TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods came up on the short end of the stick as a hot-shooting Pittsburg State team pulled away late in an 82-71 loss on Wednesday night in Lee Arena.
 
The Ichabods (13-7, 9-6 MIAA) trailed by as many as 10 in the first half, Washburn cut the Gorillas (12-10, 7-9 MIAA) lead down to four at the break at 38-34. Washburn came out in the second half as Christian Ulsaker scored six straight points for the Ichabods at 38.
 
Pitt State would then go on a 14-2 run hitting all four field goal attempts and all five field goal attempts building a 12-point lead at 52-40 with 15:29 to play. The Ichabods used a 15-8 run of their own trimming the lead back to five at 60-55 with 8:19 to play in the game and would eventually cut the margin to three with 5:48 remaining on a 3-pointer by Javion Blake. However from that point on, Pitt State outscored the Ichabods 17-9 the rest of the way hitting all three 3-point attempts and would go 7 of 9 from the field overall leading to the 11-point win picking up their third win in the last 33 games in Lee Arena.
 
Brady Skeens led the Ichabods with a career-high with 16 points grabbing 12 rebounds for his seventh double double of the season. Skeens was 8 of 13 from the field and recorded four blocks and two steals. Blake finished with 13 points and Ulsaker had 10 points making his first start of the season going 4 of 6 from the field. Tyas Martin scored nine points adding a career-high seven rebounds.
 
Josiah Gustafson led the Gorillas with 27 points hitting 11 of 17 shots and 5 of 8 3-point attempts.
 
The Ichabods finished the game 28 of 62 for a 45 percent average while the Gorillas were 31 of 60 overall going 17 of 30 in the second half (57 percent). Washburn had a 38 to 29 advantage on the glass turning 12 offensive rebounds into 15 second chance points. Pitt State turned 15 Ichabod turnovers into 18 points.
 
Washburn returns to action on Saturday when they will play host to Missouri Southern at 7 p.m.