Starting introductions
The Washburn Ichabods will return to the road for a weekend trip to Stephenville, Texas when they will take on Cameron University on Nov. 18 and then the host Texans of Tarleton State on Nov. 19 in the Tarleton State Tip-Off Classic. The Ichabods are 1-1 entering the weekend having split their two games at the South Central Shootout in Bartlesville, Okla., falling in the season opener 80-72 to Arkansas-Monticello then topping Arkansas-Fort Smith 87-66. Washburn will return home and open its home slate on Tuesday, Nov. 22 with Peru State.

Game Quick Facts . . .
Game No. 3 - Washburn (1-1) vs Cameron (2-0)
Game Notes: Washburn | Cameron
Date: Nov. 18, 2011
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Arena: Wisdom Gymnasium
Radio: AM 580 WIBW
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: None
Television: None
Live Stats: Through Tarleton State
Washburn Head Coach: Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973) - 697-289, 33rd season
Cameron Head Coach: Wade Alexander (East Central, 2001) - 43-41, 4th season
Series History: Series tied 2-2

Game No. 4 - Washburn at Tarleton State -- Washburn Game Notes
Game Notes: Washburn | Tarleton State
Date: Nov. 19, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Stephenville, Texas
Arena: Wisdom Gymnasium
Radio: AM 580 WIBW
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: None
Television: None
Live Stats: Through Tarleton State
Washburn Head Coach: Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973)
Tarleton State Head Coach: Lonn Reisman (Pittsburg State, 1978) - 485-210, 23rd season
Series History: WU leads 1-0

Ichabods on the radio
Washburn basketball games can be heard live on AM 580 WIBW. The game can also be heard on the internet at www.wusports.com by following the “Live Audio” link on the basketball schedule page. Greg Atagi will have the call in both games.

The coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman is in his 33rd season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. Chipman is 697-289 (.707) overall and he has 456 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA - the most of any teams in the league since the 1991-92 season. Chipman has led the Ichabods to the MIAA Tournament 19 times collecting an all-time league-best 29 wins going 29-16 with a .675 winning percentage during tournament play. In home games, Chipman has amassed a 406-77 (.840) record going 352-65 in Lee Arena and 54-12 in Whiting Fieldhouse. Chipman is 11th amongst all NCAA II coaches in winning percentage who have coached at least 10 seasons. Among that group, he is second in all-time coaching victories in active coaches in career victories. Among all coaches who have at least 10 years experience in DII, he is 25th in winning percentage and seventh in victories. At Washburn he has led the Ichabods to 11 conference regular season titles (9 MIAA), 11 NCAA Tournament appearances and the 1987 NAIA National Championship.
Cameron head coach Wade Alexander is entering his fourth season at the helm of the Cameron Aggie men's basketball coach. Prior to coaching at CU, Alexander was the assistant men's basketball coach at East Central University. He is 43-41 overall at Cameron.
Tarleton State head coach Lonn Reisman is in his 23rd season as head coach of the men's basketball program at Tarleton State University while in his 19th year as athletics director. He is 485-210 overall with all wins coming with the Texans.

Last time out for the Ichabods • WU 87, UAFS 66 • 11/12/11
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- The Washburn Ichabods picked up their first win of the season on the strength of 20 first half points by Will McNeill enroute to an 87-66 win over Arkansas-Fort Smith in the South Central Shootout. Washburn will be back in action next weekend at the Tarleton State Classic in Stephenville, Texas, Nov. 18-19. The win was the first for the Ichabods on the season and No. 697 for head coach Bob Chipman in his 33rd season on the Washburn bench.
The Ichabods jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game but UAFS came back with six straight of its own to tie the score at six with 15:22 to go in the first half. The Lions would go on to build their lead up to seven at 15-8 with 11:51 to play in the half.
Washburn stretched its lead out to 13 toward the end of the first half on a fastbreak layup by McNeill as the Ichabods took a 39-26 lead into halftime.
In the second half the Ichabods would keep the Lions at arms-length not letting them get within nine points the remainder of the half as Washburn shot 52 percent in the second half while holding the Lions to 39 percent shooting leading to the 21-point win.
McNeill finished with a game-high 29 points while also recording a game-high 11 rebounds recording his second career double double. In the first half McNeill was 5 of 9 from the field while going 9 of 11 from the free throw line. Mitchell Martin had 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting from the field and Kyle Wiggins scored 13 points off the bench going 8 of 9 from the free throw line.
Washburn committed only nine turnovers in the game after turning the ball over 19 times in its season opener against Arkansas-Monticello.
The Lions held a 47 to 40 advantage on the boards in the game shooting 31 percent from the field hitting 19 of 62 shots. Djordje Stojanovic led the Lions with 22 points.

About Cameron
The Aggies are 2-0 this season after topping Oklahoma Panhandle 84-61 on Nov. 12 and Rhema Bible College on Nov. 15 by a 72-40 score. Cameron fell in an exhibition game at Division I Texas Christian 68-46. Vinicius Telo leads the team scoring 15.0 ppg. Devon Crabtree is scoring 14.5 ppg and Milton Garner is scoring 11.5 ppg.

Last time out for Cameron • Cameron 72, Rhema Bible College 40
(Nov. 15, 2011) – Cameron traveled to Northern Oklahoma Tuesday night to take on Rhema Bible College. The Aggies left victorious, claiming the “W” 72-40.
Cameron (2-0, 0-0) pulled ahead early and rolled into halftime with a 41-13 lead. From there, Head Coach Wade Alexander said the team got a little too comfortable and allowed the Eagles to cut into its lead. But in the end, the early deficit proved too much.
Coming into the game, Alexander said he wanted his team to focus on bottling up their opponent defensively.
Junior Vinicius Telo led the team offensively with 15, followed by junior Devon Crabtree. Telo and freshman Andrew “Grenada” Thomas led the team on the glass with 8. While his team performed well, there was one area Alexander said they need to focus on.

Last meeting with Cameron • Cameron 76, Washburn 65
(Dec. 16, 2006) LAWTON, Okla. - Senior forward Frank Phifer had his third straight double-double and 20-point game but it wasn't enough as the Ichabods fell 73-65 at Cameron Saturday afternoon. The Ichabods out-scored the Aggies 39-35 in the second half but couldn't overcome a late first-half surge by CU as the Aggies evened the two-game season series at 1-1.
Phifer scored 20 points off 9-of-16 shooting and had a team season-high 18 rebounds. Sophomore forward Paul Byers had 13 points to go along with 10 rebounds for his first double double of the season and junior guard Andrew Meile scored 11 off three 3-pointers and a pair of free throws.
The Ichabods shot 31 percent in the first half. They opened up on a 7-0 run but then cooled as the Aggies came back and led 10-9 at 14:08. They built the lead to eight before Washburn cut it to two, 24-22 at 6:39. The Aggies ended the half on a 14-4 run to take a 38-26 lead into the locker room.
In the second half the Ichabods out-shot CU 43 percent to 42 percent but couldn't overcome the deficit. Cameron was up by as much as 21 in the second half and the Ichabods came as close as four at 65-61 with 1:39 remaining.
For the game the 'Bods shot 37 percent while CU shot 46 percent. Washburn out-rebouned CU 45-35 but committed 19 turnovers to the Aggies' 13. Junior guard Grant Hargett led WU with four assists while Phifer led WU with three blocks.

About Tarleton State
The Texans are 2-0 this season and were ranked No. 8 in the NABC Preseason poll. Tarelton State picked up wins over Southeastern Oklahoma 61-50 on Nov. 11 and then topped Pittsburg State 57-40 the following night. Fabian Wilson is the only Texan to average in double figures scoring 14.5 ppg while also pulling down a team-high 12 rebounds per game.

Last time out for Tarleton State
(Nov. 12, 2011) STEPHENVILLE – The Texans continued their home winning streak as they overcame a physical contest with Pittsburg State and walked away with a 57-40 victory Saturday night in Stephenville.
Tarleton entered the game coming off a strong win over Southeastern Oklahoma Friday.  They were unable to get their momentum going early in the game as Pittsburg State jumped to a commanding 9-3 lead after just three minutes of action.
The Texans woke up quickly though, and stormed back to take a 12-11 lead by the 12:07 mark in the first half.  Tarleton took an 11-7 deficit and turned it into a 22-11 lead by using a 15-0 run during an eight minute stretch.
From that point on, the Texans continued to display their dominance on both ends of the floor.
Tarleton entered the half with a 28-17 lead.  The Texans shot 42.3 percent from the floor over the first 20 minutes and held the Gorillas to 20 percent from the field and 22.2 percent from behind the arc.
In typical Tarleton fashion, defense stepped up in a major way, forcing 14 first half turnovers from Pitt St.  The Texans also did a good job of maintaining possession offensively, only committing eight turnovers themselves.
Demerius Smith led the way with eight points, while Chris Harrell added six points and Zach Nelson added five.  All three players came off the bench for Tarleton.  Wilson, coming off a double-double Friday, grabbed six rebounds in the first half as well.
The second half got under way with both teams looking to take control of the pace of the game.  It would be the Texans though who were able to get a stronghold on the game and add to their already significant lead.
By the 12:54 mark in the second half, Tarleton managed to push their lead to double digits and never looked back.  The Texans outscored 29-23 in the second half and ended the game with a 17-point victory over Pittsburg State.
Demerius Smith led all scorers with 12 points, while Fabian Wilson and Zach Nelson both had 10 points.  Wilson also recorded his second double-double of the year by adding 12 rebounds to the effort.  Brian Word had a strong game off the bench with five points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists.
The bench was a big part of Tarleton's success Saturday night, as they combined for 36 points.
Overall, the Texans shot 41.3 percent from the floor and 70 percent from the free throw line.  They also held Pitt St. to a measly 22.2 percent shooting.

Last meeting with Tarleton
(Dec. 17, 1997) LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The No. 16-ranked Washburn Ichabods picked off an 84-75 win over Tarleton State in the first day of the Las Vegas High Desert Classic.

Bods and Ends ... three dot thoughts
The Ichabods are 73-32-1 all-time in season openers … under head coach Bob Chipman the Ichabods are 29-4 … the Ichabods have not played in Wisdom Gym since the 2004 NCAA Tournament when the Ichabods fell in the second round 62-61 to Northwest Missouri on March 14, 2004 … the Ichabods beat St. Mary's (Texas) in the first round of the regional game in Stephenville 81-70 the previous day … the Ichabods were 1-1 in the 2003 NCAA regionals also played in Wisdom Gym topping West Texas A&M 75-73 before falling to Northeastern State 64-59 in the second round.

Ichabod Active Player Notes
#1  • Dejuan Lofton  • G • 5-11 • 185 • Jr. • One of two from the field this season
#2  • Austin Love  • G • 6-0 • 170 • Fr. • Yet to appear in a game this season
#4  • Jared Henry  • G • 6-1 • 170 • So. • Missed only 3-point attempt this season
#5  • Jeff Reid  • G • 6-6 • 190 • So. • Saw first action against UAFS after battling foot injury
#10  • Will McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr. • Career-high 29 points against UAFS last time out
#11  • Kyle Wiggins  • G • 6-2 • 165 • Fr. • First two games in college both in double figure scoring
#12  • Martin Mitchell  • G • 6-0 • 185 • Jr. • Scored 18 points last tie out on 7 of 11 shooting from the field
#14  • Christian Ulsaker  • F • 6-5 • 190 • Fr. • One of 3 from the field in first two games as a freshman
#15  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • Jr. • Career-high six assists last time out against UAFS
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • Jr. • Six of 13 shots this season have been 3-point attempts
#21  • Joseph Smith  • F • 6-9 • 235 • Jr. • Two of 3 from the field last time out
#22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • So. • Recorded first double double with 12 pts/11 rbs against Monticello
#24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • RS-So. • Made first start of WU career against UAFS scoring 5 pts/3 rbs

Ichabod Basketball HIstory
Washburn is 1,405-974 (.590 in 2,379 games) in its 106th season of intercollegiate action. The Ichabods are the 10th-winningest team in NCAA Division II history and the 26th winningest team this decade. The Ichabods are 455-204 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks, which is the most since the 1989-90 season in the MIAA.

Home sweet home . . . the Ichabods in Lee Arena
The Ichabods are 352-65 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena - the 28th season of play. The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.

Up Next
Following the trip to Texas, the Ichabods will return home to face Peru State on Nov. 22 and then face Newman in a Black Friday afternoon game in Lee Arena. Washburn will then take on Nebraska-Omaha in a non-conference game on Nov. 29 before opening the MIAA slate on Dec. 3 against Northwest Missouri in Maryville followed by a Dec. 7 game at Fort Hays State. Washburn will finally get a conference game when they will face Truman on Dec. 10 before taking a week off for finals week.