The Game
• Washburn will close out 2016 portion of the schedule with Lincoln on Monday.

• WU has wins in four of its last five outings and seven in the first 10.

• This will be the 26th meeting ... Washburn leads the all-time series 25-0 (1.000) dating back to its first meeting during the 1980-81 season.

• Since the 1972-73 season the Ichabods are 28-17 in their final game before the new year with a 13-3 mark under head coach Ron Henry.

• Washburn has a favorable 12-0 (1.000) mark while facing the Blue Tigers at Schendel Court at Lee Arena. 

• Under head coach Ron McHenry, WU is 9-0 against the Lincoln. 

• Reagan Phelan is third on the team in scoring (9.6 pts/game) ... record a career-high of 20 points against Saint Mary on Nov. 12 ... Phelan has reached double-figure scoring in five of the Ichabods 10 games this season ... she is shooting .357 from three-point distance ... Phelan has 25 assists.

• Alyxis Bowens is tied-sixth in the MIAA with 13 blocks ... she also leds WU in rebounds (53 total, 5.3/gm) ... Bowens ranks 24th in MIAA in steals (14).

• Erika Lane is the team leader is scoring (11.2pts/gm), minutes (318), minutes/game (31.8) and assists (30) while placing third in rebounds (49 total, 4.9/gm) and second in 3FG% (.318) ... As a result of her numbers Lane is among the conference leaders in minutes played (7rd) and assists (14th).

• Felisha Gibbs is second on the team in boards (50 total, 5.0/game) and is the team leader in FG% (.673) for all players with 60+ minutes ... she is fifth on the team with 7.6 pts/game and has eight blocks on the season to rank 13th in MIAA.

• Jharian Bowen is second in points (10.5/gm) while averaging 3.7 rebounds and has converted 17 of 21 (.810) chances from the line.

• Erin Dohnalek's per game averages shake out to 7.2 points, 1.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds ... Dohnalek is shooting .700 (14-20) from the line.

• As a team WU is shooting .445 from the floor with a 3PT% of .310 compared to respective opponent shooting numbers of .351 and .299 ... from the free throw stripe WU is being edged out .703-.654

• The Ichabods average just over 67 pts/game (67.5) to their opposition's 56.1 ... Washburn has outscored opponents by a combined 556-425 during the first three quarters though have lost the final period by a combined 183-180

• McHenry entered the season 11 wins shy of 400 ... he enters Monday's contest with three to go.

Last Season // Washburn's 2015-16 campaign with a three consecutive wins and a 4-2 mark through the first six games ... it closed the season 15-14 overall and finished tied for sixth in the MIAA at 11-11 ... The Ichabods entered the MIAA Tournament as the No. 7-seed and lost in the first round to No. 10-seed Central Missouri, 74-70 ... Erika Lane was named All-MIAA Third Team while Felisha Gibbs and Alyxis Bowens garned Honorable Mention nods.

MIAA Preseason Poll // Emporia State topped the preseason poll with 12 first-place votes and 168 total points ...  Pittsburg State followed with 156 points and two first-place votes ... Ichabods were third (132) ...  Fort Hays State was forth (127) and Missouri Western fifth (124) -- full poll on the attached WU game notes.

Washburn on the Radio // Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK 106.9 FM radio with Jake Lebahn and Dan Lucero calling the action. Games will also be streamed live on wusports.com by following the listen live links on the women's schedule page.

New Faces // Washburn has five new players on its 2016 roster, including one NCAA Division I transfer, one junior college transfer and three true freshmen ... Charisma Alexander joins the Ichabods after one season at Division I Stephen F. Austin. Alexander averaged 4.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 25.4 minutes while appearing in all 31 games for the LadyJacks and helping them win the Southland Conference championship ... Macy Myers joins Washburn following two seasons with Otero Junior College where she finished her career averaging 19 points/game for the Trojans ... the crop of true freshmen are made up of Cara Donley, Reagan Phelan and Jo Roepke ... Donley was multi-sport letterwinner at both Abilene and Scared Heart HS where she earned various individual accolades ... Phelan was also a multi-sport athlete during her time at Central Plains where she was named the 2015-16 KBCA Miss Kansas Basketball ... Roepke played for Valley Hieghts where she lettered in basketball, volleyball and track and was the 2016 Kansas 2A long jump champion.

Early Success/Monthly Breakdown // Under Ron McHenry, Washburn has put together 12 perfect Novembers, including a 6-0 mark in 2014-15 and a 3-0 mark so far in 2015-16 ... Washburn has no more than two losses in November under McHenry ... a month-by-month breakdown of the Ichabods under Coach McHenry are in the attached WU game notes.

Where Are They From? // Washburn's 2016-17 roster has a wide mix of hometowns geographically, with its 15 players hailing from three different countries (United States, France and Denmark) and four different states within the US ... There are nine players from Kansas (Jharian Bowen, Alyxis Bowens, KayLee Farmer, Erika Lane, Reagan Phelan, Jo Roepke, Cara Donley and Madison and Makayla Vargo) ... Arkansas (Felisha Gibbs), Colorado (Macy Myers), Missouri (Erin Dohnalek), Texas (Charisma Alexander) are the other US states represented on WU's roster ... traveling abroad, Cindy Demosthene (France) and Julie Ravn (Denmark) are international players on the Ichabods' squad.

The Coach // Washburn's Ron McHenry ...is in his 17th season with the Ichabods ... during his first 16 season McHenry has amassed a 389-108 record ... was named the fifth coach in program-history in 2000 ... his .783 winning percentage to start the 2016-17 season is the best by any coach to lead the Ichabods/Lady Blues and listed him as the NCAA's 23rd winningest coach all-time in women's basketball across all divisions (based on percentage) ... he is also listed fifth in the all-time wins for Division II ... McHenry has 12 seasons with 20 or more wins and three seasons topping 30 ... in his first 16 years, McHenry has  coached 21 All-American selections, 42 All-MIAA nominees and one WNBA draft pick ... during the 2004-05 campaign McHenry steered the program to an NCAA Division II title ... McHenry also has a combined 15 MIAA regular-season and tournament championships ... McHenry is five wins from No. 400 ... McHenry graduated from Washburn in 1984.

Last Time Out // Washburn 89, Lindenwood 44 -- Jan. 4, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. – Five players scored in double digits, three Ichabods had 10-plus rebounds and Felisha Gibbs tallied the Ichabods' first double-double of the season as Washburn ran away from Lincoln, 89-44, on Monday, Jan. 4 inside Lee Arena ... Washburn improves to 9-4 (5-2 MIAA) on the season and 4-0 at home, closing its home stand to open the New Year with a win. ... Washburn opened the game on a 17-2 run and never looked back, stretching the lead to 17 at the end of the first (31-14) after Gibbs' third layup of the night.  Washburn had a burst of nine unanswered midway thru the second quarter with six of those coming from Julie Ravn and took a 48-26 lead into the locker room at half ... Ravn hit another three just nine seconds into the third quarter to spark WU towards an 11-0 run that ended at 5:24 with a layup from Alyxis Bowens.  All told, Washburn held Lincoln without a point for the first 5:28 of the third quarter and outscored the Blue Tigers, 23-7, in the third frame ... A stretch of eight unanswered for WU in the fourth proved to be the final push, as WU took its largest lead of the night (84-38) with 4:14 to go, sending the Ichabods towards their first 40-plus margin win since Dec. 31, 2014 (93-42 over Saint Mary).  The last time Washburn won by 40-49 points was Nov. 16, 2014 against Southwestern (108-60) ... Five Ichabods reached double digits for the first time since Dec. 19, 2013, as Bowens reached the 20-point threshold for the second straight game to lead the team with 20.  Ravn had 15 points and finished 4-for-5 from long range, just ahead of Gibbs, who scored 14 points to go with a career-high 13 rebounds and two blocks for her first career double-double ... Haley Pfau dished out six assists to lead the team and finished with 10 points, tied in scoring with Erin Dohnalek, who also added three assists ... On the boards, Gibbs was joined in double-digits by Cindy Demosthene, who had 13 boards (career-high) and Jayna Smith had 10.  This was the third straight game Smith grabbed over 10 rebounds, and the fifth game in the last six overall.  Smith was also 2-of-2 from the field with six points ... Erika Lane had six points as well, adding four assists and a team-leading three steals on the defensive end ... All 11 Ichabods available for the game saw action and scored, as Makayla Vargo and KayLee Farmer recorded their first points while wearing an Ichabod uniform ... WU shot 54.2 from the field for the game, hitting 8-of-16 (50 percent) from long range.  The Ichabods shot lights out in the first period, missing just one shot (12-of-13) while going 5-of-5 on three-pointers.  WU had a 70.8 percent field goal percentage at halftime and was 87.5 percent (7-of-8) from beyond the three-point arc at the break.

A Look at Lincoln 
• The Blue Tigers are 1-8 overall, 0-3 in the MIAA.

• Lincoln opened league play at home with losses to Missouri Southern  (70-56) and No. 4 Pittsburg State (83-52). 

• Lincoln's lone win this season is against Stephens College, 82-44.

• Led by Hunter Yoakum's 18.6 pts/game, LU enter last weekend with three players averaging double-figure scoring (Azaria Nave/17.0; Erica Gibbons/11.6)

• Category leaders for the Blue Tigers: 

Points - Hunter Yoakum (17.3/game)

Assists - Azaria Nave (3.2/game)

Rebounds - Tyler Brown-Henderson (6.1/game)

Blocks - Erica Gibbons (16)

Steals -  Erica Gibbons (15)

'Bods History // The 2016-17 marks the 48th season of Washburn women's basketball ... the Ichabods are 875-396-1 all-time ... the program has seen 23 seasons with at least 20 wins and had made 17 trips to the NCAA Division II Championship ... in 2004-05 Washburn won the NCAA Division II Championship and finished the season 35-2.

Before game day, this happened
• 1732 - Under the name Richard Saunders, Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"

• 1843 - Charles Dickens' holiday classic "A Christmas Carol" is published, 6,000 copies sold

• 1959 - Penn State defeats Alabama 7-0 in the inaugural Liberty Bowl

• 1961 - NFL Hall of Famer defensive end Reggie White was born

• 1980 - Actor Jake Gyllenhaal was born; Martin Scorsese's film "Raging Bull" is released 

• 1989 - NBA Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird begins NBA  free throw streak of 71 games