'Bod Quick notes
• Wednesday's game will be the last regular season meeting between the Griffons' head coach Tom Smith and the Ichabods who is retiring at the end of the season.
• He has compiled a 29-27 record against the Ichabods going 1-2 while at Central Missouri and 28-25 while at Missouri Western.
• Smith is the third-winningest active coach in NCAA Division II with 617 wins behind Washburn's
Bob Chipman who enters the game with 736.
• All-time Smith's 617 wins ranks him 11th on the all-time Division II coaching chart.
• Between Chipman (736-301) and Smith (617-458), the two coaches have coached 2112 games combining for a win-loss record 1353-759 for a winning percentage 64 percent.
• The Ichabods have won the last four of the last five meetings in the series.
• In St. Joseph, Washburn has lost four of the last five after winning last season 64-55 on Jan. 28, 2012.
• The last time the Ichabods have won two straight in St. Joseph was on Dec. 30, 2003 in a 67-74 win and on Jan. 29, 2005 in a 72-66 win.
• Washburn is sixth in the NCAA in assist to turnover ratio and seventh in turnovers per game.
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Will McNeill is fifth on the NCAA Division II active steals chart with 221. Alex Falk of West Liberty leads all active players with 257.
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Will McNeill is sixth in active player free throws made with 452 in Division II.
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Will McNeill is 9th in the NCAA in steals at 2.9 per game this season.
Ichabods on radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on 106.9 FM KTPK 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 736-301 overall.
• has 495 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 425-79 going 372-68 in Lee Arena.
• is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
• his 736 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 40-30 against Missouri Western.
Missouri Western head coach Tom Smith . . .
• Tom Smith begins his 25th season at Missouri Western and his 38th season overall
• Smith has compiled a 617-458 record, a .575 winning percentage that ranks him among the five top active coaches at the Division II level.
• Smith was inducted into the Missouri Western State University Athletics Hall of Fame in September of 2006 and is also a member of the Missouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame
• Smith has coached 49 All-MIAA selections in his 24 seasons at Missouri Western, six All-Region/District picks and three NCAA All-Americas.
• Smith is the winningest head coach in MIAA history with 531 wins under his belt at both the University of Central Missouri (1975-80) and Missouri Western (1989-present). In 36 seasons as a collegiate head coach at three different schools, Smith has compiled a 616-458 record, a .579 winning percentage that ranks him among the 20 top active coaches at the Division II level. Smith coached his 1,000 career game against the University of Central Missouri on March 13, 2010 in the 2010 NCAA Division II Men's National Tournament. Only one other coach has taken a MIAA team to the same number of NCAA tournament appearances than Smith since the Griffons joined the league in 1989.
Last time out for the Ichabods • #17 Washburn 80, Northwest Missouri 67 • 2/9/13
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The No. 17-ranked Washburn Ichabods shot a smoking 63 percent in the second half en route to a 57 percent performance for the game as Washburn topped Northwest Missouri 80-67 on Schendel Court at Lee Arena on Saturday night.
With the Ichabods (15-4, 8-4 MIAA) up one at 21-20 with 4:45 to play in the half, a
Martin Mitchell 3-pointer started a 13-4 run to end the period sending the Ichabods to the locker room with a 34-22 lead over Northwest (15-7, 8-5 MIAA).
To start the second half, the Ichabods came out on a 13-2 run over the first 4:21 of play to open up a 47-24 lead for their biggest lead of the night at 23.
Washburn kept the Bearcats at arms-length until the Bearcats finished the game on a 9-0 run over the final 53 seconds to pull within 13 at the buzzer.
Mitchell led the Ichabods with 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting overall going 4 of 6 from 3-point range adding four rebounds and four assists.
Will McNeill had 16 points to go with four rebounds, three assists and two steals becoming the sixth Ichabod to score at least 1,000 points while dishing out 200 career assists.
Christian Ulsaker and 11 points hitting all seven free throw attempts and
Kyle Wiggins finished with 10 points.
Kyler Erickson had 17 points off the bench to lead the Bearcats. Grant Cozad had 13 off the bench and DeAngelo Hailey had 12.
Washburn finished at 57 percent from the field while limiting the Bearcats to 21 of 59 shooting for the game. The Bearcats did have a 34 to 28 advantage on the glass converting 19 offensive rebounds to 25 second chance points. The Northwest bench also outscored the Ichabod bench 48-21.
Series history with Missouri Western
• Wednesday's meeting will be the 83rd meeting between the two schools with Washburn leading the series 47-35.
• The Ichabods are 23-20 against MWSU in MIAA games and 20-10 in Lee Arena.
• The Ichabods snapped a four-game losing streak in games played in St. Joseph, in their last visit on Jan. 28, 2012.
• In the MIAA Tournament the Ichabods are 3-4 against the Griffons. Since joining the MIAA, the Ichabods are 8-17 in MIAA games played in St. Joseph. The series is tied a 4-4 in overtime games.
Last meeting with MIssouri Western
(Feb. 6, 2013) TOPEKA, Kan. --
Martin Mitchell scored 20 first half points en route to a career-high 32 but it was not enough as the No. 17-ranked Washburn Ichabods fell to Missouri Western 79-74.
Both team shot above 50 percent in the first half as the Ichabods (14-5, 7-4 MIAA) were 13 of 26 from the field hitting 6 of 13 3-point attempts while the Griffons (9-12, 5-8 MIAA) were 13 of 24 going 4 of 9 from 3-point range hitting 54 percent of their shots as the Ichabods took a 40-36 lead into the halftime break. Washburn trailed by as many as nine in the first half at 16-9, but used a 10-0 over a 60 second stretch to take a three-point lead.
Jared Henry scored five points during the stretch. Again the Griffons pushed out to a nine-point lead at 32-23 before MItchell would hit four straight 3-pointers on consecutive trips down the court to put Washburn up 35-32 as they would hold for the four-point lead at the break.
Out of the break, the Ichabods would score four straight by
Joseph Smith to build a six-point lead and Washburn stretched its lead out to as may as nine points with 11:28 to play before a 9-2 Griffon run cut the lead to two with 8:22 to play.
Washburn led by three at 67-64 with 4:15 to play but Western finished the game on a 15-7 run to end the game snapping Washburn's four-game winning streak over the Griffons.
Mitchell's 32 points were the most by an Ichabod since
Will McNeill scored 34 against Bellevue earlier this season. He became the first Ichabod to hit seven 3-pointers in a game since Eric Carter hit seven against Lincoln on Dec. 18, 1999. McNeill finished with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds recording his seventh career double double and his fourth of the season.
Joseph Smith had 11 points marking his first start of the season.
Kyle Wiggins and McNeill each had six assists as well.
Reed Mells led six Griffons in double figures with 18 points. It was the first time a team had recorded six double figure scorers against the Ichabods since Northwest Missouri did on March 7, 2004.
The Griffons finished with a 58 percent shooting mark hitting for 62 percent in the second half connecting on 26 of 45 attempts including a 10 of 20 performance from behind the 3-point line.
Washburn shot 46 percent for the game going 25 of 55 from the field but cooled off in the second half hitting only 2 of 11 3-point attempts. Washburn held a 32 to 25 advantage on the glass collecting 15 offensive rebounds leading to 18 second chance points.
About MIssouri Western
• MWSU has not played since last week's game against Washburn.
• The Griffons are 9-12 overall and 5-8 in MIAA games.
• Missouri Western has lost its last two games in home losses to Pittsburg State (57-56) and Northeastern State (73-61) and five of its last seven overall.
• The Griffons are averaging 66.9 ppg while allowing 66.6 ppg.
• Cedric Clinkscales is the leading scoring at 13.5 ppg and Adarius Fulton is scoring 10.5 ppg.
• Clinckscales also averages a team-high 6.2 rpg.
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 +10.8 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 nine games and is likely heading for a medical redshirt as he's played in only five games this season after suffering a concussion against Bethany on Nov. 19.
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Will McNeill became 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) after he recorded three assists giving him 202 for his career to go along with his 1,518 points.
• McNeill also became only the second Ichabod to score at least 1,500 points and 200 assists joining Tom Meier (2,082/242).
• With 41 more rebounds, McNeill would become the ninth Ichabod to have at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.
• With 41 more rebounds, McNeill would become the first Ichabod to have at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 200 steals.
Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the Ichabods
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Will McNeill sits in sixth-place on the all-time scoring chart with his 1,518 career points.
• Next on the chart is in fifth-place on the all-time scoring chart is Ewan Auguste (1,636 - 1997-2001) #SelectCompany
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Will McNeill's 501 field goals is eighth all-time at Washburn #Scorer
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Bobby Chipman's 210 3-point attempts is 20th in school history #FromWayDowntown
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Bobby Chipman's 86 career blocks is third all-time at Washburn and can move into the top two with 10 more #RejectionCity
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Bobby Chipman's 506 rebounds is 15th all-time at Washburn #boards
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Will McNeill's 456 free throw made is third at Washburn and 18 from second place #GetToTheLine
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Will McNeill's 575 free throw attempts is fifth at Washburn #LineTime
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Will McNeill's .793 free throw percentage is eighth all-time at WU #Automatic
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Will McNeill moved into 24th on the Washburn all-time rebounding chart with 459 #HeIsAGuard
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Will McNeill's 202 assists is 20th all-time at Washburn. #PassingTheRock
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Martin Mitchell's career assist average of 3.6 per game is tied for ninth all-time at Washburn #Dimes
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Martin Mitchell's 189 career assists is 22nd on the all-time chart at Washburn #NoLook
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Martin Mitchell's 73 3-pointers is tied for 22nd on the all-time Washburn chart.
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Joseph Smith's 39 career blocks is 15th all-time at Washburn. #NoNos
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Will McNeill's 223 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
• In scoring 16 points against Northwest Missouri,
Will McNeill kept his double-figure scoring streak alive at 53 games with all 33 games in the 2011-12 season and the first 20 of this season. #DoNotTalkAboutTheStreak
Ichabod Basketball HIstory
• Washburn is 1,446-974-2 all-time in 2,422 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 495-217 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
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods dropped from No. 17 to No. 25 in the latest NABC Top 25 coaches poll which was released today. The Ichabods return to action on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Missouri Western.The Ichabods were 1-1 last week falling to Missouri Western in Topeka while topping Northwest Missouri on Saturday. The Ichabods and the Bearcats will have a rematch as well on Saturday in Maryville. 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. The Ichabods are the only MIAA squad ranked in the top 25.
Home sweet home
• The Ichabods are 372-68 (.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
On Feb. 16 the Ichabods will take the Bearcats on the road in Maryville facing the NWMSU for the second time in a week. Washburn will return home on Feb. 21 to face Nebraska-Kearney and then Fort Hays State on Feb. 23. Washburn's final regular season away game will be at Emporia State on Feb. 28 and they will wrap up the regular season at home on senior night against Central Missouri in the MIAA's TV game of the week.
