Date: Feb. 6, 2013
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Topeka, Kan.
'Bod Quick notes
• Wednesday's game will be the last regular season meeting trip to Topeka for Griffons' head coach Tom Smith who is retiring at the end of the season.
• He has compiled a 28-27 record against the Ichabods going 1-2 while at Central Missouri and 27-25 while at Missouri Western.
• Smith is the third-winningest active coach in NCAA Division II with 616 wins behind Washburn's
Bob Chipman who enters the game with 735.
• All-time Smith's 616 wins ranks him 11th on the all-time Division II coaching chart.
• Between Chipman (735-300) and Smith (616-458), the two coaches have coached 2109 games combining for a win-loss record 1351-758 for a winning percentage 64 percent.
• The Ichabods have won the last four meetings in the series while holding the Griffons to 55 points in each of the last two games.
• Washburn is sixth in the NCAA in assist to turnover ratio and seventh in turnovers per game.
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Will McNeill is fourth on the NCAA Division II active steals chart with 220. Alex Falk of West Liberty leads all active players with 242.
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Will McNeill is fifth in active player free throws made with 444 in Division II.
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Will McNeill's 220 career steals is 14th in NCAA Division II history.
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Will McNeill is 9th in the NCAA in steals at 3.1 per game.
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 735-300 overall.
• has 494 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 424-78 going 371-67 in Lee Arena.
• is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
• his 735 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 40-29 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 616-458 record, a .575 winning percentage that ranks him among the 5 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 530 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 • #21 Washburn 67, Pittsburg State 51• 2/2/13
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The No. 21-ranked Washburn Ichabods had four players score in double figures while holding Pittsburg State to a season-tying low in points in a 67-51 win on Schendel Court at Lee Arena. With the win, Washburn improved to 12-4 on Groundhog Day.
The Ichabods (14-4, 7-3 MIAA) and the Gorillas started slow as only a total of 11 combined points were scored through the first media timeout at the 14:52 mark in the game. After the Gorillas (13-6, 6-5 MIAA) would go up three at 9-6 with 14:36 to go, back-to-back lay ups by
Joseph Smith and
Bobby Chipman put the Ichabods up 10-9. The teams traded leads and Washburn took the lead for good on a lay up by
Zack Riggins kick starting a 16-3 run over the next 5:12 with an 8-0 during the stretch to provide the difference in the game as the Ichabods took a 35-21 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half it was much the same for the Ichabods as they would not let Pitt State get within 13 points the rest of the way building a lead as many as 20 taking the 16-point win.
Will McNeill led the Ichabods with 14 points going 9 of 11 from the free throw line while adding seven rebounds and four assists. Chipman finished with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds with two blocks.
Martin Mitchell had 10 points and six rebounds and Smith finished with 10 points.
Kaleb Porter scored 11 points off the bench to lead the Gorillas.
Washburn held the Gorillas to 33 percent shooting on the night including a 7 of 26 performance in the first half as they finished 17 of 51 for the game. Washburn was 22 of 55 for the performance. Washburn had a 41-30 advantage on the glass with 15 offensive end leading to 16 second chance points.
Series history with Missouri Western
• Thursday's meeting will be the 82nd meeting between the two schools with Washburn leading the series 47-34.
• The Ichabods are 23-19 against MWSU in MIAA games and 20-9 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.
About Missouri Western State
• The Griffons are 8-12 overall and 4-8 in MIAA games.
• Missouri Western has lost its last two in home losses to Pittsburg State (57-56) and Northeastern State (73-61) and five of its last six overall.
• The Griffons are averaging 66.2 ppg while allowing 66.2 ppg.
• Cedric Clinkscales is the leading scoring at 13.7 ppg and Adarius Fulton is scoring 10.5 ppg.
• Clinckscales also averages a team-high 6.2 rpg.
Last time out for Missouri Western
(Feb. 2, 2013) ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Griffons couldn't stop Northeastern State from shooting the ball well and gaining extra possessions, and lost Saturday evening at MWSU Fieldhouse 73-61. Missouri Western dropped to 8-12 and 4-8 in the conference, and Northeastern improved to 15-5 overall, and is 8-4 in the MIAA.
Missouri Western came out knocking down three 3-pointers to take a 9-3 lead in the first 3 minutes of the matchup. Alex Tuluka-Mfumupembe knocked down two 3s and Reed Mells added another. Cedric Clinkscales added four more points to give the Griffons a 13-5 lead with 16 minutes, 12 seconds to play in the first half.
The Griffons eventually took an 18-10 lead minutes later, but went cold from the field and Northeastern took advantage, going on a 15-0 run to jump out to a 25-18 lead with 8:41 left. John Schneider stepped off the bench and went 3-for-3 with six points and six boards to help lead the comeback for the RiverHawks.
Northeastern took a 31-23 lead into halftime, and the Griffons stayed in the game early in the second half thanks two 3s, one by Dzenan Mrkaljevic and one by Tuluka-Mfumpembe. The RiverHawks shot well from the 3-point line too, however, and took a 48-33 lead with 15 minutes left. Northeastern shot 54 percent from the field in the second half.
The RiverHawks consistently stayed ahead of the Griffons the rest of the way, taking a 20-point lead 62-42 with 7:38 left in the game, and took the win 73-61.
Bryton Hobbs nailed four 3s and was 10-for-17 from the field, scoring 32 points to help Northeastern win. Clinkscales led the Griffons with a team-high 13 points and was 6-for-12. Mrkaljevic added 12 points and eight boards.
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 +11.6 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 eight games.
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Will McNeill is seven 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 Pittsburg State game with 1,472 points and 189 assists.
• With seven more assists and 14 points McNeill would become the second Ichabod to reach 1,500 points and 200 assists joining Tom Meier (2,082/242).
Bod tweets . . . 140-character or less notes on the Ichabods
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Will McNeill passed Dan Buie (1,484 - 1995-97) with his 1,486 career points for sixth on the all-time scoring chart.
• 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 491 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 81 career blocks is tied for third all-time at Washburn and can move into the top two with 15 more #RejectionCity
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Bobby Chipman's 496 rebounds is 15th all-time at Washburn #boards
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Will McNeill's 435 free throw made is fourth at Washburn #GetToTheLine
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Will McNeill's 552 free throw attempts is sixth at Washburn #LineTime
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Will McNeill's .788 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 445 #HeIsAGuard
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Will McNeill's 193 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 62 3-pointers is tied for 25th on the all-time Washburn chart.
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Joseph Smith's 36 career blocks is tied for 15th all-time at Washburn. #NoNos
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Will McNeill's 220 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
• In scoring 14 points against Pittsburg State,
Will McNeill kept his double-figure scoring streak alive at 51 games with all 33 games in the 2011-12 season and the first 18 of this season. #DoNotTalkAboutTheStreak
Ichabod Basketball HIstory
• Washburn is 1,445-973-2 all-time in 2,420 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 494-216 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 continued to climb back up the NABC top 25 coaches poll as they came in at No. 17, up four spots from last week's poll after a pair of home wins. The Ichabods have been in the top 25 a total of 97 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.
Home sweet home
• The Ichabods are 371-67 (.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
The Ichabods will wrap up the four-game home stand with Northwest Missouri on Feb. 9 before taking on the Griffons and Bearcats again on the road on Feb. 13 and Feb. 16 respectively. 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.
