Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabods men's basketball team returns to Schendel Court when they will host Peru State on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
•    The Ichabods are coming off a 75-51 loss to Rockhurst at home snapping a 32-game regular season, non-conference winning streak.
•    Peru State topped Central Methodist in conference play last time out 87-78 on Nov. 21.
•    The Ichabods are 13-1 all-time against the Bobcats and have won the last 10 meetings in the series.
•    Washburn won the meeting 89-59 on Nov. 18, 2014 in Topeka.
•    Each of Washburn's three opponents this season have hit 11 3-pointers against the Ichabods.

 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 775-331 overall.
•     has 533 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 533.
•     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 453-86 going 402-75 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 775 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.

Peru State head basketball coach Eric Behrens . . .
•    is 21-18 in his second season as the Bobcats' head coach after leading the Bobcats to an 18-13 record last season.
•    he spent 13 years as the head coach at Omaha Central High School where he won seven state championships.
•    he graduated from Nebraska-Omaha in 1999.   
•    he is 0-1 against the Ichabods.

  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Rockhurst 75, Washburn 51 -- Nov. 21, 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team lost for the first time this season in a 75-51 loss to Rockhurst on Saturday afternoon in Lee Arena. 
After the Ichabods hit their first shot of the day, a 3-pointer by Javion Blake, giving Washburn its only lead of the game, Rockhurst (2-1) ripped off a 15-2 run over the next 6:28 as the Ichabods missed their next 13 shots while Rockhurst connected on 4 of 6 shots including 3 of 5 3-pointers building a 15-5 lead. Tyas Martin's lay up with 12:55 to play broke the run by Rockhurst.
After a bucket by David Salach with 11:04 to play in the first half cut the lead back to eight at 17-9, Rockhurst built its lead out to 17 using an 11-2 run. Washburn (2-1) would get as close as 11 near in the end of the half but trailed by 14 at the break 37-23.
In the second half the Ichabods cut the lead to 13 twice with the final time coming with 11:35 to play in the game but would not get any closer as the Hawks snapped the Ichabods' 32-game, regular season, non-conference homecourt winning streak.
Blake led the Ichabods with nine points and Cameron Wiggins had eight. Brady Skeens tied for a game-high with 11 rebounds while scoring four points recording three blocks. Malachi Nix scored a game-high 18 points leading four Hawks in double figures.
Washburn finished the game 16 of 51 for a 31 percent average while the Hawks were 25 of 52 for a 48 percent clip. Rockhurst hit 11 of 21 3-pointers while Washburn was 2 of 14. The Hawks also held a 37-30 advantage on the glass.  

 About Peru State
•    Peru State is 3-5 coming off an 87-78 win over Central Methodist University last time out on Nov. 21.
•    The Bobcats rank ninth in the NAIA rankings in scoring offense at 86.6 per game. They are allowing 84.6 points per game.
•    Corday Sims is leads the team and is ranked second in the NAIA rankings  in 3-pointers made and fourth in scoring in the NAIA at 23.9 points per game.

 Series History with Peru State
•    Washburn leads the all-time series 13-1.
•    Washburn has won the last 10 games in the series.
•    The lone win for the Bobcats in the series came on Dec. 20, 1962 in a 60-54 win on the road. 
•    Washburn won 89-59 on Nov. 18, 2014 in Topeka in the last meeting.

 Last meeting with Peru State
(Nov. 18, 2014) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods used a 64-point performance from the bench en route to an 89-59 win over Peru State improving to 2-2 on the season on Tuesday night at Schendel Court. 
The Ichabods led from start to finish as they jumpted out to a 15-4 lead and never looked back in the 30-point win over Peru State. The Ichabods would go on to double up the Bobcats' score in the first half building a lead of 32 to 16 with 4:59 to play before Peru State cut the lead back to 14 at the break with Washburn leading 36-22. Washburn shot 41 percent in the first half, but struggled from the 3-point arch hitting only 1 of 12 attempts.
In the second half, Washburn shot 52 percent from the field as the Bobcats would not get closer than 11 points, which was with 18:30 remaining in the game, as the Ichabods led by as many as 31 in the contest.
Kyle Wiggins came off the bench to score 17 points hitting 5 of 6 shots from the field while Alex North scored 15 adding eight rebounds. Christian Ulsaker recorded his first double double at Washburn with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Jeremy Lickteig scored a career-high 14 off the bench in 13 minutes. Corday Sims and Jamar Cannon each had 15 to lead the Bobcats.
The Ichabods had 25 assists on 30 field goals in the game and finished 46 percent from the field and held a 53 to 33 rebound advantage. 
Washburn also had a 25 to 4 advantage in fast break points and a 42 to 20 lead in points in the paint. 

 Last time out for Peru State
(Nov. 18, 2015) Trailing by ten with 17 minutes left in the game did not deter the Peru State men's basketball team on Saturday at the Al Wheeler Activity Center. The Bobcats outscored the visiting Central Methodist (Mo.) (CMU) Eagles 43-24 over the course of the final 17 minutes to win 87-78.
With the win, Peru State snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Eagles fell to 3-3 and also are now 1-1 in the Heart.
Corday Sims had a game-high 30 points to lead Peru State on 9 of 16 shooting which included making 7 of 10 from behind-the-arc. Two other Bobcats finished in double figures with Ellis adding 16 and Hunter contributing 13 while coming off the bench.
Sims also led the team with six rebounds with Bol and Josh Varney each grabbing three. Hunter dished out seven assists with Ellis adding another five.
Connor Dukes and Varney each had one steal with Varney also being credited with one block.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1,507-1,037-2 (.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 533-250 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 402-75 (.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 face Saint Mary on Nov. 28 before opening MIAA play at Fort Hays State on Dec. 2 and at Nebraska-Kearney on Dec. 5.