Pregame
The No. 2-ranked Washburn Ichabods return home after a 2-0 weekend trip to St. Mary's in the Rattler Thanksgiving Classic after beating the host squad 67-63 on Nov. 23 and then hammering Minnesota Duluth 86-61 the following night. The Ichabods (5-0) will take on the Bellevue Bruins, the No. 13-ranked team in NAIA Division II out of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Bruins are 6-3 on the season coming off a 81-75 win over Sterling.
Opening Tip - Bellevue . . .
Game Notes:
Washburn | Bellevue
Date: Dec. 1, 2012
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Arena: Schendel Court at Lee Arena (3,970)
Radio: KTPK 106.9 FM
Online Audio: Through
wusports.com (free)
Online Video: None
Television: None
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Series: WU leads 1-0
'Bod Quick notes
• The Ichabods are ranked No. 2 in the NABC top 25 coaches poll and the coaches pick to win the MIAA this season.
• Saturday's meeting will be the first with Bellevue since a Nov. 21, 1987 win for the Ichabods over the Bruins in Topeka in a 100-72 win. The two teams have played only once all-time.
• Washburn is looking for its first 6-0 start since the 2004-05 season when they Ichabods went on to a 24-8 record en route to the MIAA regular season championship.
• Washburn will open MIAA play in its next game on Dec. 6 against Southwest Baptist in Topeka at 7:30 p.m.
Ichabods on radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on 106.9 FM KTPK with Mark Elliott and Jake Lebahn. The game will also be streamed live on the wusports.com website by following the listen live links on the men's basketball schedule page.
The coaches
• He is in his 34th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
• Ichabod head coach
Bob Chipman is a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
• He is 726-296 overall.
• He has 485 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
• Has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason tournament championships.
• He has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
• In home games, he is 419-77 going 365-66 in Lee Arena.
• He is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
• His 726 coaching wins is 25th in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
• He led the Ichabods to the 1987 NAIA National Championship and a 2001 NCAA National game, which was later vacated by Kentucky Wesleyan.
• Chipman played for legendary coach Jack Hartman earning two letters.
• He is 1-0 against Bellevue.
Bellevue head coach Shane Paben. . .
• is in his fifth season as the Bruins head coach.
• has led the Bruins to a
• has a career record of 114-32 (.788) in his four seasons with the Bruins and a 44-8 (.846) mark in the MCAC.
• Bellevue won its third-straight MCAC regular season and tournament titles in 2011-12, finishing the season with a 28-6 record and a 13-1 conference mark. The Bruins also ended the season ranked No. 8 and Paben was named the MCAC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.
Last time out for the Ichabods • #2 Washburn 86, Minnesota Duluth 61 • 11/24/12
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The No. 2-ranked Washburn Ichabods trailed Minnesota Duluth 3-2 for their only deficit of the night cruising to an 85-61 win to improve to 5-0 on the season in their final game of the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic.
After falling behind 3-2 after scoring the first points of the game Washburn would go on an 18-5 run over the next six minutes to put the game out of reach as the Ichabods took a 42-31 lead into the halftime break. Washburn used a balanced scoring attack in the first half as seven different players had at least four points.
In the second half, the Bulldogs cut the lead to 10 twice in the frame, but would not get within double digits the remainder of the game as the Ichabods would go on to lead by 25 twice in the game including the final margin at 86-61.
Ben Bucholtz led the Bulldogs with 13 points.
Washburn shot 52 percent from the field hitting 32 of 62 from the field overall going 14 of 25 in the second half. Washburn held the Bulldogs to 15 of 47 from the field in the game for a 32 percent clip including only 7 of 27 from the field in the second half.
Washburn also forced the Bulldogs into 19 turnovers leading to 18 points. Washburn was outrebounded 35 to 32 in the game.
Series history with Bellevue
• Saturday's meeting will be the first and the second overall since a 100-72 Washburn win over the Bruins in Lee Arena on Nov. 21, 1987.
About Bellevue
• Bellevue was ranked No. 13 in the latest NAIA Division II Poll entering Saturday's game with a 6-3 record.
• They are coming off 81-75 win over Sterling on Nov. 24.
• Darius Robinson leads the team with 17.2 ppg. Missouri Western transfer Shawn Tarver is scoring 11.5 points per game with a team-high 9.0 rebounds per game.
• The Bruins have four averaging double figures.
• The team is scoring 73.4 ppg while allowing 72.1 ppg.
Last Time out for St. Mary's
BELLEVUE, Neb. -- The 13th-ranked Bellevue University men's basketball team erased a 14-point second-half deficit to record an 81-75 victory over Sterling College in the final game of the Hampton Inn Thanksgiving Classic Saturday night at the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.
Bellevue (6-3) did not allow a field goal in the final seven minutes of the contest, while escaping with the six-point victory. Sterling fell to 3-5 on the season with the loss.
Jamil Goodwin tied a season-high with 20 points, while adding five rebounds. Darius Robinson and Dominique Grant added 13 points apiece and Shawn Tarver collected his second double-double of the season with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
Sterling was led by Raheem Odomes' 26 points.
After Sterling scored the game's first five points, the Bruins went on a 15-4 run to establish a 15-9 advantage with 13:11 remaining in the first half. The Warriors scored seven-straight points capped by a pair of jumpers from Odomes to regain the lead at 16-15 midway through the period.
Five-straight points from Odomes gave Sterling a six-point (25-19) lead at 6:51. The Warrior lead reached eight points (32-24) before BU closed the half on an 8-2 run as Sterling went into the intermission with a slim 34-32 advantage.
Goodwin led the Bruins in the opening period with seven points. Adam Brown scored 12 points and Odomes added nine for the Warriors in the opening period which featured four ties and eight lead changes.
The Warriors grabbed a 10-point lead (58-48) in the first eight minutes of the second half fueled by 11 points from Odomes. A 3-point play by Odomes at 8:59 extended the Warrior lead to 14 points at 68-54.
Sterling maintained a 14-point margin until seven-consecutive points from Grant cut the deficit to seven points (71-64) with just under five minutes remaining in the contest.
After a Warrior bucket, the Bruins closed the game on a 17-2 run to collect the 81-75 victory.
Last meeting with Bellevue
(Nov. 21, 1987) TOPEKA -- Washburn led the Belleuve Bruins 52-39 at the break shot over 50 percent each half en route to a 100-72 win in Lee Arena.
Joe Becker led three Ichabods in double figures as he connected on 6 of 7 3-point attempts scoring 24 points. Rich Hamilton and Greg Wilson each scored 18 while Wilson led the team with eight rebounds. Becker added four assists as well.
Washburn outrebounded the Bruins 46 to 34. Derrick Helms led the Bruins with 21 points.
Bod bits
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Will McNeill was named a preseason All-American by the Basketball Times. He is the first Ichabod to receive preseason All-American honors since Travis Robbins prior to the 2004-05 season.
• The Ichabods trailed by five at St. Mary's for the first and largest deficit of the season.
• The Ichabods are +22.8 in scoring margin this season.
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Zack Riggins had a tied a career high with three steals against Minnesota Duluth after gaining three against Rockhurst in the game prior.
• Making his first start in place of the injured
Alex North,
Kyle Wiggins scored a career-high 15 points going 6 of 10 from the field hitting 3 of 5 3-point attempts in 25 minutes of play.
• In three games in the starting role, Wiggins has averaged 7.0 ppg.
•
Alex North is still out from the concussion suffered against Bethany and will be until further notice.
Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the Ichabods
• The Ichabods led for 39:43 of the game against Rockhurst, 39:49 of the game against Bethany, 39:40 of the game against Peru State, 33:29 against St. Mary's and 38:25 against Minnesota Duluth in their five games this season #Domination
• That translates to 95.5 percent of the season #MathFact
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Will McNeill is ninth on all-time scoring chart with 1,252 points in 95 games #Buckets
• In Texas, McNeill passed Jemi Johnson (1,215 - 1992-95) and Eric Carter (1,241 - 1997-2001) on the all-time chart. #MovingOnUp
• Next on the chart is Greg Wilson (1,323 - 1985-89) in eighth on the all-time chart #SelectCompany
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Bobby Chipman's 188 3-point attempts is 24th in school history #FromWayDowntown
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Bobby Chipman's 61 career blocks is eighth all-time at Washburn and can move into the top five with six more #RejectionCity
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Will McNeill's 344 free throw attempts is fifth at Washburn #GetToTheLine
• He needs 24 to pass Tom Meier for fourth on the all-time list #GoodCompany
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Will McNeill's 184 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
Ichabod Basketball HIstory
• Washburn is 1,436-969-2 all-time in 2,407 games played
• The 2012-13 season is Washburn's 107th of basketball.
• Washburn is the ninth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history.
• The Ichabods are 485-212 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks, which is the most wins by any program in the MIAA since the 1989-90 season.
• Washburn has won ten MIAA regular season championships and 21 conference championships in school history.
• The Ichabods previously won the MIAA regular season championship in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2012.
Home sweet home
• The Ichabods are 366-66 (.848) all-time at Schendel Court in Lee Arena.
• The 2012-13 season marks the 28th season of play in Lee Arena.
• The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
Up Next
The Ichabods will open MIAA play on Dec. 6 against Southwest Baptist in Topeka at 5:30 p.m.
