TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods lost a 70-67 battle on Wednesday night on Schendel Court at Lee Arena as they had their two-game winning streak snapped by Northeastern State. Washburn returns to action on Saturday hosting Central Oklahoma as the Ichabods will honor lone senior Christian Ulsaker prior to the start of the game.
 
In a game which saw 15 lead changes, the RiverHawks took the lead for good after six straight trips to the free throw line in a 14 second span as a one-point Ichabod lead flipped to a five-point RiverHawk lead at 51-46.
 
Northeastern State (8-15, 7-12 MIAA) would go up by six with 4:52 to play in the game before a 3-pointer by Andy Wilson cut the lead in half at 59-56 with 4:30 to play.
 
After a pair of free throws by Ulsaker cut the RiverHawk lead to one at 59-58 with 3:43 to go, NSU scored the next five points to go up 63-58 with 2:07 to play, however a 3-pointer by Javion Blake trimmed the lead back to two with 1:52 to go.

NSU pushed the lead back to five with 17 seconds to play at 66-61, but a dunk on a 3-point play by Brady Skeens cut it back to two. NSU went to the line and hit both free throws going up 68-64 with nine seconds to play.
 
Cameron Wiggins hit a 3-pointer with five seconds to play cutting the back to one at 68-67 before NSU hit both free throws with two seconds remaining to pick up the 70-67 win.
 
The Ichabods  (14-10, 10-9 MIAA) were led by Skeens who recorded his ninth double double of the season with 13 points and 18 rebounds leading a total of four Ichabods in double figures. Randall Smith and Wiggins each had 12 points and Blake finished with 10.
 
Killven Samuel led all scorers with 19 points.
 
The RiverHawks finished the game 29 of 40 from the free throw line going 21 of 30 in the second half and 7 of 8 in the final five minutes. Washburn finished 8 of 15 from the charity stripe.
 
Washburn turned the ball over 16 times leading to 21 points for the RiverHawks in the game. Each team finished with 40 rebounds.
 
Washburn finished the game 25 of 58 from the field (43 percent) while the RiverHawks were 19 of 56 overall (34 percent).