•      The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team will wrap up a three-game homestand as they will play host to Central Missouri on Wednesday in Lee Arena.
•     The Ichabods (12-9, 8-8 MIAA) fell in a 103-95 shootout with Missouri Southern last time out.
•     The Mules (13-9, 7-9 MIAA) lost their second-straight game in a 57-55 last-second loss at Nebraska-Kearney on Feb. 6.
•     The Ichabods won the first meeting with the Mules this season two weeks ago in a 58-56 victory in Warrensburg.
•     The Mules lead the series 49-48 as the Ichabods snapped a UCM two-game winning streak with the win earlier this year.
•     The Ichabods enter the game in a tie for sixth place with Central Oklahoma. The Mules are in a tie for ninth in the league standings. 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.
•     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 12 wins this season they are averaging 76.8 ppg while allowing 68.6 ppg … in the nine losses they are averaging 75.1 ppg while allowing 85.9 ppg.
•     In Washburn's 12 wins they are +9.7 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 38 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 64 of 179 (36 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 14.4 ppg off opponent's turnovers compared to 13.2 ppg opponents are scoring off the Ichabods.
•     Ichabod head coach Bob Chipman recorded his 782nd win against Lincoln moving him into 15th all-time on all-time NCAA coaching list passing former Arizona Wildcat head coach Lute Olson and Lou Henson who coached at Illinois and New Mexico State.
•     Next up on the all-time NCAA coaching chart is Lefty Driesell and Jim Smith with 786 wins.
•     Washburn's bench is averaging 22.3 ppg compared to 24.0 ppg for its opponents.
•     Washburn is scoring 33.0 ppg in the paint compared to 25.1 ppg for its opponents.
•     In Washburn's 12 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 and four against Saint Mary.
•     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 six averaging at least 6.2 ppg.
•     Washburn is eighth in the MIAA in scoring at 76.0 ppg and ninth in scoring defense allowing 76.0 ppg.
•     Washburn is second in the MIAA in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to 41 percent shooting.
•     The Ichabods are +2.9 in rebound margin this season, which is fifth in the MIAA … the Ichabods lead the MIAA in rebounding at 39.9 per game and second in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.4 per game.
•     Christian Ulsaker has played in 108 games at Washburn in his career, which is the most by an current Ichabod.
•     Brady Skeens' 48 blocked shots this season is third on the single season chart and 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 60 career blocked shots is ninth on the career chart and his 1.8 career blocks per game average is first … the single season block record is 52 set in the 2004-05 season by Travis Robbins …  Skeens' 48 blocks are a Ichabod sophomore class chart breaking Dan Buie's 45 set in 1995-96 season.
•     Javion Blake's 299 points is sixth on the Ichabod freshman scoring chart as he passed Ewan Auguste against Missouri Southern last time out … his 40 3-pointers are third on the Ichabod freshman chart … he needs three to Jeff Reid for second. The freshman record is 54 set by Shannon Kruger during the 1998-99 season.
•     Javion Blake tied a career-high with eight field goals against Missouri Southern and his six 3-point field goals were a career high.
•     Brady Skeens had the first 20-point, 20-rebound game in school history when he finished with 20 points and 22 rebounds, both career highs for the sophomore … his 22 rebounds are a Lee Arena record.
•     Randall Smith had a career-high 16 assists against Missouri Southern, which was one shy of the school record of 17 set by Jordan Canfield against Missouri-St. Louis on Feb. 11, 1995. Smith's 92 assists this season is tied for fourth on the Ichabod sophomore class chart with Shannon Kruger and he needs 15 more to move into third. Canfield's 183 assists during the 1993-94 season is the sophomore class record.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 785-339 overall.
•      has 543 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 543.
•      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 461-89 going 410-78 in Lee Arena.
•      is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•      his 785 coaching wins is 15th 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.
 
Central Missouri head coach Doug Karleskint . . .
•     is 38-16 in his second season as the head coach at Central Missouri and 128-50 (.743) overall in his sixth season as a head coach.
•     spent five seasons at Arkansas Tech, including the last four as head coach. He compiled a 90-34 (.726) record with the Wonder Boys with four conference championships and four trips to the NCAA-II National Tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2012.
•     is 1-1 against Washburn.   Missouri Southern 103, Washburn 95 -- Feb. 6, 2016
 TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team had career nights from four players but it was not enough as the Ichabods fell 103-95 on Saturday night in Lee Arena to Missouri Southern.
 Brady Skeens recorded a Lee Arena record with 22 rebounds while becoming the first Ichabod to record a game with at least 20 rebounds and 20 points finishing with career-highs in both categories. Javion Blake scored a career-high 20 points and Christian Ulsaker also scored 20 points in the loss for Washburn (12-9, 8-8 MIAA). Randall Smith finished one shy of the school record for single-game assists with 16, trailing only Jordan Canfield's 16 set against Missouri –St. Louis on Feb. 11, 1995.
 After trailing by as many as 12 in the first half, the Ichabods responded by coming back to tie the score at 74 with 7:22 remaining in the game. A quick 5-0 run by Missouri Southern (14-9, 11-6 MIAA) pushed the lead out to 79-74.
 After a layup by Smith cutting the lead to three with 5:48 to play in the game at 81-78, the Lions would hit a 3-pointer and Washburn would get within four on four different trips down the court but could not get any closer as the Lions went 9 of 10 the final 2:29 of the game from the free throw line securing the win.
 The 22 rebounds by Skeens were one shy of a school game record set by Joe Luebcke against Emporia State in 1974 and he was the first Ichabod since Alex North to record at least 20 rebounds in a game. Andy Berlin, who shared the Lee Arena record for rebounds with North, had 20 rebounds and 19 points against Truman on March 1, 1995. The double double was Skeens' eighth of the year.
 Cameron Wiggins also reached double figures for the Ichabods scoring 11 points.
 Taevaunn Prince scored 32 to lead the Lions going 10 of 10 from the field and 10 of 10 from the free throw line hitting both 3-point attempts in the win.
 Washburn was 34 of 75 from the field overall hitting 10 of 27 3-pointers. The Lions tied a school record with 15 3-pointers of their own going 34 of 60 from the field for a 57 percent average. The Lions also hit 20 of 22 free throws.
 Washburn outrebounded the Lions 37 to 35 and outscored the Lions 42 to 20 in the paint.  •     the Mules are 13-9 this season and 7-9 in the MIAA and have lost their last two games on the road at Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney.
•     the Mules are averaging 71.4 points per game while shooting 45 percent from the field. Opponents are averaging 68.2 points per game on 42.3 percent shooting.
•     the Mules are shooting 35 percent (151 of 433) from 3-point range compared to 33 percent (144 of 439) for the opposition.
•     the Mules are 10th in the MIAA in scoring offense and third in scoring defense. They are eighth in the league in field goal percentage and third in field goal percentage defense and first in three-point field goal percentage defense.
•     ten different players have scored in double figures for the Mules and six different players have led the team in scoring.
•     D'Marnier Cunninghman leads the Mules with a 16.0 ppg and Spencer Reaves (11.7) also averages double figures.
•     Marquiez Lawrence is scoring 9.6 ppg with a team-high 7.3 rpg.
•     The Mules are -4.2 in rebound margin this season.•     Wednesday's meeting will be the 97th between these two teams
•     UCM leads the all-time series 49-48.
•     Washburn is 19-8 against UCM in Lee Arena and 23-22 in all-time MIAA games.
•     In road MIAA games played in Warrensburg, the Ichabods are 9-14.
•     The Ichabods have won six of the last nine meetings.
•     The last time the teams met in the conference tournament was during the 2010 season when the Ichabods as the No. 8 seed topped the No. 1-seeded Mules 79-60.
•     The Ichabods are 5-1 all-time against Central Missouri in the MIAA Tournament.
  (Jan. 27, 2016) WARRENSBUG, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabods held off two potential game-tying shots in the final three seconds as the Ichabods rallied from 14 points down as they picked up a 58-56 win over Central Missouri on Wednesday night.
While holding a 58-55 lead with 12 seconds to play, Washburn (12-6, 8-5 MIAA) fouled the Mules (12-7, 6-7 MIAA) sending them to the free throw line. The Mules' Brad Woodson hit the first free throw and Reaves grabbed the rebound but his game-tying layup missed and Marquiez Lawrence's offensive tip at the buzzer missed as the Ichabods held off Central Missouri for the win.
In the first half, the Mules were on fire from deep hitting 7 of 16 shots from 3-point range going 12 of 27 from the field overall. The Mules built a lead of as many as 11 points at 29-18 with 4:20 to play in the first half before the Ichabods finished the opening stanza on a 10-2 run over the final 3:46 cutting the margin to three at 31-28 at the break.
Coming out of the locker room, the Mules ripped off a 12-2 run over the next 3:44 building their lead back to 13 at 43-30 with 16:45 to play.
Washburn came back with a 15-4 run of its own cutting the Mules' lead to two at 47-45 with 6:37 to play in the game on a dunk by Brady Skeens.
Neither team would score until the 4:22 mark when Randall Smith tied the score at 47 with a layup. A jumper by Spencer Reaves 30 seconds later put the Mules back up two.
After the Mules missed a pair of free throws, Skeens put the Ichabods up 51-49 with 2:42 to go in the game. On the Mules' next possession, Reaves hit both free throws tying the score at 51 with 2:23 to go in the game.
Andy Wilson hit a deep 3-pointer with 2:04 to go stretching the lead to 54-51 off an assist by Christian Ulsaker. The Mules came up empty on their next trip down the court and after a foul by the Mules, Skeens hit both free throws stretching the lead up to five at 56-51 with 1:38 to play.
The Mules came up with a swipe and a bucket with 58 seconds to play as Tereke Eckwood scored cutting the Ichabod advantage back to three.
A layup with 39 seconds to play by Reaves trimmed back the Ichabod lead to one at 56-55, but Smith pushed Washburn's lead back to three with 12 seconds left with a layup leading to the Ichabods fouling up three with three seconds to play.
Smith led the Ichabods with 16 points going 7 of 9 from the field while Skeens recorded his sixth double double of the season and second straight with 14 points and 11 rebounds adding three blocks. Skeens played all 20 minutes of the second half scoring 10 points with eight rebounds. Wilson finished with 10 points hitting a pair of 3-pointers.
Reaves led the Mules with 18 points.
Washburn outrebounded the Mules 43 to 32 including 12 offensive rebounds to nine. Washburn also turned 17 Mule turnovers into 16 points. Washburn was 11 of 18 from the free throw line while the Mules were 3 of 11 overall going 3 of 9 in the second half.   (Feb. 6, 2016) KEARNEY, Neb. – A wild game that saw 14 lead changes didn't fall the Mules way as they lost a tight battle with Nebraska-Kearney, 57-55. UCM now stands at 13-9 this season and 7-9 in the MIAA.
The Lopers were 7-of-20 from three for the game, but hit two important ones in the final minute. UCM's last ditch effort fell short with Cunningham hitting the back of the rim with a chance to tie in the final seconds, and Lowrance missing the front end of a one-and-one with 0.8 seconds to play.
Lowrance led three Mules in double-figures with 15 points. He also grabbed seven points. Spencer Reaves scored 13 points and Marquiez Lawrence recorded a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
The first half saw both teams go on runs as they traded the lead back-and-forth. The Lopers took an early 14-8 lead with both offense's struggling from the outset.
The Mules got hot midway through the half, going on a 15-2 run and taking their first lead of the game. Reaves, Cunningham and Lowrance all hit three's during the run. Lowrance's three capped the stretch, and gave the Mules their largest lead of the game, 23-16.
Nebraska-Kearney was able to withstand the Mules hot stretch, and went on an 8-0 spurt of their own over the final 3:21, to take a 24-23 lead at halftime.
The two teams played even during a wild, back-and-forth second half. Neither team held more than a four-point lead, and there were six ties and 12 lead changes in the second half alone.
Lowrance gave UCM their largest lead of the half, 51-47 with 3:09 to play, hitting his second three-pointer of the game.
With just over two minutes to play, it appeared that Brad Woodson hit a jumper to beat the shot clock, but the call was overturned after video replay, giving UNK the ball.
The Lopers tied the game at 51 following the reversed call, but, Reaves hit a jumper and Tereke Eckwood scored an uncontested layup off of a steal, putting UCM back up four, 55-51 with 1:04 left.
UNK came back on their next possession to hit a three, and after a Mule miss, the Lopers connected for another triple to take a two point lead, 57-55 with under 10 seconds remaining.
Cunningham was able to get into the lane and got off a shot with one second left, but hit iron. The Mules had one final chance when the Lopers fouled Lowrance going for a rebound with 0.8 seconds, sending the freshman to the free throw line for a one-and-one. Lowrance's first shot rimmed out and UNK came down with the rebound and held on for a 57-55 win.
The Mules shot 43.1% for the game and 51.9% in the second half. They were 4-of-9 from three and 7-for-9 from the free throw line.
 Three Lopers scored in double-figures led by Trey Lansman's game-high 22 points. He was 4-of-7 from beyond the arc. Connor Beranek scored 12 and Ethan Brozek chipped in with 11.•      The Ichabods are 1,517-1,045-2 (.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 543-258 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 410-78 (.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 return to the road on Feb. 13 with a trip to Lindenwood before wrapping up the home slate with Northeastern State on Feb. 17 and 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.