Tipping Off // Washburn makes its last of two regular season trips to the Show Me State on Wednesday for a conference showdown with Missouri Western at the MWSU Fieldhouse with a 5:30 p.m. start ... with six games left on the schedule this will be the only occasion the teams prior to postseason play ... Wednesday's match-up marks the 92nd meeting as Washburn carries a 51-40 all-time series lead despite the Griffons owning a 25-19 series mark at home.

Scouting the Griffons
• Missouri Western enters at 17-5 overall and 9-5 in league play ... the Griffons are fifth in the standings and cinched a berth into the conference tournament during last week's slate of games ... has a four-game home winning streak.
• MWSU tops the MIAA is steals (248) and as a result are ranked in the top 20 nationally in both steals and steals per game (11.27).
• The Griffons are amongst league leaders in scoring defense (3rd; 57.3/game) and field goal shooting (5th; .435).
• MWSU also ranks towards the bottom of the conference in fewest fouls (12th) and rebounds per game (14th).
• Missouri Western holds +12.7 scoring margin as it outscores team 70.0-57.3 ... hold opponents to 39.7 percent from the field and 31.3 from 3-point distance.
• Chelsea Dewey is the team's leader in scoring (13.4 ppg) and assists (4.0/game) ... Julia Torres paces MWSU is rebounds with 7.7/game.
• The Griffons convert 70.8 percent of attempts from the charity and have five players shooting 77.8 percent or better.

Player Quick Facts
• Senior guard Erika Lane leads the team in assists (3.4/gm) and minutes (32.1/game) ... Lane is also third in scoring (10.7 ppg) ... team's second leading rebounder (4.9/game) - surpassed personal single-season rebound mark of 102 on Feb. 4, currently stands at 108 on the year.
• Lane has scored double-digit points 13 times and dished three more assists on 14 occasions ... on Jan. 12 she tallied her first career double-double (10 pts, 10 rebs).
• Lane ranks ninth in the MIAA in both total assists and assists/game and 12th in assist-turnover ratio (1.25).
• Freshman guard Reagan Phelan is fifth on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg) ... has reached double-figure scoring 13 times this season including a career-best 20 points on Nov. 14.
• Phelan has a team-high 32 steals which is 14th-best in the MIAA ... second on team in assists (2.8/gm) and ranked 18th in MIAA.
• Senior forward Alyxis Bowens is the team's second leading scoring (11.1 ppg) ... on Jan. 2 Bowens tied a career-high when she scored 28 points against Peru State ... also set a career mark with 12 rebounds on Jan. 28.
• Bowens has reached double-digit scoring 14 times this season including 10 of the last 12 games ... paces WU in rebounds with 158, tying her single-season mark set last year.
• Bowens ranks third among league leaders in total blocks (37) and blocks/game (1.8) and is listed nationally at 41st and 46th, respectively.
• Senior guard Jharian Bowen is the team's leading scorer with 11.2 ppg ... has reached double-figure points 15 times this season including a career-high of 20 against on Jan. 2.
• Bowen leads WU in 3-pointers made and attempts (44-of-116) and is 37.9 percent from distance ... places second on team in FT percentage, 79.2
• Senior forward Erin Dohnalek is fourth on the team in scoring with 9.7 ppg ... with 13.8 ppg during the last five games ...also averages 1.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds.
• Dohnalek has a team-high 62 free throw attempts and is good for 72.6 from the charity stripe.
• Dohnalek has been red hot shooting of late with double-figure contributions in four of her last five games ... she has reached double-digit scoring 11 times including a new career-high of 18 points on Jan. 26.

Team Quick Facts // Washburn is 14-8 overall and 7-5 mark in the MIAA where it is tied for sixth in the standings with Fort Hays ... WU has opened games with only two variations of its starting five this season ... The Ichabods have benefited from a balanced offense having two or more double-figure scorers in 21 of 21 games with the breakdown as follows: five games with two players; seven games with three players; eight games with four players; one game with five players ... The Ichabods are in the top half of the MIAA rankings in FG% (5th/43.1), FG% defense (3rd/36.6) and rebound margin (3rd/+7.1) ... Despite being perfect from the line against Central Missouri on Jan. 28, the 'Bods have otherwise struggled  with inconsistency from the charity stripe making 69.8 percent of free throws while opponents shoot 73.5 ... WU's average margin is +7.6, as it outscores opponents 66.6 to 59.4.

Ain't No Place like Lee Arena // Washburn has enjoyed playing at Schendel Court at Lee Arena this season where they have posted an 9-4 record ... at home, the Ichabods average 72.1 points a game with a scoring margin of +12.3 ... The comforts of home extend to shooting where the 'Bods are good for 45.2 percent from the field and have been able to hold opponents to a mark of 37.6 ... Individually, Alyxis Bowens (11.9), Erika Lane (11.6), Reagan Phelan (11.5) and Jharian Bowen (10.9) have thrived as they average double-figure points while in front of the home crowd ... Through 13 home dates, the Ichabods have welcomed 18,006 fans to Schendel Court at Lee Arena including a season-high 2,784 against Fort Hays on Feb. 4.

Washburn on the Radio // Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK 106.9 FM radio with Jake Lebahn and Dan Lucero calling the action. Games will also be streamed live on wusports.com by following the listen live links on the women's schedule page.

Monthly Breakdown // Under Ron McHenry, Washburn has put together 25 perfect months, including a career-best 10-0 mark in February of the 2001-02 season. Aside from his first season, McHenry has never lost more than four games during the final month of the season ... a month-by-month breakdown of the Ichabods under Coach McHenry available on bottom of page 5.

The Coach // Washburn's Ron McHenry is in his 17th season with the Ichabods ... during his first 16 season McHenry has amassed a 389-108 record ... was named the fifth coach in program-history in 2000 ... his .783 winning percentage to start the 2016-17 season is the best by any coach to lead the Ichabods/Lady Blues ... the mark is also 17th-best for active NCAA women's basketball coaches across all divisions and 23rd all-time ... amongst the Division II ranks, McHenry's winning percentage is fourth-best for active coaches and fifth-best all-time, while his 389 victories to open the season placed him 23rd for active coaches in Division II ... McHenry has 12 seasons with 20 or more wins and three seasons topping 30 ... in his first 16 years, McHenry has  coached 21 All-American selections, 42 All-MIAA nominees and one WNBA draft pick ... during the 2004-05 campaign McHenry steered the program to an NCAA Division II title ... McHenry has a combined 15 MIAA regular-season and tournament championships ... the Ichabod bench boss entered the season 11 wins shy of 400 ... on Jan. 12, 2017, McHenry became the fastest active coach in NCAA Division II women's basketball to reach 400 career wins while joining a list with 23 of his peers ... McHenry now needs 29 wins to past Patty Dick to become the winningest coach in program-history ... McHenry graduated from Washburn in 1984.

Last Time Out //  Missouri Western 67, Washburn 57 • Feb. 24, 2016
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Washburn Women's Basketball's halftime lead on No. 7 Missouri Western didn't hold up after a third quarter rally as the Ichabods fell, 67-57, on Wednesday, Feb. 24 on the road ... WU (15-12, 11-10 MIAA) shot over 50 percent for the fourth time in five games, finishing 21-of-41 from the field, but MWSU (which clinched at least a tie for the MIAA regular season championship with the win) scored 36 second half points in the win ... For Washburn, Erika Lane finished with 14 points, five rebounds and three assists to lead the team and Haley Pfau just missed double-digits, finishing with nine.  Alyxis Bowens added seven points and six rebounds as part of a balanced scoring effort for WU that saw seven of eight players who logged minutes score at least five points. ... Spurts of unanswered points throughout the opening two quarters told the story in the first half, as Missouri Western had two 7-0 runs and a string of six straight, while Washburn had a 9-0 run, a 7-0 run and two bursts of five straight ... WU trailed by five (9-4) early on, but responded with that 9-0 rally to lead 13-9 soon after.  MWSU, however, closed the quarter with a 11-5 scoring average over the final four minutes of play to lead by two, 20-18 ... Washburn outscored MWSU, 17-5, in the first nine minutes of the quarter to lead by 10 (35-25), but the Griffons scored six in the 30 seconds to cut the lead to four (35-31), at the half ... MWSU opened the third on a tear, and including the final 30 seconds of the second, outscored WU 18-4 in a stretch that lasted until 4:14 in the third when Haley Pfau hit a layup off a backdoor assist from Felisha Gibbs that made it 46-41.  Still, the 23-8 advantage for MWSU put the Ichabods in a hole, 54-43, at the end of the third. That double-digit deficit held up the rest of the way, as WU couldn't pull off the comeback in the fourth ... WU is now tied with Missouri Southern for fifth in the conference standings with one game to go, though Central Oklahoma and Nebraska-Kearney (who play each other) are each one-half game back (10-10).  Southwest Baptist defeated Lincoln on Wednesday night and is one full-game back of WU at 10-11 in the conference.

'Bods History // The 2016-17 marks the 48th season of Washburn women's basketball ... the Ichabods are 884-398-1 all-time ... the program has seen 23 seasons with at least 20 wins and had made 17 trips to the NCAA Division II Championship ... in 2004-05 Washburn won the NCAA Division II Championship and finished the season 35-2.