JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods dropped to 1-3 after a 42-21 loss at Missouri Southern. The Ichabods will host Fort Hays State on Oct. 4 in Yager Stadium.

The Ichabos took the opening kickoff and marched 57-yards on 10-plays in 4:09 taking the lead on Vershon Moore 2-yard run. The Lions would then come right back and tie the score scoring on a 29-yard rush capping a 10-play, 80-yard drive with 5:32 to play in the first quarter.

The Lions took the lead at 14-7 taking advantage of an Ichabod missed field goal attempt going one play for 80 yards with 12:18 to go. Washburn then drove to the Lion 1-yard line on its next drive but came up short on four attempts insdie the 2-yard line returning the ball back to the Lions, who took the 14-7 lead into the break.

Missouri Southern opened the second half with a 4-yard score pushing the lead to 21-7. On the ensuing drive, the Ichabods cut the lead back to seven when Zeke Palmer hit DaJuan Beard on a 11-yard touchdown strike with 9:27 to play in the third quarter. However the Lions came back with a touchdown-scoring drive of their own going up 28-14 with 7:11 to play in the third quarter. The Lions added another score in the third taking the 35-14 lead into the fourth quarter.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, the Lions went up 42-14 prior to Washburn wrapping up the scoring with a 1-yard completion from Palmer to Jordan Hart pulling the Ichabods within 42-21.

Moore led the Ichabods with 109 yards on the ground on 22 carries and one score while Palmer finished 27 of 47 for 328 yards and two touchdowns. Twelve different Ichabods had at least one reception led by DaJuan Beard's 110 receiving yards on seven catches. Moore also had seven catches for 76 yards. Calvin Kenney led the Ichabods had 14 tackles to lead Washburn.

Washburn had 28 first downs compared to 18 for the Lions as the Ichabods had 533 yards of total offense while the Lions recorded 405. The Lions had 286 yards on the ground while Washburn had 152.