KEARNEY, Neb. -- The No. 13-ranked Ichabods made their first made their first trip to face the Lopers a good one as Washburn cruised to a 72-56 win over Nebraska-Kearney. Washburn will return home for the first time in three game to host Truman on Wednesday in Topeka.

Martin Mitchell led the Ichabods with 23 points tying a career high and Will McNeill recorded his second-straight double double - his sixth of his career - in the win while Bobby Chipman filled up his stat line with eight points, 10 rebounds and a career-high seven assists.

The Ichabods (10-2, 3-1 MIAA) trailed only once at 4-3 during the game as Washburn turned an 11-11 tie using a 13-2 run over a four-minute span to go up 11 at 24-13 with 8:19 to play in the first half. The Ichabods would go on to lead by as many as 14 in the first half before taking a 36-25 lead into the break over the Lopers (4-10, 1-5 MIAA).

In the second half the Lopers would get no closer than 13 as Washburn started on a 6-0 run to put the game out of reach as the Ichabods would go on to build a margin of 25 points at 59-34 with 11:15 to play rolling to the 16-point win.

Mitchell scored 17 of his 23 in the first half hitting 7 of 9 shots from the field including three 3-pointers. Washburn shot 58 percent in the first half hitting 15 of 26 shots and finished 30 of 55 from the field for a 55 percent average. Defensively the Ichabods held the Lopers to 34 percent from the field. 

Washburn had 24 assists on its 30 made field goals. Following Chipman's seven, Kyle Wiggins and Mitchell each had five assists and McNeill had four. Joseph Smith had three blocks eight points and seven rebounds.

Pierre Newton led the Lopers with 14 points and Jon Henderson scored 13.