Countdown to tip . . .
The Washburn Ichabods return to the hardwood to take on Kansas Wesleyan on Saturday night in Lee Arena. The Ichabods are coming off a 92-50 win over Peru State in their season opener while the Coyotes enter the game with a 3-3 record after topping Baker last time out 67-60.

Washburn (1-0) vs Kansas Wesleyan (3-3)
Nov. 20, 2010 • 7 p.m. CST • Topeka, Kan. • Lee Arena (4,179)

Washburn	At A Glance	Kansas Wesleyan
1-0, 0-0 MIAA	Record	3-3, 0-0 KCAC
not ranked	National Ranking	not ranked
Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973)	Head Coach	Mike Davert, Marymount
679-278, 32nd season	Record at School	48-45, 4th season
Same	Overall	same
www.wusports.com	Website	www.kwucoyotes.com
WU leads 13-9-1	Series
Nov. 24, 2009, WU won 80-59 in Topeka	Last Meeting
KTPK 106.9 FM	Radio
Washburn game notes	Game Notes
wusports.com (free)	Online Audio
Live stats	Game Notes

Ichabods on Radio . . .
The game will be broadcast live on KTPK 106.9 FM. The game can also be heard on the internet at www.wusports.com by following the “Live Audio” link under football. Bruce Steinbrock will be the play-by-play voice of the Ichabods and former WU quarterback Mark Elliott will be the color analyst.

The Coaches. . .
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman begins his 32nd season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. For 25 years now Chipman has been the winningest coach in school history and in 2006-07 he became the second winningest coach as a member of the MIAA. Chipman is 679-278 (.709) overall and he has 438 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA - the most of any teams in the league since the 1991-92 season. Chipman is 12th amongst all NCAA II coaches in winning percentage who have coached at least 10 seasons. Among that group, he is second in all-time coaching victories in active coaches in career victories. Among all coaches who have at least 10 years experience in DII, he is 24th in winning percentage and seventh in victories. He is the third active winningest coach in NCAA Division II and 10th in winning percentage and his 678 coaching wins is 28th all-time among all NCAA coaches at all levels. At Washburn he has led the Ichabods to 11 conference regular season titles (9 MIAA), 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and the 1987 NAIA National Championship.
Kansas Wesleyan head coach Mike Davert is 48-45 in his fourth season on the Coyotes bench. Davert is no stranger to Kansas Wesleyan University, as he served as assistant coach for former coach and athletic director Jerry Jones for two seasons in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Davert comes to KWU after spending three seasons as head coach at Southeast of Saline High School, where compiled a 48-19 overall record, and led the Trojans to the 2006-07 KSHSAA Boys' Class 3A State tournament, finishing with a 22-2 record.
 
Last time out for the Ichabods. . .
Nov. 16, 2010 - TOPEKA, Kan. -- It took the Washburn Ichabods three second to take the lead for good in their season opener leading to a 97-50 win over Peru State.
The Ichabods let from the get-go when Logan Stutz took a pass from De'Andre Washington on the opening tip scoring in the lane for the early lead and one which the Ichabods would not give up the rest of the night as they jumped out to an 11-0 lead 3:59 into the game. A lay up by Peru State's Derrick Williams at the 12:26 mark of the half cut the Ichabod lead to 14-7, but a 9-0 spurt by the Ichabods over the next five minutes put the game out of reach as Washburn improved to 73-31-1 in its first game of the season and 29-4 under head coach Bob Chipman.
Stutz led five Ichabods in double figures with 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field. Washington had 15 points to go with seven rebounds. Bobby Chipman scored 11 and Virgil Philistin and Jeff Reid each had 10. Nate Daniels had a career-high seven assists to go with seven rebounds. Jacob Schaben and Derrick Williams each had seven points to lead Peru State.
Washburn finished a sizzling 38 of 64 from the field hitting 59 percent of their shots. Washburn was also 9 of 20 from 3-point range and held a 40-29 advantage on the glass. The Ichabods outscored the Bobcats 54 to 18 in the paint while forcing 27 turnovers leading to 34 points for the Ichabods. Washburn was also able to run on the break outscoring the Bobcats 20 to 2 in fastbreak points.
Washburn missed only 12 shots in the second half hitting 64 percent of its shots connecting on 21 of 33 attempts while Peru State was 10 of 31 for a 32 percent average.

About Kansas Wesleyan . . .
The Coyotes are 3-3 this season after topping Baker last time out 67-60 in Salina. The Coyotes took on Peru State on Nov. 12 and beat the Bobcats 87-77 at the Peru State Classic. Matt Dickman leads the team in scoring averaging 21.5 points per game. Wes Jones is scoring 10.2 ppg with a team-high 5.7 rebounds per game. Overall the Coyotes are hitting 41 percent of their shots and 31 percent of their 3-point attempts this season.

Last time out for Kansas Wesleyan . . .
Kansas Wesleyan Sports Information -- Nov. 16, 2010 - The win evens Wesleyan's record at 3-3, while Baker fell to 2-3 on the season.
 With just under four minutes left it looked like it was going to be another barn burner, similar to the game in Baldwin City 12 days ago. Baker had taken a 53-52 lead with 3:53 to go on a free throw by Jaris Wommack, but Wesleyan's Matt Dickman answered back on the next possession, nailing a huge triple to put the Coyotes up for good with 3:34 to go.
Wesleyan fed on the momentum, building a seven-point lead with 1:40 to go on a score by Dickman, but Baker would rally on a pair of Drew Berg free throws with 1:26 to go and then a three by Wommack with 42.7 left got the Wildcats within two at 62-60.
Baker fouled Jerome Cheadle to send him to the line where he hit one-of-two charity tosses putting the Coyotes up three at 35.7 left. On Baker's next possession Wommack tried a pass over the middle that missed everyone, giving the ball back to the Coyotes. Bryson Flax was then sent to the line where he sealed the deal with a pair of charity tosses and Matt Dickman added two more free throws with 9.8 left to give the Coyotes a 67-60 win.
The Coyotes boomed out to an 11-point lead with 16:12 to go in the first half at 15-4, but Baker rallied thanks in part to a 13-4 run that was capped by a pair of free throws with 8:23 to go before the break by Corey Anderson.
Wesleyan rebuilt its lead to six on a three by Mikey Doll, but a triple by Wommack with 3:49 left gave Baker its first lead of the game at 27-26. Freshman Dane Brinker put the Coyotes back up by two with 1:35 to go with a triple from the left corner and after a free throw by Baker, Dickman would score with 38 seconds to go to give Wesleyan a 31-28 lead at the half.
Baker took its first lead of the second half with 18:09 to go on a bucket by Austin Bond, but Tony Milani would score and be fouled intentionally by Berg, and would convert a four-point play to put the Coyotes up three with 16:58 to go.
The Wildcats took the lead back on Andre Strozier's free throws with 12:39 to go that made it 41-39 Baker, and a three-point play by Strozier gave Baker its biggest lead of the night at 44-39 with 11:30 to go.
Tyler Antenen scored with 7:21 to go to tie things up at 48-all, and Antenen would score the next four points for the Coyotes to give them a 52-48 lead with 5:49 to go. Baker then scored the next five points to take the 53-52 lead with 3:53 to go.
Dickman scored a game high 26 points for the Coyotes, while Antenen added 11 and Milani tossed in ten off the bench for the Coyotes, who finished the game shooting 20-of-49 from the field for 40.8 percent after shooting 52 percent in the opening 20 minutes. Jones and Antenen led the Coyotes with five boards each.
Strozier scored 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead Baker.

Last meeting with Kansas Wesleyan . . .
Nov. 24, 2010 -- TOPEKA, Kan. -- Playing their second game in as many days, the Washburn Ichabods turned a 1-point lead at the break into a 56 percent shooting exhibition in the second half in an 86-59 win over Kansas Wesleyan.
Washburn fell behind in the first half by as many as nine points in large part to a 29 to 10 advantage on the glass with 12 offensive rebounds for the Coyotes accounting for 15 second chance points as the teams traded the lead five time each in the first 20 minutes of the game.
In the second half, Washburn held the Coyotes without a point until the 16:42 mark of the second half while the Ichabods ripped off a 17-3 run over the first 5:19 of the second half pushing their lead to 49-32. The Coyotes would get no closer than 12 the rest of the game.
De'Andre Washington led the Ichabods with a career-high 25 points on 10 of 13 shooting from the field. He had 15 points in the first half hitting 6 of 8 attempts from the field including his only 3-point attempt. Virgil Philistin had 14 points off the bench and William McNeill scored 11 points. Willie McCarty scored 12 off the bench to pace Kansas Wesleyan.
After shooting 45 percent in the first half while hitting 14 of 31 attempts, the Ichabods heated up to 14 of 25 shooting in the second half for a 56 percent clip. The Ichabods were also 7 of 13 from the 3-point line in the second stanza after going 1 of 8 in the opening period. 

Series notes . . .
The Ichabods lead the all-time series 13-9-1 and have won the last four games in the series. Prior to the 2003-04 season, the teams had not played since the 1951-52 season. The game played on Nov. 22, 2003 was a 122-57 win for the Ichabods and it was the third-highest single-game point total in Washburn history at the time and the 65-point margin of victory is the largest in Ichabod history topping the 62-point win over Campbell in an 81-18 win during the 1913-14 season.

Ichabod player notes . . .
#2  • De'Andre Washington  • F • 6-5 • 235 • Sr.  • Now has 517 points in Ichabod career after scoring 502 as a junior
#3  • Virgil Philistin  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • Made fourth start of career vs Peru State
#5  • Jeff Reid  • G • 6-6 • 190 • RS-Fr.  • Hit 2 of 4 3-point attempts going 4 of 6 from field overall
#10  • William McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr.  • Still sidelined with foot injury
#12  • Robert Sigala  • G • 6-3 • 180 • Jr.  • Had two assists and one steal in WU debut
#14 • Logan Stutz  • F • 6-9 • 225 • Sr.  • Shooting 62 percent for WU career hitting 166 of 270 shots
#15  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • So.  • 10 of 12 in career from free throw line
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • So.  • Five made field goals against Peru State was a career-high
#21  • Bryce Simons  • G • 6-3 • 195 • So.  • Five assists vs Peru State was a career high
#22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • Fr.  • Perfect from the field hitting both shots and both free throws
#23 • Jadarren Mumpfield  • G • 6-0 • 180 • Sr.  • Scored four points with one rebound in Washburn debut
#24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • Jr.  • missed first game of season
#33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • 57 of 123 career field goals have been 3-pointers
#44  • Brandon Scaife  • F • 6-8 • 270 • Jr.  • Hit 3 of 4 field goal attempts scoring eight points

Ichabod Basketball History . . .
Washburn is 1,387-963 (.682 in 2350 games) in its 104th season of intercollegiate action. The Ichabods are the ninth-winningest team in NCAA Division II history and the 26th winningest team this decade. The Ichabods are 438-198 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks, which is the most since the 1989-90 season in the MIAA.

Home sweet home - the Ichabods In Lee Arena . . .
The Ichabods are 342-63 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena - the 27th season of play. The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.

Up next. . .
The Ichabods will head to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz., to face host Grand Canyon on Nov. 26 and Rocky Mountain opponent Fort Lewis the following day in the GCU Thanksgiving Invitational before returning home on Dec. 1 to open MIAA play with three straight home games beginning with Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 1.