Starting introductions
The Washburn Ichabods will open their home slate when they will play host to Peru State on Nov. 22 in Lee Arena. The Ichabods (2-2) are coming off a 61-57 win over No. 8-ranked Tarleton State after being down at the half by eight. Peru State (1-7) picked up its first win of the season after defeating Grace University last time out on Nov. 19 95-85. Head coach Bob Chipman will be going for win No. 699 against the Bobcats.

Game Quick Facts . . .
Game No. 5 - Washburn (2-2) vs Peru State (1-7)
Game Notes: Washburn | Peru State
Date: Nov. 22, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Arena: Lee Arena
Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: None
Television: None
Live Stats: Through Washburn
Washburn Head Coach: Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973) - 698-290, 33rd season
Peru State Head Coach: Troy Katen (Kansas Wesleyan, 1998) - 13-84, 4th season
Series History: Washburn leads 9-1

Ichabods on the radio
Washburn basketball games can be heard 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 on the basketball schedule page. Bruce Steinbrock and Jake Lebahn will have the call on the radio.

The coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman is in his 33rd season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. Chipman is 698-290 (.707) overall and he has 457 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.
Peru State head coach Troy Katen is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Bobcats. He is 13-84. Prior to his stint at CMU, Katen spent five years at Hastings College. As the top assistant coach for the Men's Basketball team in 2001 to 2005, Katen aided the Broncos' in the recruiting of student-athletes from across the country, as well as Nebraska. During his time with the Broncos, Katen coached thirteen All-Conference players, two NAIA Academic Scholar-Athletes and three 1,000 points scorers.

Last time out for the Ichabods • WU 61, #8 TSU 57 • 11/19/11
STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- The Washburn Ichabods rallied from an 8-point halftime deficit to knock off the No. 8-ranked Tarleton State Texans on their home court in a 61-57 win.
The Ichabods trailed 28-20 to the No. 8 Texans after shooting 8 of 24 from the field while the Texans were 10 of 23 from the field. The Ichabods did lead on the boards 18 to 13 at the end of the first half.
In the second half, the Ichabods cut the lead to two at 29-27 on a lay up by Alex North and then to two again on a jumper by Jeff Reid after the teams traded buckets at 31-29. An 8-0 run by the Texans pushed the lead into double digits at 39-29 with 14:13 left in the game.
Washburn would go on a 14-4 run to tie the score at 43 after a 3-pointer by Martin Mitchell, who scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half.
The Texans would retake the elad at 44-43 on a free throw by Warren Webb, but a lay up by North put Washburn up for good as the would lead the remaining 6:59 of the game.
Washburn stretched its lead out to seven at 51-44 on a tip by Zack Riggins. A Texan 3-pointer pulled them within three with 4:14 to go. The Ichabods pulled away back to six with 1:34 to go on a pair of free throws by Mitchell and Tarleton would not get closer than four the rest of the way including a jumper at the buzzer making the final margin four.
Mitchell led the Ichabods with 18 points while going 7 of 9 from the free throw line. Will McNeill added 12 going 8 of 9 from the free throw line and Zack Riggins also reached double figures scoring 10. Bobby Chipman finished with a game-high eight rebounds while scoring eight points hitting a pair of 3-pointers.
Zach Nelson led the Texans with 18 points off the bench.
The Ichabods heated up from their first half shooting to hit 13 of 25 shots in the second half (52 percent) while they held the Texans to 8 of 22 shooting in the frame.
Washburn finished 21 of 49 from the field (43 percent) while they held Tarleton State to 18 of 45 (40 percent). Washburn held a 34 to 28 advantage on the boards while forcing the Texans into 18 turnovers leading to 16 points.
Following the game, both Will McNeill and Martin Mitchell were named to the all-tournament team. The Texans Zach Nelson was named the MVP.
 
About Peru State
Peru State is 1-7 after picking up their first win of the season last time out on Nov. 19 when they topped Grace University 95-82. Peru State is led by Derrick Williams who is averaging 23.4 ppg hitting 51 percent of his shots. He is fourth in NAIA in scoring. Richard Oppitz is sixth in the NAIA rankigns in rebounding at 8.8 per game and Eric Donald is eighth in the national rankings in steals with 2.5 per contest.  

Series history with Peru State
Washburn leads the all-time series 9-1. The lone win for the Bobcats in the series came on Dec. 20, 1962 in a 60-54 win on the road. Overall the Ichabods have won the last six meetings.

Last time out for Peru State • PSC 95, Grace University 82
(Nov. 19, 2011) – The Bobcats jumped to an 8-0 lead before Grace hit a three to cut it to 8-3.  The Royals eventually came back to take a 17-15 lead before PSC knotted it and then went ahead for good in the first half on a three-pointer by Kevin Tighe (North Platte).   PSC maintained the lead the rest of the first half and led by as much as seven points before the Royals came back again to cut it to one at halftime.  The 'Cats led 38-37 after the first twenty minutes.
The game continued to go back and forth in the second half with Grace eventually tying it at 51 all with 14:58 left in the game.  Again, the 'Cats had a three-pointer, this time by Eric Donald (Omaha) which put PSC up for good at that point.
PSC led by eight, 63-55, at the 11:16 mark, but saw the Royals cut it again to three with just a little over ten minutes remaining.  Following a second free throw by Richard Oppitz (Topeka, Kan.) with 5:04 to go, the Royals only got back as close as six twice before PSC stretched it out to eventually win 95-82. The Bobcats had one of their better shooting nights of the season as they hit 35 of 71 of their field goal attempts for 49.3%.  This included eight of 23 three-point tries for 34.8%.  PSC took 22 trips to the free throw line and made 17 for 77.3%.
Grace shot better than PSC from behind the arc making ten of 26 for 38.5%, but did not fare quite as well overall making 28 of 67 field goal tries for 41.8%.  At the charity stripe, the Royals hit 16 of 24 for 66.7%.
A big key in the scoring was that PSC got 48 of their 95 points in the paint, one of the best productions of the year.
Rebounding was nearly even as the Royals nabbed one more board, 38-37, than the 'Cats.  PSC committed only 16 turnovers while Grace had 23

Last meeting with Peru State • Washburn 97, PSC 50
(Nov. 16, 2010) TOPEKA, Kan. -- It took the Washburn Ichabods three second to take the lead for good in their season opener leading to a 97-50 win over Peru State.
The Ichabods let from the get-go when Logan Stutz took a pass from De'Andre Washington on the opening tip scoring in the lane for the early lead and one which the Ichabods would not give up the rest of the night as they jumped out to an 11-0 lead 3:59 into the game. A lay up by Peru State's Derrick Williams at the 12:26 mark of the half cut the Ichabod lead to 14-7, but a 9-0 spurt by the Ichabods over the next five minutes put the game out of reach as Washburn improved to 73-31-1 in its first game of the season and 29-4 under head coach Bob Chipman.
Stutz led five Ichabods in double figures with 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field. Washington had 15 points to go with seven rebounds. Bobby Chipman scored 11 and Virgil Philistin and Jeff Reid each had 10. Nate Daniels had a career-high seven assists to go with seven rebounds. Jacob Schaben and Derrick Williams each had seven points to lead Peru State.
Washburn finished a sizzling 38 of 64 from the field hitting 59 percent of their shots. Washburn was also 9 of 20 from 3-point range and held a 40-29 advantage on the glass.

Bods and Ends ... three dot thought
All-time, the Ichabods are 26-1 with the lone loss coming on Nov. 16, 1990 when they lost to Friends 89-88 in the Lee Arena debut.

Ichabod 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. • Played season-high 21 minutes coming back from foot injury
10  • Will McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr. • Double figures in all four games
11  • Kyle Wiggins  • G • 6-2 • 165 • Fr. • Four of seven rebounds have been offensive
12  • Martin Mitchell  • G • 6-0 • 185 • Jr. • 15 of 31 from the field in the last three games
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. • Eight assists and four turnovers in 71 minutes this season
20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • Jr. • Tied career-high with eight rebounds against Tarleton State
21  • Joseph Smith  • F • 6-9 • 235 • Jr. • Five of eight from the field in the last three games
22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • So. • Averaging 7 rebounds in last two games … 6.5 ppg
24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • RS-So. • Has scored 10 points in three of four games this season

Ichabod Basketball HIstory
Washburn is 1,406-976 (.590 in 2,382 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 456-205 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 Tuesday's game with Peru State on Nov. 22, Washburn will face Newman in a Black Friday afternoon game in Lee Arena starting at 1 p.m. 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.