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KEARNEY, Neb. – The Washburn Ichabods let a 10-point halftime advantage slip away as they had a their seven-game winning streak over the Lopers snapped in an 88-79 loss at Nebraska-Kearney. Washburn returns to the court at No. 24 Fort Hays State on Saturday.
The Ichabods (14-4, 7-4 MIAA) led by 10 at the break at 39-29 after hitting 17 of 38 attempts for a 45 percent clip including 5 of 12 3-point attempts. The Ichabods gained the 10-point cushion after going on a 22-5 run over a 5:53 period of the first half breaking an 18-18 tie.
Jeff Reid scored eight points including back-to-back 3-pointers during the spurt to lead the Washburn attack.
To open the second stanza, the Lopers (8-10, 4-7 MIAA) came out on a 9-2 run trimming the Ichabod lead back to three at 41-38 with 16:48 to play.
The Ichabods increased their lead to six after a 3-piont play by
Alex North at 44-38 with 15:57 to play and would lead by six again at 54-48 with 10:53 to play after a 3-pointer by
Chris Davis. The Lopers responded with an 8-0 run to take a 56-54 lead after back to back 3-pointers by Thomas Delquan.
The Lopers stretched their lead to six at 73-67 with 3:38 to play and then to seven with 2:55 to play. Washburn cut the lead to six at 77-71 with 1:59 to play on a couple of free throws by
Leon Flowers, but UNK answered with a 3-pointer with 1:32 left pushing the lead back to nine and the Ichabods would get no closer than seven the rest of the way.
Reid led four Ichabods in double figures with 19 points and
Kyle Wiggins scored 18. Flowers added 15 and North recorded his third straight double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Five Lopers reached double led by Connor Beranek and Mike Dentlinger with 21.
Washburn was outscored by 19 in the second half as the Lopers put up 59 points in the frame.
Washburn finished shooting 15 of 31 in the second half, but hit only 2 of 9 3-pointers going 8
of 13 from the free throw line. The Lopers were 17 of 26 in the second half hitting 6 of 11 3-pointers while connecting on 19 of 26 free throw attempts after only going 2 of 5 in the first half.
