TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team scored the final seven points of the game capped by a buzzer-beating floater in the lane by
Cameron Wiggins as the Ichabods defeated Lindenwood 68-66 in overtime in Lee Arena on Saturday night.
To open the extra frame, Lindenwood (8-4, 4-2 MIAA) scored the five seven points taking a 66-61 with 3:59 to play, however it would be the last points of the night for the Lions as the Ichabods (8-3, 4-2 MIAA) scored the final seven leading to the two-point win.
Brady Skeens, who pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds pulled the Ichabods within three at 66-63 with 3:20 to play.
Neither team scored again until
Randall Smith recorded a traditional 3-point play with 1:31 to go to tie the score. On the Lions' next possession, they missed a 3-pointer and the Ichabods picked up an offensive rebound by Jeremy Licktieg off an Ichabod miss with 33 seconds to play. After a jump ball with 2.6 seconds left, Washburn's Wiggins slashed into the lane scoring the winning bucket as time expired.
The Ichabods led 32-28 at the break before the Lions ripped off a 21-5 run over the final two minutes of the opening half and the first nine of the second half taking a 43-37 lead with 11:51 to play in regulation. The Ichabods chipped away eventually taking a 55-52 lead on a 3-pointer by
Javion Blake, but the Lions tied it with 59 with 43 seconds to play.
Smith led the Ichabods with 15 points adding four assists.
Robert Christopher scored 12 points in his first start and Skeens finished with eight points, 14 rebounds and four blocks.
Jeremy Lickteig had a career-high 10 rebounds adding eight points while Blake scored 13 points and Wiggins had nine points and five assists in the win.
Cory Arentsen led the Lions with 23 points.
Washburn finished the game 24 of 63 from the field for a 38 percent average while the Lions were 24 of 67 for a 36 percent clip. Washburn was also 18 of 26 from the free throw line and outrebounded the Lions 50 to 37 turning 15 offensive rebounds into 12 second chance points.
Washburn will have a quick turnaround as the will face Lincoln, who defeated Emporia State 71-65 on Saturday improving to 9-3 and 5-1 in the MIAA.
