• The Washburn Ichabods will be back on the road for a single game on Saturday at Rogers State in Claremore, Okla.
• The Ichabods blasted Newman last time out 100-61 improving to 4-0 on the season and 4-0 in MIAA play.
• The Hillcats are 1-3 this season and was scheduled to play Emporia State on Thursday, Dec. 10, but that game was postponed due to COVID-19 testing results for the Hornets.
• The Rogers State lost its last game on Dec. 5 in an 88-82 loss at Missouri Southern.
• The Hillcats won the only meeting in the series on Feb. 15, 2020 in Claremore, Okla. in an 80-62 win. The Hillcats are scheduled to make their first appearance later this season in Lee Arena on Feb. 4.
• The 2020-21 season marks the 116th season of Ichabod basketball.
  • Tyler Geiman leads the team in scoring (18.0 ppg), assists (7.8 apg - which leads the MIAA and is fourth the NCAA), rebounds (6.3 rpg) and steals (2.8 spg).
• Drew Maschoff is averaging 14.7 ppg adding 5.3 rpg and 3.7 apg.
• Jonny Clausing is scoring 12.5 ppg with 5.3 rpg and a team-high 2.0 bkpg.
• Jalen Lewis is averaging 12.5 ppg hitting 10 of 19 3-point attempts this season (43 percent).
• The 2020-21 Washburn Ichabod basketball season will be one for the record books as the 22-game schedule will consist of only games against MIAA opponents as regional crossovers and non-conference matchups have been scrapped thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• From a 16-13 team last season, Washburn returns four starters and 91 percent of its scoring, 86 percent of its rebounding, 94 percent of assists and 89 percent of minutes played a year ago while adding a returner from the 2018-19 season who returns from an injury.
• Ichabod head coach will be going for career coaching win No. 100 against Rogers State. He is 66-31 at Washburn and went 33-30 at Baker. WASHBURN ICHABOD HEAD COACH BRETT BALLARD
• is 66-31 in his fourth season as the Ichabods' head coach and 99-61 overall in his seventh year as a head coach.
• has led the Ichabods to two NCAA postseason appearances in both seasons at Washburn.
• was named the Washburn Ichabod men's basketball head coach on April 6, 2017 after spending the 2014-15 to 2016-17 seasons as an assistant coach with the Wake Forest basketball program after working under head coach Danny Manning 2014-17 seasons and at the University of Tulsa during the 2012-14 seasons.
• he helped Wake Forest to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2009-10 season following the 2016-17 season.
• while at Tulsa, the Golden Hurricane played in the postseason both years, including earning a No. 13 seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Tulsa also participated in the 2013 CBI, finishing that season with a winning record of 17-16 overall.
• before joining Manning at Tulsa, Ballard spent two seasons as the head basketball coach at Baker University going 33-30 overall, including a 21-12 mark in his final season at the helm in 2011-12.
• prior to taking over the head coaching position at Baker, Ballard spent seven years on Bill Self's staff at Kansas, his alma mater.
• he played two years for the Jayhawks under head coach Roy Williams from 2000-02 after transferring from Hutchinson Community College in his hometown of Hutchinson, Kan. In his two seasons as a Jayhawk, the team reached the 2001 NCAA Sweet Sixteen and appeared in the 2002 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta.
• he earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from Kansas in 2003 earning an Academic All-Big 12 selection as a senior for his efforts in the classroom.
• is 0-1 against Rogers State.
 
HEAD COACH JUSTIN BARKLEY
• is 208-97 in his 10th season at Rogers State.
• served as the Hillcats' assistant coach from 2008-2010, became the third head coach in the brief history of the program when he took over in 2010.
• helped guide the Hillcats to a 52-13 record as an assistant where they claimed the school's first Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championship, reached the NAIA National Tournament, and achieved a No. 1 national ranking in 2008-09.
• Scored six points in 32 minutes with six rebounds and six assists against the Ichabods  as a player at Northeastern State (his alma mater) in the NCAA South Central Regional Semifinal game when his RiverHawks topped the Ichabods 64-59 on March 15, 2003 in Stephenville, Texas - NSU would go on to win the NCAA National Championship that season.
• is 1-0 against the Ichabods.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE ICHABODS
WASHBURN 100 (4-0)
NEWMAN 61 (0-3)
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods opened the game on a 14-2 run and never looked back as they picked up their largest margin of victory in the series with the Newman Jets in a 100-61 win on Saturday afternoon in Lee Arena. Adding to the 14-2 run over the Jets, the Ichabods also had runs of 15-3, 12-0 and started the second half on a 15-0 run cruising to the win improving to 4-0 in MIAA play.
Washburn shot 53 percent in the first half hitting 7 of 12 3-pointers taking a 47-22 lead into the break while holding the Jets (0-3, 0-3 MIAA) to 8 of 32 from the field and 3 of 14 from deep.
Moving to the second half the Ichabods outscored the Jets 19 to 3 the first 6:41 of the frame building a 66-25 lead pushing their lead to as many as 43 at 7:35 to go in the game after a Will McKee 3-pointer.
Washburn was led by Tyler Geiman who scored 21 points adding nine rebounds, eight assists and five steals leading all scorers in the game. Jonny Clausing had 15 points adding seven rebounds and five blocks. Jalen Lewis scored 14 off the bench hitting 3 of 4 3-pointers.
Jorge Oliva scored 13 points off the bench to lead the Jets.
The Ichabods finished 36 of 69 from the field for a 52 percent clip while hitting 12 of 24 shots from 3-point range. The Jets were 22 of 65 for the game and 9 of 27 from 3-point territory. The Ichabods held the Jet starters to 5 of 27 shooting from the field.
Washburn outscored the Jets 34-0 in Fastbreak points and 46-24 in points in the paint.
The 39-point win is the largest in the 32-game history between the Ichabods and the Jets topping the 38-point win on March 3, 1984 in Topeka in a 128-66 win and was the fourth-straight victory for the Ichabods in the series.
  • The Hillcats are 1-3 overall after falling 88-82 to Missouri Southern on Dec. 5 in their last action.
• In home games RSU is 0-2 with an overtime loss to Missouri Western in its home opener and then an 86-78 loss to Northwest Missouri.
• Jett Sternberger leads the team in scoring at 17.0 ppg pacing five players who are averaging double figures. Davin Pullum is scoring 16.0 ppg followed by Brewster Peacock at 12.5 ppg, Destin Eke at 11.5 ppg and Darraja Parnell at 10.8 ppg.
• Rogers State was picked fourth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll. • Saturday's meeting with the Hillcats will be only the second between the two schools.
• The Hillcats won the first meeting on Feb. 15, 2020 in Claremore, Okla. 80-62.
  Feb. 15, 2020 -- CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Washburn Ichabods fought foul trouble and cold shooting in the second half as they fell 80-62 to Rogers State in the first meeting between the two schools.
Washburn shot 8 of 32 from the field in the second half and 4 of 16 from deep as the Hillcats turned a two-point halftime lead at 38-36 into a lead as many as 24 at 80-56 in the second half.
The Ichabods (14-10, 9-6 MIAA) started off slow in the game falling behind 21-11 with 13:05 to go in the game, but used a 28-15 run to finish off the frame.
Drew Maschoff led the Ichabods with 11 points and Jalen Lewis had 10. Keven Biggs had seven rebounds to pace the Ichabods on the glass.
Marques Sumner score a game-high 23 to lead the Hillcats (20-5, 12-4 MIAA) hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers. Christopher Miller scored 18 points.
Washburn finished 21 of 61 from the field while the Hillcats were 28 of 58 overall. Washburn was also 9 of 16 from the free throw line while Rogers State was 16 of 22 and held a 40-36 advantage on the glass.
  •  The Ichabods are 1606-1090-2 all-time in the 116th year in the program's history.
•  Washburn is the 10th-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 624-287 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
•  The Ichabods have recorded 28 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 457-94 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•  The 2020-21 season marks the 37th season of play in Lee Arena.
•  The Ichabods are 36-1 all-time in home openers.
•  The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
  • Washburn will wrap up the 2020 calendar hosting Central Missouri on Dec. 17 and then Lincoln on Dec. 19. Washburn will return to action after the break on Jan. 2 in Tahlequah, Okla., facing Northeastern State.