Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabods will look for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they travel to Gross Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday to take on the Fort Hays State Tigers.
•    The Ichabods (13-14, 8-8 MIAA) won their third straight home game last time out on Valentine's Day in a 92-68 win over Northeastern State.
•    The Tigers are coming off a 77-63 loss at Pittsburg State.
•    The Ichabods won the first meeting of the season with the Tigers on Jan. 31 in Topeka 69-58.
•    The Tigers are 12-3 at home this season winning their last two games at Gross Memorial.
•    In the MIAA standings, Central Missouri is on top with a 12-4 record while Pittsburg State and Northwest Missouri are tied for second at 11-4. 
•    Lindenwood is in fourth at 11-5 and Nebraska-Kearney is fifth at 9-6.
•    Central Oklahoma is in seventh at 9-7 while Fort Hays State is in eighth at 8-7 and Washburn sits in ninth at 8-8. Missouri Western is in tenth at 6-9. Southwest Baptist is in 11th at 5-10 and Northeastern State is in 12th at 4-11. Emporia State is in 13th at 4-12. Lincoln (1-15) rounds out the league standings.
•    The 92 points against Northeastern State last time out was a season high topping the 89 the Ichabods scored on Nov. 18, 2014 against Peru State.
•    The 14 3-pointers the Ichabods hit were one shy of the school record of 15 set three times by Ichabod teams.
•    Kyle Wiggins became the 22nd person to go over the 1,000-point mark for his career against the Mules  and he now has 1,191 points in four years … his point total is 12th all-time at Washburn … next on the chart is Jemi Johnson who scored 1,215 points in three years from 1992-95.
•    Kyle Wiggins went over the 100 career 3-point mark against Fort Hays State … he ranks 10th overall in 3-pointers at Washburn with 111.
•    Alex North became the 23rd Ichabod to reach 1,000 for his career against Fort Hays State entering the game with the Tigers with 1,031 points which is tied for 18th all-time at Washburn.
•    With Kyle Wiggins and Alex North going over the 1,000-point mark in a career it marked the first time Washburn had two different players go over the 1,000-point mark in the same season.
•    After a road game at Fort Hays State, the Ichabods will wrap up the regular season with home games against Emporia State on Feb. 21 and Pittsburg State on Feb. 28. The MIAA Tournament starts its first round games on campus sites on March 2 and the tournament continues in Kansas City on March 5. 
•    The Ichabods have 30 regular season games scheduled this season and also had three exhibition games against NCAA Division I members Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma to have 33 games before the MIAA Tournament starts.
•    The Ichabods have used 14 different starting line ups this season.
    
 Bod Notes
•    Alex North has recorded 15 double doubles in his career at Washburn with his last one coming against Northeastern State on Jan. 24 … he scored his 1,000th career point against Fort Hays State and has played in 113 games with 80 starts … he went over the 650-rebound mark for his career against Emporia State … he has 1,031 career points averaging 9.1 ppg in his career and 6.0 rpg at Washburn … his 114 career 3-pointers at Washburn are ninth all-time … his 678 career rebounds are fifth all-time at Washburn … he has reached double figure scoring in 47 games as an Ichabod … he also ranks seventh in minutes played (2,812), 16th in free throws made (237), ninth in games started (80), 23rd in steals (79) and 29th in assists (190) as an Ichabod.
•    Kyle Wiggins has averaged 10.5 ppg in 113 games making 71 starts … he went over the 1,000-point mark against Central Missouri … he also has gone over the 250-rebound mark against Northeastern State and for his career and has 253 and he went over the 200-assist mark in Hawaii and has 244 for his career … his 1,191 career points is 12th all-time at Washburn … he became just the seventh Ichabod to record at least 1,000 points and have 200 assists in a career.
•    Ichabod junior Christian Ulsaker is averaging 6.6 points with 3.9 rebounds a game this season … he recorded his first career double double against Peru State with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
•    The Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 337 games … the last game the Ichabods did not hit a 3-pointer was Dec. 30, 2003 at Missouri Western … the Ichabods have not in a 3-pointer in only five games since the 3-point line came into existence prior to the 1986-87 season - a total of 875 of 880 games played.
•    Algie Key had a season-high 25 points in the loss at Nebraska-Kearney adding three assists and three steals in 33 minutes … he hit a season-high 11 of 14 free throw attempts against Emporia State  … he is averaging 9.3 points and 3.8 rebounds a game this season at Washburn after transferring from Alabama.
•    Turon Parker is scoring 5.8 ppg this season adding 42 assists and 19 steals in his first season as an Ichabod … he had a season-high eight rebounds against Tabor.
•    Kevin House leads the team with 57 assists this season while adding 5.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … he is 48 of 57 from the free throw line this season for a team-high 84 percent and had a career-high 16 points against Northeastern State last time out on Feb. 14.
•    Jeremy Lickteig scored a career-high 19 points against Northwest Indian College going 9 of 10 from the field … he made his first career start against BYU-Hawaii.
•    The Ichabods are 176 of 510 from 3-point range this season with Kyle Wiggins hitting a team-high 44 of 104 attempts for a 42 percent average … Alex North has hit 28 of 86 attempts and Andy Wilson has hit 25 of 70 attempts … Ichabod opponents are 210 of 558 from 3-point range this season.
•    Brady Skeens recorded a season-high 14 points in his second game of the season against Tabor after having his planned redshirt pulled prior to the Rockhurst game and recorded a season-high four blocks against Central Oklahoma.
•    David Salach has started 10 games this season has averaged 3.7 rebounds a game this season and he is averaging 4.0 rebounds per game in MIAA play … he had a career-high 13 points against Central Oklahoma hitting six field goals.
•    Washburn is 388 of 579 from the free throw line for a 67 percent average while its opponents are 407 of 565 hitting 72 percent of their charity stripe attempts … in MIAA play the Ichabods have improved to 241 of 343 from the line for a 70 percent average while opponents are 227 of 315 in MIAA play for a 72 percent average.
•    Washburn is +2.1 in rebounding margin and have been outrebounded in nine games this season.
•    The Ichabods have outscored their opponents 878 to 796 in the first half of games, but have been outscored 1056 to 1040 in the second half of games.

 Ichabods on Radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on AM580 WIBW radio with Jake Lebahn calling the action and color commentary from Pat Strathman. 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 36th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•     a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•     is 770-328 overall.
•     has 529 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 529.
•     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 449-85 going 398-74 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 770 coaching wins is 22nd 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.

Fort Hays State head basketball coach Mark Johnson
•      is 283-123 in his career, now in his 14th season at Fort Hays State. 
•      Johnson became just the third coach in FHSU history to reach 200 wins in men's basketball on February 5, 2011 with a win over Washburn in Hays. 
•      He joined Cade Suran (257) and Bill Morse (235) as the only coaches to reach 200 wins at FHSU. 
•      Johnson is the second-fastest to 200 wins among the three, as Morse reached the mark in just 241 games, while Johnson did it in 285 games. 
•      He is 11-9 against the Ichabods.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 92, Northeastern State 78 • Feb. 14, 2015
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team jumped out to a 16-3 lead and never looked back as they rolled past Northeastern State in a 92-68 win. 
Washburn (13-14, 8-8 MIAA) stormed to the lead after shooting a blistering 58 percent in teh opening half as they raced to a 52-29 lead at the break. The RiverHawks (6-16, 4-11 MIAA) were not within double figures of the Ichabods from the 14:29 point of the first half to the end of the game. Kyle Wiggins scored 19 of his game-high 26 points in the first half after hitting 7 of 8 first half shots including 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
In the second half Washburn cooled off to 46 percent hitting 10 of 22 shots and 5 of 11 shots from deep as they outscored the RiverHawks 40-39 in the second half leading to the 24-point win.
Following Wiggins' 26 points on 9 of 11 shooting and 5 of 7 from 3-point range, Kevin House added a career-high 16 points on 6 of 7 shooting and Christian Ulsaker had 14 points. Alex North had a game-high 12 rebounds adding a career-high seven assists in the process.
Demone Harrison scored 20 to lead the RiverHawks. 
Washburn outrebounded the RiverHawks 39 to 22 and the Ichabod bench outscored the NSU bench 56 to 27 in the win.

 About Fort Hays State
•    The Tigers are 15-9 and 8-7 in the MIAA and sit one place ahead of the Ichabods in the MIAA standings with an 8-7 league mark.
•    Leading scorer Craig Nicholson has missed the last seven games for the Tigers after suffering a leg injury … he was averaging 14.9 ppg and 5.6 assists per game.
•    Dom Samac is averaging 10.9 ppg while Achoki Moikobu is scoring 10.2 ppg and Royce Williams is averaging 10.0 ppg.
•    The Tigers are +5.6 in rebounding average this season.
•    The Tigers are coming off a 77-63 loss at Pittsburg State on Feb. 14.
•    FHSU is shooting 49 percent from the field hitting 648 of 1324 attempts and have hit nine more 3-pointers than its opponents have this season (168 to 157).
•    The Tigers are 12-3 in home games going 6-3 in league contests at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

 Series History with Fort Hays State
•    Washburn leads the all-time series 90-67 and Saturday's meeting will be the 158th between the two schools. 
•      The Ichabods have won seven of the last eight in the series.
•      The series is the third-most played for Washburn behind Emporia State (204) and Pittsburg State (174). 
•      Washburn is 19-5 against the Tigers in Lee Arena. 
•      Fort Hays State is 5-2 against WU in overtime games. 
•      The teams have only met once in the MIAA Tournament with the Ichabods winning 67-54 in the MIAA Tournament semifinals on March 3, 2012 in Kansas City.
•    The Ichabods have won the last three meetings in Lee Arena.
•    The Tigers' last win in Topeka was on Dec. 8, 2010 in a 70-58 win.
•    The Ichabods lost the last meeting in Hays by a score of 87-85 in overtime on Feb. 1, 2014.

 Last meeting with Fort Hays State
(Jan. 31, 2015) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods held off a late charge by Fort Hays State picking up a 69-58 win over the Tigers in men's basketball action on Saturday night on Schendel Court at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods led 32-24 at the halftime break after holding the Tigers to 7 of 22 shooting in the first half and a 1 of 7 mark from 3-point range while the Ichabods were 11 of 29 overall hitting 5 of 11 3-point attempts as Washburn (11-12, 6-6 MIAA) took an eight-point advantage into the locker room.
In the second half, the Tigers cut the lead to three on three separate trips down the court with just over 13 minutes to play, the Ichabods responded with a 10-2 run over the next 4:12 to go up 48-37 with 9:04 to play as Ulsaker and Andy Wilson each scored five points during the spurt. The Ichabods would go on to lead by as many as 15 with 7:38 to play after a 3-pointer by Kyle Wiggins at 54-39.
The Tigers used a 15-4 run of their own over the next five minutes trimming the Ichabod lead to four at 58-54 with 3:06 to play before the Ichabods finished 9 of 10 from the free throw line over the next 2:39 finishing the game with an 11-4 run to wrap up the 11-point win.
Kyle Wiggins led the Ichabods with 20 points and Christian Ulsaker scored 16 to lead the Washburn attack. Alex North became the 23rd Ichabod to reach the 1,000-point mark hitting a free throw with 27 seconds left in the game. Kyle Wiggins joined the 1,000-club earlier this season against Central Missouri.
Achoki Moikobu led the Tigers with 13 points.
Washburn finished 20 of 49 from the field for a 41 percent average and hit 20 of 27 free throws in the game. The Tigers shot 49 percent hitting 19 of 49 attempts and each team recorded 32 rebounds. Fort Hays State outscored the Ichabods 26 to 18 in the paint.

 Last time out for Fort Hays State
(Feb. 14, 2015) Fort Hays State men's basketball fell by a score of 77-63 at Pittsburg State on Saturday (Feb. 14). The loss puts FHSU at 15-9 overall and 8-7 in the MIAA, while Pittsburg State moved to 15-8 overall, 11-4 in the MIAA.
The loss dropped the Tigers back down in the MIAA standings to eighth place, after entering the day in sixth.
Down 6-2 early, Fort Hays State used a 9-0 run to take an 11-6 lead. Pittsburg State countered with an 8-2 run to get the lead back at 14-13 with just over 10 minutes to play in the opening half. The lead traded hands a couple times before FHSU used an 8-0 run, all scored by James Fleming with a layup and two three-point field goals to take a 27-22 advantage at the 5:11 mark. But once again, PSU responded with an 11-2 run to get the lead back by four with just over a minute to play. Dom Samac drilled a three-pointer just before the buzzer to make it 33-32 in favor of PSU at the half.
Achoki Moikobu opened the second half with a three-pointer to put the Tigers back on top. Again, the lead went back and forth six more times before FHSU went up 50-49 on a Royce Williams jumper with 11:12 to go. But that was the last time the Tigers would lead in the game as PSU went on a tear, using an 18-4 run to seize control of the game. The Gorillas led by double figures the rest of the way.
Fleming led the Tigers with 15 points, hitting 4-of-9 field goals (including 3-of-7 three-point attempts) and 4-of-4 free-throw attempts. Moikobu added 14 points and Dom Samac finished with 13.
Josiah Gustafson led the Gorillas with 16 points, followed by Trevor Gregory with 15, Trey Starks with 12, and Dakota Jones with 11.
The Gorillas finished 47.9 percent from the field, but an impressive 96.3 percent at the free-throw line (26-of-27). FHSU finished 46.9 percent from the field, but just 29.2 percent beyond the 3-point line. The Tigers turned the ball over 15 times and were outrebounded 33-21.

  Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1480-998-4 (.591) all-time in the 110th 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 528-244 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 398-74 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•     The 2014-15 season marks the 30th 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 wrap up the regular season with home games against Emporia State on Feb. 21 and Pittsburg State on Feb. 28.