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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods remained the hottest team in the MIAA with their sixth straight win improving to 13-5 and 10-4 in MIAA play with an 87-74 win over Missouri Western Saturday night in Lee Arena. Washburn will return to action with Truman on Wednesday in Lee Arena to face the Bulldogs.

The Ichabods trailed by no more than four points in the firsts half and did not trail at after a jumper by Brandon Scaife staking Washburn to an 18-17 lead with 13:49 to go in the game as the Ichabods would go on to lead by as many as 12 late in the first half. The Ichabods pushed the lead to seven at 24-17 before the Griffons cut the lead back to two at 24-22 under the 10 minute media timeout. The Ichabods pushed the lead back to eight on an 8-0 mini run, but again the Griffons cut the lead back to five at 34-29 before the Ichabods took the 45-35 lead into the break.

The Griffons cut the lead to nine at 46-37 with 17:46 to play in the game before Washburn would go on a 11-3 run after a pair of free throws by Logan Stutz, who scored a game-high 30 points. The Ichabods kept the Griffons at bay holding at least a double-digit lead until Missouri Western twice trimmed the lead to eight late in the game at 4:14 remaining and 3:33 remaining but the Ichabods finished the game 5 of 6 from the charity stripe in the final 2:36 to take the 13-point win.

Stutz went over 30 points for the second time this season while adding his fourth double double of the season with a game-high 11 rebounds. Stutz, who entered the game second in the nation in field goal percentage at 71 percent finished 12 of 15 from the field while going 6 of 7 from the field scoring 18 points in the second half. De'Andre Washington scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half and Nate Daniels scored a season-high 17 points - one shy of his career high shooting 6 of 8 from the field including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.

Jonathan Phelps scored a team-high 17 points off the bench to lead four Griffons in double figures.

Washburn finished the game 33 of 56 shooting 59 percent from the field including a blistering 20 of 33 in the opening stanza for a 61 percent clip. Western finished 24 of 56 for the game for a 43 percent average. Washburn held a 32 to 29 advantage on the glass and outscored the Griffons 50 to 26 in the paint.

Notes: The win over Missouri Western ...
*improved the Ichabods to 13-5 overall and 10-4 in the MIAA
*snapped a three-game regular season MIAA losing streak to the Griffons
*was Washburn's first win over the Griffons in Topeka since Jan. 31, 2009 in a 79-78 win
*was the Ichabods' sixth straight win
*improved Washburn to 45-34 all-time against the Griffons
*improved the Ichabods to 9-1 at home this season
*improve the Ichabods to 1,399-968 all-time
*was the Ichabods' longest winning streak since a eight-game streak from Nov. 16, 2007 to Dec. 18, 2007 when the Ichabods started the season 8-1 after an opening game loss to Kansas
*was the Ichabods' sixth-straight MIAA win - their first six-game conference winning streak since Feb. 5, 2005 to Feb. 23, 2005.


Senior guard Nate Daniels



Ichabods head coach Bob Chipman