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Washburn is 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA after splitting two MIAA games on the road in their last action.
The Ichabods will go 11 days between games since their loss on December 7 at Missouri Southern.
Lincoln is 3-7 and 0-3 in the MIAA. They have lost three straight, all conference games. The Blue Tigers are playing just their 2nd true road game. Their 3 wins came against NAIA opponents at neutral sites.
Washburn leads the series against /lu 22-0 with 5 straight wins since the Blue Tigers rejoined the MIAA in 2010.
WU is 2nd in the MIAA scoring 83.0 points a game but has the 13th highest scoring defense, allowing 71.5 ppg.
Washburn has the league's leading scorer with
Casyn Buchman at 20.5 points a game and the league's second highest rebounder with
Brittney Lynch and 9.9 a game.
Casyn Buchman has topped her previous career high of 13 points in every game this year with a high of 26 against Southwestern.
Buchman tied a school record going 12-12 from the free throw line at Drury. Overall, she is 31-32 from the line with 29 straight makes this year. The MIAA record is 36 straight made free throws.
Brittney Lynch has three career double-doubles this year. She averages 12.1 points, 20th in the MIAA, and 9.9 RB, 2nd in the league.
Five Ichabods are scoring in double figures this year and four of them are in the top 30 in the league in scoring.
The Ichabods were picked third in the MIAA coaches and media preseason polls. The coaches picked Emporia State first and the media picked Central Missouri first.
WU has been left out of the last two USA Today Sports national polls after being ranked as high as 16th this year.
Ron McHenry is 347-74 (.824) in his 14th year at Washburn. He is the winningest DII coach among those with at least 10 years experience and he's led Washburn to 12 straight NCAA tournaments.
Ichabods resume action with game Thursday against Lincoln
The Ichabods will resume action after an 11-day break with a game Thursday against Lincoln at 5:30 p.m. at Schendel Court in Lee Arena. Washburn (5-3, 1-1 MIAA) hasn't played since a loss December 7 at Missouri Southern.
The game will be carried live on 580 AM WIBW. Links to live stats, video and audio are available at wusports.com/live.
Washburn will then play on Sunday at home against Lindenwood before taking 12 days off before resuming action January 4 at Missouri Western.
Lincoln has lost three straight, all conference games, and is 3-7 overall and 0-3 in the MIAA. Their three wins came at neutral sites. They're playing just their second true road game.
Casyn Buchman leads the MIAA with 20.5 points a game after scoring a career high 27 points December 5 at Southwest Baptist. She's reached double figures in every game. She also leads the league with a .969 field goal percentage. She's made 29 straight shots from the free throw line.
Brittney Lynch is second in the MIAA with 9.9 rebounds a game and she nearly averages a double-double with 12.1 points a game.
McHenry begins 14th season at Washburn as NCAA II's winningest active coach
Washburn head coach
Ron McHenry returns for his 14th season at Washburn with the highest winning percentage among active NCAA II coaches with at least 10 years at four-year schools.
McHenry is 347-74 (.824) overall and he will need just three more conference wins to get his 200th MIAA victory. He's 197-47 (.807) in MIAA games.
McHenry is a four-time MIAA coach of the year and he has eight MIAA regular season titles. He's been to 12 straight NCAA tournaments and he coached Washburn to an NCAA II national title in 2004-05.
He started the year second all-time in NCAA II history among coaches with at least 10 years with an .828 winning percentage. Lloyd Clark holds the record with an .834 winning percentage at Delta State from 1984-2002.
Washburn drops out of national poll
The Ichabods went 1-1 on the road two weeks ago and dropped out of the Week 4 USA Today Sports national poll. They were also absent from this week's poll.
Washburn was ranked in 176 of the last 177 polls, dating back to week three of the 2002-03 season. The final poll of the 2010-11 season was the last time Washburn was not ranked before these last two polls.
Emporia State is the highest ranked MIAA team with a No. 3 ranking after a 9-0 start to the season. The Ichabods and Hornets won't play until February as they battle February 5 in Topeka and February 22 in Emporia.
Central Missouri is fifth in the poll and Washburn will travel to UCM January 6. Previous non-conference opponent Nova Southeastern is fourth in the nation and Drury is sixth.
Quick history review
In Washburn's 44 years of basketball since 1969-70, the Ichabods are 830-359-1 (.698) in 1190 games. They have 13 MIAA regular season titles and nine tournament titles since joining the league in 1989-90.
Thirty all-America awards have been won between 16 different players and Washburn has seven MIAA MVPs and 22 MIAA first-teamers.
The Ichabods won the 2004-05 NCAA II national title and set an NCAA II record with a 51-game winning streak stretching from 2004-05 into the 2005-06 season. Guard Jennifer Harris was the NCAA II player of the year in 2005-06 and was the No. 20 pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
Buchman keeps setting career highs
Junior guard
Casyn Buchman entered the year with a career high of 13 points set last year against Emporia State. She has since topped that in all eight games this year with a new career high of 27 December 5 at Southwest Baptist.
Buchman set a career high with 11 rebounds November 26 against Benedictine with her first career double-double. She added 19 points that game.
Buchman near the top in several MIAA categories
Junior guard
Casyn Buchman leads the MIAA with 20.5 points game and a .969 free throw percentage. She's ranked in 11 different MIAA statistical categories.
She is 31 of 32 overall from the free throw line with 29 straight makes. She hasn't missed a free throw since November 16, the third game of the year. The MIAA record for consecutive free throw makes was set by Washburn's Linda Olberding with 36 straight makes in 1997-98.
Lynch nearly averaging a double-double
Junior forward
Brittney Lynch leads the team and is second in the MIAA with 9.9 rebounds a game and she nearly averages a double-double as she has 12.1 points a game, 20th best in the MIAA. Lynch has scored in double figures in all but one game this year and has reached 10 or more rebounds four times with three double-doubles.
She set career highs on December 5 with 20 points and 17 rebounds at Southwest Baptist.
Coming up next
The Ichabods will host Lindenwood for the first time since 1999-00 Sunday at 1 p.m. in Lee Arena. Washburn is 3-0 all-time against the Lions.
Washburn will take 12 days off for the holidays and then play January 4 at Missouri Western to resume MIAA action. The Ichabods have won seven straight against the Griffons.
