Countdown to tip . . .
The Washburn Ichabods will open the MIAA Tournament for the second time in three years facing Emporia State in a postseason edition of the Turnpike Tussle on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. Washburn (18-8) is coming off a 69-67 win at Lincoln while the Hornets (15-13) knocked off No. 17-ranked Fort Hays State 81-77 last time out. The Ichabods and the Hornets met on Feb. 23 with the Ichabods falling 73-68 in Topeka. Washburn won the first meeting between the teams 69-56 in Emporia on Jan. 15. The winner of this game will advance to face the winner of the Fort Hays State/Missouri Western game at 2:15 p.m. on March 5.

Washburn (18-8) vs Emporia State (15-13)
March 3, 2011 • 8:15 p.m. • Kansas City, Mo. • Municipal Auditorium (8,500)

Washburn	At A Glance	Emporia State
18-8, 15-7 MIAA	Record	15-13, 12-10 MIAA
not ranked	National Ranking	not ranked
Bob Chipman (Kansas State, 1973)	Head Coach	David Moe (Texas Lutheran, 1986)
696-286, 32nd season	Record at School	160-124, 10th sason
Same	Overall	Same
www.wusports.com	Website	www.emporia.edu/athletics
ESU leads 98-97 / ESU W-1	Series
ESU won 73-68 in Topeka on Feb. 23, 2011	Last Meeting
AM 580 WIBW	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 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. 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 696-286 (.710) overall and he has 455 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 a all-time league-best 29 wins going 29-14 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. 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 160-124 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 12-11 against the Ichabods.
    
Last time out for the Ichabods . . .
(Feb. 26) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods let a 11-point second half lead slip away and survived a potential 3-point game-winning shot by Lincoln at the buzzer to wrap up the regular season with a 69-67 win over the Blue Tigers.
Alex North broke a 62-all tie with 3:20 remaining on a 3-pointer from the corner and then pushed Washburn's lead to five on the Ichabods' next possession in a jumper off the glass en route to a career-high 13 points in his first start of the season.
The Ichabods led by eight with 1:38 to go after a free throw by Jeff Reid while Mitch Allen added one free throw of his own. A lay up by Cedric Riddle, Jr. cut the Ichabod lead to two at 69-67 sitting up the potential game-winner by the Blue Tigers which went off the rim.
Five different Ichabods scored in double figures led by De'Andre Washington followed by North's 13 scoring 11 in the second half. Brandon Scaife scored a career-high 11 points as well. Jeff Reid had 11 and Jadarren Mumpfield scored 10. Washington and Mumpfield each had seven assists with Washington collecting a team-high six rebounds.
Riddle scored 26 points on 10 of 13 shooting and Pierre DeClue scored 14 to pace the Blue Tigers.
Washburn shot 62 percent from the field hitting 28 of 45 from the field while the Blue Tigers were 27 of 46 hitting 59 percent in the game.
The Ichabods were playing without Logan Stutz, who was out with an injury and Bobby Chipman, who will miss the remainder of the season with his knee injury suffered last week.

Series history with Emporia State. . .
Thursday's meeting will be the 196th meeting between these two schools and ESU leads the all-time series 98-97. 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 19-8 against the Hornets in Lee Arena. Washburn is 25-13 against ESU in MIAA games. Washburn is 3-0 against ESU in MIAA Postseason tournament games. Against the Hornets in Kansas City, the teams have met twice with the Ichabods winning both meetings - a 78-71 win on Mach 4, 2005 and an 88-82 win on March 5, 2009 - both quarterfinal match ups. The Ichabods have won three of the last five overall.

Last meeting with Emporia State . . .
(Jan. 23, 2011) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods dropped their home finale 73-68 to Emporia State in Lee Arena.
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.

About Emporia State . . .
The Hornets are 15-13 overall finished 12-10 in MIAA play after knocking off No. 17-ranked Fort Hays State in their regular season finale 81-77. The Hornets have won their last four games after losing the four games before starting their most recent winning streak. 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 11.4 ppg and Matt Boswell with 10.9 ppg. The Hornets are averaging 70.8 ppg while allowing 72.3 ppg. They are -3.4 in rebound margin this season. From the field ESU is 693 of 1516 hitting 46 percent and from 3-point range they are 204 of 554 for 37 percent. ESU has attempted 36 more free throws than its opponents hitting 393 of 559. Emporia State is 4-8 on the road this season and 0-2 on neutral courts.
   
Last time out for Emporia State . . .
ESU Sports Information -- (Feb. 26, 2011) February 26, 2011 -- The Emporia State men trailed for just 23 seconds in an 81-77 upset win over #17 Fort Hays State. Taylor Euler scored nine points in the final 1:01 to help the Hornets ice the victory.
ESU jumped ahead early leading by an 18-9 margin at one point early in the first half. ESU shot .484 in the first half while holding FHSU to just .355 going into the break. ESU would hold a 36-28 halftime lead as they hit four three pointers early.
In the second half FHSU would close the gap and at one point led by two points before ESU closed out the game. Euler finished in double figures with 18 points on the night wand was joined by Michael Tyler who also added 18 points. Adam Holthaus finished with 12 points as all eight Hornets seniors scored or pulled down a rebound in the contest.

The Ichabods in the MIAA Tournament. . .
• The Ichabods are 29-14 all-time in the MIAA Championship Tournament.
• The Ichabods are 16-2 in the first round, 9-7 in the semifinals and 4-5 in championship games. In games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 9-6.
• In first round games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 6-0. In semifinal games played in Municipal the Ichabods are 3-3 and in championship games in Kansas City the Ichabods are 0-3.
• The Ichabods have never been the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament or the No. 5 seed. Last season was the first year for the Ichabods to reach the tournament as the No. 8 seed and they reached the championship game.
• As the No. 1 seed, the Ichabods are 18-3, at No. 2 they are 4-3, at No. 4 they are 2-3, at No. 6 the Ichabods are 3-3, at No. 7 they are 0-1 and as the No. 8 seed they are 2-1.
• Head coach Bob Chipman has won more MIAA Tournament games than any other coach. He has won 29 games going 29-14 recording a .675 winning percentage. This season he is making his 19th appearance on the Ichabod bench in the tournament, which trails Missouri Western's Tom Smith for the most, Smith will be making his 20th appearance this season.
• Bob Chipman's four tournament titles is tied for the most all-time along with Tom Smith, Steve Tappmeyer and Ron Shumate (Southeast Missouri). Kim Anderson has won three titles and Robert Corn and Lynn Nance (UCM/SBU) have each won two.
• Overall, here's how the Ichabods have fared against MIAA opponents in the conference tournament by round and in Kansas City.
Team    Quarters    Semis    Finals    In KC    Overall
UCM    4-0    1-1    —    3-1    5-1
ESU    3-0    —    —    2-0    3-0
FHSU    —    —    —    —    0-0
MSSU    1-0    2-1    0-1    1-1    3-2
MWSU    —    2-2    1-2    1-1    3-4   
NWMSU    2-1    0-2    1-1    0-2    3-4
PSU    1-0    2-0    1-0    1-0    4-0
SBU    1-0    1-1    1-0    —    3-1
TSU    2-0    1-0    —    —    3-0
UNO    —    —    0-1    0-1    0-1
--- vs former members
MS&T    1-1    —    —    1-0    1-1
UMSL    1-0    —    —    —    1-0
SEMO    —    —    —    —    —
Totals    16-2    9-7    4-5    9-6    29-14

All-MIAA honors. . .
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Senior forward Logan Stutz became the first Ichabod to be named first team all-MIAA since the 2004-05 season after he was selected to the all-conference basketball team voted on by the league coaches. Fellow senior De'Andre Washington was named second team all-MIAA.
Stutz led the Ichabods and the league in scoring with 20.1 ppg while pulling down a team-high 6.8 rpg, which was sixth in the league. Stutz also leads the MIAA in field goal percentage hitting 69 percent of his shots, which is third in the nation as well. He is also 10th in the MIAA in blocks. His 38 points against Grand Canyon earlier this season was the highest point total in the MIAA this season and it was the sixth-best tally in Washburn history. He was the first all-MIAA pick for the Ichabods since the 2004-05 season when Travis Robbins earned first team as well as league MVP honors. Stutz's 502 points this season rank ninth on the Washburn all-time senior scoring chart and his scoring average is fifth on the senior scoring average listing.
Washington tied for sixth in the conference in scoring with a 17.3 ppg average while finishing ninth in rebounds with 6.4 per game. He finished fourth in the league in assists with 5.0 per game and fifth in 3-point field goals made per game with 2.0. Washington's 134 assists this season is fifth on Washburn's senior assist chart.

Ichabod player notes . . .
#2  • De'Andre Washington  • F • 6-5 • 235 • Sr.  • Has averaged 18.0 ppg, 6.0 apg, 5.0 rpg in two meetings with ESU
#3  • Virgil Philistin  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • His career-high 22 oints was scored against ESU on Feb. 24
#4 • Jadarren Mumpfield  • G • 6-0 • 180 • Sr.  • Ten or more points in 5 of last 7 games (9.4 ppg)
#5  • Jeff Reid  • G • 6-6 • 190 • RS-Fr.  • Double figures in 13 games this season, 41 of 99 from 3-point range
#10  • William McNeill  • G • 6-1 • 190 • Jr.  • Has been released to practice with the Ichabods, but will redshirt
#12  • Robert Sigala  • G • 6-3 • 180 • Jr.  • Two of 2 from the field in his last two appearances
#14 • Logan Stutz  • F • 6-9 • 225 • Sr.  • 17.5 ppg in two games vs ESU this season
#15  • Mitch Allen  • G • 5-9 • 165 • So.  • Scored career-high 12 vs ESU in 1st meeting this season
#20  • Bobby Chipman  • F • 6-8 • 210 • So.  • Will miss the remainder of the season (knee)
#21  • Bryce Simons  • G • 6-3 • 195 • So.  • Has scored three points in three MIAA tournament games
#22  • Alex North  • F • 6-6 • 210 • Fr.  • Scored 13 points in first start against Lincoln on 5 of 7 shooting
#24  • Zack Riggins  • F • 6-6 • 230 • Jr.  • Will miss the remainder of the season (concussion)
#33  • Nate Daniels  • G • 6-3 • 190 • Sr.  • Has scored 25 points in five MIAA Tournament games
#44  • Brandon Scaife  • F • 6-8 • 270 • Jr.  • Scored career-high 11 points vs Lincoln in last game (5-5 FG's)

An Ichabod win over Emporia State would . . .
improve the Ichabods to 19-8 overall giving the Ichabods their first 19-win season since the 2004-05 campaign when they went on to win 24 … improve the Ichabods to 17-2 all-time in the first round of the MIAA Tournament … improve the ichabods to 10-6 all-time in MIAA Tournament games in Kansas City … even the all-time series with Emporia State with 98 wins each …  improve the Ichabods to 4-0 all-time against Emporia State in the MIAA Tournament … improve Washburn to 3-0 all-time against the Hornets in first round MIAA Tournament games in Kansas City … give Bob Chipman his 30th all-time MIAA Tournament victory … make the Ichabods 1,405-971 all-time … send the Ichabods to a MIAA Tournament semifinals game with the winner of the Missouri Western/Fort Hays State game on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.

An Ichabod loss to Emporia State would . . .
drop the Ichabods to 18-9 overall … drop the ichabods to 16-3 in the first round of the MIAA Tournament … be the Hornets second straight win over the Ichabods in the series giving them a 99-97 all-time series lead … be the Hornets first win over the Ichabods in the MIAA Tournament … drop the Ichabods to 9-7 in all-time tournament games in Kansas City … drop the Ichabods to 1,404-972 all-time.

The Lincoln game revisited . . . the win . . .
improved the Ichabods to 18-8 overall and 15-7 in the MIAA … gave the Ichabods their 20th straight win over Lincoln …  was Washburn's eighth straight win over Lincoln in Jefferson City … gave the Ichabods their first 18-win season since the 2007-08 season … made the Ichabods 1,404-971 all-time … lock up the third seed in the upcoming MIAA Tournament setting up an 8:15 p.m. game on Thursday night in Municipal Auditorium.

'Bods and Ends . . . three-dot notes
The Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 221 straight games dating back to a Dec. 30, 2003 game with Missouri Western … overall the Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 1,058 of the last 1,060 games not hitting one against the Griffons and against Northwest Missouri on Jan. 30, 1990 … De'Andre Washinton has averaged 16.3 ppg and 11.3 rpg in three MIAA Tournament games … Logan Stutz has scored 59 points averaging 11.8 ppg in five MIAA Tournament games … Nate Daniels has scored 25 points in five MIAA Tournament games … Bryce Simons was a high school teammate of ESU's Adam Holthaus and Matt Nelson … Matt Nelson's younger brother Tyler plays tennis for the Ichabods … Nate Daniels' father played at Emporia State the 1977-78 season … Washburn is shooting 50 percent from the field in the second half of games scoring 40.4 points per half while they are shooting 46 percent in the first half scoring an average of 36 points per half … Logan Stutz is 89 of 126 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 10.2 points per half … the Ichabod bench has outscored their opponent's bench 537 to 529 this season …the Ichabods have scored 421 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 9-2 … they are 1-2 in game which both teams shoot the same number of 3-point attempts … Washburn is allowing opponents an average of 63.2 ppg in home games this season while allowing 76.8 ppg in away and neutral site games.

Ichabod Basketball History . . .
Washburn is 1,404-971 (.590 in 2,375 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 454-203 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 352-65 (.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. . .
With a win, the Ichabods will advance to the MIAA Tournament semifinals with the winner of the Fort Hays State/Missouri Western game at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. With a loss to the Hornets, the Ichabods will have to hold out hope for an NCAA South Central Regional at-large bid or the season will finish.