Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball returns to play on Jan. 2 when they will host the Lindenwood Lions at 7 p.m. on Schendel Court in Lee Arena.
•    Washburn (7-3, 3-2 MIAA) lost its last game falling 92-72 at Missouri Southern.
•    The Lions are coming off a 68-52 win over No. 25-ranked Northwest Missouri improving to 8-3 overall and 3-1 in the MIAA.
•    The Lions are 0-1 in games played in Topeka falling  82-64 on Dec. 22, 2013 in Lee Arena.
•    Washburn leads the series 2-1 with the Lions winning the last meeting 72-59 on Dec. 20, 2014 in St. Charles, Mo.
•    The Ichabods are averaging 16.6 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.3 ppg opponents are scoring off the Ichabods.
•    Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman recorded his 780th win against Pittsburg State tying him for 16th all-time on all-time NCAA coaching list with former Arizona coach Lute Olson and passing Lou Henson who coached at Illinois and New Mexico State.
•    Next up on the all-time NCAA coaching chart is Lefty Driesell and Jim Smith with 786 wins.
•    Washburn's bench is averaging 24.7 ppg compared to 25.2 ppg for its opponents.
•    Washburn is scoring 35.2 ppg in the paint compared to 21.0 ppg for its opponents.
•    In Washburn's six wins this season, they have overcome deficits of 14 against Augustana, 11 against Peru State and Fort Hays State, eight against Pittsburg State, five against Southwest Baptist and four against Saint Mary.
•    Washburn's only win they led from start to finish was against Tabor.

 Ichabod Notes
•    Overall the Ichabods have a balanced scoring attack with four players averaging at least 9.0 points per game and they have six averaging at least 6.1 ppg.
•    The Ichabods are +4.3 in rebound margin this season.
•    Brady Skeens tied a career high with seven free throw attempts against Missouri Southern … He has scored double figures in the last four games shooting shooting 20 of 24 from the field (.833) averaging 11.5 ppg.
•    Randall Smith had career-highs of five rebounds and six free throws made against Missouri Southern.
•    Cameron Wiggins had career highs of 10 free throws and 11 free throw attempts against Missouri Southern last time out.
•    Colton Anderson recorded his first career block against Missouri Southern.
    
 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 780-333 overall.
•     has 538 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 538.
•     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 457-86 going 406-75 in Lee Arena.
•     is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 780 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.

Lindenwood head coach Lance Randall . . .
•    is in his first season as the Lions head coach and has an 8-3 record.
•    he spent the last four year's as the head coach at St. Leo University going 78-44 including three trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
•    is 1-0 against Washburn.

  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Missouri Southern 92, Washburn 72 -- Dec. 19, 2015
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods wrapped up the calendar year with a 92-72 loss at Missouri Southern. 
The Ichabods trailed 47-31 at the break after the Lions hit 8 of 21 shots from 3-point range jumping out to a 16-point lead. Javion Blake scored eight in the opening half as 13 of the 14 Ichabods in uniform saw action in the first half. Overall the Ichabods werw 12 of 33 while the Lions were 17 of 36. 
In the second half, the Ichabods were held to 2 of 13 over the first 10 minutes of the half compared to the Lions going 9 of 16, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range opening a 33-point lead with 9:55 to play in the game.
Washburn used a 21-3 run over a three-minute stretch trimming lead to 78-59 with 5:42 to go in the game as Wiggins scored 11 during the run as Washburn hit 7 of 9 shots from the field. 
Washburn cut the lead to 16 with 4:22 to play but would not get any closer.
Wiggins led the Ichabods with 20 points and Randall Smith scored 12 with four assists. Brady Skeens scored 11 adding four rebounds and two blocks while Blake scored 11. 
The Lions were led by Taevaunn Prince's 21 points pacing five Lions in double figures. 
Washburn (7-3, 3-2 MIAA) finished 25 of 63 from the field and 19 of 28 from the free throw line in the game. The Lions (8-4, 5-1 MIAA) finished 29 of 65 for a 45 percent clip hitting 21 of 28 free throws. The Lions also held a 49 to 33 advantage on the glass turning 15 offensive rebounds into 19 second chance points.   

  About Lindenwood
• Lindenwood is 8-3 overall and 4-1 in the MIAA after winning two of its last three games and four of its last five. 
•    Cory Arentsen leads three players in double figures scoring 23.0 ppg adding 7.3 rebounds per game … he has hit 33 of 72 3-point attempts.
•    Also averaging in double figures is Brad Newman at 14.6 ppg and Stanislas Heili at 10.1 ppg. Heili leads the team with 9.3 rpg.
  Series History with Lindenwood
•    The two teams have only met three times with Washburn leading the series 2-1.
•    The teams have met twice in St. Charles with the Lions winning last season 72-59 on Dec. 20, 2014. 
•    The Ichabods won the first meeting in the series 66-63 over the Lions in St. Charles.
•    Washburn won the only meeting in Topeka 82-64 on Dec. 22, 2013.    

 Last meeting with Lindenwood
(Dec. 20, 2014) ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods had their two-game winning streak snapped with a 72-59 loss at Lindenwood. 
Kyle Wiggins led the Ichabods with 14 points and Algie Key had 13 to lead Washburn (6-8, 2-2 MIAA).
Washburn trailed 29-27 at the break after the Lions shot 11 of 24 from the field compared to the Ichabods shooting 9 of 21 from the field.
Washburn cut the lead to 62-57 with 2:49 after a 3-pointer by Korey Fisher before the Lions finished the game on a 10-2 run scoring all 10 points from the free throw as Lindenwood did not record a field goal the final 6:41 of the game.
Washburn finished 22 of 51 from the field for a 43 percent average while the Lions were 22 of 39 overall. The Lions also hit 21 of 24 free throws compared to 11 of 15 for the Ichabods.
Washburn was outrebounded 26 to 24 in the game.  

Last time out for Lindenwood
(Dec. 20, 2015) The Lindenwood men's basketball team earned its fourth MIAA victory, dominating No. 25 Northwest Missouri by a final score of 68-52 on Sunday afternoon. Having won four out of their last five games, the Lions' allowed 52 points which was the lowest of the season. In addition, that was the fewest points scored by the Bearcats since November 26, 2013.
The Lions started the first half strong behind a 6-2 lead at the 16:30 mark. Zachary Biggs recorded a bucket, two rebounds, and an assist during that span. Chandler Diekvoss added a three-pointer at the 15:53 mark to extend the Lions lead by five. The Bearcats clawed back on an 8-0 run by the 11:14 mark to give them a three-point lead. Both teams remained scoreless through the next 1:44 until the Bearcats scored off a layup. Nick Van Osdale ended the scoreless streak after laying in an easy bucket to cut the lead to 16-11, but the Bearcats responded with a quick bucket at the 7:11 mark.
Both teams traded two-point shots again behind Stanilas Heili's lay-in at the 6:05 mark. Diekvoss then added two free throws less than 30 seconds later, totaling to seven points. Heading out of the media timeout, Heili blocked a shot that led into a fast break bucket by LJ McIntosh to even the score 20-20 with just four minutes remaining in the half. They tacked on another bucket from Cory Arentsen off an assist from Diekvoss to take a two-point lead. McIntosh added more to the scoring frenzy with a three-pointer at the 1:57 mark followed by a three-pointer from Van Osdale with 57 seconds remaining. Arentsen made one free throw to extend the Lions' lead by five with 21 seconds left.
The Lions pressured the Bearcats back-court by double-teaming the ball carrier and forcing a lob pass up for grabs. After the pass being intercepted by Heili, Arentsen started the fast break and took the ball down the hole for a lay-up to give the Lions a 31-24 lead heading into halftime. Diekvoss led the team with seven points and three assists followed by Heili and McIntosh with six points each in the first half. Heili also snatched five rebounds and swatted an impressive four shots on the defensive side of the floor.
Arentsen began the second half drawing a shooting foul beyond the arc and converting all three free throws to give the Lions a 10-point lead. Arentsen continued his hot scoring streak by swishing a two-point shot and a spot-up three-pointer with 13:04 remaining and a 45-35 Lions' lead. Coming out of a timeout, Sam Mader found Heili in the paint to extend the lead by 12 at the 12:08 mark.
The Lions forced a timeout after Sam Mader made a three-pointer off a pass from Arentsen, giving the Lions the biggest lead of the game with 13. The Lions continued to dominate on the offensive side of the ball, extending the lead to 63-46 at the 3:45 mark behind two more three-pointers from Arentsen. As play progressed, the Lions held the fort on defense by only allowing six points in the final four minutes. Arentsen sealed the deal with a shot-clock beating three-pointer to give the Lions the upset victory.
Arentsen finished with 23 points on seven of 12 shooting and three of five from three-point. He also recorded six rebounds and two assists. Heili's monster double-double, his third of the season, included shooting a perfect six for six from the field, scoring 12 points, collecting 10 rebounds, and blocking a season-high seven shots. Diekvoss posted nine points and five assists.
The Lions completed 64.1 percent of their shots for the game, including 72.2 percent in the second half where they outscored the Bearcats 37-28. From beyond the arc, the Lions nearly could not be stopped, converting eight of 11 three-pointers to the Bearcats' four for 19. The Lions out-rebounded the Bearcats 31-27, but the Bearcats collected 14 on the offensive glass.
The team set a school record with 11 blocks against Northwest Missouri, with the previous record of 10 which held since 2006 against Benedictine. With seven blocks of his own, Heili set a new individual record for the Lions' basketball team. The previous record was six, which was set in 1996 and 2012. 

  Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1,512-1,039-2 (.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 538-252 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 406-75 (.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 host Lincon on Jan. 4 before returning to the road facing Northeastern State on Jan. 7 and Central Oklahoma on Jan. 9. The Ichabods will then start a three-game homestand with Missouri Western on Jan. 13, Northwest Missouri on Jan. 16 and Emporia State on Jan. 23.