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PITTSBURG, Kan. --
Kyle Wiggins and
Alex North combined for 51 points and
Chris Davis scores five in overtime as Washburn wrapped up a first round MIAA Tournament home game with a 92-90 win at Pittsburg State. Washburn will host Northeastern State at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Lee Arena. Washburn (17-8, 10-9 MIAA) finished in a three-way tie for sixth in the final standings, but loses the tiebreaker with Emporia State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be the eighth seed team in the MIAA Tournament and will host the ninth-seeded RiverHawks. The winner of that game will take on the top-seed Central Missouri at noon in Kansas City.
In a game which saw 20 lead changes and 15 ties, the Ichabods took a the first lead in the overtime frame on a lay up by Wiggins. After the Gorillas (8-18, 4-15 MIAA) took a three-point lead at 86-63,
Leon Flowers hit back to back free throws pulling Washburn within one at 86-85 and
Chris Davis hit a jumper giving the Ichabods a 87-86 and Davis hit a 3-pointer putting Washburn up four at 90-86 with 20 seconds to play. After a jumper by Devon Branch cutting the Ichabod lead back to two with 10 seconds to play at 90-88 and then Flowers was fouled with nine seconds left going up four at 92-88. Branch hit a tip in with two seconds left but it wasn't enough as the Ichabods held on for the win.
The Ichabods led 38-37 at the break after Flowers hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.
Wiggins led the Ichabods with 27 points playing 44 of 45 minutes in the game going 11 of 17 from the field adding six assists. North finished with 24 recording a double double with 12 rebounds. Davis finished with 13 points and Flowers had 11 points in the win.
Pitt State was led by Devon Branch who scored 34 points on 14 of 19 shooting with seven rebounds. He scored 31 against Washburn in the first meeting.
Both team shot above 50 percent in the game as the Gorillas finished 32 of 63 for a 51 percent clip while the Ichabods finished 56 percent hitting 34 of 61 from the field. Washburn was 15 of 23 from the free throw line and the Gorillas were 17 of 23 overall from the charity stripe.
Washburn's biggest lead in the game was seven at 76-69 and Pitt State had its biggest lead at three at 86-83 in the overtime period. Washburn's bench outscored the Gorilla bench 25 to 23 and had 40 points in the paint compared to 22 for the Gorillas.
