Micro-Blogging the BodsThe Ichabods (16-11, 8-11 MIAA) will open MIAA Tournament play on Tuesday when they will host Northeastern State (11-15, 7-12 MIAA) at 7 p.m. on Schendel Court at Lee Arena.
The Ichabods and the RiverHawks split the two regular season meetings with both teams winning on their home courts.
Washburn won the last meeting 83-58 in Topeka on Feb. 14 earlier this season and the RiverHawks won 58-54 on Jan. 24 in Tahlequah.
The series is tied 3-3 all-time with Northeastern State.
The Ichabods are 37-15 all-time in the MIAA Tournament … the Ichabods have never faced Northeastern State in the MIAA Tournament.
The Ichabods are 0-1 in first round games in the MIAA Tournament after losing to Southwest Baptist in Topeka last season.
The Ichabods have won nine MIAA Tournament championship titles with the last one coming in 2012.
In MIAA Tournament games played in Topeka, Washburn is 10-3.
Casyn Buchman moved into the top 10 in career 3-pointers at Washburn with 113 placing her in ninth all-time at WU … seven more and she can move into eighth on the all-time chart.
Buchman sits at 983 career points needing 17 more to become the 23rd Ichabod to reach the 1,000-point mark.
Washburn is 11-0 when scoring at least 70 points and 5-11 when scoring less than 70.
The Bods were second in the last NCAA report are first in the MIAA with a +10.9 rebounding margin. They have out-rebounded opponents in 22 of their 26 games.
The Bods have kept opponents to under 40% shooting 16 times and under 30% six times.
Casyn Buchman is third in the MIAA in free throw percentage shooting .854 (70 of 82) from the free throw line. She's 46 of 54 (.852) in MIAA games.
Taylor Ignoto has reached double figures in 21 of her 26 games. She's first on the team and 10th in the MIAA with 14.0 points a game and has averaged 18.3 ppg in her last six games.
Ron McHenry is in his 15th season as coach. He has gone 374-93 since 2000 and has won eight MIAA titles with 12 NCAA tournament appearances. He coached the team to the 2004-05 national championship and to seven MIAA Tournament championship titles.
Ichabods open MIAA Tournament with Northeastern State on TuesdayThe Washburn Ichabods will open the MIAA Tournament with a first round game hosting Northeastern State on Tuesday in Lee Arena on Schendel Court at 7 p.m.
The two teams split the regular season meetings with each team winning on its home court.
The Ichabods are the No. 8 seed while the RiverHawks are the No. 9 seed.
Tickets can be purchased at wutickets.com, by calling 785-670-BODS or by visiting the Washburn ticket office in Petro Room 200 on the Washburn campus. Fans can hear the game on 580 AM WIBW with Jake Lebahn and Pat Strathman calling the action. Links to video (fee) and free live audio and stats are available at wusports.com/live.
The Ichabods won 85-58 in the last meeting on Feb. 14 in Topeka.
Washburn finished 11 of 26 (42 percent) from 3-point range with three different players hitting a trifecta of 3s.
Erika Lane,
Taylor Ignoto and
Janelle Travis each had three and scored in double figures. Ignoto had 17 points and Travis scored 11 points off the bench.
Honor Duvall was 6 of 10 from the field with seven rebounds and 13 points.
Buchman climbing record chartsSenior guard
Casyn Buchman is tied for ninth in school career history with 113 3-pointers and she needs eight more to move to ninth. She's tied for sixth with an .802 free throw percentage (174-217) and 15th with 273 career assists. Buchman is 23rd with 983 career points. She is looking to become the 23rd Ichabod to score 1,000 career points.
Buchman's .854 free throw percentage this year would rank fifth in school single-season history. She's 70 of 82 from the line this year. She's .840 from the line in MIAA games this year as she made her first 24 attempts. Last year she had a streak of 32 straight makes from the line.
Strong defense key to Bod victories
Just eight opponents have shot above 40 percent against the Ichabods this year including four of the nine teams that beat Washburn this year.
The Bods are 13-4 when keeping their opponents to under 40 percent shooting and their 3-7 when their opponent shoots above 40 percent.Â
Washburn is holding opponents to .332 shooting in games won and .412 shooting in the five losses. The Bods have kept six of their opponents to under 30 percent shooting. Benedictine shot a season-low .170 against Washburn while Central Oklahoma has the season high of 52 percent shooting in a Washburn loss on Feb. 12.
Don't forget - Season highlightsWashburn was picked third in the MIAA preseason coaches poll. The Bods earned three first-place votes. Emporia State was picked first and Pittsburg State was second.Â
Washburn's 93-35 win Nov. 16 against PR-Rio Piedras was the school's second largest against an NCAA school. The 62 rebounds was the largest against an NCAA school.
WU outscored Benedictine 48-4 in the paint on Nov. 18.Â
Casyn Buchman's free throw in the final seconds Nov. 22 against No. 3 Drury sent the game to overtime. She scored 10 points in overtime to help WU beat No. 3 Drury, 87-79. She had a career-high 28 points.
Taylor Ignoto averaged 20.5 points and shot 72 percent Nov. 25-29 to earn MIAA player of the week.
Washburn's 40 points scored at Pittsburg State Jan. 17 was the school's lowest output since scoring 40 in 1999-00.
The seven juniors on the 2013-14 team had 81 percent of Washburn's scoring and 79 percent of the individual rebounding. Six of those seven juniors are back this year as seniors. A junior led the team in scoring every game last year and in rebounding in all but two games.
Up next for WashburnThe winner of the Washburn/Northeastern State game will take on top seeded Fort Hays State on Friday in Kansas City at noon in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Tournament.
