Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabod basketball will open MIAA play on Thursday in Topeka when they will play host to Southwest Baptist at 7:30 p.m. on Schendel Court in Lee Arena.
•    Washburn is 3-5 this season after dropping a 90-80 decision to BYU-Hawaii.
•    The Ichabods have 30 regular season games scheduled this season and also had three exhibition games against NCAA Division I members Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma to have 33 games before the MIAA Tournament starts.
•    Overall the Ichabods are 3-5 and went 1-2 on their Hawaiian trip and had one game canceled because of flight delays.
•    The Ichabods are 14-10 in MIAA openers since joining the MIAA while going 4-0 against the Bearcats in their first MIAA game of the season since joining the league prior to the 1990-91 season.
•    The Ichabods have used five different starting line ups this season including three different ones in Hawaii.
•    Washburn will continue its homestand on Saturday at Missouri Southern on Dec. 6 before taking a break from MIAA play with games at Rockhurst on Dec. 13 and a home game with Tabor on Dec. 15.

 Hawaiian trip updates
•    The Ichabods were scheduled to return to Topeka on Nov. 29, the day after their game with BYU-Hawaii, but the flight was canceled. On Sunday, Nov. 30, the Ichabods were supposed to leave Honolulu as well but that flight was canceled as well.
•    The Ichabods had travel woes on the way to Honolulu as two flights, the first from Dallas to Honolulu were canceled and a flight from Honolulu to Hilo, caused the game with Seattle Pacific to be canceled completely. 
•    As of Monday afternoon (Nov. 31) the Ichabods were scheduled to leave Honolulu to return to Topeka.
    
 Bod Notes
•    Alex North has recorded 13 double doubles in his career at Washburn … he has scored his 800th career point against Southwestern and has played in 94 games with 61starts … he went over the 500-rebound total against the RiverHawks in the final game last season and enters MIAA play with 835 career points averaging 8.9 in his career … he missed the final two games in Hawaii with an ankle injury.
•    Kyle Wiggins went over the 800-point mark for his career against Minnesota State earlier this season … he has averaged 9.1 ppg in 94 games making 52 starts … he has scored 858 career points at Washburn … he needs six rebounds to reach 200 for his career and he went over the 200-assist mark in Hawaii and has 207 for his career.
•    Ichabod junior Christian Ulsaker is averaging 9.6 points with 6.4 rebounds a game this season … he recorded his first career double double against Peru State with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
•    The Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 316 games … the last game the Ichabods did not hit a 3-pointer was Dec. 30, 2003 at Missouri Western.
•    Algie Key had a season-high 22 points in the loss at BYU-Hawaii adding a season-high five assists … he is averaging 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds a game in his first season at Washburn after transferring from Alabama.
•    Turon Parker is scoring 7.0 ppg  this season adding 18 assists and nine steals in his first season as an Ichabod.
•    Stephon Drane is averaging 6.7 ppg and 2.3 rpg this season … he missed the final two games in Hawaii with a knee injury.
•    Kevin House is second on the team with 19 assists this season while adding 5.0 points and 2.1 rebounds per game … he is 17 of 20 from the free throw line this season.
•    Jeremy Lickteig scored a career-high 19 points against Northwest Indian College going 9 of 10 from the field … he made his first career start against BYU-Hawaii.
•    The Ichabods are 45 of 152 from 3-point range this season with Alex North and Kyle Wiggins each hitting seven …Prince Samuels and Turon Parker have each hit six. Ichabod opponents are 67 of 179 from 3-point range this season.
•    Washburn is 114 of 183 from the free throw line for a 62 percent average while their opponents are 150 of 209 hitting 72 percent of their charity stripe attempts.
•    As of the last basketball stat reporting for NCAA Division II, the Ichabods ranked 118 of 300 teams in free throw percentage.
•    The Ichabods have been called for 177 fouls compared to 162 for their opponents.
•    Washburn is +2.6 in rebounding margin and have bee outrebounded in three games.

 Ichabods on Radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on AM580 WIBW radio with Jake Lebahn calling the action and color commentary from Pat Strathman. 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
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman 
•     is in his 36th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•     a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•     is 760-319 overall.
•     has 519 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
•    is the MIAA's all-time winningest coach by victories with 519.
•     has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason MIAA tournament championships.
•     has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
•     in home games, he is 442-82 going 391-71 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 760 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.

Southwest baptist head basketball coach Clark Sheehy
•     is in his first season as the head coach at Southwest Baptist and has gone 3-4.
•    overall he is 185-110 in his 10th season overall after spending the previous nine seasons at John Brown University.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods
BYU-Hawaii 90 • Washburn 80 •  Nov. 28, 2014
LAIE, Hawaii -- The Washburn Ichabods cut the BYU-Hawaii lead from 12 to one midway through the second half but couldn't get any closer as they fell 90-80 to the Seasiders.
Washburn (3-5) trailed 40-28 at the break but trimmed the lead to one at 51-50 with 12:29 to play in the game on a tip in bucket by Algie Key but the Seasiders hit a 3-pointer on their next trip down the court to go back up four. The Ichabods cut the lead back to four with 3:35 to play with a 3-pointer by Korey Fisher but Washburn would not get any closer than six the rest of the way.
Key led the Ichabods with 22 points in 25 minutes adding five assists and two steals while Kyle Wiggins and Fisher each had 13. David Salach scored a season-high 12 hitting a pair of 3-pointers. The Ichabods were outrebounded 42 to 27 recording only five offensive rebounds.
BYU-Hawaii (4-0) hit 13 of 26 3-pointers in the game compared to 7 of 15 for Washburn. Pablo Coro had 23 to lead the Seasiders and Scott Friel had 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Washburn shot 51 percent in the game including 19 of 33 for a 58 percent average in the second half and finished 17 of 25 from the free throw line while BYU-Hawaii was 21 of 22 in the game.

 About Southwest Baptist
•     The Bearcats are 3-4 this season after going 1-1 at the Arkansas Tech Thanksgiving Classic.
•    SBU is coming off a 72-59 loss to Arkansas Tech.
•    The Bearcats are led by Daymond Cowlah's 13.4 ppg. Menas Stephens is averaging a double double with 10.6 ppg and 12.4 rbg.
•     SBU is averaging 67.0 ppg while allowing 70.6 ppg.
•    SBU is shooting 41 percent from the field hitting 156 of 385 attempts and from 3-point range they are 52 of 160 for a 33 percent average. 

 Series History with Southwest Baptist
•     Thursday's meeting will be the 50th between Washburn and Southwest Baptist. 
•      The Ichabods lead the all-time series 33-16. 
•    In Topeka the Ichabods are 19-3 against SBU since joining the MIAA.
•      Washburn has won 22 of the last 29 games. 
•      Washburn is 28-11 against SBU in MIAA games. 
•    The Ichabods have won the last six games played in Topeka and have gone 3-1 against the Bearcats in the MIAA Tournament.  
•    SBU's last win over the Ichabods in Topeka came on Jan. 17, 2007 in a 76-69 contest.
•    In Bolivar, the Ichabods are 11-12. 
•    The two team have not met in the MIAA tournament since Feb. 25, 1995 when the Ichabods won 91-80 in a first round game played in Topeka.

 Last meeting with Southwest Baptist
Dec. 5, 2013 -- BOLIVAR, Mo. – Korey Fisher's putback with 11 seconds to play put Washburn up for good in an 89-87 win over Southwest Baptist in the MIAA opener as the Ichabods improved to 8-0 on the season.
SBU took an 82-81 lead off a 3-pointer with 3:10 remaining and then Alex North went to the line and connected on one of two to tie the score at 82. The Bearcats came up empty on their next possession and a jumper in the lane by Jeff Reid put Washburn up 84-82 with under two minutes to play.
SBU tied in on their next possession with a driving lay up with 1:35 to go in the game. A turnover by the Ichabods followed with 1:13 to play with the score knotted at 84 and then took the lead with 61 seconds to play forcing an Ichabod timeout with 56.4 to play. Kyle Wiggins hit a fade away jumper from 16 to tie the score back at 86 with 42.8 left.
With 25 seconds left, North gained the rebound, but was whistled for traveling returning the ball to the Bearcats. SBU turned it over and Fisher followed up a Wiggins miss with 11.4 left putting Washburn up 88-86. SBU was then fouled going to goal and went to the line with 4.4 left.
Rashaad Brown-Peterson then missed the first free throw and tried to miss the second, but banked in the free throw. SBU called a timeout. Washburn got the ball into North and went to the line shooting two with 3.1 remaining.
SBU inbounded the ball from under the WU basket and their attempt from half court sailed to the right of the goal ending the game.
In the first half, Washburn trailed by as many as nine with 15:45 remaining at 16-9 before chipping away at the Bearcat lead. Washburn finished the half on a 13-4 run over the final 2:30 of the half as Alex North hit back-to-back-to back 3-pointers pushing the Ichabods to a 49-44 lead at the break.
North led the Ichabods with 25 points pacing four Ichabods in double figures. He finished 8 of 16 from the field with eight rebounds and three assists. Kyle Wiggins scored 15, Jeff Reid scored 14 with nine rebounds and FIsher finished with 13. 
The Ichabods finished 31 of 61 from the field for the game, but struggled from the free throw line going 20 of 36 overall. SBU finished 32 of 61 overall and 14 of 22 from the free throw line. Washburn had a 38 to 34 advantage on the glass limiting the Bearcats to eight offensive rebounds.

Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1470-989-4 (.591) all-time in the 110th year in the program's history.
•    Since joining the NCAA the Ichabods are
•     Washburn is the eighth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.
•     Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 518-236.
•    The Ichabods have recorded 25 20-win seasons and they have one 30-win seasons after going 35-4 during the 1986-87 NAIA Championship season.
•    Washburn has won 21 conference championships including 10 MIAA titles.
•    Washburn has received 12 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.

Home sweet home
•     The Ichabods are 391-71 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•     The 2014-15 season marks the 30th 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
•    Washburn will continue its homestand on Saturday at Missouri Southern on Dec. 6 before taking a break from MIAA play with games at Rockhurst on Dec. 13 and a home game with Tabor on Dec. 15.