'Bod Quick notes
• The game is a rematch of the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds from the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament last season in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Ichabods won the game 69-60.
• Washburn's
Martin Mitchell is coming off a career-high 32 points against Missouri Western becoming the first Ichabod to hit seven 3-pointers in a game since Eric Carter nailed seven against Lincoln on Dec. 18, 1999.
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Will McNeill went over the 1,500-point mark against Missouri Western.
• Against the Griffons McNeill recorded his 75th game reaching double figures.
• With one more assist McNeill will become the second member of the 1,500 point/200 assist club at Washburn joining Tom Meier who had 2,082 points and 242 assists.
• The 132 free throws by McNeill this season is sixth on the Ichabod senior chart and the 163 attempts ranks just outside the top 10.
• 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 221. 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 452 in Division II.
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Will McNeill's 221 career steals is 14th in NCAA Division II history.
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Will McNeill is 9th in the NCAA in steals at 3.0 per game.
Ichabods on radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on AM 580 WIBW 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 735-301 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 424-79 going 371-68 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 35-19 against Northwest Missouri.
Northwest mIssouri head coach Ben mCcollum. . .
• is 59-44 in his fourth season as the Bearcats' head coach.
• he is a 2003 graduate of Northwest Missouri.
• named the 20th head coach in Bearcat history.
• played for Northwest going 51-12 in two seasons including a 29-3 mark during a run to the NCAA Elite Eight during the 2001-02 season.
Last time out for the Ichabods • Missouri Western 79, #17 Washburn 74 • 2/6/13
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.
Series history with Northwest Missouri
• Saturday's meeting will be the 94th between the two schools and Washburn holds a 58-35 lead in the series.
• Washburn has won eight of the last 12 including the last four of the last six in the series.
• The Bearcats swept the regular season series during the 2011-12 season.
• The series dates back to the 1940-41 season and they have played each other every year since WU joined the MIAA in 1989-90.
• The Ichabods are 21-8 against the Bearcats in Lee Arena and have won five of the last six at home.
• Since the 1956-57 season, Washburn is 20-19 in Maryville and since joining the MIAA during the 1990-91 season, the Ichabods are 11-9 on the road.
• In the MIAA Tournament, the Ichabods are 3-4 against Northwest last meeting in the 2008 semifinals with the Bearcats winning 50-49.
• In the NCAA Tournament, the Ichabods are 2-1 against the Bearcats after winning in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2012 in Wichita Falls.
• The Ichabods won a regional final contest against the Bearcats in Topeka on March 10, 2001 advancing to the Elite Eight in Bakersfield, Calif., after a 67-61 win.
About Northwest Missouri
• The Bearcats are 15-6 overall and 8-4 in MIAA play.
• At home NWMSU is 9-1 while going 4-3 on the road.
• Northwest is led in scoring and rebounding by Dillon Starzl, but he has missed the last three games after suffering an injury against Central Missouri on Jan. 26.
• DeAngelo Hailey is averaging 13.7 ppg and 4.6 rpg.
• Alex Sullivan is scoring 10.3 ppg and Matt Wallace leads the team with 4.9 assists per game.
• NWMSU is scoring 67.4 ppg while allowing 60.2 ppg.
Last time out for Northwest Missouri
(Feb. 6, 2013) HAYS, Kan. – There was no last-second magic Wednesday night as Fort Hays State knocked off Northwest Missouri State 59-58 in MIAA men's basketball action.
After two one-point victories last week, the Bearcats came up on the short end Wednesday falling to 15-6 on the season and 8-4. The Tigers saw their winning streak extend to four as they improved to 14-6 overall and 8-4 in the MIAA.
After giving the Bearcats a 58-56 lead with 1:26 left in the game on a DeAngelo Hailey three-pointer, Fort Hays State answered with a trey of their own. Lance Russell drilled a three-pointer with 1:10, proving as the final dagger.
With three attempts in the final minute of the game all missing the mark, the Bearcats could not overcome an impressive night from the field for the home team. Although Northwest shot 46 percent from the field, Fort Hays State used a 56 percent effort to seal the narrow victory.
Fort Hays State also used a 12-2 run from the 7:40 mark to Russell's three-pointer to erase a nine-point deficit and take a 56-55 lead.
After a long-range attempt and a free-throw fell off the mark the Bearcats would still have life with just 14 seconds left. A Bearcat timeout with five seconds left set up the final play as Bryston Williams' elbow jumper missed off the side of the rim as time expired.
Northwest got a game-high 23 points from Hailey, who also added six rebounds in the loss.
Dwayne Brunson finished with 23 points and eight rebounds pacing the Tigers in the win.
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 +10.7 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 is one 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 Northwest Missouri game with 1,502 points and 199 assists.
• With one more assist McNeill will become the second Ichabod to score at least 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 sits in sixth-place on the all-time scoring chart with his 1,502 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 495 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 83 career blocks is third all-time at Washburn and can move into the top two with 13 more #RejectionCity
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Bobby Chipman's 503 rebounds is 15th all-time at Washburn #boards
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Will McNeill's 452 free throw made is third at Washburn #GetToTheLine
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Will McNeill's 571 free throw attempts is fifth at Washburn #LineTime
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Will McNeill's .792 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 455 #HeIsAGuard
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Will McNeill's 199 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 195 career assists is 23rd on the all-time chart at Washburn #NoLook
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Martin Mitchell's 69 3-pointers is tied for 24th on the all-time Washburn chart.
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Joseph Smith's 37 career blocks is 15th all-time at Washburn. #NoNos
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Will McNeill's 221 career steals is first at Washburn #NoBodyInFrontOfHim
• The MIAA record for career steals is 383 by Eddin Santiago #FastHands
• In scoring 16 points against Missouri Western,
Will McNeill kept his double-figure scoring streak alive at 52 games with all 33 games in the 2011-12 season and the first 19 of this season. #DoNotTalkAboutTheStreak
Ichabod Basketball HIstory
• Washburn is 1,445-974-2 all-time in 2,421 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 494-217 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 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 371-68 (.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. 9 the Ichabods will take on the Griffons and Bearcats again on the road this time around 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.
