Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabod basketball will be looking to open the MIAA slate 2-0 as they will host Missouri Southern on Saturday in Lee Arena.
•    Washburn is 4-5 and 1-0 in the MIAA after topping Southwest Baptist in its conference opener on Thursday. 
•    The Lions are 5-4 and 0-1 in the MIAA after getting beat at Nebraska-Kearney 93-73 after being down 51-25 at the half.
•    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.
•    The Ichabods improved to 15-10 in MIAA openers since joining the MIAA while now going 5-0 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 six different starting line ups this season.
•    Washburn will return to action at Rockhurst on Dec. 13 and a then host a home game with Tabor on Dec. 15 prior to returning to MIAA play against Lincoln on Dec. 18 in Jefferson City.
    
 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 95 games with 62 starts … he went over the 550-rebound total against the Southwest Baptist last time out and enters the Missouri Southern game with 848 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 9.3 ppg in 95 games making 53 starts … he has scored 882 career points at Washburn … he needs four rebounds to reach 200 for his career and he went over the 200-assist mark in Hawaii and has 208 for his career.
•    Ichabod junior Christian Ulsaker is averaging 8.8 points with 5.7 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 319 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 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds a game in his first season at Washburn after transferring from Alabama.
•    Turon Parker is scoring 6.9 ppg  this season adding 20 assists and nine steals in his first season as an Ichabod.
•    Stephon Drane is averaging 5.7 ppg and 2.4 rpg this season … he missed the final two games in Hawaii with a knee injury.
•    Kevin House is third on the team with 19 assists this season while adding 4.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game … he is 19 of 22 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 52 of 170 from 3-point range this season with Kyle Wiggins hitting 10 of 24 attempts … Ichabod opponents are 73 of 198 from 3-point range this season.
•    Washburn is 131 of 209 from the free throw line for a 63 percent average while their opponents are 160 of 224 hitting 71 percent of their charity stripe attempts.
•    As of the last basketball stat reporting for NCAA Division II, the Ichabods ranked 266 of 350 teams in free throw percentage.
•    The Ichabods have been called for 194 fouls compared to 186 for their opponents.
•    Washburn is +3.0 in rebounding margin and have been outrebounded in three games this season.

 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 761-319 overall.
•     has 520 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 520.
•     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 443-82 going 392-71 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 761 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.

Missouri Southern head basketball coach Jeff Boschee
•     is in his first season as the head coach at Southwest Baptist and has gone 4-5.
•    served four seasons as an assistant and associate head coach. He was named the head coach of the Lions on July 1, 2014.
•    spent three years at the Barstow School in Kansas City where in 2010 his team went 22-4. He had multiple players named All-Conference and All-District and helped guide two of his players to college scholarships under his tutelage.
•     was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 1999-2000 and was a third team All-Big 12 pick his senior season. He helped lead the Jayhawks to a Final Four appearance in 2002 and previously held the conference record for three pointers made in a career with 338.
•    holds the Kansas record for three's made in a career and is second all-time in games started.
•    while at KU, he came to Topeka to work several of Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman's summer basketball camps.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 68 • Southwest Baptist 56 •  Dec. 4, 2014
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team opened MIAA play with 68-56 win over Southwest Baptist leading from start to finish.
The Ichabods (4-5, 1-0 MIAA) were led by Kyle Wiggins who scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the first half as he finished 8 of 11 from the field and 3 of 5 from 3-point range hitting all five free throw attempts in the win. Wiggins scored 13 of the Ichabods first 27 points in the first 14 minutes of the game. 
Washburn led by as many as 16 in the first half as the Ichabods shot a blistering 63 percent from the field hitting 6 of 9 3-point attempts as the Ichabods took a 41-25 lead into the break. 
In the second half, the Bearcats (3-5, 0-1 MIAA) opened the frame with a 10-4 run over the first 8:22 of the half as the Ichabods were 2 of 7 from the field during the run as the Bearcats cut the lead to 10 at 45-35 with 12:28 left to play. A pair of free throws by Alex North, who finished with 13 points, and a 3-pointer by Turon Parker, stretched the Ichabod lead back out to 15 points with 10:12 to play.  
SBU twice cut the lead to nine and once to seven at 55-48 with 5:27 to go, but a free throw and a jumper by North and then back to back lay ups by Wiggins and Algie Key put Washburn up by 12 and the Bearcats would not get closer than 11 the rest of the way. 
The win was the fourth in a row over the Bearcats and dropped Southwest Baptist to 20-3 against the Ichabods in MIAA games played in Topeka. 
Washburn's David Salach had a career-high 10 rebounds and three blocks in his first start as an Ichabod. The Ichabods held a 32 to 26 advantage on the glass in the game recording eight blocks in the contest. Menas Stephens had 14 points to lead SBU.

 About Missouri Southern
•     The Lions are 5-4 this season and 0-1 in MIAA play after falling at Nebraska-Kearney 93-73 on Thursday.
•    The Lions lost their first two games of the season before winning five of their next six games.
•    Taevaunn Prince leads the team with 12.9 ppg and Lane Barlow is scoring 12.3 ppg. Cameron Cornelius is scoring 11.3 ppg a game.
•    The Lions are averaging 77.3 ppg and allowing 76.6 ppg and they are -2.0 in rebounding margin this season.

 Series History with Missouri Southern
•     Saturday's meeting will be 75th between these two schools in a series that dates back to 1968-69. 
•     Washburn leads the all-time series 47-27.  
•     Washburn is 24-14 in MIAA games against the Lions and 9-12 on the road against MSSU since joining the league in 1989-90. 
•     The Ichabods have lost seven in a row on the road to the Lions with their last win coming in Joplin on Jan. 21, 2006 in a 60-56 win. 
•     The two teams have met at least once a year since 1976-77. 
•     The Ichabods are 3-2 against the Lions in the MIAA Tournament. 
•     In games played in Topeka, the Ichabods are 29-8 overall and 22-5 in games played in Lee Arena. 
•     The teams have met twice in the NCAA Tournament - on March 10, 2000 when the Lions picked up a 79-73 overtime win in Joplin and on March 12, 2011 when the Lions topped the Ichabods in overtime again 82-79 in Edmond, Okla.
•     The 110-73 win by the Lions over the Ichabods last season in Joplin on Dec. 7, 2013 was the largest defeat suffered by an Ichabod team since joining the NCAA Division II ranks.

 Last meeting with Missouri Southern
JOPLIN, Mo. – A 21-9 run to start the second half by Missouri Southern was all the host squad needed as the No. 22-ranked Ichabods lost their seventh-straight game in Joplin in a 110-73 loss falling for the first time this season.
Washburn (8-1, 1-1 MIAA) trailed by as many as 40 in the second half as the Lions (7-1, 2-0 MIAA) became the first team in 88 games to reach the 100-point mark since Missouri Western scored 103 in a 103-82 win on Dec. 19, 2010.
The Ichabods trailed 47-40 at the break after back to back 3-pointers by the Lions Austin Wright with under a minute to play in the half. The Ichabods struggled from the free throw line going 9 of 16 while the Lions converted 11 of 15 attempts. Drane scored 11 of his points in the first half going 5 of 7 from the line in the half.
Kyle Wiggins led the Ichabods with 14 points and Drane finished with 11 and Leon Flowers scored 10 off the bench.
Austin Wright scored 23 points going 8 of 8 from the field and 7 of 7 from 3-point range to lead the Lions and Jordan Talbert scored 20 points as six Missouri Southern players in double figures.
Washburn finished 40 percent from the field for the game but went 8 of 29 from the field in the second half while the Lions were 23 of 44 including an 8 of 14 performance from behind the 3-point arc.
Washburn also had 19 turnovers leading to 23 points for the Lions.

 Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1471-989-4 (.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 520-236.
•    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 392-71 (.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 return to action at Rockhurst on Dec. 13 and a then host a home game with Tabor on Dec. 15 prior to returning to MIAA play against Lincoln on Dec. 18 in Jefferson City.