Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabods will open the home slate on Monday night as they will play host to Tabor College on Nov. 16 on Schendel Court in Lee Arena.
•    The Ichabods are coming off an 88-86 win over No. 1-ranked Augustana in their season opener in Las Vegas on Nov. 13.
•    Tabor is ranked No. 20 in the NAIA Division II poll and are 6-0 this season.
•    Monday's game will count as an exhibition game for the Bluejays.
•    The Bluejays are coming off a 104-102 win over No. 24-ranked Dakota Wesleyan last time out on Nov. 14.
•    The season-opening win over Augustana improved Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman to 32-5 all-time in season openers and to 77-33-1 all-time in season openers.
•    Washburn is 30-1 in season openers in Lee Arena.
•    The Ichabods' only loss in a season opener was to Friends 89-88 on Nov. 16, 1990.
•    With the win over Augustana the Ichabods improved to 8-1 on all Friday the 13th games played in program history.
•    Ichabod coach Bob Chipman is 13-2 all-time against Tabor.

 Ichabods on Radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK radio with Jake Lebahn and Pat Strathman calling the action. Game will also be streamed live on the wusports.com website by following the listen live links on the men's basketball schedule page.

 The Coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman 
•     is in his 37th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•     a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•     is 774-330 overall.
•     has 532 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
•    is the MIAA's all-time winningest coach by victories with 532.
•     has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason MIAA tournament championships.
•     has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
•     in home games, he is 452-85 going 401-74 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 774 coaching wins is 23rd in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
•     led the Ichabods to the 1987 NAIA National Championship and a 2001 NCAA National game, which was later vacated by Kentucky Wesleyan. 
•     Chipman played for legendary coach Jack Hartman earning two letters.

Tabor head basketball coach Michah Ratzlaff . . .
•    is in his ninth season as the Bluejays head coach.
•    played two seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tabor where he earned first team all-conference and honorable mention all-American honors.
•    is 132-119 overall as the Bluejays head coach   

  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 88, No. 1 Augustana 86
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- For the first time since the 2004 season the Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team topped the No. 1-ranked team as they opened the 2015-16 season with a bang knocking off top-ranked Augustana 88-86 in the season lid-lifter. 
Washburn held the Vikings without a field goal for nearly two minutes down the stretch after taking an 84-83 lead with 2:31 to play in the game. With the Ichabods (1-0) holding a 1-point lead, the Vikings (0-1) turned the ball over back to the Ichabods and Randall Smith hit two free throws Washburn up 86-83.
After a pair of free throws pulling the Vikings within one at 86-85, Cameron Wiggins hit both free throws again going up three at 88-85. Washburn then fouled Augustana sending the Vikings to the line for the one-and-one and after hitting the first attempt, the Vikings intentionally missed the second and the Ichabods grabbed the rebound sealing the win.
The win for the Ichabods over Augustana was the first over a No. 1-ranked team since Washburn beat Northwest Missouri 72-63 in Maryville on Jan. 14, 2004 when the Ichabods were ranked No. 13.
The Ichabods were led by Cameron Wiggins who scored a career-high 19 points hitting 6 of 10 field goals including 4 of 6 attempts from 3-point range. He also added five rebounds. Smith finished with 17 points adding five assists and Javion Blake had 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
Washburn outscored the Vikings 48 to 22 in the paint and outrebounded Augustana 36 to 30.
Washburn trailed 49-45 at half as both teams had a good shooting first half. Augustana was 16 of 27 including 6 of 13 from 3-point range and the Ichabods were 19 of 32 for a 59.4 percent mark. In the second half the Ichabods were 17 of 33 for a 52 percent clip while holding the Vikings to 11 of 28 for a 39 percent average.  

 About Tabor
•    Tabor is 6-0 this season and ranked No. 20 in the NAIA Division II poll.
•    Monday's game will be an exhibition game for the Bluejays.
•    Tabor is averaging 89.5 ppg while allowing 75.8 ppg.
•    They are shooting 49 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range.
•    The Bluejays are +10 in rebound margin.
•    Lance Carter leads the team scoring 19.2 ppg and D'Marco Smith is averaging 14.0 ppg.
•    Carter also leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game.

 Series History with Tabor
•     Monday's meeting with the Bluejays is the 15th all-time. 
•    Washburn leads the series 13-2 and have won the last three.
•    The teams have only played three times since the 1996 season with the Bluejays winning a home game on Dec. 7, 1996 in a 94-88 win.
•     Washburn won the last meeting on Dec. 15, 2014 in Topeka 76-61. 

 Last meeting with Tabor
(Dec. 15, 2014) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods put three players in double figures as Washburn led for 39 of the 40 minutes in the game picking up a 76-61 win over Tabor. 
The Ichabods jumped out to leads to 11-2 and then 20-9 before the Bluejays came back with a mini 7-0 run to cut the lead to four at 20-16 before the Ichabods would push out to a 13-point lead at the break at 37-24. The Ichabods shot 39 percent in the first half while holding the Bluejays to 8 of 25 shooting for a 32 percent clip. 
Washburn (5-7) would go on to lead by as many as 25 in the second half at 51-26 with 15:50 to play before Tabor (5-8) trimmed the lead back to 17 with 6:51 to play and to as few as 14 with 2:46 to play but never threatened in the second half as the Ichabods snapped a two-game slide with the 15-point win. 
Algie Key came off the bench to score 15 points on 4 of 5 shooting while to lead the Ichabods with 15 points. Brady Skeens scored 14 making his second career start going 5 of 5 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. Kyle Wiggins also reached double figures with 11 points picking up four steals and David Salach tied a career-high with 10 rebounds. Turon Parker recorded five steals while scoring five points adding a career-high eight rebounds.  
The Ichabods finished 28 of 62 overall from the field hitting 45 percent of their shots while the Bluejays were 19 of 49 for a 39 percent average. Washburn was 15 of 21 from the free throw line and Tabor finished 16 of 20. Washburn also held a 40 to 29 advantage on the glass turning 17 offensive rebounds into 13 second chance points while forcing 16 Bluejay turnovers into 21 points. Washburn also outscored the Bluejays 40 to 26 in the paint. 
Malik Brooks scored a game-high 20 points and Andrew Thomas had a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. 

 Last time out for Tabor
(Nov. 14, 2015) Mitchell, S.D. – Tabor improved to 6-0 with a 104-102 win over No. 24 ranked Dakota Wesleyan. The Bluejays led by four at the break 42-38.
D'Marco Smith scored 28 points hitting all five 3-point attempts going 8 of 11 from the field overall. Lance Carter had 17 points with 10 rebounds and Tullio Parry had 17 points hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers.
The Bluejays shot 58 percent from the field and 13 of 24 3-points going 19 of 25 from the free throw line.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1,506-1,036-2 (.592) all-time in the 111th year in the program's history.
•     Washburn is the eighth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.
•     Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 532-250 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
•    The Ichabods have recorded 25 20-win seasons and they have one 30-win seasons after going 35-4 during the 1986-87 NAIA Championship season.
•    Washburn has won 21 conference championships including 10 MIAA titles.
•    Washburn has received 12 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.
 Home sweet home
•     The Ichabods are 401-74 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•     The 2015-16 season marks the 31st season of play in Lee Arena.
•     The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.

 Up next
•     The Ichabods will continue their homestand facing Rockhurst on Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. followed by games with Peru State on Nov. 24 and Saint Mary on Nov. 28 before opening MIAA play at Fort Hays State on Dec. 2 and at Nebraska-Kearney on Dec. 5.