Opening Tip
•          The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball wrap up a two-game road trip with Southwest Baptist on Saturday, Jan. 30 in Bolivar, Mo., as the Ichabods will face SBU for the second time this season and for the first time since Dec. 12.
•          The Ichabods (21-6, 8-5 MIAA) topped Central Missouri on the road 58-56 on Jan. 27 coming back from as many as 13 points down to pick up the win.
•          The Ichabods enter the game all alone in third place in the MIAA standings.
•          The Bearcats (8-11, 3-10 MIAA) are coming off an 68-64 loss with Emporia State on Jan. 28 in Bolivar.
•          The Ichabods won the first meeting on Dec. 12 between the two schools this season 59-57 in Topeka.
•          The Ichabods lead the all-time series with SBU 35-16 and have won the last five counting the win earlier this season.
•          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 12 wins this season they are averaging 76.8 ppg while allowing 68.6 ppg … in the six losses they are averaging 68.7 ppg while allowing 80.7 ppg.
•          In Washburn's 12 wins they are +9.7 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 38 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 64 of 179 (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 from 3-point range.
•          The Ichabods are averaging 14.4 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.5 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 21.6 ppg compared to 25.2 ppg for its opponents.
•          Washburn is scoring 32.9 ppg in the paint compared to 24.7 ppg for its opponents.
•          In Washburn's 12 wins this season, they have overcome deficits of 14 against Augustana, 13 at Central Missouri, 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, Missouri Western and Emporia State.
•          The Ichabods are averaging 34.7 ppg in the first half and 37.7 ppg in the second half.
•          In scoring margin between the halves, the Ichabods are -1.8 in the first half and +3.3 in the second half.
•          The Ichabods have been outscored by 32 in the first half, but have outscored their opponents by 60 in the second half.
 
 Ichabod Notes
•          Overall the Ichabods have a balanced scoring attack with four players averaging at least 9.3 points per game and they have five averaging at least 6.4 ppg and six averaging 6.1 ppg.
•          Washburn is ninth in the MIAA in scoring at 74.1 ppg and fourth in scoring defense allowing 72.6 ppg.
•          Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 40 percent shooting.
•          The Ichabods are +2.8 in rebound margin this season, which is fifth in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 39.3 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.1 per game.
•          Christian Ulsaker has played in 105 games at Washburn in his career.
•          Brady Skeens' 42 blocked shots this season is tied for fourth on the single season chart and his 2.3 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 54 career blocked shots is 11th on the career chart and his 1.7 career blocks per game average is first … the single season block record is 52 set in the 2004-05 season by Travis Robbins.
•          Javion Blake's 241 points is ninth on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart … his 27 3-pointers are fourth on the Ichabod freshman chart … he needs 12 to tie Gary Woodland for third. The freshman record is 54 set by Shannon Kruger during the 1998-99 season.
•          Brady Skeens' 42 blocks are second on the Ichabod sophomore class chart trailing Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.
•          Brady Skeens recorded career highs in free throws made with six and attempted with nine at Central Missouri.
•          Randall Smith tied a career-high with five rebounds against Central Missouri.
 
 
 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 785-336 overall.
•          has 543 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 543.
•          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 461-87 going 410-76 in Lee Arena.
•          is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•          his 785 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.
 
Southwest Baptist head coach Clark Sheehy. . .
•          is in his second season as the head coach at Southwest Baptist and has gone 19-29.
•          overall he is 201-135 in his 11th season overall after spending the previous nine seasons at John Brown University.
•          is 0-2 against Washburn. 
 
  Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 58, Central Missouri 56 -- Jan. 27, 2016
WARRENSBUG, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods held off two potential game-tying shots in the final three seconds as the Ichabods rallied from 14 points down as they picked up a 58-56 win over Central Missouri on Wednesday night.
While holding a 58-55 lead with 12 seconds to play, Washburn (12-6, 8-5 MIAA) fouled the Mules (12-7, 6-7 MIAA) sending them to the free throw line. The Mules' Brad Woodson hit the first free throw and Reaves grabbed the rebound but his game-tying layup missed and Marquiez Lawrence's offensive tip at the buzzer missed as the Ichabods held off Central Missouri for the win.
In the first half, the Mules were on fire from deep hitting 7 of 16 shots from 3-point range going 12 of 27 from the field overall. The Mules built a lead of as many as 11 points at 29-18 with 4:20 to play in the first half before the Ichabods finished the opening stanza on a 10-2 run over the final 3:46 cutting the margin to three at 31-28 at the break.
Coming out of the locker room, the Mules ripped off a 12-2 run over the next 3:44 building their lead back to 13 at 43-30 with 16:45 to play.
Washburn came back with a 15-4 run of its own cutting the Mules' lead to two at 47-45 with 6:37 to play in the game on a dunk by Brady Skeens.
Neither team would score until the 4:22 mark when Randall Smith tied the score at 47 with a layup. A jumper by Spencer Reaves 30 seconds later put the Mules back up two.
After the Mules missed a pair of free throws, Skeens put the Ichabods up 51-49 with 2:42 to go in the game. On the Mules' next possession, Reaves hit both free throws tying the score at 51 with 2:23 to go in the game.
Andy Wilson hit a deep 3-pointer with 2:04 to go stretching the lead to 54-51 off an assist by Christian Ulsaker. The Mules came up empty on their next trip down the court and after a foul by the Mules, Skeens hit both free throws stretching the lead up to five at 56-51 with 1:38 to play.
The Mules came up with a swipe and a bucket with 58 seconds to play as Tereke Eckwood scored cutting the Ichabod advantage back to three.
A layup with 39 seconds to play by Reaves trimmed back the Ichabod lead to one at 56-55, but Smith pushed Washburn's lead back to three with 12 seconds left with a layup leading to the Ichabods fouling up three with three seconds to play.
Smith led the Ichabods with 16 points going 7 of 9 from the field while Skeens recorded his sixth double double of the season and second straight with 14 points and 11 rebounds adding three blocks. Skeens played all 20 minutes of the second half scoring 10 points with eight rebounds. Wilson finished with 10 points hitting a pair of 3-pointers.
Reaves led the Mules with 18 points.
Washburn outrebounded the Mules 43 to 32 including 12 offensive rebounds to nine. Washburn also turned 17 Mule turnovers into 16 points. Washburn was 11 of 18 from the free throw line while the Mules were 3 of 11 overall going 3 of 9 in the second half.  
 
 About Southwest Baptist
•          The Bearcats are 8-11 and 3-10 in the MIAA after losing to Emporia State 68-64 last time out.
•          The Bearcats have hit 129 3-pointers this season and 448 field goals overall … they  are 129 of 352 from deep overall for a .366 percentage.
•          The Bearcats have lost their last five games and nine of their last 11.
•          Logan Hovey leads the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg and a team-high 7.5 rpg. Brian Patterson is scoring 12.5 ppg.
•          The Bearcats are averaging 70.8 ppg and allowing 74.6 ppg and they are outrebounding opponents by 5.9 per game.
 
 Series History with Southwest Baptist
•          Saturday's meeting will be the 52nd between Washburn and Southwest Baptist.
•          The Ichabods lead the all-time series 35-16.
•          In Topeka the Ichabods are 21-3 against SBU since joining the MIAA.
•          Washburn has won 24 of the last 31 games.
•          Washburn is 30-11 against SBU in MIAA games.
•          The Ichabods have won the last eight  games played in Topeka and have gone 3-1 against the Bearcats in the MIAA Tournament. 
•          SBU's last win over the Ichabods in Topeka came on Jan. 17, 2007 in a 76-69 contest.
•          In Bolivar, the Ichabods are 12-12.
•          The Ichabods are 3-6 in the last nine games in Bolivar after winning their game 89-87 on Dec. 5, 2013.
•          The two team have not met in the MIAA tournament since Feb. 25, 1995 when the Ichabods won 91-80 in a first round game played in Topeka.
 
 Last meeting with Southwest Baptist
(Dec. 12, 2015) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team held off an 11-5 run by Southwest Baptist over the final 5:15 of the game to pick up a 59-57 win over the Bearcats in Lee Arena on Saturday in their only home game in the month of December.
With Washburn holding a 54-46 lead with 5:16 to play, the Bearcats would go on a 11-6 run to tie the score with 26 seconds to play after a pair of free throws by Logan Hovey knotting the score at 57-57. On the ensuing play, Washburn ran the clock down and Christian Ulsaker found Brady Skeens under the basket with one second to play as Skeens hit the layup putting Washburn up 59-57 and he was fouled on the play. Skeens missed the free throw and after an SBU timeout, Andy Wilson picked off the inbounds pass as time expired as the Ichabods improved to 6-2 on the season and 2-1 in the MIAA.
Washburn led by as many as 13 in the second half using a 13-0 run to start the second half building a 47-35 lead over the Bearcats.
Both teams struggled in the early going as they combined for a 18 of 45 shooting mark in the first half as the Ichabods took a 30-28 lead into the break at the half. Ten different Ichabods scored in the first half with none collecting more than eight.
Javion Blake led the Ichabods with 14 points and Skeens recorded his second-straight double double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Wilson scored 12 off the bench for Washburn. SBU (6-3, 2-2 MIAA) was led by Hovey's 14 points and seven rebound.
Washburn finished 19 of 47 from the field and was 19 of 34 from the free throw line in the game including 8 of 19 in the second half. Washburn outrebounded the Bearcats 34-31 in the game.   
 
 Last time out for Southwest Baptist
(Jan. 28, 2016) Bolivar, Mo. - The SBU men's basketball team put up a tough fight against the Emporia State Hornets but fell 68-64. The loss drops the Bearcats to 8-11 (3-10 MIAA) on the season.
 The Bearcats were the first to score with a layup by Brian Patterson, but the Hornets quickly scored to tie the game in the first couple minutes of play. Emporia jumped to a 2-point lead, but a 3-pointer by Logan Hovey with 17:10 left in the half put the Bearcats back in the lead at 5-4. The Bearcats extended their lead when Kalund Brown threw it downcourt for Kalehl Brown to score an easy layup (7-4). A steal by Kalehl Brown gave SBU the ball back before he dished off to Marley Biyendolo to score a layup bringing the score to 9-4 with 14:50 left in the half. The scoring went back-and-forth with Emporia slowly catching up and gaining a 1-point lead (14-13) with 10:09 on the clock. The lead switched twice before shots from Cartier Dean and Theo Oghide gave SBU a 5-point lead (23-18) with 5:42 left in the half. Emporia caught up again, but a  jumper by Hovey kept the Bearcat lead with the score at 25-23. Emporia went on an 8-0 run to gain the lead before Patterson capped it off with a layup and pulled the Bearcats within 4 (27-31). The scoring went both ways with Emporia holding a slim lead as the half would end with the Bearcats down 39-32.
 Emporia opened the second half with a short 4-0 run before SBU was able to score with free throws from Kalehl Brown. A three pointer from Kalehl Brown and a layup by Hovey pulled the Bearcats within 2 points (41-39) with 16:06 left in the game. Strong defense by the Bearcats gave SBU the ball back and a Kalehl Brown 3 pointer from Dean put them back on top 42-41. The game was scoreless for the next few minutes until a free-throw by Hovey with 10:38 on the clock. Emporia tied it up but another free-throw by Hovey put the Bearcats back on top 44-43. Both teams played a tight game with shots from Oghide, Hovey, and Woodfall from SBU. The Hornets gained the lead but free throws from Hovey would bring the score to 53-51 with 4:53 left in the game. Emporia went on another short 5-0 run but free throws from Dean would cut them off and pull SBU within a single point (56-55). After free throws from the Hornets put SBU down, Patterson dished off to Kalehl Brown who scored on a layup keeping SBU within 1 (58-57). Emporia went on a 6-0 run before SBU scored on a layup by Kalund Brown bringing the score to 64-59. A foul by Emporia sent Hovey to the line where he made 1 of 2 with 0:25 left in the game. An Emporia turnover gave SBU the ball back, which Dean used to score a layup pulling SBU within 2 (64-62). Emporia hit free throws down the stretch as SBU fell 68-64.
 The Bearcats were led in scoring by Logan Hovey who had 16 points with Kalehl Brown close behind with 14 points. As a team, SBU shot 51.1% from the field, 40.0% from behind the three-point line, and 71.4% from the free-throw line.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•          The Ichabods are 1,517-1,042-2 (.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 543-255 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 410-76 (.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 start a three-game homestand on Feb. 2 with Pittsburg State followed by a Feb. 6 date with Missouri Southern and a Feb. 10 rematch with Central Missouri.