•    The Washburn Ichabods will wrap up the home slate this week with two games starting with Northeastern State on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. followed by Central Oklahoma on Saturday.
•   The Ichabods (14-9, 10-8 MIAA) defeated Lindenwood 59-57 on Feb. 13 sweeping the regular season series with the Lions.
•   The RiverHawks (7-15, 6-12 MIAA) are coming off 73-66 loss at home to Northwest Missouri.
•   The Ichabods lost the first meeting with the RiverHawks this season 75-65 on Jan. 7 in Tahlequah.
•   The RiverHawks are 0-10 in road games this season and 0-9 in MIAA road games.
•   The Ichabods trail in the all-time series with the RiverHawks 6-2.
•   The Ichabods enter the game in a tie for fifth in the MIAA standings with Fort Hays State. Northwest Missouri has clinched the MIAA regular season title and Lindenwood and Nebraska-Kearney are tied for second at 11-7. Missouri Southern is in fourth in the standings at 11-8. The top four teams in the final standings receive a bye to Kansas City, while teams five through eight will host a first round game on campus on March 1 at the higher seed hosting those teams who finished ninth through 12th in the standings.
•   Brady Skeens' broke the Ichabod single-season record with his 52nd and 53rd blocked shots at Lindenwood … 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 65 career blocked shots is eighth on the career chart and his 1.8 career blocks per game average is first …  Skeens' 53 blocks are a Ichabod sophomore class chart breaking Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.
•   The 59 points scored in the win over Lindenwood was the fifth-lowest point total for the Ichabods in a win in school history.
•   The Ichabods have played in four overtime games this season going 2-2. Washburn is 33-34 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 14 wins this season they are averaging 75.7 ppg while allowing 67.9 ppg … in the nine losses they are averaging 75.1 ppg while allowing 85.9 ppg.
•   In Washburn's 14 wins they are +9.2 in rebound margin, while in the losses they are -6.3 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 70 percent in the losses.
•   From 3-point land the Ichabods are shooting 77 of 205 (38 percent) in the wins and 30 percent in the losses (55 of 182) … opponents are shooting 97 of 245 (40 percent) in the Ichabods' nine losses from 3-point range.
•   The Ichabods are averaging 14.0 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 12.9 ppg opponents are scoring off the Ichabods.
•   Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman recorded his 786th win against Central Missouri moving him into a tie for 14th on the all-time NCAA coaching chart is Lefty Driesell and Jim Smith with 786 wins.
•   Next up on the all-time win chart is Eddie Sutton with 806 wins.
•   Washburn's bench is averaging 21.8 ppg compared to 22.8 ppg for its opponents.
•   Washburn is scoring 32.9 ppg in the paint compared to 24.7 ppg for its opponents.
•   In Washburn's 14 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, four against Saint Mary and the second meeting with Lindenwood and two in the second meeting with Central Missouri.
•   Washburn's led from start to finish against Tabor, Missouri Western and Emporia State.
 •   Overall the Ichabods have a balanced scoring attack with four players averaging at least 9.9 points per game and they have five averaging at least 6.2 ppg.
•   Washburn is seventh in the MIAA in scoring at 75.5 ppg and seventh in scoring defense allowing 74.9 ppg.
•   Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 42 percent shooting.
•   The Ichabods are +3.1 in rebound margin this season, which is third in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 38.9 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.2 per game.
•   Christian Ulsaker has played in 110 games at Washburn in his career, which is the most by an current Ichabod.
•   Javion Blake's 325 points is sixth on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart as he passed Ewan Auguste against Missouri Southern … he needs two more points to pass Eric Carter for fifth and 13 to pass Ryan Murphy for fourth … the freshman scoring record is 380 points set by Washburn all-time points leader Gary Carrier from the 1981-82 season … Blake's 45 3-pointers are second on the Ichabod freshman chart … the freshman record is 54 set by Shannon Kruger during the 1998-99 season.
•   Cameron Wiggins has hit 47 3-pointers this season, which leads the Ichabods and ranks fourth on the Ichabod sophomore chart … the sophomore record is 83 set by Todd Alexander during the 1990-91 season … Mike Dickerson is third on the chart with 55.
•   Randall Smith's 104 assists this season are fourth on the Ichabod sophomore class chart … Canfield's 183 assists during the 1993-94 season is the sophomore class record … Jerad Head recorded 107 ranking third on the chart.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.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 787-339 overall.
•    has 545 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 545.
•    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 462-89 going 411-78 in Lee Arena.
•    is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•    his 787 coaching wins is 14th 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.
 
Northeastern State head coach Jason Tinsley . . .
•    is 14-34 in his second year at Northeastern State and 177-186 in his 13th as a four year men's coach.
•    is 2-1 against Washburn.
•   was the head women's basketball coach from 2010-14 at NCAA Division III Louisiana College in Pineville, La., where he led the program to an 89-25 record and three berths in the NCAA Division III Championship tournament.Washburn 59, Lindenwood 57 -- Feb. 13, 2016
 ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team gutted out a 59-57 win at Lindenwood on Saturday sweeping its second-straight season series in the process.
Washburn took the lead with 25 seconds left on a Randall Smith layup forcing a timeout by the Lions. A 3-point attempt by the Lions at the buzzer missed after an inbounds pass as the Ichabods improved to 14-9 and 10-8 in the MIAA.
The Ichabods would lead by as many as eight in the first half at 16-8 after a jumper by Christian Ulsaker who scored nine in the opening half. The Lions never led in the first half, but tied the score at 23 on a jumper before the break.
Washburn was 9 of 23 in the first half while the Lions were 8 of 24. Washburn was 2 of 6 from the 3-point line while the Lions were 1 of 9.
Ulsaker led the Ichabods with 15 points on 6 of 8 shooting and Smith finished with 12. Skeens had nine points and six rebounds and recorded two blocks breaking the Ichabod single-season record giving him 53 on the season.
Cory Arentsen led the Lions with a game-high 33 points scoring 24 in the second half.
Washburn finished 25 of 48 from the field and 16 of 25 in the second half hitting 64 percent from the field.
The game featured 12 ties and 12 lead changes.   •    The RiverHawks are 7-15 and 6-12 in the MIAA coming off 73-66 loss to Northwest Missouri.
•   NSU has gone 0-10 in road games this season.
•   Trey Mohair leads the team with 13.7 ppg and Dakota Caudill is scoring 13.5 ppg and Montre' Williams is scoring 10.4 ppg.
•   NSU is averaging 76.6 ppg and allowing 78.9 ppg.•   Saturday's meeting will be the ninth all-time between the two schools and the RiverHawks lead the all-time series 6-2.
•   The RiverHawks won the first meeting on Jan. 24 in Tahlequah 80-73.
•   The teams split the regular season games in 2013-14 and the RiverHawks won 79-75 in a first round MIAA Tournament game in Topeka on March 4, 2014.
•   The Ichabods and RiverHawks played in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with Washburn falling 64-59 on March 15, 2003 in Stephenville, Texas.
•   The RiverHawks went on to win the NCAA National Championship in 2003.
•   Washburn is 0-3 in games played in Tahlequah falling 85-78 on Jan. 19, 2013 and 69-58 on Feb. 15, 2014 and 75-65 on Jan. 7, 2016 earlier this season.  
  (Jan. 7, 2016) TAHLEQUAH, Okla. -- The roadtrip to face Northeastern State continued to be a House of Horrors as the Ichabods fell to 0-3 all-time in Tahlequah as they fell 75-65 to the RiverHawks.
With 1:45 to go, Washburn cut the RiverHawk lead to 69-65 on a 3-pointer by Cameron Wiggins, who led the Ichabods with 20 points. After the RiverHawks hit 1 of 2 free throws with 1:25 to play stretching the lead back to five at 70-65, the Ichabods missed on their next trip down the court and a foul sent the RiverHawks back to the line where they hit both going up six with 1:08 to play.
Washburn came up empty on its next trip with under a minute to play and would not get any closer as Northeastern State would go on for the 10-point win.
The Ichabods trailed 37-35 at the break after a 3-pointer at the buzzer put the RiverHawks on top heading into the locker room. The Ichabods led by as many as eight points in the first half and for the last time at 27-19 after a bucket by Javion Blake with 6:19 remaining. The RiverHawks then went on a 13-2 run taking a 32-29 lead.
In the second half with Washburn leading by six at 45-39, the Northeastern State responded with a 15-2 run over the next 4:45 to take a 54-47 lead with 10:25 to play as the Ichabods would not get any closer than three at 62-59 the rest of the game.
Following Wiggins' 20 points, Andy Wilson scored 10 off the bench. Brady Skeens scored seven with a team-high nine rebounds adding four blocks for the third-straight game. Randall Smith had nine points with four assists.
Trey Mohair led the RiverHawks with 21 points.
Washburn was outrebounded 54 to 39 as the RiverHawks entered the game with an even rebound margin.
The Ichabods (9-4, 5-3 MIAA) finished the game shooting 19 of 53 for a 36 percent clip going 8 of 28 in the second half while the RiverHawks (3-9, 2-6 MIAA) finished 23 of 68 overall for a 34 percent average. The Ichabods were 23 of 37 from the free throw line while NSU was 22 of 32 from the charity stripe.   (Feb. 13, 2016) TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State men's basketball team lost 73-66 to No. 23 Northwest Missouri State Saturday afternoon inside the NSU Event Center.
 The RiverHawks (7-15, 6-12 MIAA) dropped back into 13th in the MIAA standings and are now on the outside looking in for a playoff spot with four games remaining in the regular season. The Bearcats (19-5, 16-3 MIAA) improved their lead in the conference to four games over the team sitting in second.
 Sophomore guard Montre' Williams led the green and white with 14 points off the bench. Senior guards Killven Samuel and Trey Mohair added 13 and 12 points, respectively, while junior forward Javon Wallace chipped in 10.
 Northeastern State shot 43.1 percent (22-for-51) from the field, 31.8 percent (7-for-22) from behind the 3-point line and 83.3 percent (15-for-18) at the free-throw line. Northwest Missouri State shot 46.8 percent (22-for-47) overall, 42.3 percent (11-for-26) from distance and 72 percent (18-for-25) at the line.
 Zach Schneider led all scorers with 23 points, while Justin Pitts added 18 and Conner Crooker chipped in 12.
 The RiverHawks led in assists (18-9), blocks (4-1), steals (6-0), points in the paint (20-12), points off turnovers (15-11), fast-break points (10-0), bench points (47-15), and fewer turnovers (10-11). NWMSU led in rebounding (31-28) and second-chance points (13-6).
 •   Cameron Wiggins - tied for 16th on 3-point attempts chart (137)
•   Javion Blake - 19th in 3-point field goal percentage (.417)
•   Brady Skeens - seventh in rebounding (9.8 rpg)
•   Randall Smith - tied for 10th in assists per game (4.5 apg)
•   Brady Skeens - first in blocks (53) - broke Travis Robbins record of 52 against Lindenwood
•   Brady Skeens - blocked shots per game (2.3 bkpg) - second highest is Dan Buie in 1995-96 at 1.7 bkpg
•   Javion Blake - 19th in minutes played per game (31.3 mpg)
•   Brady Skeens - freshman field goal percentage (.645) - school record is .651 held by Tom Meier from 1983-84 season•    The Ichabods are 1,519-1,045-2 (.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 545-258 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.•    The Ichabods are 411-78 (.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.
 •   The Ichabods will wrap up the home slate Central Oklahoma on Feb. 20 before heading out to the road two more times with games at Missouri Western on Feb. 24 and at Emporia State on Feb. 27 concluding the regular season. The MIAA Tournament will start on March 1 with first round games on campus and the winners of those games will advance to Kansas City for the MIAA Tournament quarterfinals starting March 4.
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