Countdown to tip . . .
The Washburn Ichabods will wrap up the home slate with the Turnpike Tussle facing arch-rival Emporia State on Wednesday in Lee Arena. Washburn (17-7, 14-6 MIAA) is in third place in the MIAA standings coming off a 72-68 win at Pittsburg State for its fourth straight win. The Hornets (13-13, 10-10 MIAA) topped Lincoln 84-70 last time out on Saturday. The game is also the final home game for five Ichabod seniors who will start against the Hornets in Logan Stutz, De'Andre Washington, Nate Daniels, Virgil Philistin and Jadarren Mumpfield. The series is the most-played by the Ichabods as Wednesday's meeting will be the 195th all-time with each team claiming 97 wins.

Washburn (17-7, 14-6 MIAA) vs Emporia State (13-13, 10-10 MIAA)
Feb. 23, 2011 • 7:30 p.m. • Topeka, Kan. • Lee Arena (3,970)

Washburn	At A Glance	Emporia State
17-7, 14-6 MIAA	Record	13-13, 10-10 MIAA
not ranked	National Ranking	not ranked
Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973)	Head Coach	David Moe (Texas Lutheran,1986)
695-285, 32nd season	Record at School	159-124, 10th season
Same	Overall	Same
www.wusports.com	Website	www.emporia.edu/athletics
Series is tied 97-97	Series
WU won 69-56 on Jan. 16, 2011 in Topeka	Last Meeting
KTPK 106.9 FM	Radio
Washburn game notes	Game Notes
wusports.com (free)	Online Audio
Live stats	Live Stats

Ichabods on 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. Four-time Kansas Sportscaster of the year Bruce Steinbrock will be the play-by-play voice of the Ichabods and former WU quarterback Mark Elliott will be the color analyst.

The Coaches . . .
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman is in his 32nd season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. Chipman is the winningest coach in school history and in 2006-07 he became the second winningest coach as a member of the MIAA. Chipman is 695-285 (.710) overall and he has 454 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA - the most of any teams in the league since the 1991-92 season. In home games, Chipman has amassed a 406-76 (.840) record going 352-64 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. He is the third active winningest coach in NCAA Division II and 10th in winning percentage and his 695 coaching wins is 28th all-time among all NCAA coaches at all levels. At Washburn he has led the Ichabods to 11 conference regular season titles (9 MIAA), 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and the 1987 NAIA National Championship. Chipman is 46-20 against Emporia State.
Emporia State's David Moe is 158-124 in his tenth season at ESU. He is the third-winningest coach in ESU history behind Gus Fish and Ron Slaymaker. He led ESU to appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and 2007 and winning seasons in six of the last eight years. He is 10-11 against the Ichabods.

Last time out for the Ichabods . . .
(Feb. 19) PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Washburn used a shot clock buzzer beater with 26 seconds remaining by De'Andre Washington to propel the Ichabods to a 72-68 win in John Lance Arena on Feb. 19 in Pittsburg over the Gorillas. Washburn returns home for its final game in Lee Arena this season when they will play host to Emporia State on Wedneday.
The Ichabods trailed the Gorillas by six points at 50-44 with 16:13 remaining in the game before Washburn took a 51-50 lead on a lay up by Washington. The Gorillas rebounded and pushed their lead to four at 55-51 on a 3-pointer by Adrian Herrera with 10:42 to go. Washington tied the score at 55 with 8:48 to go but the Gorillas took the lead back at 57-55 on their next possession.
Jadarren Mumpfield put the Ichabods on top for good with a 3-pointer from the win at 58-57 with 7:27 to play. Washburn pushed its lead back out to six before the Gorillas cut it back to two with 4:40 to go. A lay up by Alex North after three offensive rebounds on the set put the Ichabods back up six with 3:09 to go. After the teams traded free throws, PSU cut the lead to three at 68-65 leading to Washington's jumper giving the Ichabods back the 3-point lead. Washington then was fouled after the Gorillas missed a pair of 3-pointers and hit both free throws. The Gorillas hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make the final margin four.
The Ichabods trailed entering the locker room at halftime 39-34 after leading by as many as five with 8:03 after Logan Stutz put Washburn up 24-19 with a driving lay up. A jump hook in the lane by Brandon Scaife cut the Gorilla lead to two at 34-32 with 1:38 to play before the Gorillas stretched the lead to five at the break. Eight different Ichabods scored in the first 20 minutes led by Stutz's nine points and De'Andre Washington's eight points. The Gorillas were 12 of 16 from the free throw line compared to the Ichabods' 5 of 10.
Stutz scored 17 points to lead the Ichabods with eight rebounds. Washington finished with 16 and Mumpfield scored 10. Eric Ray scored 17 to lead the Gorillas.
Washburn was 26 of 59 from the field hitting 44 percent for the game while the Gorillas were 21 of 43. The Gorillas finished 17 of 21 from the free throw line while the Ichabods were 12 of 20. Washburn out rebounded the Gorillas 37 to 25.

Series history with Emporia State . . .
Wednesday's meeting will be the 195th meeting between these two schools and the series is tied at 97-97. This is the most-played series for Washburn. The two teams started the series in 1905-06, Washburn's first recorded year of basketball, and they have met every year since the 1945-46 season. This will be the 66th straight year they have played each other at least once. Washburn is 26-30 all-time in White Auditorium since home-away records were first kept beginning in 1956-57. The Ichabods are 19-7 against the Hornets in Lee Arena. Washburn is 25-12 against ESU in MIAA games. Washburn is 3-0 against ESU in MIAA Postseason tournament games. The Ichabods have won three of the last four.

Last meeting with Emporia State . . .
(Jan. 15, 2011) 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.
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. Twelve 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 assists 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. 

About Emporia State . . .
The Hornets are 13-13 overall and 10-10 in MIAA play after topping Lincoln at home on Feb. 19 84-70 winning their second straight game. ESU is in sixth place in the MIAA standings. Xavier Burnette leads the team in scoring with 14.0 ppg pacing four Hornets in double figure scoring along with Michael Tyler at 12.4 ppg, Adam Holthaus with 11.5 ppg and Matt Boswell with 10.8 ppg. The Hornets are averaging 70.3 ppg while allowing 72.3 ppg. They are -4.1 in rebound margin this season. From the field ESU is 643 of 1407 hitting 46 percent and from 3-point range they are 186 of 516 for 36 percent. ESU has attempted 25 more free throws than its opponents hitting 357 of 509. Emporia State is 3-8 on the road this season.
   
Last time out for Emporia State . . .
ESU Sports Information -- (Feb. 19, 2011) The Emporia State men shot 60 percent from the field in the second half on the way to an 84-70 win over Lincoln on Saturday night in White Auditoriuim. The Hornets led 36-30 at the break but the Blue Tigers opened the second half on a 10-4 run to tie the score 40-40 with 17:20 left in the game. ESU then went on an 8-0 run with Xavier Burnette getting the final six points to go ahead 48-40 and LU would not get closer than six the rest of the way.
Burnette and Michael Tyler each had 14 points to pace the Hornets. They were joined in double figures by Robert Moores with 12 and Matt Boswell with 11 points. LU was led by Derek Stokes with 20 points while Pierre DeClue had a double-double of 10 points and 13 assists.
 
Ichabod player notes . . .
#2  • De'Andre Washington  • F • 6-5 • 235 • Sr.  • Needs 23 points to reach 900 for his Washburn career
#3  • Virgil Philistin  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • With six more points he will reach 250 in two seasons
#4 • Jadarren Mumpfield  • G • 6-0 • 180 • Sr.  • Double figures in four of last five games (10.2 ppg)
#5  • Jeff Reid  • G • 6-6 • 190 • RS-Fr.  • 40 3-pointers 2nd on WU Freshman chart - (Shannon Kruger 54, 1998-99)
#10  • William McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr.  • Medical redshirt for the 2010-11 season (foot)
#12  • Robert Sigala  • G • 6-3 • 180 • Jr.  • 2 of 2 from the field in his last two appearances
#14 • Logan Stutz  • F • 6-9 • 225 • Sr.  • 73 points from 1,000 for his 3-year WU career
#15  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • So.  • Scored career-high 12 points against ESU in 1st meeting this year
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • So.  • Status for ESU game questionable (knee)
#21  • Bryce Simons  • G • 6-3 • 195 • So.  • Had an assist and a rebound in 1st meeting with ESU
#22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • Fr.  • 5.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 21 mins per game in last three
#24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • Jr.  • Missed PSU game with concussion
#33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • 77 of 172 career field goals have been 3-pointers (20th on WU chart)
#44  • Brandon Scaife  • F • 6-8 • 270 • Jr.  • Scored 3 points in seven minutes against ESU in 1st meeting

An Ichabod win over Emporia State would . . .
improve the Ichabods to 18-7 overall and 15-6 in the MIAA … give the Ichabods a 98-97 all-time series lead over the Hornets … wrap up the home slate 12-1 in Lee Arena this season … be the second straight win over the Hornets overall … be the fourth Ichabod win over the Hornets in the last five meetings … be the second straight win over the Hornets in Lee Arena … make the Ichabods 20-7 all-time in Lee Arena against the Hornets … be the Ichabods' eighth-straight win at home and their fifth straight win overall … give the Ichabods their first 18-win season since the 2007-08 season … make the Ichabods 1,404-970 all-time.

An Ichabod loss to Emporia State would . . .
drop the Ichabods to 17-8 overall and 14-7 in the MIAA … give the Hornets a 98-97 all-time series lead … be the Hornets first win in Topeka since a 78-63 win on Feb. 25, 2009 … drop the Ichabods to 1,403-971 all-time.

The Pittsburg State game revisited . . . the win . . .
improved the Ichabods to 17-7 overall and 14-6 in the MIAA … gave the Ichabods a 93-72 all-time series lead over the Gorillas … made the Ichabods 24-29 in Pittsburg since the 1956-57 season and 8-10 since joining the MIAA … was the seventh-straight win over the Gorillas overall and the third-straight win in Pittsburg … made the Ichabods 1,403-970 all-time.

Ichabods in the latest NCAA South Central Regional Rankings . . .
(Feb. 16, 2011) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Ichabods were No. 8 in the latest NCAA South Central Regional rankings prior to going 3-0 in action last week including a win over regionally-ranked No. 2 Missouri Southern. Below is the top 10 teams in the rankings and their results from last week's action with updated records entering this week's action.
1. Central Oklahoma (22-3) L-Texas A&M-Commerce, W-East Central
2. Missouri Southern (21-3) L-Washburn, W-#3 Fort Hay State
3. Fort Hays State (21-5) W-Southwest Baptist, L-#2 Missouri Southern
4. West Texas A&M (20-5) L-#4 TSU, W-#6 Midwestern State
5. Tarleton State (19-4) W-#4 West Texas A&M, W-Texas A&M-Kingsville
6. Midwestern State (19-6) W-Texas A&M-Kingsville, L-#4 West Texas A&M
7. Incarnate Word (16-7) W-Abilene Christian, L-Angelo State
8. Washburn (17-7) W-Truman, W-#2 Missouri Southern, W-Pittsburg State
9. Central Missouri (17-9) L-Nebraska-Omaha, W-Northwest Missouri
10. Cameron (16-9) W-ECU, W-Southwestern Oklahoma, W-Texas A&M-Commerce

'Bods and Ends . . . three-dot notes
The Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 219 straight games dating back to a Dec. 30, 2003 game with Missouri Western … overall the Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 1,056 of the last 1,058 games not hitting one against the Griffons and against Northwest Missouri on Jan. 30, 1990 … Mitch Allen has averaged 5.0 ppg going 5 of 9 from 3-point range against the Hornets in three career meetings scoring a career-high 12 points in the first meeting this season … Nate Daniels has scored 21 points against ESU in six career match ups scoring eight on March 5, 2009 in the MIAA Tournament … Virgil Philisin scored 22 against ESU for his career high on Feb. 24, 2010 at ESU averaging 9.0 ppg in three career games … Jeff Reid scored 17 points going 4 of 8 from 3-point range in the first meeting this season in Emporia … Logan Stutz is 18 of 32 from the field against ESU averaging 9.2 ppg in six career games adding 6.8 rpg … De'Andre Washington has averaged 13.7 ppg in three games with ESU along with 8.3 rpg and 5.2 apg … Bryce Simons was a high school teammate of ESU's Adam Holthaus and Matt Nelson … Nate Daniels' father played at Emporia State the 1977-78 season … the Ichabods are shooting 42 percent from the field in their seven losses while shooting 50 percent in their 17 wins … Washburn opponents are shooting 53 percent from the field in the Ichabods' seven losses while shooting 42 percent in the Ichabods' 17 wins … the Ichabods are +8.0 in their 17 wins this season and they are -2.6 in the losses … the Ichabods are averaging 19.1 assists per game in their wins and 13.3 in their losses … Washburn is 17-0 when leading at the end of regulation this season … Washburn is shooting 49 percent from the field in the second half of games scoring 41.1 points per half while they are shooting 46 percent in the first half scoring an average of 36 points per half … Logan Stutz is 85 of 120 from the field in the first half of games this season (71  percent) while scoring 9.8 points per half … in the second half he is scoring 10.5 points per half … the Ichabod bench has outscored their opponent's bench 501 to 495 this season …the Ichabods have scored 396 points off of opponent turnovers this season … this season when the Ichabods have more 3-point attempts than their opponent, Washburn is 8-4, when they shoot fewer 3-pointers than their opponent, the Ichabods are 8-2 … they are 1-2 in game which both teams shoot the same number of 3-point attempts … Washburn is allowing opponents an average of 62.3 ppg in home games this season while allowing 77.7 ppg in away and neutral site games … Washburn is +4.7 in rebounding margin in MIAA play.

Ichabod Basketball History . . .
Washburn is 1,403-970 (.590 in 2,373 games) in its 105th 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 453-203 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 352-64 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena - the 27th 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 wrap up the regular season at Lincoln on Feb. 26 in Jefferson City before starting the MIAA Championship Tournament on March 3 in Kansas City.