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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods dropped their home finale 73-68 to Emporia State in Lee Arena. The Ichabods will wrap up the regular season on Saturday at Lincoln before starting the MIAA Tournament next weekend in Kansas City.

Neither team led by more than seven in a game which saw 19 lead changes and 10 ties in the game. ESU broke a 60-all tie with 3:30 to go on a 3-pointer by Xavier Burnett, who followed the three with a free throw with 2:54 to go putting the Hornets up four. Burnette added another three stretching the ESU lead to seven with 2:25 to go in the game. Jadarren Mumpfield cut the lead to five with 1:59 to go with a couple of free throws and Alex North trimmed the lead back to three with 1:03 to play. After the teams traded turnovers, ESU's Michael Tyler pushed the Hornet lead back to five with 26 seconds to play before De'Andre Washington cut the lead back to two with 14 seconds to go. Taylor Euler hit a pair of free throws staking ESU to a four point lead with nine seconds to go. Washington drove to the basket and was fouled on the drive hitting the first free throw and missing the second but the Ichabods could not recover the rebound as ESU hit two more free throws to take the five-point win.

Washington led the Ichabods with 29 points on 11 of 18 shooting from the field including 5 of 11 from 3-point range. Stutz finished with 17 points. Xavier Burnett led the Hornets with 19 points.

The Ichabods finished 47 percent from the field hitting 24 of 51 shots while ESU was 46 percent connecting on 25 of 54 shots. Washburn was outrebounded 32 to 27.