Date: Jan. 19, 2013
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Talequah, Okla.
'Bod Quick notes
• The Ichabods are in a stretch of six of seven games on the road to open MIAA play.
• The Ichabods will return home on Jan. 31 to face Missouri Southern in only their third home game in the month of January.
• The 56 points in the loss to Truman last time out was the fewest points the Ichabods had scored in a game in Lee Arena since scoring 57 in a home win over Central Missouri on Dec. 31, 2010 in a 57-45 victory.
• The RiverHawks and the Ichabods have only met once - in the NCAA regional second round game on March 15, 2003 in Stephenville, Texas - with NSU winning 64-59.
• The .537 (22-41) field goal percentage by Truman was the highest by an Ichabod opponent this season.
• As were the 8 of 16 performance from 3-point range by the Bulldogs.
• The 56 points scored against Truman was a season-low by the Ichabods.
• The average scoring possession time for the Ichabods in the loss to Truman was 15 seconds while the Bulldogs averaged 21 seconds per scoring possession. Each team had 64 possessions in the game.
• This past week
Bob Chipman passed Norm Stewart and Jerry Tarkanian for 22nd on the all-time NCAA all-division coaching win chart who each had 729 wins. Chipman has 731 wins entering the Truman game. Next on the chart is John Chaney who had 741 career wins.
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Will McNeill record his 21st career game with at least four steals recording five against Truman last time out giving him 208 on his career.
• The Truman game was the first time since Feb. 23, 2011 the Ichabods had lost a game at home after leading at the half. Washburn led Emporia State 35-33 before losing 67-61 in Lee Arena.
• Truman became the first team to shoot over 50 percent against the Ichabods (22-41/.537) since Missouri Southern hit half its shots against the Ichabods on Feb. 15, 2012.
• Prior to the 64-56 Ichabod loss to Truman, Washburn was averaging 83.1 ppg.
Ichabods on radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK 106.9 FM 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
• is in his 34th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
• a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
• is 731-299 overall.
• has 490 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.
• has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
• in home games, he is 422-78 going 369-67 in Lee Arena.
• is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
• his 731 coaching wins is 22nd in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
• 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.
• Chipman is 0-1 against the RiverHawks.
Northeastern State RiverHawks head coach Larry Gipson . . .
• is in his 16th 2012-13 season as the RiverHawks head coach.
• has recorded a 255-183 record on the NSU bench.
• counting his junior college coaching record he is 540-343 in his 30th season overall.
• led NSU to the 2003 NCAA National Championship.
• is 1-0 against the Ichabods
Last time out for the Ichabods • Truman 64, #10 Washburn 56 • 1/16/13
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers by Truman spelled disaster as the Bulldogs knocked off the No. 10-ranked Washburn Ichabods at home in a 64-56 loss on Schendel Court at Lee Arena.
The start of the game could not have gone much better for the Ichabods as they jumped out to a 10-0 lead 4:20 into the game and Truman did not score until 10 seconds after that for its first points of the game. Washburn led the entire first half taking a 28-25 lead into the halftime break behind 46 percent shooting from the field while the Bulldogs (6-9, 3-4 MIAA) were held to 40 percent.
In the second half, Washburn built a lead of six at 34-29 with 18:23 to play and it wasn't until the 14:21 mark until the Bulldogs took their first lead of the game at 36-35. The teams traded baskets to exchange the lead four times but a 3-pointer by Cole Myers jump started a 13-1 Bulldog run over the next 3:24 pushing Truman out to an 11-point lead at 52-41 with 7:34 to play.
The Ichabods would counter with a 12-3 run over their own over the next 2:35 of the game to cut the Bulldog lead back to two at 55-53 but would get no closer as Truman pushed the lead back to the final margin of eight outscoring Washburn the final 2:14 of the game for its first win in Topeka since an 81-72 win on Jan. 28, 2006 snapping a streak of six straight games while improving to 5-26 all-time in Topeka.
Washburn was led by
Will McNeill who scored 20 points adding five steals, five rebounds and three assists going 8 of 11 from the free throw line.
Martin Mitchell finished with 13 points.
Bobby Chipman led the Ichabods with seven rebounds.
Truman shot a blistering 67 percent in the second half hitting 6 of 9 shots from 3-point range in the second half propelling themsevles to the win finishing 8 of 16 from behind the arc. Washburn fishing 10 of 34 in the second half including 0 of 6 from 3-point range finishing 21 of 58 for 36 percent from the field and 3 of 13 from 3-point range.
Tom Norton came off the bench to score 15 including 4 of 5 shooting from 3-point range. Seth Jackson had 13 points.
Washburn scored 23 points of 18 Truman turnovers while only committing nine turnovers on the night.
Series history with Northeastern State
• The RiverHawks lead the all-time series 1-0.
• The Ichabods and RiverHawks played in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with Washburn falling 64-59 on March 15, 2003 in Stephenville, Texas.
• The RiverHawks went on to win the NCAA National Championship that season.
About Northeastern State
• Enter the game with Washburn with an 11-4 record and a 4-3 MIAA mark.
• The RiverHawks won their first five games of the season before falling at Harding 65-63.
• Started the season 11-1 before losing MIAA games at home to Nebraska-Kearney and then road contests at Central Missouri and Southwest Baptist.
• Snapped a three-game losing streak last time out with an 80-71 win at Central Oklahoma.
• The RiverHawks averaged 73.1 ppg while allowing 62.0 ppg.
• Is led in scoring by Bryton Hobbs at 16.9 ppg, who also leads in assists at 4.8 per game.
• Jermaine Bransford is scoring 15.5 ppg with a team-high 9.4 rpg.
Last Time out for Truman
(Jan. 16, 2013) -- EDMOND, Okla. – The Northeastern State men's basketball team defeated Central Oklahoma 80-71 Wednesday night at Hamilton Field House.
The RiverHawks (11-4, 4-3 MIAA) snapped a three-game losing skid, while also halting the Bronchos (6-9, 4-3 MIAA) recent three-game win streak. Northeastern State earned its first win over UCO in Edmond since Feb. 4, 2009.
Senior forward Jermaine Bransford paced NSU with 22 points and nine rebounds, while playing all 40 minutes. He was 8-for-10 from the field and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line.
Junior forward Marcus Sheppard made four shots from distance and recorded a career-best 20 points. Junior guard Bryton Hobbs was 13-for-13 from the free-throw line and finished with 19 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. Senior guard Ethan Anderson added 10 points.
NSU shot 48 percent from the field (22-for-46), 28 percent from behind the arc (5-for-18) and 86 percent from the charity stripe (31-for-36). The 31 made free throws was the most in a game by Northeastern State since Jan. 13, 2010 against Cameron.
The Bronchos were led by Josh Gibbs, who scored 18 points. Spencer Smith contributed 12 and Christian Huffman came off the bench to add 11.
UCO shot 49 percent from the field (25-for-51), 22 percent from downtown (4-for-18) and 74 percent from the line (17-for-23).
The RiverHawks outrebounded their opponents 30-23, and both teams recorded 11 turnovers and nine assists. Darnell Hinson had 20 to lead Northeastern State.
Last meeting with Northeastern State
(March 15, 2003) STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- The Washburn Ichabods lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament falling 64-59 to Northeastern State. Washburn finishes the season with a 26-6 record.
Washburn trailed by three at the half 32-29 while hitting on 9 of 30 field goal attempts while NSU was 11 of 25 from the field. In the second half the Ichabods improved to 42 percent hitting 11 of 26 shots but were only 5 of 8 from the free throw line compared to Northeastern State going 17 of 22 from the charity stripe.
Manny Clifton scored 17 points off the bench to lead the Ichabods while Troy Douglas scored 12. Ryan Murphy had nine points and 11 rebounds.
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.
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Will McNeill has been named the MIAA Player of the Week twice on Nov. 26 and on Dec. 3.
• The Ichabods are +12.9 in scoring margin this season.
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Bryce Simons has missed the entire season with a knee injury.
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Alex North suffered a knee injury against Central Oklahoma and missed the last three games.
• With his 10 rebounds against Fort Hays State,
Will McNeill became the first Ichabod to record at least 1,000 points (1,376); 400 rebounds (406), 200 steals (203) and 150 assists (157) in a career.
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Will McNeill is 36 assists shy of becoming the sixth Ichabod to reach at least 1,000 points and 200 assists joining Tom Meier (2,082/242), Greg Wilson (1,323/295), Mike Dickerson (1,130/214), Todd Alexander (1,099/215) and Shannon Kruger (1,014/341). He enters the Truman game with 1,389 points and 161 assists.
Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the Ichabods
• The Ichabods have trailed at the half in three of their last six games #NeedBetterStarts
• The game against Newman was the first time the Ichabods did not lead at any point in a game since Feb. 17, 2010 in a 77-54 loss at Missouri Southern #PlayingFromBehind
• Washburn did not lead at any point against Central Oklahoma either #GoGoGo
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Will McNeill moved into seventh on all-time scoring chart passing Ron Berkholtz (1,342 from 1965-69 in 101 games) against ESU. He has scored 1,407 points in 103 games #Buckets
• Next on the chart is Dan Buie (1,484 - 1995-97) in sixth on the all-time chart #SelectCompany
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Will McNeill's 469 field goals is eighth all-time at Washburn #Scorer
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Bobby Chipman's 204 3-point attempts is 21st in school history #FromWayDowntown
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Bobby Chipman's 69 career blocks is tied for fifth all-time at Washburn and can move into the top four with 12 more #RejectionCity
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Bobby Chipman's 455 rebounds is 23rd all-time at Washburn #boards
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Will McNeill's 413 free throw made is fourth at Washburn #GetToTheLine
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Will McNeill's 526 free throw attempts is sixth at Washburn #LineTime
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Will McNeill's .785 free throw percentage is eighth all-time at WU #Automatic
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Martin Mitchell's assist average of 3.7 per game is tied for seventh all-time at Washburn #Dimes
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Will McNeill's 208 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
• In reaching 20 points against Truman,
Will McNeill kept his double-figure scoring streak alive at 46 games with all 33 games in the 2011-12 season and the first 13 of this season. #DoNotTalkAboutTheStreak
Ichabod Basketball History
• Washburn is 1,441-972-2 all-time in 2,413 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 490-215 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.
Ichabods in the national rankings
• The Washburn Ichabods climbed from 13th to 10th in the latest NABC Top 25 coaches poll which was released on Jan. 15.
• The Ichabods have been in the top 25 a total of 94 times since joining the NCAA ranks.
• The Ichabods have been in the top 10 in the national rankings 51 times.
Home sweet home
• The Ichabods are 369-67 (.848) all-time 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
Washburn will continue its three-game roadtrip at Lincoln on Jan. 24 and at Lindenwood on Jan. 26. Washburn will then finish the regular season with seven of its final 10 regular season games at home starting on Jan. 31 with Missouri Southern.
