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PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods turned back a late-game rally by the Pittsburg State Gorillas taking an 80-69 win improving to 15-11 on the season and 11-8 in the MIAA. Washburn will wrap up the regular season when they play host to Emporia State at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Arena on Wednesday.

The Ichabods led 39-24 at the break after holding the Gorillas to 9 of 25 shooting from the field while hitting 16 of 39 of their own shots for a 41 percent average. William McNeil sparked the 15-point halftime cushion scoring 10 points off the bench hitting both of the Ichabods 3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes.

In the second half, the Gorillas slowly chipped into the Ichabod lead as the Gorillas' Spence Magana scored 21 points hitting five 3-pointers in the second half, including a long-range shot which cut the Ichabod lead to two at 62-60 with 6:36 to play. However it would be as close as the Gorillas would get as Washburn's Nate Daniels hit a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws sandwiching a set of charity tosses by James Williams pushing the Ichabods back to a nine point lead at 69-60 with 4:22 to go as Washburn held on for the 11-point win hitting their final five free throw attempts with Williams starting the streak converting a conventional 3-point play as the Gorillas had trimmed the margin back to six.

The Ichabods were led by DeAndre Eggins who scored 17 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field to go along with eight rebounds and eight assists. Lekheythan Malone recorded a double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. McNeil also finished with 13 points. Williams scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half and Darnell Kimble finished with 10 points.

The Ichabods hit 14 of 25 attempts in the second half (.560) and finished 30 of 64 for the game. The Ichabods dominated on the glass outrebounded the Gorillas 46 to 22 coming up with 19 offensive rebounds leading to 22 second change points. Washburn also outscored the Gorillas 36 to 12 in the paint and 27 to 10 in bench points.