Starting introductions
The Washburn Ichabods will host the Truman Bulldogs in their first MIAA home game of the season on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Lee Arena. The Ichabods (6-3, 1-1 MIAA) are coming off a 61-45 win over No. 10-ranked Fort Hays State while the Bulldogs (4-6, 2-1 MIAA) topped Southwest Baptist 80-79 winning their second straight conference game. Prior to the tip of the Ichabod/Bulldog game, Washburn will honor head coach Bob Chipman in a pregame ceremony with a special presentation commemorating his 700th career coaching win recorded on Nov. 25 against Newman.

Game Quick Facts . . .
Game No. 10 - Washburn (6-3, 1-1 MIAA) vs Truman (4-6, 2-1 MIAA)
Game Notes: Washburn | Truman
Date: Dec. 10, 2011
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Topeka Kan.
Arena: Lee Arena
Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: Through America One
Television: None
Live Stats: Through wusports.com
Washburn Head Coach: Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973) - 702-291, 33rd season
Fort Hays State Head Coach: Matt Woodley (Drake, 2000) - 4-6, 1st season
Series History: Washburn leads 38-17

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. Mark Elliott will have the call on the radio with Jake Lebahn providing color commentary.

The coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman is in his 33rd season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. Chipman is 702-291 (.707) overall and he has 461 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 408-77 (.840) record going 353-65 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. Chipman is 36-13 against the Bulldogs.
Truman head coach Matt Woodley is 4-6 in his first season on the Bulldog bench. He became the 11th head coach in the program's history in 2011 and came to Truman following nine years of Division I coaching experience and two seasons at Waukee (Iowa) High School. The Des Moines, Iowa, native spent three seasons at Denver before joining head coach Kermit Davis' staff at Middle Tennessee State as an assistant coach. Woodley's responsibilities included recruiting, scouting, scheduling and film exchange, as well as the daily preparations for the team. He helped land future all-Sun Belt honorees Desmond Yates (first team, 2008), Kevin Kanaskie and Adam Vogelsberg. The 2005 recruiting class was ranked 20th overall by national publications.

Last time out for the Ichabods • WU 61, #10 FHSU 45 • 12/07/11
HAYS, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods knocked off their second top 10 team of the season on the road handing the No. 10-ranked Fort Hays State Tigers their first loss of the season in a 61-45 win in Gross Memorial Coliseum.
The Ichabods led by five at the break 25-20 as Washburn held the Tigers to 8 of 26 shooting in the first half connecting on 31 percent of their shots. The Ichabods were 9 of 26 in the first half for a 35 percent average.
In the second half the Ichabods heated up to 13 of 24 from the field for a 54 percent average while the Washburn defense continued its pressure in the second half holding the Tigers (7-1, 1-1 MIAA) to 6 of 19 shooting in the frame for a 32 percent clip.
The Ichabods scored the first points of the second half to push their lead to seven on a lay up by Will McNeill and would push it to eight at 29-21 with 16:47 remaining in the game on a lay up by Zack Riggins, but a 3-pointer by Lance Russell cut the margin to five with 15:46 to play in the game with the Ichabods holding a 29-24 lead.
Washburn would eventually stretch its second half lead to as many as 16 three different times - the first with 6:37 remaining in the game on a jumper by Martin Mitchell. The Tigers cut the lead to 10 with 3:45 remaining but an dunk by McNeill and another bucket by McNeill pushed the margin back to 14 and a pair of free throws by Martin got the lead back to 16 points with 1:40 to play. After a lay up by the Tigers, Martin hit a lay up with 1:11 to wrap up the scoring and the win over the Tigers.
McNeill led the Ichabods with 20 points while pulling down nine rebounds. Mitchell tied a career-high with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field. Bobby Chipman set a career-high with a game-high nine rebounds.
Russell led the Tigers with nine points.
The Ichabods outscored the Tigers 32 to 12 in the paint and held a 39 to 23 advantage on the glass.

About Truman
The Bulldogs are 4-6 and 2-1 in the MIAA while going 1-4 in road games. Tom Norton leads three Bulldogs averaging in double figures at 12.7 ppg. Mike Carlson is scoring 12.3 and Seth Jackson is scoring 10.1 ppg. Truman is scoring 70.1 ppg while allowing nearly an identical 70.0 ppg. Truman has won its last two games topping Pittsburg State 66-57 and Southwest Baptist 80-79 last time out.
 
Series history with Truman
Saturday's meeting will be the 56th between the two schools with Washburn holding a 38-17 lead in the series. The Ichabods have won seven of the last eight meetings. The series dates back to 1956-57 and the two have played each other every year since 1989-90. Two of the lowest combined scoring games in WU history came against Truman recently. On January 13, 2007, the Bulldogs won 60-45 as the teams combined for 105 points, the second-lowest scoring output since WU joined NCAA II in 1989-90. On January 19, 2008 they scored 109 points in a 59-50 WU win. That was the third-lowest scoring game in DII history for WU. Washburn is 13-8 against the Bulldogs on the road and 28-9 in MIAA contests against Truman in Lee Arena. Washburn has won the last five meetings with the Bulldogs in Topeka as Truman has not won in Lee Arena since an 81-72 win on Jan. 28, 2006.
 
Last time out for Truman • TSU 80, SBU 79
(Dec. 7, 2011) – (TSU Sports Information) KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - - Mike Carlson scored a team-high 21 points and Isaac Gardner added 18 points on six three-pointers to help the Truman men's basketball team win its second straight MIAA game with an 80-79 home thriller against Southwest Baptist.
Carlson scored 12 of his 21 in the second half, as Truman (4-6, 2-1 MIAA) held off a furious SBU (6-5, 0-3 MIAA) rally late to pick up win No. 2 in league play. The Bulldogs blitzed the visiting Bearcats in the first half to the tune of 48 points and 56% shooting to carry a 15-point lead into the intermission. Gardner was lights-out in the opening 20 minutes, draining all six three-pointers he took to help spearhead the Bulldogs' highest first-half point total of the 2011-2012 campaign to-date.
The Bulldogs slowed down a bit in the second half, while SBU began to knock down some of its 33 total three-point attempts behind Kyle Sloan's game-high 29 points and four second-half triples. After the Bearcats cut the Bulldog lead to nine on four different occasions, SBU finally got it down to five with 48 seconds to play at 76-71. The margin would get as few as two at 78-76 on a Robson Menmon lay-up before Tom Norton hit one of two from the line to push the lead back to three with 15 seconds on the clock.
Carlson came through with a big block on a SBU three-point attempt with eight seconds left, then reeled in a defensive rebound on a second SBU jumper to go to the line with just one second to go.
The redshirt freshman split his attempts but then committed a foul on a heave by SBU's Ryan Dougherty, sending him to the line with 0.9 seconds on the clock. Dougherty hit the first two but then saw his third attempt rattle home, cutting any chance for a tip-in and allowing the 'Dogs to run out the clock and hold on for the victory.
Carlson and Gardner were the lone Bulldogs in double-figures on the night, but five other players scored at least six points for the purple and white. Junior EJ Hicks added eight points and four rebounds, while Patrick Burmester chipped in seven points, seven rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocks. Norton finished with nine points and three assists off the bench, and Seth Jackson added seven and three assists.
With the win, the Bulldogs earned back-to-back MIAA victories for the first time since Jan. 9-12, 2008 when the squad won at Fort Hays before returning home for a win against Missouri Western.

Last meeting with TSU • WU 72, TSU 61 • 2/14/11
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods picked up a Valentine's Day win over Truman topping the Bulldogs 72-61 in Lee Arena winning their sixth-straight home game.
Washburn led entering the halftime break 27-20 over Truman (6-16, 4-14 MIAA) behind Logan Stutz's 15 first half points after going 6 of 9 from the field with five rebounds. Coming out of the break, Truman cut the lead to one three times with the last coming at 33-32 before the Ichabods pushed the lead back to seven at 39-32 with 14:24 to go in the game on a lay up by Jadarren Mumpfield. After a bucket by Truman's Isaac Gardner, Bobby Chipman pushed the lead back to seven before Gardner scored five straight points  and Ethan Freeman put Truman up one at 42-41 with 9:43 to play in the game. De'Andre Washington scored on a lay up returning the lead back to Washburn before Vesko Flichev put the Bulldogs back up one.
After a media timeout, Washington tied the score with a free throw and Jeff Reid put Washburn up two with a layup of his own. A 3-pointer by Alex Henderson returned the lead to the visitors beofre the Ichabods' Mitch Allen put Washburn up two with a 3-pointer, but the lead was short-lived as Tom Norton hit the Bulldogs back up one at 50-49 with 6:58 to go in the game. Washburn went up for good on its next possession on a 3-pointer by Mumpfield and streched the lead to as many as seven on a swipe and steal by Nate Daniels with 2:44 to play. Truman would get no closer than five the rest of the way as the Ichabods went on for the 72-61 win.
Stutz finished with his seventh double double of his Washburn career and his fifth this season with a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds. Mumpfield scored 12 with all dozen coming in the second half. Gardner and Freeman scored 15 each to pace Truman.
Washburn finished 44 percent from the field hitting 27 of 62 shots including 15 of 28 (54 percent) in the second half. Truman also shot 54 percent in the second half (14 fo 26) going 22 of 53 in the game (42 percent). Washburn finished 15 of 20 from the free throw line while Truman was 8 of 12.
The Ichabods held a 39 to 30 advantage on the glass turning 16 offensive rebounds into 22 second chance points while outscoring Truman in the paint 44 to 18.

Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the ichabods
• The 45 points allowed at FHSU was the fewest the Ichabods have given up in a win since a 57-45 win over Central Missouri on 12/31/10 #TenaciousD
• The 106 combined points against the Tigers is the 4th-lowest scoring game in Washburn history #AWinIsAWin
• Washburn is 3-0 when coming off a loss this season #BounceBack
• Washburn is allowing 26.7 ppg in the 1st half of games, 38.2 in the 2nd half #keepthepeddledown
• In Washburn's wins the Ichabods are -30 in turnovers, the losses they are +9 compared to their opponents #GoodHandsTeam
• The Ichabods are 5 of 51 from 3-point range in their three losses #Shoot
• In the Ichabods' wins, they are shooting 34 percent hitting 33 of 96 attempts #Better
• Washburn is +12.2 in ppg in the paint compared to its opponents #gettheballinside
• Will McNeill is the only Ichabod averaging double figures (18.0 ppg) in the WU losses
• The game against the Bulldogs will be Bob Chipman's 994th game on the Ichabod bench recording a 701-292 record #winningformula
• Ichabods are leading the MIAA in rebounding defense at 31.6 rpg #Boards
• Washburn is second in the MIAA in offensive rebounds at 13.4 rpg #SecondChances
• Alex North is 9 of 9 in FT's in the final 5 minutes of games #Clutch
• North also leads the MIAA in FT percentage (20-21) #Pure
• Will McNeill leads the MIAA in steals at 2.6 per game #QuickHands

Ichabod Player Notes
#1  • Dejuan Lofton  • G • 5-11 • 185 • Jr. • Two of 4 from field (2-2 from 3's) in last two games played
#4  • Jared Henry  • G • 6-1 • 170 • So. • Three of 3 from the field in the last three games played (2.6 ppg)
#5  • Jeff Reid  • G • 6-6 • 190 • So. • Five of six from the free throw line this season
#10  • Will McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr. • Hit 5 of 6 3-point attempts against Truman on 12/12/09
#11  • Kyle Wiggins  • G • 6-2 • 165 • Fr. • Played 11 minutes against FHSU not attempting a shot
#12  • Martin Mitchell  • G • 6-0 • 185 • Jr. • 13 of 18 from the field in the last two games (17.5 ppg)
#14  • Christian Ulsaker  • F • 6-5 • 190 • Fr. • Six of 9 from the field in last four games (4.6 ppg)
#15  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • Jr. • Has hit all four FT's this season
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • Jr. • Set career high with 9 rebounds against Fort Hays State
#21  • Joseph Smith  • F • 6-9 • 235 • Jr. • Two assists against FHSU was a career high
#22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • So. • 25 of 54 rebounds this season have been offensive
#24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • RS-Jr. • Tied career high with 7 rebounds a set new one with 3 assists

Ichabod Basketball HIstory
Washburn is 1,410-977 (.590 in 2,387 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 461-207 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 354-65 (.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
Washburn will then take a week off for finals returning to the court on Dec. 17 when they will play host to Missouri Western at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Arena.