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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods jumped out to a 11-2 lead to start the game and rallied to regain the lead from a Nebraska-Omaha comeback taking a 79-73 win over the Mavericks in their MIAA opener in Lee Arena. Washburn will be back in action on Saturday night at home when they face Northwest Missouri at 7:30 p.m.

The Ichabods (4-1, 1-0 MIAA) jumped out to the early lead behind seven straight points from Jeff Reid. Reid also had two assist on Washburn's next two baskets by Logan Stutz as Washburn pushed the lead to 13-4 on a jumper by Bryce Simons with 14:40 to play in the first half. The Ichabods stretched the lead to as many as 13 in the half at 24-21 on a 3-pointer by De'Andre Washington with 9:22 to go in the half. However the Mavericks (3-2, 0-1 MIAA) rallied and cut the lead to four with 1:26 to go on a Tyler Bullock jumper pulling UNO to a 30-26 deficit. A lay up by Washington with seven seconds left sent the teams to the locker room with a 32-26 lead.

In the second half Washburn improved its shooting to 15 of 27 (55 percent) as did Nebrask-Omaha improved from 10 of 27 to 15 of 26 (58 percent) including 6 of 11 from 3-point range.

Washburn stretched the lead to nine on four different times with the final time coming with 13:58 to go in the game on a jumper by Washington putting Washburn up 50-41. However a 7-0 run by UNO cut the lead to 50-48 on a 3-pointer by Mitch Albers. The teams would trade baskets and the score would eventually be tied at 65. A 3-pointer by Nate Daniels gave the Ichabods a short-lived lead at 68-65, but UNO answered on its next possession on a 3-pointer by Jeff Martin with 2:48 to go in the game.

Washburn took the lead for good on back-to-back lay ups by Stutz at the 1:51 mark and Washington at the 1:27 mark. UNO did cut the lead to one when Torrian Harris hit one of two free throw attetmpts with1:04 to go but Stutz hit a pair of charity tosses with 56 seconds to go and Washington hit a pair with 38 seconds to go giving Washurn a 76-71 lead. Harris hit a lay up for UNO to cut the lead to three, but the ichabods were three of four from the free throw line in the final 28 seconds to wrap up the win.

Stutz led the Ichabods with 24 points going 8 of 12 from the field and 8 of 9 from the free throw line. Washington had a season high 22 points with eight rebounds and seven assists. Reid finished with a career-high 19 points on 5 of 7 shooting from 3-point range and 6 of 11 attempts overall.

UNO was led by Bullock who had 30 points lead four Mavericks in double figures followed by Martin who had 18, Harris with 14 and Albers with 12.

Washburn held a 43 to 27 advantage on the glass including a 13 to 3 advantage in offensive rebounds.
Washburn forced 15 UNO turnovers leading to 24 points.




Ichabod freshman Jeff Reid



Ichabod freshman Logan Stutz



Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman