season. On the glass, DaRell Crittendon averages 4.2 rebounds per game.

Coming up next
Following the game with 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.