Game Information Game #25 Matchup: Washburn (13-11, 7-10 MIAA) at Missouri Southern (14-9, 8-8 MIAA) Date: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 Time: 7:30 p.m. CST Site: Joplin, Mo. - Leggett & Platt Athletic Center (3,240) Radio: AM 580 WIBW Streaming Radio: AM 580 WIBW Live Stats: mssulions.com Live Video: b2networks Rankings: Washburn is unranked the NABC Top 25 Coaches Poll. MSSU is unranked in the latest NABC Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Washburn Ichabods Polls NR in NABC NCAA Division II Poll Head Coach: Bob Chipman Alma Mater: Kansas State, 1973 WU Record:    675-275, 31st season Career Record: 675-275, 31st season Basketball Page Roster Statistics Schedule Game Notes Media Guide Athletic Web Site

Missouri Southern Polls NR in NABC NCAA Division II Poll Head Coach:     Robert Corn Alma Mater: Missouri Southern, 1978 Record:     324-268, 21st season School Record: 324-268, 21st season Basketball Page Roster Statistics Schedule Game Notes Media Guide Athletic Web Site

Setting the scene . . .
The Washburn Ichabods will travel to Joplin, Mo., on Wednesday to face Missouri Southern at 7:30 p.m. from the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. The Ichabods  (13-11, 7-10 MIAA) will be aiming to avenge their worst loss of the season coming from the Lions in an 86-69 defeat in Topeka on Jan. 9. The Ichabods are coming off a 100-71 blasting of Southwest Baptist last time out in Topeka. Missouri Southern (14-9, 8-8 MIAA) dropped a 82-76 decision at Emporia State on Saturday. The Ichabods sit in an eighth-place tie in the conference standings a half-game behind Northwest Missouri for seventh. The Lions are in sixth place. The top eight teams qualify for the MIAA postseason tournament in Kansas City beginning March 5.

Ichabods on Radio . . .
Ichabod games will be broadcast live on AM 580 WIBW. The game can also be heard on the internet at www.wusports.com by following the “Live Audio” link under basketball. Bruce Steinbrock will be the play-by-play voice of the Ichabods and former WU quarterback Mark Elliott will be the color analyst. Pregame show starts 15 minutes prior to tip.

The Coaches. . .
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman is in his 31st season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. For 24 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 675-275 (.716) overall and he has 431 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA - the most of any teams in the league since the 1991-92 season. Chipman is 31-18 against Missouri Southern.
Missouri Southern head coach Robert Corn has guided the Lions to 16 MIAA Postseason Tournament berths (11 straight) and two trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The 1999-00 Division II Bulletin National Coach of the Year, he holds a career record of 324-268 (.547) at Southern, and is the winningest head coach in Lions basketball history. A 1978 graduate of Southern, he has led Southern to six 20-win seasons. His 1999-2000 team went 30-3 and advanced to the NCAA-II Elite Eight semifinals. Corn is sixth on the all-time MIAA wins list and fourth among active MIAA coaches. He is a two-time MIAA Coach of the Year winner.
 
Last time out for the Ichabods . . .
(Feb. 13, 2010) - TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods reached the 100-point mark for the second time this season snapping a two-game losing streak to Southwest Baptist in the process in a 100-71 win over the Bearcats. The Ichabods improve to 13-11 on the season and 7-10 in the MIAA standings remaining in a tie for eighth in the conference race.
The Ichabods jumped out to a 17-6 lead in the first half and eventually would lead by as many as 29 in the first half at the 4:21 mark of the opening stanza at 45-16. SBU head coach Jeff Guiot was ejected at the 6:23 mark of the first half after receiving a flagrant technical with Washburn leading 35-14 as the Ichabods were in the middle of a 16-0 run wrapped up by the two technical free throws by William McNeill and a 3-pointer by Nate Daniels. The Ichabods held SBU scoreless for nearly three minutes during the run.
The Ichabods were 19 of 38 in the first half hitting 5 of 15 3-point attempts and 10 of 14 attempts from the free throw line. Washburn held the Bearcats to 10 of 27 shooting for 37 percent and 1 of 10 from behind the 3-point line. The Ichabods took a 53-27 lead into the break tying the most points scored in a half by Washburn this season.
In the second half, Washburn stretched the lead to as many as 38 at 90-52 with 7:17 to go in the game before taking the 29-point win as Todd Eils' 3-pointer with 2:14 to go put the Ichabods into triple figures for the first time since they topped Baker on Nov. 28 in a 100-60 win over the Wildcats.
Washburn put six different Ichabods in double figures including all five starters led by Logan Stutz's 18 points. Stutz was 4 of 4 from the field and 10 of 12 from the free throw line in his first start since Dec. 5 at Northwest Missouri. McNeill and Bryce Simons each scored 17. It was a career-high for Simons as he hit 5 of 6 3-point attempts to go along with a new carer-high six rebounds. Daniels scored 13 points off the bench with eight rebounds while Maurice Colter scored 12 points and De'Andre Washington scored 10 points with eight rebounds with six assists and five steals.
Ivan Croptov scored 14 points to lead SBU.
Washburn finished the game 37 of 75 from the field for a 49 percent average hitting 11 of 29 3-point attempts and 15 of 21 from the free throw line. The Bearcats were 27 of 67 from the field and 4 of 32 from 3-point range. SBU was 13 of 18 from the free throw line.
The Ichabods outran the Bearcats scoring 17 fast break points compared to two for SBU while scoring 25 points of 20 SBU turnovers. The Ichabods improved to 62-4 in games which they reached the 100-point mark.

About Missouri Southern . . .
The Lions are 14-9 this season and 8-8 in the MIAA after falling at Emporia State 82-76 last time out on Saturday. The Lions had their two-game winning streak snapped against the Hornets coming off home wins against Missouri Western and Pittsburg State. Jason Adams has led the team in scoring the last two games scoring 16 against the Gorillas and 24 in the loss at ESU. He leads the team in scoring averaging 18.1 ppg with a team-best 7.1 rebounds per game. Keane Thomann is scoring 12.0 ppg and Skyler Bowlin is putting in 11.9 ppg while Mariun Price is scoring 11.7 ppg. The Lions are averaging 83.2 ppg while allowing 72.8 ppg this season. Missouri Southern is shooting 47 percent from the field hitting 684 of 1453 attempts while going 128 of 377 from 3-point range for a 38 percent mark. The Lions are 417 of 561 from the free throw line converting 74 percent of their attempts. The Lions have won their last two games at home this season going 10-2 on the season with losses coming to Southwest Baptist on Dec. 9 and Central Missouri on Jan. 27.

Last time out for the Lions . . .
(Feb. 13, 2010) Emporia, Kan. -- The Missouri Southern men's basketball team used a 14-0 run to nearly erase a 20-point second-half Emporia State lead, but the Lions couldn't finish the come back and fell 84-76 tonight at White Auditorium.
Southern (14-9, 8-8 MIAA) was led by 24 points on 8-15 shooting from Jason Adams. Adams was 5-7 from long range. Mariun Price scored 13, while Keane Thomann and Skyler Bowlin added 11 each.
Emporia (11-13, 7-10 MIAA) was led by 22 points from Lamar Wilbern. Matt Boswell scored 15 and Dustin Andrews added 11.
After trailing by 18 at the half, and 20 just two minutes into the second half, a three from Bowlin capped a 30-12 MSSU run that made the score 65-63 with 7:37 left in the game.
Another three from Bowlin with just over a minute to go cut the deficit to two (78-76), but the Hornets converted 6-6 from the free-throw line to end the game.
The Lions shot 51 percent from the field, but just 53 percent from the free-throw line, while Emporia made 21-25 of its freebies.

Series Notes with Missouri Southern . . .
Wednesday's meeting will be the 67th between these two schools in a series that dates back to 1968-69. Washburn leads the all-time series, 44-22.  Washburn is 21-10 in MIAA games against the Lions and 9-8 on the road against MSSU since joining the league in 1989-90. The Ichabods have lost three in a row on the road to the Lions with their last win coming in Joplin on Jan. 21, 2006 in a 60-56 win. The two teams have met at least once a year since 1976-77. WU coach Bob Chipman is 37-18 against Missouri Southern.
 
Last Meeting with Missouri Southern . . .
(Jan. 9, 2010) -- TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods were topped 86-69 by Missouri Southern Saturday night in Lee Arena dropping the Ichabods to 7-8, 1-7 MIAA.
Washburn jumped out to an early 6-0 on back-to-back-to-back field goals by William McNeill, but Missouri Southern (9-5, 2-5 MIAA) would used a 16-5 run over the next eight minutes to build a 28-17 lead with just over nine minutes to play in the opening half. The Ichabods trimmed the lead back to seven at 34-27 with 329 to play in the half on a 3-pointer by Nate Daniels, but the Lions used another run, this time 11 to 5 the rest of the half to take a 45-32 lead into the break.
The Lions heated up from their 44 percent shooting in the first half to 57 percent in the second half hitting 13 of 23 shots while hitting 13 of 17 free throw attempts in the half stretching the lead to as many as 28 at the 11:48 mark leading to the 17-point win as the Ichabods would get no closer than 16 at the 1:28 mark of the half at 82-66 on a 3-pointer by Maurice Colter.
McNeill led the Ichabods with 18 points on 8 of 13 shooting from the field while collecting two of the five steals for Washburn. Daniels scored 11 off the bench hitting 4 of 6 attempts with two three points and De'Andre Washington scored 10 points with team-highs of six rebounds and four assists.
Patrick Hester scored 16 to lead the Lions while Jason Adams scored 14 points with 13 rebounds.
After shooting 56 percent in the first half hitting 14 of 25 attempts, the Ichabods cooled off to 13 of 33 in the second half for a 39 percent average finishing the game at 46 percent connecting on 27 of 58 attempts. The Lions were 28 of 57 for the game for a 49 percent average.
The Lions held a 37 to 34 advantage on the glass. The Ichabods also had 16 turnovers leading to 18 points off turnovers for the Lions.
 
Ichabod notes . . .
#2  • De'Andre Washington  • F • 6-5 • 235 • Jr.  • Collected his 201st rebound of the season against SBU last time out
#3  • Virgil Philistin  • G • 6-2 • 205 • Jr.  • Has averaged 5.0 ppg with 2.7 rpg in last four games
#5  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • Fr.  • Eleven of 12 rebounds this season have been defensive
#10  • William McNeill  • G • 6-0 • 190 • So.  • Scored 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting last time out against SBU
#12  • Maurice Colter  • G • 5-10 • 175 • Jr.  • Nine of 18 from the field in the last two scoring 11.5 ppg with 2.0 rpg and 2.5 apg
#14  • Logan Stutz  • F • 6-9 • 205 • Jr.  • Made first start since Dec. 5 and scored 18 points on 10 of 12 shooting FT's
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • Fr.  • Fifty of 77 rebounds this season have been defensive
#21  • Bryce Simons  • G • 6-3 • 195 • Fr.  • Had career high 17 points hitting 5 of 6 3-point attempts against SBU
#22  • Steve Feighny  • F • 6-5 • 215 • So.  • Has hit 8 of last 10 free throw attempts
#23  • Dezahn Otis  • G • 6-3 • 180 • Jr.  • 15 of 20 from the free throw line this season
#24  • Anthony Nocito  • F • 6-8 • 240 • Jr.  • Has hit 3 of 7 3-point attempts in home games this season
#32  • Todd Eils  • G • 6-2 • 175 • Rf.  • Sent Ichabods to 100-point mark with first 3-pointer of season against SBU
#33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Jr.  • Season high 13 points on 3 of 6 shooting from 3-point range against SBU
#35  • Jordan Lambkins  • G • 6-2 • 190 • Fr.  • Will redshirt this season

Three-second calls ... rapid-fire notes
The Ichabods are shooing 45 percent in the second half of games hitting 321 of 716 shots while hitting 42 percent of their attempts in the first half hitting 305 of 727 … Washburn is outrebounding their opponents 441 to 383 (18.3 to 15.6) in the second half this season … in the first half, the Ichabods are being outrebounded 432 to 423 …  Washburn's bench has outscored their opponents bench 637 to 442 this season (26.6 to 18.4) … the Ichabods have had 170 fast break points compared to 101 for their opponents … the Ichabods are outscoring their opponents 801 to 576 in the paint this season … in games the Ichabods have won this season they are 191 of 257 from the free throw line shooting 75 percent from the line … in games they have lost they are 130 of 219 for 59 percent … Ichabod opponents are shooting 37 percent in Washburn wins while opponents are shooting 49 percent from the field in Ichabod losses … Washington's nine double doubles this season are the most by an Ichabod in a single season since Travis Robbins recorded 11 during the 2004-05 season and Ewan Auguste had 10 during the 1999-2000 season …  the Ichabods are averaging 76.6 ppg in home games and 65.0 ppg in away games … Logan Stutz is averaging 13.9 ppg and 5.3 rpg as a starter in seven games and 7.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg coming off the bench in 13 games … the Ichabods have used eight different line ups this season … Washburn is 78 of 103 (.757) from the free throw line in the last five minutes of games … Ichabod opponents are 130 of 183 (.710) in the same time span … Washburn is 10-0 when leading at the half this season … Bobby Chipman is tied for 35th on the all-time block chart - he is tied for 30th in single-season rankings … Nate Daniels is ranked 26th in all-time 3-point field goals made with 52 and 35th in all-time 3-pointers attempted with 110 … William McNeill's 2.4 steals per game average is tops on the single season chart currently at Washburn with three regular season games to go … his 56 steals this season is eighth on the single-season chart - 73 set by Bobby Sumler in 1986-87 is the single-season record … McNeill's 1.6 steals per game for his career is fourth all-time at Washburn … De'Andre Washington's 348 field goal attempts this season is 24th on the Washburn single-season chart … his 3.5 assists per game average is 17th on the single-season Ichabod chart.

The Ichabod Nugget of the Day. . .
The Ichabods had six players reach double figures in the 100-71 win over Southwest Baptist last time out … the last time Washburn placed six in double figures was on Nov. 24, 2007 in a 102-60 win over Kansas Wesleyan … Angel Santiago scored 10 points, Grant Hargett scored 10, Paul Byers scored 11, Darnell Kimble scored 12, Brady Sisk scored 17 and James Williams scored 14.

Ichabod Basketball History . . .
Washburn is 1,373-960 (.682 in 2,333 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 431-188 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks, which is the most since the 1989-90 season in the MIAA.

Ichabods In Lee Arena . . .
The Ichabods are 340-63 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena - the 26th season of play. The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena. The Ichabods have won 15 straight regular season non-conference home games and 38 of their last 41 regular season non-conference games home.

Up Next . . .
The Ichabods will return home for their final regular season home game against Pittsburg State on Feb. 20 in Lee Arena. The Ichabods will wrap up the regular season at Emporia State on Feb. 24.