TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods used a 64-point performance from the bench en route to an 89-59 win over Peru State improving to 2-2 on the season on Tuesday night at Schendel Court. The Ichabods will return to action at Newman in Wichita on Thursday.
The Ichabods led from start to finish as they jumpted out to a 15-4 lead and never looked back in the 30-point win over Peru State. The Ichabods would go on to double up the Bobcats' score in the first half building a lead of 32 to 16 with 4:59 to play before Peru State cut the lead back to 14 at the break with Washburn leading 36-22. Washburn shot 41 percent in the first half, but struggled from the 3-point arch hitting only 1 of 12 attempts.
In the second half, Washburn shot 52 percent from the field as the Bobcats would not get closer than 11 points, which was with 18:30 remaining in the game, as the Ichabods led by as many as 31 in the contest.
Kyle Wiggins came off the bench to score 17 points hitting 5 of 6 shots from the field while
Alex North scored 15 adding eight rebounds.
Christian Ulsaker recorded his first double double at Washburn with 10 points and 10 rebounds and
Jeremy Lickteig scored a career-high 14 off the bench in 13 minutes. Corday Sims and Jamar Cannon each had 15 to lead the Bobcats.
The Ichabods had 25 assists on 30 field goals in the game and finished 46 percent from the field and held a 53 to 33 rebound advantage. The 53 rebounds by the Ichabods were the most by a Washburn squad since recorded 51 against Bethany on Nov. 19, 2012.
Washburn also had a 25 to 4 advantage in fast break points and a 42 to 20 lead in points in the paint.