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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods improved to 2-0 on the season tying a school record with 15 3-pointers in a 99-52 win over Kansas Wesleyan Saturday night in Lee Arena. The Ichabods will be back in action on Nov. 26 in Phoenix, Ariz., when they will face the host school Grand Canyon University in the GCU Thanksgiving Invitational.

The Ichabods jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start the game with four poitns coming from Nate Daniels under two minutes into the game, but Kansas Wesleyan would cut the lead to three at 9-6 on a 3-pointer by Trevor Kuhlman, who led the Coyotes with 17 points on the night. However three straight 3-pointers by Daniels, Virgil Philistin and Jadarren Mumpfield followed by back-to-back jumpers in the paint by Brandon Scaife pushed the Ichabods out to a 22-6 lead with 13:34 to go in the game and Washburn would not look back.

The Ichabods stretched the lead to as many as 25 in the first half using a blistering 65 percent shooting performance hitting 11 of 19 3-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes. The Ichabods finished the half 22 of 34 with 18 assists while turning the ball over only four times.

In the second half the Ichabods continued the hot shootin connecting on 18 of 33 shots for a 55 percent average while holding the Coyotes to 5 of 20 from the field (3 of 7 from 3-point range) in Ichabod 47 point win.

Jeff Reid led the Ichabods off the bench with 17 points hitting 5 of 8 3-pointers on the night going 6 of 8 from the field overall. Daniels and Mumpfield each had 15 and Philistin finished with 14. De'Andre Washington had seven points with six rebounds and five assists. Scaife finished with a team-high seven rebounds.

The Ichabods finished the game hitting 40 of 67 shots for a 60 percent average while hitting 15 of 33 3-pointers in the game. It was the third time in school history the Ichabods had hit 15 in a game and the first since Jan. 9, 2008 when Washburn hit 15 at Emporia State.

Washburn outscored the Coyotes 48 to 14 in the paint while holding a 24 to 2 advantage in fast break points. The Ichabods also forced 26 turnovers leading to 37 Ichabod points.

Ichabod Jeff Reid



Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman