TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods put three players in double figures as Washburn led for 39 of the 40 minutes in the game picking up a 76-61 win over Tabor. The Ichabods will return to MIAA play on Thursday at Lincoln before facing Lindenwood on Saturday afternoon.

The Ichabods jumped out to leads to 11-2 and then 20-9 beofre the Bluejays came back with a mini 7-0 run to cut the lead to four at 20-16 before the Ichabods would push out to a 13-point lead at the break at 37-24. The Ichabods shot 39 percent in the first half while holding the Bluejays to 8 fo 25 shooting for a 32 percent clip.

Washburn (5-7) would go on to lead by as many as 25 in the second half at 51-26 with 15:50 to play before Tabor (5-8) trimmed the lead back to 17 with 6:51 to play and to as few as 14 with 2:46 to play but never threatened in the second half as the Ichabods snapped a two-game slide with the 15-point win.

Algie Key came off the bench to score 15 points on 4 of 5 shooting while to lead the Ichabods with 15 points. Brady Skeens scored 14 making his second career start going 5 of 5 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. Kyle Wiggins also reached double figures with 11 points picking up four steals and David Salach tied a career-high with 10 rebounds. Turon Parker recorded five steals while scoring five points adding a career-high eight rebounds. 

The Ichabods finished 28 of 62 overall from the field hitting 45 percent of their shots while the Bluejays were 19 of 49 for a 39 percent average. Washburn was 15 of 21 from the free throw line and Tabor finished 16 of 20. Washburn also held a 40 to 29 advantage on the glass turning 17 offensive rebounds into 13 second chance points while forcing 16 Bluejay turnovers into 21 points. Washburn also outscored the Bluejays 40 to 26 in the paint.

Malik Brooks scored a game-high 20 points and Andrew Thomas had a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.