TOPEKA, Kan. – With the temperatures outside Schendel Court at Lee Arena frigid and in the single digits, the Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team was anything but torching the nets shooting 60 percent from the field in a 78-60 win over Lindenwood on Saturday. With the win the Ichabods improve to 9-2 overall and 1-2 in the MIAA and head coach Bob Chipman picks up win No. 797 in his career.
 
The Ichabods trailed early by three at 8-5 just 15 seconds into the game, but a 11-2 run over a five-minute stretch pushed the Ichabods up six at 16-10 with 12:16 to play. Lindenwood came back to cut the lead back down to three at 20-17 before Washburn scored the net 13 points and 16 of the next 18 over a 6:29 stretch to go up by 17 at 3:20 to play in the first half and would go on to take a 15-point advantage into the halftime locker room leading 41-26.
 
Washburn shot 57 percent from the field in the first half and 70 percent from deep connecting on 7 of 10 3-point shots.
 
Lindenwood would not get any closer than 17 points in the second half as Washburn improved to 63 percent shooting in the second half going 12 of 19 from the field leading to the 18-point win.
 
Washburn was led by Randall Smith who paced five Ichabods in double figures with 17 points followed by Isaac Clark with 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting from the field. Brady Skeens had 11 points as did Cameron Wiggins and Javion Blake scored 10. Skeens led the Ichabods with eight rebounds and five assists while swatting three Lindenwood shots.
 
The Lions (9-4, 1-2 MIAA) were led by Dominique Dobbs and  Jackson Price who each scored 13.
 
Washburn outrebounded the Lions 33 to 29 and finished 10 of 17 from 3-point range compared to  8 of 29 for the Lions. Washburn was 12 of 26 from the free throw line.

Washburn returns to action on Monday night when they will host Lincoln at 7:30 p.m.