Box Score | Season Stats

EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods jumped out to a 14-point lead to start the game and led from start to finish in a 69-56 win over Emporia State equaling the all-time series with 97 wins each at ESU's White Auditorium. Washburn (9-5, 6-4 MIAA) will be back in action on Wednesday when they will host Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. wrapping up the first half of the MIAA regular season.

The Ichabods jumped out to an 18-4 lead over the Hornets in the first 9:50 of the game holding ESU to only one field goal as the Hornets hit only one of their first 11 shots. Washburn was 10 of 26 from the field in the opening stanza and 6 of 20 from 3-point range.

In the second half, the Hornets cut the lead to six with 8:22 to go in the game on a lay up by Taylor Euler, but back-to-back lay-ups by Logan Stutz pushed the lead back to 10. The Hornets cut the margin to seven twice with the final time coming with 4:27 to go at 58-51, but a bucket by Nate Daniels pushed the lead to nine and a 3-pointer by Mitch Allen pushed it back to 12 at 63-61 with 2:35 to go. Washburn stretched the lead to 14 with just over a minute left on a pair of free throws by Stutz. Stutz wrapped up the game with a dunk with 49 seconds to go sealing the 13-point win.

Stutz led the Ichabods picking up his third double double in the last four games with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Tweleve of Stutz's points came in the second half when he was 5 of 8 from the field. Jeff Reid scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half hitting 4 of 8 3-pointers and Mitch Allen scored a career-high 12 points on 4 of 6 3-pointers. De'Andre Washington scored seven points with eight rebounds and a career-high 10 assists. The 10 assissts were the most by an Ichabod since Mario Scott had 10 against Missouri Western on Jan. 2, 2008.

Xavier Burnett led the Hornets with 21 points.

The Ichabods dominated on the glass outrebounding the Hornets 44 to 26 including a 13 to 4 advantage on the offensive glass.

Notes: The win over Emporia State
*improve the Ichabods to 9-5 overall and 6-4 in the MIAA
*was the first Ichabod win in Emporia since a Jan. 5, 2005 meeting when the Ichabods buzzed the No. 24 ranked Hornets with a 77-74 win
*snapped a five-game losing streak in Emporia
*evened the all-time series record between the two schools at 97 wins each
*was the Ichabods third win in the last four meetings over the Hornets
*improved the Ichabods to 1,395-968 all-time

Jeff Reid talks about his first Turnpike Tussle game



Head Coach Bob Chipman on the road win at Emporia State