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Washburn enters the week 13-8 overall and alone in sixth in the MIAA at 8-6. The Bods have lost three straight.
The Ichabods are playing four of their final five games on the road as they look to improve their standing in the MIAA.
Central Oklahoma has lost five straight since losing to Washburn on 01/23, 65-59 in overtime in Topeka. The Bronchos are 10-11 and 5-9 in the MIAA.
Northeastern State is 10-10 and 7-6 in the MIAA. The RiverHawks play at Emporia State Wednesday before hosting Washburn Saturday.
Washburn leads the series against UCO 6-2. Every meeting before last year's debut MIAA contest was played at a neutral site.
Northeastern State is 2-1 against Washburn after WU won earlier this year.
Washburn was 5-0 this year coming off loses before losing its 2nd and 3rd straight last week.
Washburn's streak of 13 straight years finishing either 1st or 2nd in the MIAA standings is in jeopardy. ESU is tied for 1st in the MIAA with UCM at 12-2. Washburn is 6th in the league.
Head coach
Ron McHenry earned his 350th career win and his 200th MIAA win in January.
Washburn is 3rd in the nation averaging 1,701 fans a game. ESU is 4th, FHSU is 5th & two NSIC schools are on top.
Washburn has three scorers in the top 30 in the MIAA (Buchman 5th with 15.5; Duvall 29th with 10.2 and Lee 30th with 10.2). Ignoto would be 11th in the league at 13.8 but she hasn't played enough to qualify.
Buchman is 3rd in the MIAA shooting .827 from the free throw line. She has gone perfect seven times and has missed more than two in a game just once. She made 32 straight at one point.
Brittney Lynch is second in the MIAA with 9.0 rebounds a game and she averages 10.0 points a game.
Ron McHenry is 355-79 (.818) in his 14th year at Washburn. He is the winningest DII coach among those with at least 10 years of experience and he's led Washburn to 12 straight NCAA tournaments.
Ichabods making swing through Oklahoma for pair of MIAA games
The Ichabods will play a pair of games in Oklahoma this week that will start a stretch of four of five games on the road to end the regular season. Washburn will play at Central Oklahoma Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and then play at Northeastern State Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Washburn entered the week 13-8 overall and sixth in the MIAA at 8-6 after a 61-53 loss Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney. The Bronchos are 11-10 overall and 10th in the MIAA at 5-9. The RiverHawks are 10-10 overall and seventh at 7-6 in the league. They will play Wednesday at Emporia State before hosting Washburn.
Both games will be carried live on 106.9 FM KTPK. Links to video, live stats and audio are available at wusports.com/live.
Washburn beat UCO and NSU earlier this year in Lee Arena. The Ichabods are 6-2 against UCO while NSU is 2-1 against Washburn. Both opponents joined the MIAA last year.
Casyn Buchman leads the Ichabods and is fifth in the MIAA scoring 15.5 points a game.
Brittney Lynch is second in the MIAA with 9.0 rebounds a game and
Taylor Ignoto is averaging 13.8 points a game through her first 13 contests. She sat out the first semester after transferring and would be 11th in the league in scoring but she hasn't played enough games to qualify.
McHenry gets 350th career win and 200th MIAA win in same week
Washburn head coach
Ron McHenry is 355-79 (.818) overall and 204-52 (.797) in MIAA games. He earned his 350th career win January 9 against Oklahoma Christian and he got his 200th MIAA win January 11 against Northwest Missouri.
McHenry started this year, his 14th season at Washburn, with the highest winning percentage among active NCAA II coaches with at least 10 years at four-year schools.
McHenry is a four-time MIAA coach of the year and he has eight MIAA regular season titles. He's been to 12 straight NCAA tournaments and he coached Washburn to an NCAA II national title in 2004-05. He started the year second all-time in NCAA II history among coaches with at least 10 years with an .828 winning percentage. Lloyd Clark holds the record with an .834 winning percentage at Delta State from 1984-2002.
Rare case of getting out-rebounded
The Ichabods had been out-rebounded in three straight games before getting more against ESU on February 5, a feat they had suffered only three other times in head coach
Ron McHenry's 14 years. Fort Hays State's +18 margin over Washburn on February 1 was the highest difference the Ichabods had suffered since also having an 18-rebound difference at FHSU in 2010-11.
Washburn has traditionally rebounded well under McHenry. They haven't been out-rebounded in more than seven games since his opening season in 2000-01 when teams out-rebounded Washburn nine times. McHenry's teams have posted positive rebounding margins every year and usually average +7.0 or more.
Washburn currently has a +6.4 rebounding margin, third best in the MIAA. The Ichabods had a +9.6 margin before the last four games when they were out-rebounded three times. Washburn has never been out-rebounded in more than three straight games under McHenry.
Ichabods' top-two finishing streak in jeopardy
The Ichabods have finished first or second in the MIAA every year since
Ron McHenry's second season in 2001-02. They are currently sixth at 8-6 in the league and are four games out of Emporia State and Central Missouri's first-place tie with 12-2 records.
Washburn has finished first or tied for first eight times under McHenry and has finished second four times. The Ichabods finished seventh in 2000-01, McHenry's first year and the only time they didn't finish first or second.
Ignoto earns starting spot after joining team after fall semester
Junior guard
Taylor Ignoto had to sit a full year at Washburn and she played her first games in mid December after the fall semester ended. She earned her first start after four games on the bench and Washburn went 6-0 in her first six games in the starting lineup. She's averaging 13.8 points a game and she's reached double figures in 10 of her 13 games this year.
Ignoto would be 11th in the MIAA in scoring but she hasn't played enough games to qualify for the league or NCAA rankings.
Ignoto debuted with 14 points on December 19 against Lincoln. She then had a season-high 23 the next game at Lindenwood. She earned her first start on January 9 against
Oklahoma Christian and went 6 of 7 from 3-point range for 21 points.
Season-high winning streak ends at six games
The Ichabods went undefeated during a five-game home stand and then went on the road January 30 to extend their winning streak to six straight games, their longest of the season. That streak was snapped February 1 at Fort Hays State and Washburn has lost three straight. This is the first three-game losing streak since 2009-10. The Ichabods haven't lost four in a row since 2000-01,
Ron McHenry's first year.
Buchman fifth in scoring and near the top in several MIAA categories
Junior guard
Casyn Buchman is near the top in several MIAA statistic categories in the latest report. She's fifth in scoring with 15.5 points a game and third shooting .827 from the free throw line. She's fourth in assists with 4.0 a game and 16th with 6.7 rebounds a game. Overall, her name appears in eight of the 13 categories.
Buchman has led Washburn in scoring eight times and has reached double figures 15 times. She's scored at least 20 six different times.
Protecting the basketball usually equals a win for Ichabods (and most teams...)
Washburn was 9-0 this year when winning the turnover battle until Saturday's loss at Fort Hays State and Wednesday's loss against Emporia State. Overall, the Ichabods average 13.6 turnovers a game while getting 14.1 a game from their opponent. The +0.48 margin is seventh best in the league and their turnover average is the 15th lowest in the nation. They are 9-2 when committing less turnovers than their opponent and 4-6 when committing more.
Tough Schedule
Washburn has three opponents this year ranked in the top 10 in this week's poll. Emporia State, a school Washburn will play twice in February, is ninth. Nova Southeastern is fourth and Drury is seventh. Those two schools beat Washburn earlier this year on their home courts in non-conference games. Central Missouri is 12th and Fort Hays State is 24th.
Washburn drops out of national poll
The Ichabods dropped out of the USA Today Sports national poll after week four and they have been absent from the last eight polls now. Washburn was ranked in 176 of the last 177 polls, dating back to week three of the 2002-03 season. The final poll of the 2010-11 season was the last time Washburn was not ranked before this season.
Quick history review
In Washburn's 44 years of basketball since 1969-70, the Ichabods are 836-364-1 (.697) in 1201 games. They have 13 MIAA regular season titles and nine tournament titles since joining the league in 1989-90. Thirty all-America awards have been won between 16 different players and Washburn has seven MIAA MVPs and 22 MIAA first-teamers.
The Ichabods won the 2004-05 NCAA II national title and set an NCAA II record with a 51-game winning streak stretching from 2004-05 into the 2005-06 season. Guard Jennifer Harris was the NCAA II player of the year in 2005-06 and was the No. 20 pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
Coming up next
The Ichabods will play their regular season home finale February 19 at 5:30 p.m. against Fort Hays State. Washburn has won 10 straight at home against FHSU.
