Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabods will hit the road again as they will travel to Kearney, Neb., to take on the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 7.
•    The Ichabods (11-13, 6-7 MIAA) are coming off a heartbreaking 62-59 loss at Emporia State on Wednesday in Emporia.
•    The Lopers (13-6, 8-4 MIAA) lost 88-77 at Fort Hays State on Thursday in Hays.
•    The Ichabods have lost the last three game with the Lopers.
•    This season the Lopers are 9-2 in home games with the two loses coming to Missouri Western in Overtime and to Colorado Mines in their season opener.
•    Lindenwood leads the MIAA and has clinched a postseason spot in the MIAA Tournament with a 10-3 record. Pittsburg State is in second at 9-3.
•    Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri are tied for third at 9-4 while Missouri Southern is fifth at 8-4. 
•    Nebraska-Kearney is in sixth at 8-5 while Fort Hays State and Central Oklahoma are tied for seventh at 7-6. Washburn sits in ninth at 6-7 and Missouri Western is in 10th at 5-8. Emporia State and Southwest Baptist are tied for 11th at 4-9.
•    The Ichabods were 8 of 13 in the final five minutes of the three-point loss against Emporia State and Algie Key scored eight of Washburn's 12 points. Emporia State was 4 of 5 from the line down the stretch.
•    Kyle Wiggins became the 22nd person to go over the 1,000-point mark for his career against the Mules  and he now has 1,128 points in four years … his point total is 13th all-time at Washburn … next on the chart is Mike Dickerson who scored 1,130 points from 1986-90.
•    Kyle Wiggins went over the 100 career 3-point mark against Fort Hays State … he ranks 12th overall in 3-pointers at Washburn with 102.
•    Alex North became the 23rd Ichabod to reach 1,000 for his career against Fort Hays State entering the game with Nebraska-Kearney with 1,011 points which is tied for 19th all-time at Washburn …he needs three points to move into 18th all-time and 39 to move into 17th on the scoring chart.
•    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.
•    The Ichabods will have four of their final five games at home after facing the Lopers on Saturday. Washburn will have home games with Central Oklahoma on Feb. 12 and Northeastern State on Feb. 14. After a road game at Fort Hays State on Feb. 18, 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 12 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 110 games with 77 starts … he went over the 650-rebound mark for his career against Emporia State … he has 1,011 career points averaging 9.2 ppg in his career and 5.9 rpg at Washburn … his 111 career 3-pointers at Washburn are tied for ninth all-time with Jeff Reid … his 654 career rebounds are fifth all-time at Washburn … he has reached double figure scoring in 46 games as an Ichabod … he also ranks eighth in minutes played (2,728), 16th in free throws made (234), 12th in games started (77), 25th in steals (77) and 29th in assists (179) as an Ichabod.
•    Kyle Wiggins has averaged 10.3 ppg in 110 games making 68 starts … he went over the 1,000-point mark against Central Missouri … he also has gone over the 200-rebound mark for his career and has 241 and he went over the 200-assist mark in Hawaii and has 241 for his career … his 1,128 career points is 13th 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 6.5 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 and made his seventh start of the season against Emporia State.
•    The Ichabods have hit at least one 3-pointer in 334 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.
•    Algie Key had a season-high 22 points in the loss at BYU-Hawaii adding five assists … against Nebraska-Kearney he tied a career high with three blocks … he hit a season-high 11 of 14 free throw attempts against Emporia State  … he is averaging 9.0 points and 4.0 rebounds a game this season at Washburn after transferring from Alabama.
•    Turon Parker is scoring 6.3 ppg this season adding 39 assists and 18 steals in his first season as an Ichabod … he had a season-high eight rebounds against Tabor.
•    Kevin House leads the team with 48 assists this season while adding 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … he is 43 of 51 from the free throw line this season for a team-high 84 percent.
•    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 144 of 435 from 3-point range this season with Kyle Wiggins hitting a team-high 35 of 86 attempts for a 41 percent average … Alex North has hit 25 of 77 attempts and Andy Wilson has hit 20 of 60 attempts … Ichabod opponents are 186 of 498 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 3.6 rebounds a game this season and he is averaging 3.9 rebounds per game in MIAA play.
•    Washburn is 343 of 517 from the free throw line for a 66 percent average while its opponents are 361 of 503 hitting 72 percent of their charity stripe attempts … in MIAA play the Ichabods have improved to 196 of 281 from the line for a 70 percent average while opponents are 181 of 253 in MIAA play for a 72 percent average.
•    Washburn is +1.4 in rebounding margin and have been outrebounded in nine games this season.
•    The Ichabods have outscored their opponents 762 to 697 in the first half of games, but have been outscored 937 to 915 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 768-327 overall.
•     has 527 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 527.
•     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 447-85 going 396-74 in Lee Arena.
•     is second in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 768 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.

Nebraska-Kearney co-head basketball coach Tom Kropp
•     is in his 24th year as co-head coach at Nebraska-Kearney. Kropp (Nebraska-Kearney, '75) has notched a 465-237 (.662) mark at UNK. 
•      is 3-2 against Washburn.

Nebraska-Kearney co-head basketball coach Kevin Lofton
•     is in his 10th year as co-head coach at Nebraska-Kearney. He has recorded a 151-122 (.555) mark at UNK. 
•      is 3-2 against Washburn.

 Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Emporia state 62, Washburn 59 • Feb. 4, 2015
EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods fell behind by 18 points in the first half then rallied to tie the score with 10 seconds to play before ESU hit a 35-foot shot off the backboard at the buzzer for the heartbreaking 62-59 Washburn loss. 
The Ichabods (11-13, 6-7 MIAA) held the Hornets (11-11, 4-9 MIAA) without a field goal for the final 9:08 of the game until the winning before the winning heave by the Hornets. 
Washburn trailed 22-4 with 10:13 to play in the first half helped in part by a 12-0 start by the Hornets who held the Ichabods scoreless the first 5:34 of the game.
The Ichabods shot 9 of 24 in the first half overall while the Hornets shot 14 of 34 from the field in the frame.
To start the second half, the Ichabods used a 7-0 run to cut the Hornet lead to five with 16:51 to play in the game, but the Hornets responded with a 12-2 run of their own over the next 2:51 to push the lead back to 15 at 50-35 with 11:34 to play.
Washburn cut the lead back to eight with 7:50 to play after a pair of free throws by Algie Key as he scored six-straight points for the Ichabods over a 56-second time frame trimming the Hornet advantage to 52-44.
The Hornets went back up 11 with 7:21 to play halting the Ichabod run after an ESU player was fouled on a 3-point attempt at 55-44. 
After two more free throws by Key with 6:30 to play, the Ichabods trailed by nine at 55-46. Both teams came up scoreless on their next possessions, but a free throw by Kevin House with 5:04 cut the Ichabod deficit down to eight at 55-47.
Two free throws by Alex North with 4:26 pulled Washburn within six at 55-49. Washburn would go and cut the lead down to five after a 3-point play by Key with 2:58 to play at 57-52 and then to 57-53 after a free throw by North with 2:00 remaining.
A free throw by Kyle Wiggins with 1:40 trimmed the Hornet lead to three at 57-54 and after a timeout by Emporia State and a missed 3-pointer, Washburn went to the line with 29 seconds remaining and Key hit both free throws cutting the lead to 57-56.
The Ichabods fouled coming out of the timeout sending ESU to the line with 25 seconds as Terrence Moore hit both free throws pushing th lead back to three at 59-56.
Key hit one of two free throws with 20 seconds to play and the Ichabods fouled the Hornets with 10 seconds to play.
The Ichabods tied the score after an ESU miss but Jay Temaat hit a 3-pointer with one second left for the winner.
Key finished with 21 points to lead the Ichabods hitting 11 of 14 free throws and North and House each had 10. Korey Fisher had nine.
Temaat had 14 to lead the Hornets.
The Ichabods held the Hornets to seven field goals in the second half in 24 attempts and finished 21 of 58 overall. Washburn was 19 of 46 after going 10 of 22 in the second half. 

 About Nebraska-Kearney
•    The Lopers are 13-7 this season and have gone 8-5 in MIAA play.
•    UNK has lost its last two games by a combined 13 points after winning eight of the previous 10 games.
•    Connor Beranek has led the team in scoring in 12 times this season leading the team with 19.0 ppg while Ethan Brozek is scoring 17.4 ppg with a team-high 8.8 rebounds …Beranek is second on the team in rebounding at 7.4 per game.
•    Brozek has eight double doubles this season and Beranek has two.
•    The Lopers are averaging 78.7 ppg while allowing 74.4 and have hit 150 3-pointers this season shooting 39 percent from deep.
•    They are 329 of 445 from the free throw line for a 74 percent average and they shoot 49 percent from the field overall.

 Series History with Nebraska-Kearney
•      Thursday's meeting will be the 35th in the series and it is tied 17-17.
•    The Ichabods have won seven of the last nine meetings.
•      All-time in games in Kearney, the Ichabods are 5-13 after losing the first 11 times they played there.
•     Washburn leads 12-4 in games played in Topeka.

 Last meeting with Nebraska-Kearney
(Jan. 29, 2015) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team fell in overtime to Nebraska-Kearney 87-86 on Thursday on Schendel Court at Lee Arena in a game which saw 16 lead changes and 19 ties. 
Neither team scored in the first minute of the overtime period until Christian Ulsaker hit a pair of free throws with four minutes to play in the game staking the Ichabods to a 78-76 lead. The Lopers hit a layup and a 3-pointer and added a free throw over the next 1:39 as UNK took an 82-78 lead with 1:19 to play. A 3-pointer by Alex North with 57 seconds to play cut the lead to one. UNK would go up by four with nine seconds to play and then with three seconds left a layup by Kyle Wiggins cut the lead to two at 85-83. After a quick foul by the Ichabods, the Lopers hit two free throws to go up four 87-83 and Wiggins hit a 3 at the buzzer to cut the final margin to one as time expired on Washburn. 
Washburn (10-12, 5-6 MIAA) and the Lopers (13-5, 8-3 MIAA) were tied at the half as well at 34 each after neither team would lead by more than six in the game. 
Wiggins led all scorers with a game-high 28 points on 10 of 17 shooting from the field playing a career-high 41 minutes. North scored 17 adding nine rebounds to move his career point total to 996 as an Ichabod. Jeremy Lickteig and Christian Ulsaker each scored nine and Ulsaker recorded a career-high six assists and career-high four steals. Algie Key had a career-high three blocks.  
Ethan Brozek led five Lopers in double figures with 23 points. Connor Beranek had 19 and Ty Danielson had 15. 
Washburn was 30 of 63 for the game for a 48 percent average while the Lopers were 31 of 63 for a 49 percent clip. The Lopers shot 46 percent from 3-point range going 10 of 22 overall while Washburn was 5 of 15. The Ichabods were 21 of 27 from the free throw line while the Lopers finished 15 of 22. The Lopers also held a 34 to 32 advantage on the glass turning 12 offensive rebounds into 13 second chance points.  

 Last time out for Nebraska-Kearney
(Feb. 5, 2015) Kearney, Neb. – Freshman forward Trey Lansman scored a season-high 35 points but Fort Hays State closed on a 21-10 run to beat Nebraska Kearney, 88-77, Thursday night in Kansas.
This was the 121st all-time meeting between the Lopers (13-7, 8-5) and Tigers (14-8, 7-6).
In a game with 13 lead changes and 10 ties, Lansman (Harlan, Ia.) made two free throws with 5:29 left to give the UNK its last lead of the night, 68-67.
Senior guard James Fleming quickly followed with a bucket and, after UNK missed a three, junior post reserve Dom Samac (Croatia) converted a three-point play and then senior guard Achoki Moikobu sunk a triple to start at 15-4 Tiger spurt.
Over the last 5:29, Hays was 6 of 8 from the field (2 of 4 threes) and 7 of 9 at the line.
Playing its sixth straight game minus leading scorer Craig Nicholson due to injury, Hays got 25 points, nine rebounds and two assists from Samac (6-9, 215 lbs.). Twenty-two of those points came in the second half.
To reach his total, he was 10 of 14 from the field (1 of 2 threes) and 4 of 6 at the line. Playing 23 minutes, four of his boards came at the offensive end as Hays finished with a plus 10 rebounding margin, 36-26.
Next, Fleming tallied 23 on 7 of 10 (3 of 5 threes) field goal shooting and a 7 of 9 effort from the charity stripe. Like Samac, he more than doubled his season average of eight points. Finally for the Tigers, Moikobu had 10 of his 17 points after the break.
Lansman was hot all night, going 10 of 17 (2 of 6 threes) from the floor and 13 of 13 at the line. Fouling out late, he had 19 points in the second half that included 10 made free throws.
This is the most points by a UNK true freshman since Nick Svehla went for 36 in a 2000 road win at Regis. Also, this is the most points scored by a Loper against Hays in 17 years.
Reigning MIAA Player of the Connor Beranek (Ravenna) had 15 points and five rebounds with junior forward Ethan Brozek (Norfolk) limited due to foul trouble. He finished with eight points, a team-best eight boards and four assists.
Off the bench, Pierce freshman Lane Rohrich had eight points with Nevada senior Davion Pearson having a team-high five assists and five points..

  Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1478-997-4 (.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 527-243 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 396-74 (.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 have four of their final five games at home after facing the Lopers on Saturday. Washburn will have home games with Central Oklahoma on Feb. 12 and Northeastern State on Feb. 14. After a road game at Fort Hays State on Feb. 18, 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.