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EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod basketball team fell behind 13-2 and rallied late coming up short in an 88-76 loss at Emporia State. Washburn will wrap up the regular season on Saturday at Pittsburg State.
The Hornets jumped out to a 13-2 lead as the Ichabods were held to one field goal over the first 5:09 of the game. Washburn came back after a 14-8 run to cut the lead to 23-18 with 9:52 to play in the opening half. The Hornets would go on to lead by 10 in the half before the Ichabods cut the lead back to four at the break as ESU led 38-34. Washburn shot 43 percent in the half from the field hitting 12 of 28 field goals, but struggled from the line going 10 of 18.
In the second half the Hornets jumped out to an 11-point lead after going on a 9-2 run to start the stanza. Washburn cut the lead back to six at 57-51 with 14:23 to play and after ESU stretched the lead back to 10 with 13:22 to play, Washburn returned with a 9-2 run over their own cutting the margin to three after a 3-pointer by
Leon Flowers with ESU leading 65-62. However a 20-5 run over the next 6:53 by the Hornets put ESU up 18 with 2:59 to play as the Hornets hit 12 of 15 free throws during the stretch to put the game away.
The Ichabosd were led by Flowers' 15 poitns and
Kyle Wiggins finished with 14 points.
Korey Fisher had nine points and a team-high five assists. Kaleb Wright led the Hornets with a game-high 30 poitns.
Washburn shot 52 percent in the second half hitting 16 of 31 from the field, but ESU finished the half at 56 percent finishing at 50 percent from the field overall. Washburn had one more field goal than the Hornets did in the game, but was outshot from the free throw line by 12 makes as ESU finished 29 of 35 compared to the Ichabods 17 of 29. ESU also had a 35 to 30 advantage on the glass. ESU took advantage of 12 offensive rebounds with 21 second chance points compared to seven for the Ichabods.
