Opening Tip
•     The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team returns to the court for the first time in a week when they will host Emporia State wrapping up a three-game homestand on Jan. 23 on Schendel Court in Lee Arena.
•    The Ichabods (10-6, 6-5 MIAA) are coming off a 62-56 loss to Northwest Missouri last time out on Jan. 16.
•    The Hornets (8-9, 5-6 MIAA) won their second-straight game 67-66 over Missouri Western on Jan. 16 as they also have not played a game in a week.
•    The Ichabods lead the series 106-101 and won the last meeting 79-54 in Topeka.
•    Bob Chipman's 52 career coaching wins are the second-highest total against any opponent trailing only the 54 recorded against Pittsburg State.
•    The Ichabods have played in three overtime games this season going 2-1. Washburn is 33-33 all-time in overtime games. The Ichabod single season record for overtime games is five set during the 1994-95 and 2006-07 seasons.
•    In Washburn's 10 wins this season they are averaging 79.3 ppg while allowing 70.5 ppg … in the six losses they are averaging 68.7 ppg while allowing 80.7 ppg.
•    In Washburn's 10 wins they are +10.5 in rebound margin, while in the losses they are -10.8 on the glass.
•    From the field in the Ichabod wins, they are shooting 47 percent while opponents are shooting 39 percent … from the free throw line the Ichabods are 66 percent in the wins and 68 percent in the losses.
•    From 3-point land the Ichabods are shooting 58 of 160 (36 percent) in the wins and only 28 percent in the losses (32 of 113) … opponents are shooting 61 of 149 (41 percent) in the Ichabods' six losses.
•    The Ichabods are averaging 14.9 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.2 ppg opponents are scoring off the Ichabods.
•    Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman recorded his 782nd win against Lincoln moving him into 15th all-time on all-time NCAA coaching list passing former Arizona Wildcat head coach Lute Olson and 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 22.4 ppg compared to 25.6 ppg for its opponents.
•    Washburn is scoring 32.5 ppg in the paint compared to 24.8 ppg for its opponents.
•    In Washburn's 10 wins this season, they have overcome deficits of 14 against Augustana, 11 against Peru State, Fort Hays State and Lincoln, eight against Pittsburg State, six against Lindenwood, five against Southwest Baptist and four against Saint Mary.
•    Washburn's led from start to finish against Tabor and Missouri Western.
•    The Ichabods are undefeated when outscoring their opponents this season.

 Ichabod Notes
•    Overall the Ichabods have a balanced scoring attack with four players averaging at least 8.7 points per game and they have five averaging at least 6.8 ppg.
•    Washburn is seventh in the MIAA in scoring at 75.3 ppg and eighth in scoring defense allowing 74.3 ppg.
•    Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 41 percent shooting.
•    The Ichabods are +2.5 in rebound margin this season, which is fifth in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 39.1 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.4 per game.
•    Christian Ulsaker has played in 103 games at Washburn in his career.
•    Brady Skeens' 35 blocked shots this season is ranked ninth on the single season chart and his 2.2 blocks per game ranks first on the single season chart ahead of Dan Buie's 1.7 blocks per game (27 games) in 1995-96 … his 47 career blocked shots is 12th on the career chart and his 1.6 career blocks per game average is first.
•    Randall Smith tied a career high with 22 points against Northwest Missouri last time out hitting eight field goal attempts and four 3-pointers, which were also career highs.
•    Andy Wilson tied a career high with two steals against Northwest Missouri.
•    Javion Blake's 218 points is 10th on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart … his 25 3-pointers are fourth on the Ichabod freshman chart … he needs 13 to tie Gary Woodland for third. The freshman record is 54 set by Shannon Kruger during the 1998-99 season.
•    Brady Skeens' 35 blocks are second on the Ichabod sophomore class chart trailing Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.

 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 783-336 overall.
•     has 541 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 541.
•     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 460-87 going 409-76 in Lee Arena.
•     is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•     his 783 coaching wins is 15th 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.

Emporia State head coach Shaun Vandiver . . .
•    is 60-70 in his fifth season at Emporia State.
•    was a first round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors in 1991 he spent ten years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level. 
•    as a player he led Hutchinson CC to the 1988 NJCAA National Championship before earning first-team All-Big 8 honors at Colorado. 
•    is 3-6 against Washburn.  

  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 78, Missouri Western 67 -- Jan. 13, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods rallied from 19 down cutting the Northwest Missouri lead to two in the second half but could not get over the hump in a 62-56 loss to the Bearcats. 
After the Ichabods scored the first two points of the game on a jumper by Jeremy Lickteig, the Bearcats (11-5, 8-3 MIAA) would go on a 26-5 run over the next 10:55 of the first half taking a 26-7 lead with 8:23 to play in the first half. From that point on, Washburn (10-6, 6-5 MIAA) regrouped with a 14-5 run of its own capped by a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Randall Smith cutting the Bearcat lead to 10 at 31-21 at the break.  In the first half, the Bearcats shot 50 percent from the field hitting 13 of 26 shots while Washburn was limited to 8 of 25 shooting. 
Washburn chipped into the Bearcat lead in the second half cutting the Northwest lead down to four on a 3-pointer by Javion Blake with 13:53 to play in the game and then down to two at 41-39 with 9:31 to go in the game with a 3-pointer by Smith. But the Bearcats came back with a 15-3 run over the next 6:18 hitting 6 of 9 shots compared to 1 of 7 shooting for the Ichabods pushing the lead back to 14 at 56-42 with 3:13 to play.
Smith scored the next four points on a pair of free throws and a jumper trimming the margin back to 10 with 1:57 to play. The Bearcats hit only 6 of 17 free throws the final 1:54 of the game and after layups by Smith and Andy Wilson followed by a Wilson 3-pointer with 28 seconds left the Ichabods cut the lead to seven with 28 seconds to play. After another Bearcat free throw, Cameron Wiggins hit a 3-pointer cutting the margin to five with 17 seconds to play, but would not get any closer as the Bearcats closed out the win.
Smith led the Ichabods with 22 points hitting 4 of 7 3-pointers in the game and Blake finished with 10. Brady Skeens finished with 13 rebounds and two blocks scoring three points. Anthony Woods led the Bearcats with 16 points and Conner Crooker scored 15.
Washburn finished 21 of 60 from the field while Northwest was 23 of 49 for a 47 percent average. The Ichabods attempted only nine free throws hitting nine compared to 12 of 28 attempts for the Bearcats from the free throw line. The Ichabods were also outrebounded 41 to 31 in the game as 10 offensive rebounds led to 12 second chance points for the Bearcats.   
 
 About Emporia State
•     the Hornets are 8-9, 5-6 in the MIAA. 
•    five of their nine losses are by five points or less. 
•    Terrence Moore is the leading scorer on the season at 14.9 points per game … he is ranked in the top ten of career scorers at Emporia State and is the MIAA's active steals leader. 
•    Charles McKinney at 11.0 and Brandon Hall at 10.0 points per game join him in double figures.

 Series History with Emporia State
•    The meeting on Saturday will be the 208th meeting between these two schools and the Ichabods lead at 106-101. This is the most-played series for Washburn. Emporia State lists the all-time record tied at 103-102.
•    The Ichabods have won six of the last nine meetings in the series overall. 
•    The two teams started the series in 1905-06, Washburn's first recorded year of basketball, and they have met every year since the 1945-46 season. 
•    This will be the 71st straight year they have played each other at least once. 
•    The Ichabods are 23-8 against the Hornets in Lee Arena. 
•    Washburn is 29-16 against ESU in MIAA games. 
•    Washburn is 4-1 against ESU in MIAA Postseason tournament games.     

 Last meeting with Emporia State
(Feb. 21, 2015) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods opened the first half shooting 60 percent from the field rolling to a 17-point halftime lead and never looked back in a 79-54 win over Emporia State splitting the regular season series. 
Washburn (14-15, 9-9 MIAA) hit 12 of 20 first half shots and held Emporia State (11-16, 4-14 MIAA) to 5 of 21 shooting in the opening half. With the Hornets holding a 7-6 lead with 15:51 to play the Ichabods ripped off a 22-5 run over the next 9:17 of the game jumping out to a 15 point lead at 27-12 capped by a dunk by Kyle Wiggins who led the Ichabods with 19 points on 6 of 9 shooting hitting 6 of 8 free throw attempts. Washburn would go on to take a 17-point lead into the break at 41-24.
The closest the Hornets would get in the second half would be 16 points at 49-33 with 14:20 to play in the game as Washburn cooled off to 52 percent in the second half hitting 15 of 29 shots in the half.
Following Wiggins' 19 points, Korey Fisher scored 10 points and Alex North had a game-high 11 rebounds adding seven points. Terrence Moore scored a game-high 21 points leading Emporia State.
Washburn finished 55 percent in the game from the field hitting 27 of 49 shots while the Hornets were limited to 15 of 43 shooting for a 35 percent average. Washburn also held a 36 to 23 advantage on the glass and outscored ESU 38 to 16 in the paint and 12 to 0 in fast break points. Washburn also scored 19 points off of 13 ESU turnovers.   

 Last time out for Emporia State
(Jan. 16, 2016) EMPORIA, Kan. -- Terrence Moore hit a layup with under ten seconds left to give Emporia State a 67-66 win over Missouri Western on Saturday afternoon in White Auditorium.
Missouri Western scored six straight points to take a 66-60 lead with 1:57 left in regulation.  Moore scored with 1:33 left to cut the lead to four.  Aaron Emmanuel, who had a triple-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, missed a layup as the shot clock was running out with 58 seconds left and Spencer pulled the rebound.  Jay Temaat nailed a three-pointer with 49 seconds left to cut the deficit to 66-65.  With 17 seconds left Mataika Koyamainavure's shot was blocked by Spencer who got the rebound and gave it off to Moore.  The senior from Wichita drove the lane and scored with under ten seconds left.  With no timeouts left Western got the ball down court and Emmanuel missed a layup and the Griffons could not get off another shot as the Hornets won their second straight game.
Terrence Moore led all scorers with 18 points and added seven rebounds an six assists.  He was joined in double figures by Charles McKinney with 14 points.  Moore moved into sole possession of seventh place in the Emporia State career scoring list with 1,414 points. 
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•     The Ichabods are 1,515-1,042-2 (.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 541-255 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 409-76 (.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 hit the road for games at Central Missouri on Jan. 27 and at Southwest Baptist on Jan. 30 before starting another three-game homestand starting on Feb. 2 with Pittsburg State followed by Feb. 6 hosting Missouri Southern and Feb. 10 with Central Missouri.