Opening Tip

• The Washburn Ichabods will continue their five-game homestand hosting Kansas Wesleyan on Nov. 18 on Schendel Court at Lee Arena.

• Washburn is 3-0 this season after topping Peru State last time out 92-66.

• Kansas Wesleyan is 2-4 this season after losing to Central Christian College 85-69 on Nov. 14 last time out.

• Monday's game with the Coyotes will count as an exhibition game for Kansas Wesleyan.

 Bod Notes

• The Ichabods have won their last 24 regular season non-conference home games.

• Washburn's last regular season loss in Lee Arena in non-conference action was against Central Oklahoma 83-67 on Nov. 29, 2005.

• The Washburn Ichabods have won 502 games since becoming a member of the NCAA Division II ranks prior to the start of the 1989-89 season - which is the most by any member of the MIAA during that stretch.

• The Ichabods will open MIAA play on Dec. 5 at Southwest Baptist.

 Ichabods on Radio

Washburn games will be broadcast on 106.9 KTPK FM radio with Mark Elliott and Jake Lebahn calling the action. 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

Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman 

• is in his 35th season at the helm of the Ichabods.

• a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.

• is 743-304 overall.

• has 502 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 MIAA tournament championships.

• has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.

• in home games, he is 429-79 going 378-68 in Lee Arena.

• is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.

• his 743 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.

Kansas Wesleyan head basketball coach Chris Fields

• is in his third season as the Coyotes head coach and has gone 13-50.

• overall he is 131-236 in his 13th season overall.

• he has never coached against the Ichabods.

 Ichabod Player Notes

#3 • Jeff Reid • Had six assists and no turnovers while adding seven rebounds in the win over Peru State.

#4 • Andy Wilson • Seven field goal attempts and three 3-point attempts against Peru State were career highs.

#5 • Korey Fisher • Had three points, three rebounds and three assists against Peru State.

#11 • Kyle Wiggins • Has reached double figures in two of three games this season.

#13 • Chris Deanes • Has averaged 14.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in the last two contests.

#14 • Christian Ulsaker • Three steals against Peru State was a career high.

#15 • Evan Robinson • Recorded first career block against Peru State.

#21 • Chris Davis • Missed Peru State game with flu-like symptoms.

#22 • Alex North • Recorded his fourth double double of the career and second straight against Peru State with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

#24 • Stephon Drane • His 15 points against Peru State was a career high as were the six rebounds and two blocks.

#31 • Leon Flowers • Has averaged 5.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in three games this season.

#32 • Dalton Abel • Both his rebounds against Peru State were offensive last time out.

#34 • Jeremy Lickteig • Recorded a career-high eight points against Peru State last time out.

#42 • Colton Anderson • Is 2 of 3 from the field this season averaging a rebound a game.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods

Washburn 92, Peru State 66 • Nov. 12, 2013

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod basketball team improved to 3-0 with a home-opening 92-66 win over Peru State on Monday night on Schendel Court at Lee Arena. 

The Ichabods led from start to finish as four starters reached double figures led by Stephon Drane and Christian Ulsaker who each had 15 to tie for game-high honors. Alex North recorded his second-straight double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Washburn led 38-29 at the half after shooting 41 percent, but they were outshot by the Bobcats who hit 11 of 23 shots in the opening half. In the second half, the Ichabods improved to a blistering 59 percent from field hitting 23 of 39 shots to finish at 50 percent from the field for the game.

The game was tied early at 12-12 before the ichabods would go on an 18-7 run over the next 7:22 to put the game out of reach. Washburn would lead by as many as 30 in the game at 82-52 with 5:04 left in the match.

Chris Deanes scored 13 and Kyle Wiggins scored 12.

Washburn had a 50 to 33 advantage on the glass outscoring 52 to 30 in the paint. Washburn also forced 15 turnovers turning those miscues into 21 points.

 About Kansas Wesleyan

• The Coyotes are 2-4 this season.

• KWU was 8-20 last season and return three starters and 12 letterwinners overall.

• KWU lost to Central Christian last time out on Nov. 14 85-69.

• The Coyotes have wins over Manhattan Christian (92-79) and Haskell (91-81).

• Brock Borovetz's 16.3 points lead the team in scoring. He has hit 22 of 42 shots from 3-point range this season hitting 52 percent of his attempts.

 Series History With Kansas Wesleyan

• The Ichabods lead the all-time series 18-8 and have won the last five games in the series. 

• Prior to the 2003-04 season, the teams had not played since the 1951-52 season. 

• The game played on Nov. 22, 2003 was a 122-57 win for the Ichabods and it was the third-highest single-game point total in Washburn history at the time.

• The 65-point margin of victory is the largest in Ichabod history topping the 62-point win over Campbell in an 81-18 win during the 1913-14 season.

 Last Time Out For Kansas Wesleyan

(Nov. 14) SALINA, Kan. --Playing their sixth game in 14 days, the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes were unable to come up with a victory over the Central Christian Tigers on Thursday night at Mabee Arena. The Tigers were victorious over the Coyotes 85-69. 

Wesleyan struggled to find the bucket all night, shooting just 31.8 percent from the field for the game, while wasn't much better shooting from the field, but was much better at the line where the biggest difference in the game was. Wesleyan connected on just 65.7 percent of its foul shots while Central Christian hit 81 percent of its charities.

 Central Christian built an 8-3 lead with 17:13 to go in the first half, but the Coyotes would come back to tie things up at 10-all on a three-point play by Jacob Lunz. Central Christian would maintain its lead until Dylan Hidalgo's free throws with 10:24 to go in the half put the Coyotes up 18-16. A three by Hidalgo pushed the Coyotes' lead out to five points at 21-16 with 9:07 to go.

Daniel Nwosuh hit a three for Central Christian to give the Tigers the lead back with 6:55 to go in the half and the Tigers would build as much as a seven-point lead with 4:45 to go before the Coyotes got four straight points by Dane Brinker to get within three with 3:45 left.

The Tigers would take a 10-point lead into the half on Michael Gholston's three with 33 seconds left before the half.

Central Christian opened the second half pushing its lead to 19 points at 53-37 with 14:47 to go. The Coyotes fought back, cutting the Tigers' lead to seven points with 7:36 to go on a bucket by Brinker.

Forced to foul, the Coyotes saw Central Christian pull away late to come away with the 85-69 win.

Aaron Miller had 28 points to lead all scorers in the game for Central Christian, who remained unbeaten at 6-0 on the season.

Wesleyan was 21-of-68 from the field for 31.8 percent and had four players reach double figures led by Brock Borovetz with 13 points off the bench. The Coyotes were just 4-of-23 from 3-point range and 23-of-35 from the line. Michael Johnson led the Coyotes with seven rebounds.

 Last Meeting With Kansas Wesleyan

Nov. 20, 2010 -- TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods improved to 2-0 on the season tying a school record with 15 3-pointers in a 99-52 win over Kansas Wesleyan.

The Ichabods jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start the game with four points coming from Nate Daniels under two minutes into the game, but Kansas Wesleyan would cut the lead to three at 9-6 on a 3-pointer by Trevor Kuhlman, who led the Coyotes with 17 points on the night. However three straight 3-pointers by Daniels, Virgil Philistin and Jadarren Mumpfield followed by back-to-back jumpers in the paint by Brandon Scaife pushed the Ichabods out to a 22-6 lead with 13:34 to go in the game and Washburn would not look back. 

The Ichabods stretched the lead to as many as 25 in the first half using a blistering 65 percent shooting performance hitting 11 of 19 3-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes. The Ichabods finished the half 22 of 34 with 18 assists while turning the ball over only four times.

In the second half the Ichabods continued the hot shooting connecting on 18 of 33 shots for a 55 percent average while holding the Coyotes to 5 of 20 from the field (3 of 7 from 3-point range) in Ichabod 47 point win.

Jeff Reid led the Ichabods off the bench with 17 points hitting 5 of 8 3-pointers on the night going 6 of 8 from the field overall. Daniels and Mumpfield each had 15 and Philistin finished with 14. De'Andre Washington had seven points with six rebounds and five assists. Scaife finished with a team-high seven rebounds.

The Ichabods finished the game hitting 40 of 67 shots for a 60 percent average while hitting 15 of 33 3-pointers in the game. It was the third time in school history the Ichabods had hit 15 in a game and the first since Jan. 9, 2008 when Washburn hit 15 at Emporia State.

Washburn outscored the Coyotes 48 to 14 in the paint while holding a 24 to 2 advantage in fast break points. The Ichabods also forced 26 turnovers leading to 37 Ichabod points.

 Ichabods in the national rankings

The Ichabods did not receive any votes in the preseason NABC Top 25 coaches poll which was released on Nov. 11. The Ichabods have been in the top 25 a total of 98 times since joining the NCAA ranks and they have been voted in the top 10 a total of 51 times since the 1989-90 season. 

? Ichabod Basketball History

• The Ichabods are 1453-975-4 (.591) all-time in the 109th year in the program's history.

• Washburn is the eighth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.

• Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 502-224.

 Home sweet home

• The Ichabods are 376-68 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.

• The 2013-14 season marks the 29th 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 returns to action on Nov. 21 when they will face Rockhurst at 7 p.m. in Topeka.

• The Ichabods will then take on Newman on Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. and then wrap up non-conference play with Tabor on Tuesday, Nov. 26 against Tabor.

• The Ichabods will open MIAA play on Dec. 5 at Southwest Baptist.