Opening Tip

• The Washburn Ichabods return to the court for the first time in 12 days when they will host the Lincoln Blue Tigers on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

• Washburn is 8-1 overall and 1-1 in MIAA play after falling to Missouri Southern last time out on Dec. 7 in a 110-73 loss.

• The Blue Tigers enter the game with a 2-9 record and an 0-3 conference mark after falling at Nebraska-Kearney last time out 84-58 on Dec. 14. 

• The Ichabods have won 23-straight games against the Blue Tigers and have not lost to Lincoln since a 69-66 loss on Dec. 27, 1968 in a neutral court game in Quincy, Ill., at the Quincy Invitational.

 Bod Notes

• The Washburn Ichabods have won 507 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 37-point loss to Missouri Southern was the biggest loss by an Ichabod team  since joining the NCAA Division II ranks topping the 32 point loss to Kansas in a regular season game in a 92-60 loss on Nov. 15, 2007.

• The 110 points allowed by the Ichabods in the loss to Missouri Southern was the fourth-highest total the Ichabods had given up in school history behind Central Oklahoma's 132 on March 14, 1992, Missouri S&T's 112 on Feb. 27, 1996 and Central Oklahoma's 111 on Dec. 19, 1998.

• Ichabod junior Christian Ulsaker will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a broken bone in his shooting hand in practice. He was averaging career-bests of 13.0 ppg and 3.8 rpg. He will apply for a medical redshirt as he played in only four games.

• After defeating Tabor in their regular season finale it marked the first time an Ichabod team had gone undefeated in non-conference play since the 2003-04 season when the Ichabods went 8-0 against non-MIAA competition during the regular season.

• The Ichabods have won their last 28 regular season non-conference home games with their win over Tabor.

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

 Ichabods on Radio

Washburn games will be broadcast on AM 580 WIBW 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 748-305 overall.

• has 507 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 433-79 going 382-68 in Lee Arena.

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

• his 748 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.

Lincoln head coach John Redmond

• Redmond is entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Blue Tigers and his seventh year overall with the team recording a 17-101 record at Lincoln. 

• Redmond was elevated to the position of head coach after spending two years as an assistant. 

• He is 0-5 against the Ichabods.

 Ichabod Player Notes

#3 • Jeff Reid • at least one 3-pointer in 8 of 9 games this season (13-30 overall).

#4 • Andy Wilson • has hit 7 of 21 3-pointers this season.

#5 • Korey Fisher • seven of 13 in the last two games averaging 9.5 ppg.

#11 • Kyle Wiggins • double figures in each of the last eight games. 

#13 • Chris Deanes • season-high 10 shot attempts against Missouri Southern scoring eight points.

#14 • Christian Ulsaker • will miss the rest of the season with a wrist injury and will apply for a medical redshirt playing in only four games.

#15 • Evan Robinson • has two rebounds this season.

#21 • Chris Davis • 4 of 6 from the field in the last two games averaging 5.0 points.

#22 • Alex North • averaging 17.3 ppg and 7 rpg in the last three games going 18 of 33 from the field.

#24 • Stephon Drane • has gone 15 of 26 from the field in the last four games averaging 9.8 ppg.

#31 • Leon Flowers • career-high 12 points against Missouri Southern going 4 of 8 from the field hitting all four free throw attempts

#32 • Dalton Abel • scored first three points of the season hitting a 3-pointer against Missouri Southern.

#34 • Jeremy Lickteig • recorded first assist of the season against Missouri Southern.

#42 • Colton Anderson • has at least one rebound in each of the last four games played.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods

Missouri Southern 110, #22 Washburn 73 • Dec. 7, 2013

JOPLIN, Mo. – A 21-9 run to start the second half by Missouri Southern was all the host squad needed as the No. 22-ranked Ichabods lost their seventh-straight game in Joplin in a 110-73 loss falling for the first time this season.

Washburn (8-1, 1-1 MIAA) trailed by as many as 40 in the second half as the Lions (7-1, 2-0 MIAA) became the first team in 88 games to reach the 100-point mark since Missouri Western scored 103 in a 103-82 win on Dec. 19, 2010.

The Ichabods trailed 47-40 at the break after back to back 3-pointers by the Lions Austin Wright with under a minute to play in the half. The Ichabods struggled from the free throw line going 9 of 16 while the Lions converted 11 of 15 attempts. Drane scored 11 of his points in the first half going 5 of 7 from the line in the half.

Kyle Wiggins led the Ichabods with 14 points and Drane finished with 11 and Leon Flowers scored 10 off the bench.

Austin Wright scored 23 points going 8 of 8 from the field and 7 of 7 from 3-point range to lead the Lions and Jordan Talbert scored 20 points as six Missouri Southern players in double figures.

Washburn finished 40 percent from the field for the game but went 8 of 29 from the field in the second half while the Lions were 23 of 44 including an 8 of 14 performance from behind the 3-point arc.

Washburn also had 19 turnovers leading to 23 points for the Lions.

 Missouri Southern Leftovers

• The 37-point loss to Missouri Southern was the biggest loss by an Ichabod team  since joining the NCAA Division II ranks topping the 32 point loss to Kansas in a regular season game in a 92-60 loss on Nov. 15, 2007.

• The 110 points allowed by the Ichabods in the loss to Missouri Southern was the fourth-highest total the Ichabods had given up in school history behind Central Oklahoma's 132 on March 14, 1992, Missouri S&T's 112 on Feb. 27, 1996 and Central Oklahoma's 111 on Dec. 19, 1998.

• The loss was the most by the Ichabods to the Lions topping the previous margin of a loss of 24 in an 89-65 loss on Feb. 12, 1983 in Joplin.

 About Lincoln

• Lincoln is 2-9 this season and 0-3 in the MIAA and have lost five of its last six games.

• The Blue Tigers have MIAA losses to Northeastern State (87-72), Central Oklahoma (90-71) and Nebraska-Kearney (84-58).

• Mike Smith leads the Blue Tigers with a 15.9 scoring average while Clay Crouch (14.6) and Joshua Buie (12.3) also average double-digit point per game averages.

• Buie is LU's assist leader with 3.8 per night

• On the glass, Aaron Spudich leads LU with 5.2 rebounds and James Edmond leads the team with 21 blocks.

• The Blue Tigers are averaging 76.9 ppg while allowing 88.8 ppg.

• Teams are outrebounding the Blues Tigers 42.6 to 32.8 this season including a 46.0 to 29.7 advantage in MIAA play.

 Series History With Lincoln

• Thursday's meeting will be the 27th in the series history and Washburn leads 23-3.

• Washburn has won the last 23 meetings in the series which began on Dec. 18, 1957 with the Blue Tigers winning 93-80. Lincoln won the next two and the teams did not meet again until Jan. 24, 1990 when the Ichabods won 98-93 on the road. 

• Washburn has won the last 23 games in the series and the last five match ups by an average margin of 24 points per game. 

• Overall the Ichabods are 10-1 against Lincoln in Jefferson City all-time having won their last 10 games with the lone loss coming in 1957 in the first meeting in the series. 

• In Topeka, the Ichabods are 11-1 and have won the last 11 meetings.

• In neutral site games Washburn is 2-1. 

 Last Meeting With Lincoln

Jan. 24, 20123-- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The No. 24-ranked Washburn Ichabods used a 19-0 run midway through the second half and turned an early deficit into a 76-53 win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers. Washburn snapped a two-game losing streak in the win over the Blue Tigers and won its 23-straight game over Lincoln. 

Washburn (11-4, 4-3 MIAA) was up seven at 49-42 with 11:59 left in the game before back-to-back dunks by Joseph Smith jump started the big run ending with a free throw by Will McNeill with 5:48 to play putting the game out of reach. The Ichabods held the Blue Tigers (3-16, 2-7 MIAA) to 7 of 27 shooting in second half while the Ichabods heated up to 61 percent hitting 20 of 33 shots in the frame.

In the first half, the Ichabods and the Blue Tigers were knotted at 32 after the Blue Tigers came out on fire hitting 7 of their first 9 3-pointers building a 13-point lead in the first half at 19-6.

McNeill led the Ichabods with 17 points on 8 of 10 shooting from the field adding a career-high seven assists coming off six assists in the Ichabods' last game at Northeastern State. He led four Ichabods in double figure scoring followed by Bobby Chipman and his fourth double double of his Washburn career with 14 points and 11 rebounds going a perfect 7 of 7 from the field while adding two blocks. Martin Mitchell had 12 points and Smith finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.

Cedric Ridle led the Blue Tigers with 21 points and five rebounds.

Washburn shot 57 percent from the field in the game hitting 25 of 44 attempts from the field while dominating on the glass 43 to 20. Washburn had 12 offensive rebounds leading to 10 second chance points. Washburn's bench also outscored the Blue Tiger reserves 18 to 5. Lincoln was 19 of 54 from the field in the game finishing 10 of 30 from the field from 3-point range after starting 7 of 9 from deep.

 Ichabods in the national rankings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Ichabods fell out of the rankings after the loss to Missouri Southern but did receive votes in the NABC top 25 coaches poll which was released last week.

 Ichabod Basketball History

• The Ichabods are 1458-976-4 (.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 507-224.

 Home sweet home

• The Ichabods are 382-68 (.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 will take the next 12 days off for finals returning to action against Lincoln on Dec. 19 and then Lindenwood on Dec. 22 in a Sunday afternoon contest.