•      The Washburn Ichabods will wrap up the regular season with two games this week starting at Missouri Western on Wednesday and Emporia State on Saturday.
•     The Ichabods (14-11, 10-10 MIAA) are coming off a 71-60 loss at home to Central Oklahoma on Feb. 20.
•     The Griffons (9-17, 7-13 MIAA) are coming off a 75-56 loss at Northwest Missouri last time out on Feb. 20.
•     The Ichabods won the first meeting between the two teams on Jan. 13 in Topeka 78-67.
•     Washburn leads the all-time series 51-35 and have won the last four meetings.
•     The Ichabods enter the game in tie for seventh in the MIAA standings with Emporia State. The Ichabods are one win behind Pittsburg State in the standings for sixth and one loss behind Lindenwood. The Ichabods have the tie breakers over Lindenwood after sweeping the two meetings. Northwest Missouri has clinched the MIAA regular season title and the top seed in the tournament. Nebraska-Kearney is second in the standings at 13-7 and Missouri Southern is third at 13-8. 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 2.2 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 66 career blocked shots is tied for seventh on the career chart and his 1.7 career blocks per game average is first …  Skeens' 54 blocks are a Ichabod sophomore class chart breaking Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.
•     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 11 losses they are averaging 74.0 ppg while allowing 83.1 ppg.
•     In Washburn's 14 wins they are +9.2 in rebound margin, while in the losses they are -5.8 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 68 percent in the losses.
•     From 3-point land the Ichabods are shooting 77 of 205 (38 percent) in the wins and 31 percent in the losses (68 of 218) … opponents are shooting 110 of 291 (38 percent) in the Ichabods' 11 losses from 3-point range.
•     In the 11 losses, opponents have shot 17 and made 15 more free throws than the Ichabods.
•     The Ichabods are averaging 13.9 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.6 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.
•     Next up on the all-time win chart is Eddie Sutton with 806 wins.
•     Washburn's bench is averaging 22.0 ppg compared to 24.0 ppg for its opponents.
•     Washburn is scoring 32.8 ppg in the paint compared to 24.3 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 9.8 points per game and they have five averaging at least 6.4 ppg.
•     Washburn is seventh in the MIAA in scoring at 74.5 ppg and seventh in scoring defense allowing 74.6 ppg.
•     Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 41 percent shooting.
•     The Ichabods are +2.6 in rebound margin this season, which is fifth in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 38.5 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.2 per game.
•     Christian Ulsaker has played in 112 games at Washburn in his career, which is the most by an current Ichabod.
•     Javion Blake's 347 points is third on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart as he passed Ryan Murphy for fourth and Harold Brown for third against Central Oklahoma … he needs 10 points to pass Greg Wilson for second … the freshman scoring record is 380 points set by Washburn all-time points leader Gary Carrier from the 1981-82 season … Blake's 48 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 51 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 112 assists this season are third on the Ichabod sophomore class chart … Jordan Canfield's 183 assists during the 1993-94 season is the sophomore class record … Bobby Sumler recorded 127 during the 1986-87 season for second.
•     Brady Skeens 10.0 rebounds per game average is fifth on the Ichabod single season chart … he has recorded 250 rebounds this season which is 10 from being on the top 15 on the single season rebound 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 787-341 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 462-91 going 411-80 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.
 
Missouri Western head coach Brett Weiberg . . .
•     is in his second season at Missouri Western and his ninth season overall.
•     owns a 31-50 record at Missouri Western in his third year and has a career record of 170-155 in his ninth overall season.
•     brings 16 years of collegiate coaching experience to Missouri Western and has experience in coaching at a multitude of levels. He began his coaching career in 1998 as an assistant at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas. Following stints at NAIA Wayland Baptist University and Division I Texas-San Antonio, he found a home at Northern Oklahoma College where he spent five years as an assistant before becoming the head coach in 2006.Central Oklahoma 71 , Washburn 60 -- Feb. 20, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods men's basketball team used a 9-0 run late trimming the Central Oklahoma Broncho lead to eight, but it wasn't enough in a 71-60 loss on Saturday night.
The Ichabods led at 2-0 as Christian Ulsaker started the scoring for the Washburn (14-11, 10-10 MIAA) but a 20-8 run over the next 5:48 would put the Bronchos (13-13, 9-11 MIAA) up 20-10. Washburn cut the lead back to two at 22-20 on a lay up by Randall Smith with 8:43 to play, but another big run by the Bronchos pushed the lead out to 14 points at 34-20 as UCO would go on to lead 40-29 at the break.
In the second half, UCO kept the Ichabods at arms length until the Ichabods trimmed a 61-44 deficit down to a 63-55 disadvantage using a 11-2 run, but UCO scored eight of the final 13 points leading to the win.
Blake led the Ichabods with 12 points as the only Ichabod reaching double figures. Ulsaker had eight points with seven rebounds adding three assists and Tyas Martin scored eight points.
Seth Heckart scored 19 points hitting 5 of 10 3-pointers.
Washburn finished 20 of 46 from the field and was outrebounded by the Bronchos 35 to 28. UCO took advantage of 20 turnovers by the Ichabods leading to 22 points.
UCO connected on 7 of 13 shots from 3-point range in the first half as they would go on to hit 10 of 26 overall. Washburn finished 4 of 15 from 3-point range.   •      Missouri Western is 9-17 overall this season and 9-13 in MIAA play.
•     The Griffons 8-5 at home going 6-3 in MIAA home games.
•     Missouri Western fell last time out on Feb. 20 at Northwest Missouri 75-56.
•     Trey Sampson leads the team with 12.5 ppg and Aaron Emmanuel is averaging 11.5 ppg.
•     Overall the Griffons are averaging 72.0 ppg while allowing 77.0 ppg.•     Wednesday's meeting will be the 87th meeting between the two schools with Washburn leading the series 51-35.
•  The Ichabods are 27-20 against MWSU in MIAA games and 22-10 in Lee Arena and 29-12 in games played in Topeka overall.
•     The Ichabods have won the last three games played in St. Joseph and they are 20-22 in games played in St. Joseph against the Griffons.
•     In the MIAA Tournament the Ichabods are 3-4 against the Griffons. Since joining the MIAA, the Ichabods are 9-17 in MIAA games played in St. Joseph.
•     The Ichabods lead 5-4 in overtime games including the 56-52 win two years ago in St. Joseph.    
  (Jan. 13, 2016) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods had five players in double figures as the Ichabods never trailed as they defeated Missouri Western 78-67 on Wednesday in Lee Arena.
Washburn led for 39:23 of 40 minutes in the game as Javion Blake hit a 3-pointer to open the scoring en route to a game-high 16 points as the Ichabods (10-5, 6-4 MIAA) scored the first six points of the game. Washburn stretched its lead to as many as 14 in the first half at 28-14 after a pair of Blake free throws and the Griffons would get no closer than eight the rest of the opening half.
In the second half after the Griffons (5-11, 3-7 MIAA) cut the lead to 10 with 16;19 to play in the game, Washburn scored eight straight points building the lead back to 18 at 54-35 with 13:18 to play in the game and Missouri Western would not get within 10 points the rest of the night after leading by as many as 19 in the second half.
Following Blake's 16 points, Cameron Wiggins scored 13 points and Robert Christopher scored 12 off the bench. Brady Skeens recorded his fourth double double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds adding three blocks, three assists and two steals. Andy Wilson scored 10 points off the bench.
Currie Byrd led the Griffons with 14 points scoring 13 in the first half.
Washburn shot 52 percent in the game hitting 27 of 52 shots compared to 23 of 64 shooting for the Griffons hitting 36 percent from the field. The Ichabods were 6 of 13 from 3-point range and 18 of 24 from the free throw line and outrebounded Missouri Western 39 to 32 on the glass. .   (Feb. 22, 2016) MARYVIILLE, Mo. – A barrage of Northwest Missouri State three pointers in the second half slammed the door on a threat by Missouri Western in a 75-56 loss.
 The Griffons trailed by just one with 14:17 to go in the second half when the 19th-ranked Bearcats got red hot from behind the arc. Northwest went on a 17-4 run that included five straight made threes to go up 56-42 with 9:47 left and never looked back.
 On the day, Northwest shot 13-24 from three-point range and limited Missouri Western to two made threes on 14 attempts. The Griffons nearly matched Northwest from the field, shooting 47.8 percent to the Bearcats' 55.3, and both teams were 10-14 at the free throw line.
Aaron Emmanuel finished with a team-high 16 points. Miles Wentzien finished with 11 and Kevin Thomas had 10 points. The loss dropped Missouri Western to 9-16 on the year, overall, and 7-12 in the MIAA. The loss sets up two important home games next week for Missouri Western's MIAA Tournament hopes.
 •     Cameron Wiggins - 13th on 3-point attempts chart (144)
•     Cameron Wiggins - 20th on 3-pointers made (51)
•     Javion Blake - 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (.407)
•     Brady Skeens - 19th total rebounds (250 rpg)
•     Brady Skeens - fifth in rebounding (10.0 rpg)
•     Randall Smith - 18th total assists (112 apg)
•     Randall Smith - 10th in assists per game (4.5 apg)
•     Brady Skeens - first in blocks (54) - broke Travis Robbins record of 52 against Lindenwood
•     Brady Skeens - blocked shots per game (2.2 bkpg) - second highest is Dan Buie in 1995-96 at 1.7 bkpg
•     Javion Blake - 21st in minutes played per game (31.0 mpg)
•     Brady Skeens - freshman field goal percentage (.653) - school record is .651 held by Tom Meier from 1983-84 season•      The Ichabods are 1,519-1,047-2 (.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 545-260 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 411-80 (.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 regular season at Emporia State on Feb. 27 and the MIAA Tourney brackets will be released on Saturday following the completion of all games. 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.