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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Washburn Ichabods were down by two with 3:13 to play but were outscored 8-3 down the stretch in a 68-59 loss at Northeastern State. Washburn will host Fort Hays State on Wednesday in Lee Arena looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
Washburn (15-8, 8-8 MIAA) trailed by as many as six in the second half, but rallied to tie the score at 38 with 11:56 to play. However the RiverHawks (12-10, 7-8 MIAA) answered with a 3-pointer and would build their lead back to six again at 46-40 with 9:12 to go in the game.
Washburn cut the lead to three at 56-53 on a pair of free throws, but again NSU pushed the lead back to six on a 3-pointer by Landon DeMasters with 3:54 to play. But on its next possession Washburn cut the lead in half on a 3-pointer by
Leon Flowers. Washburn cut the lead to two with 3:13 to go on a free throw by Flowers with 3:13 to go.
Neither team would score again until 1:57 remaining when NSU connected on a pair of free throws pushing their lead back to four with at 61-57. Washburn missed a 3-point attempt with 1:01 remaining.
Washburn fouled the RiverHawks with 37 seconds remaining and hit one of two attempts to lead by five.
Washburn turned the ball over and NSU converted it for a score going up seven and the Ichabods would get no closer in the loss.
The Ichabods trailed 30-24 at the break after shooting only 35 percent from the field while the RiverHawks were 10 of 20 overall. Washburn fell behind 14-5 to NSU 6:06 into the game but came back to tie the score at 24 with 3:35 to play in the stanza. From that point NSU outscored the Ichabods 6-0 to end the game with a lay up and four free throws after a technical on the Washburn bench.
Alex North led the Ichabods with 16 points while pulling down a game-high nine rebounds.
Jeff Reid scored 15 points and
Stephon Drane scored 12 going 6 of 9 from the field.
Marcus Sheppard led the RiverHawks with 16 points.
Washburn finished the game shooting 42 percent from the field going 12 of 23 in the second half, but finished 11 of 18 from the free throw line for a 61 percent average. Northeastern State shot 49 percent from the field going 21 of 43 overall and 15 of 17 from the free throw line hitting 9 of 11 attempts in the second half.
The Ichabods held a 31 to 25 advantage on the glass and outscored the RiverHawks 30 to 16 in the paint. Northeastern State's bench outscored the Ichabod bench 28 to 16.
