Game Information Game #23 Matchup: Washburn (12-10, 6-9 MIAA) vs No. 3 Central Missouri (20-1, 13-1 MIAA) Date: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 Time: 7:30 p.m. CST Site: Site: Topeka, Kan. - Lee Arena (3,974) Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM Live Stats: wusports.com Live Video: b2networks Rankings: Washburn is unranked the NABC Top 25 Coaches Poll. Central Missouri is ranked No. 3 the 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:    674-274, 31st season Career Record: 674-274, 31st season Basketball Page Roster Statistics Schedule Game Notes Media Guide Athletic Web Site

Central Missouri Mules Polls #3 in NABC NCAA Division II Poll Head Coach: Kim Anderson Alma Mater: Missouri, 1979 Record: 178-60, 8th season School Record: same Basketball Page Roster Statistics Schedule Game Notes Media Guide Athletic Web Site

Setting the scene . . .
The Washburn Ichabods (12-10, 6-9 MIAA) will take on their second straight top-10 opponent who will be coming off at least a five days break from game competition when they will place host to No. 3-ranked Central Missouri. The Mules are 20-1 overall and 13-1 in MIAA play having won their last eight after suffering their only loss of the season on Jan. 4 at home against Fort Hays State. The Mules won the first meeting with the Ichabods 77-71 in Warrensburg on Jan. 2. Washburn fell last time out to Fort Hays State 74-62 on Feb. 6 while the Mules topped Emporia State on Feb. 3 82-64. After the game with UCMO, the Ichabods will have take on Southwest Baptist on Feb. 13 before traveling to Missouri Southern on Feb. 17 returning to Lee Arena for the final regular season home game against Pittsburg State. The Ichabods will wrap up the regular season at Emporia State on Feb. 24.

Ichabods on Radio . . .
Ichabod games 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 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 674-274 (.716) overall and he has 427 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA - the most of any teams in the league since the 1991-92 season. Chipman is 23-20 against the Mules.
Central Missouri head coach Kim Anderson is 178-60 (.738) in his eighth season on the Mules bench. He has led the Mules to the Final Four two times, winning three MIAA Tournament titles. With his next win he will become the all-time winningest coach at Central passing Tad Reid.
 
Last time out for the Ichabods . . .
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A 14-3 run over a 3:30 stretch of the second half was too much for the Ichabods to overcome as they fell to No. 8-ranked Fort Hays State 74-62 in Lee Arena.
After a bucket by De'Andre Washington cut a second half Tiger lead to seven at 45-38 with 13:23 to play in the second half, the Tigers responded with back-to-back 3-pointers stretching the lead to 18 at 59-41 with 9:53 to go in the game. The Ichabods cut the lead back to 11 on two different occasions before falling to the Tigers.
The Ichabods trailed by six at the break 31-25 after the Tigers shot 52 percent in the first half hitting 13 of 25 from the field. The Ichabods were 10 of 26 while going 1 of 10 from 3-point range.
The Ichabods were led by William McNeill who scored 15 going 8 of 9 from the free throw line. Logan Stutz scored 11 points off the bench hitting 4 of 6 attempts. Stutz led the Ichabods with six rebounds.
Fort Hays State had four in double figures paced by Willie Hassell's 17 points. Dijon Smith had 15, Dominique Jones had 11 and Corbin Kuntzsch had 10.
The Tigers led the Ichabods on the glass 35 to 28. Washburn forced 14 turnovers leading to 19 points.
Washburn finished the game 20 of 50 for 40 percent and 4 of 19 from 3-point range. The Tigers shot 64 percent in the second half going 14 of 22 from the field and 5 of 10 from 3-point range finishing 27 of 47 for a 57 percent average.

About Central Missouri . . .
No. 3 Central Missouri has already clinched a spot in the MIAA postseason tournament after topping Emporia State 82-64 last time out. Overall the Mules (20-1, 13-1 MIAA) have won their last eight games after their one setback against Fort Hays State on Jan. 4. The Mules have four players averaging in double figures on the season: senior forward Sanijay Watts (22.1 ppg), senior guard Alex Moosmann (15.9 ppg), junior guard Bryce Brunz (10.6 ppg) and senior forward Tremaine Luellen (10.5 ppg). Junior guard Ryan Harris (9.7 ppg) contributes more than nine points a game.
Watts (6-4, 215) nearly averages a double-double as he contributes a team-leading 9.5 rebounds per game to go along with his 22-point scoring average.
As a team, UCM is shooting .504 percent from the field hitting 627 of 1243 attempts and they are connecting on 174 of 410 3-point attempts for a 42 percent average. From the free throw line, the Mules are 342 of 449 hitting 76 percent. They have attempted 98 more charity tosses than their opponents and 56 more than their opponents in MIAA play.

Last time out for the Mules . . .
(Jan., 30 2010) WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The No. 3 Central Missouri Mules rolled to an 82-64 win over Emporia State tonight, and in the process hit several milestones, including head coach Kim Anderson's school-record tying 178th win.
He matched UCM Hall of Famer Tad Reid, who was 178-110 in 15 seasons from 1923-38. Anderson's career record now sits at 178-60 in only his eighth season. Anderson also wrapped up his fifth 20-win season in the last six years, matching Lynn Nance for the most years in that category. It was the 22nd 20-win season ever at UCM.
The Mules 20-1 start is the best through 21 games since 1980 when UCM started 25-1, and it also clinched a berth in the MIAA Tournament. Individually, senior forward Sanijay Watts became the 19th player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point milestone, and only the eighth two-year player to do it. He put up 24 points on the night and now sits at 1,005. Getting overshadowed was a career night from junior guard Ryan Harris. He put up a career-high 28 points in the contest.
The Hornets (9-12, 5-9 MIAA) actually started the game off with an 8-0 run, forcing the Mules (20-1, 13-1 MIAA) to come back from that much for the first time all season in a win. They chipped away at the advantage and cut it to one at 17-16 with 9:59 left on a Harris three-pointer. Harris hit a jumper with 7:15 left to give UCM its first lead of the day at 21-20. Emporia answered, but the Mules went on a 14-0 spurt over the next five-plus minutes to take control and go into the break up 38-27.
The Mules came out with another flurry in the second stanza, pushing their lead to 19 in the first three minutes. Emporia only had one run in them, closing to 11 with 14:11 left, but UCM answered with another big run to put it away, going up by 23 with 8:06 left on another Harris jumper. UCM lit it up in the half, shooting 63 percent from the field, while holding the Hornets to only eight boards.
The Mules hit 55.6 percent in the game, led by Harris' 10-of-16 performance with six threes. Watts went 8-of-12 from the field along with a game-high seven boards. Alex Moosmann matched a season-high with nine assists (did it against ESU last time they met) to only one turnover with nine points.

Series Notes with Central Missouri . . .
Wednesday's meeting will be the 87th between these two teams and UCM leads the all-time series 45-41The Mules have won the last four overall in the series. The Ichabods are 4-1 against Central Missouri in the MIAA Tournament, including 1-1 as the No. 6 seed.  Washburn is 16-6 against UCM in Lee Arena and 19-16 in MIAA games.  

Last Meeting with Central MIssouri . . .
(Jan. 2, 2010) -- WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Washburn's De'Andre Washington recorded his fourth double double in the last five games but it wasn't enough as the Ichabods led the No. 1-ranked Central Missouri Mules with less than six minutes to go before falling 77-71. The Ichabods will be back in action on Tuesday wrapping up a three-game road trip all against nationally-ranked teams when they will face Southwest Baptist.
Washburn (7-6, 1-5 MIAA) led by one at 56-55 before the Mules' Bryce Brunz hit a free throw tying the score for the 11th tie score of the game. The Mules (12-0, 5-0 MIAA) would push the lead to as many as nine at 74-65 with 26 seconds to play before back-to-back 3-pointers by Washington and Virgil Philistin trimmed the lead to five with four seconds to play but would get not closer  the Mules hit their last free throw of the afternoon.
The Ichabods trailed by six at the break after shooting 47 percent from the field hitting 14of 30 shots from the field. Washburn led by as many as seven in the opening stanza at 29-22 on a 3-pointer by Maurice Colter with 6:31 to play.
Washington finished with 26 points, his second-best output of the season, with 12 rebounds while tying a career-high with six assists playing 39 minutes. He was the only Ichabod to reach double figures. Bryce Simons scored a career-high nine points. Philistin had nine points as well off the bench for Washburn.
Sanjay Watts scored 28 points with 14 rebounds to pace the Mules. Alex Moosmann scored 20 with eight assists.
Washburn finished 27 of 64 from the field for a 42 percent average while the Mules were 24 of 48 hitting half of their attempts. The Ichabods were 10 of 15 from the free throw line while Central Missouri finished 24 of 49 outscoring the Ichabods by 14.
The Ichabods were outrebounded 36 to 34 but did have 14 offensive rebounds leading to 16 second chance points. Washington had six offensive boards. The Ichabods also recorded a season low of five turnovers.
 
Ichabod notes . . .
#2  • De'Andre Washington  • F • 6-5 • 235 • Jr.  • Recorded a season-high 22 field goal attempts in the 1st meeting with UCMO
#3  • Virgil Philistin  • G • 6-2 • 205 • Jr.  • Six of 10 from the field inthe last two games averaging 6.0 ppg
#5  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • Fr.  • Recorded first offensive rebound of the season against Fort Hays State
#10  • William McNeill  • G • 6-0 • 190 • So.  • His 55 steals is ranked 8th on WU's single-season chart
#12  • Maurice Colter  • G • 5-10 • 175 • Jr.  • Scored seven points off the bench in the first meeting with Central
#14  • Logan Stutz  • F • 6-9 • 205 • Jr.  • Did not play in the first game with Central Missouri
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • Fr.  • Hit only 3-point attempt in last game against Fort Hays State
#21  • Bryce Simons  • G • 6-3 • 195 • Fr.  • Thirteen of 37 rebounds this season have been offensive
#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 4 3-point attempts in home games this season
#32  • Todd Eils  • G • 6-2 • 175 • Rf.  • Has played in seven games this season seeing 13 minutes of playing time with 1 steal
#33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Jr.  • Has his 12 of 24 in the last four games (6 of 11 from 3-point range)
#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 289 of 646 shots while hitting 41 percent of their attempts in the first half hitting 274 of 660 … Washburn is outrebounding their opponents 401 to 343 (18.2 to 15.5) in the second half this season … in the first half, the Ichabods are being outrebounded 400 to 387 …  Washburn's bench has outscored their opponents bench 583 to 403 this season (26.5 to 18.3) … the Ichabods have had 153 fast break points compared to 99 for their opponents … the Ichabods are outscoring their opponents 721 to 526 in the paint this season … in games the Ichabods have won this season they are 176 of 236 from the free throw line shooting 75 percent from the line … in games they have lost they are 123 of 209 for 59 percent … Ichabod opponents are shooting 37 percent in Washburn wins while opponents are shooting 48 percent from the field in Ichabod losses … nine of the 12 rebounds William McNeill has recorded in the last five minutes of games this season have been on the offensive end of the court … Washington's eight 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 71.2 ppg in home games and 65.0 ppg in away games … Logan Stutz is averaging 13.2 ppg and 5.3 rpg as a starter in six games and 6.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg coming off the bench in 12 games … the Ichabods have used seven different line ups this season … Washburn is 77 of 100 (.770) from the free throw line in the last five minutes of games … Ichabod opponents are 113 of 160 (.706) in the same time span … Washburn is 9-0 when leading at the half this season … Nate Daniels has moved into 29th on the all-time 3-pointers chart with 49 … William McNeill has moved into 18th on Washburn's all-time steal chart with 81 … McNeill has had five steals in three different games this season … Bobby Chipman's 17 blocks this season is tied for 30th on the single-season chart.

The Ichabod Nugget of the Day. . .
Since the 2002-03 season, the Ichabods have been outshot at the free throw line 518 to 406 by the Mules including a 299 to 202 advantage since the 2005-06 season.

Ichabod Basketball History . . .
Washburn is 1,372-959 (.682 in 2,331 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 430-187 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 339-62 (.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 . . .
After the game with UCMO, the Ichabods will face Southwest Baptist on Feb. 13 before traveling to Missouri Southern on Feb. 17 returning to Lee Arena for the final regular season home game against Pittsburg State. The Ichabods will wrap up the regular season at Emporia State on Feb. 24.